An Israeli military court sentenced the captain of a weapons smuggling ship to 12 years in prison. The Israeli navy intercepted the Santorini ship off the coast of Israel two years ago in a bid to smuggle weapons from Lebanon to the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip.
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