The Karine A Affair, also known as Operation Noah's Ark (Hebrew: מבצע תיבת נוח, Mivtza Teyvat Noah), was an Israeli military action in January 2002 in which Israeli forces seized the Karine A, which, according to IDF, is a Palestinian freighter in the Red Sea. The vessel was found to be carrying 50 tons of weapons, including short-range Katyusha rockets, antitank missiles, and high explosives.
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