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Klos C
The Klos C is a Marshall Islands-owned,Panamanian-registered merchant cargo ship. The Klos C was built in 1996, in Saint Petersburg, Russia by the shipbuilders Severnaya Verf. At the time of its christening, it was briefly known by the name Otztal, after which its name was changed to Klostertal. The ship obtained its current name in July, 2012.

Operation Full Disclosure
On March 5, 2014, the Israeli Navy boarded the vessel in the Red Sea during Operation Full Disclosure, suspecting that it was carrying weapons destined for militant groups in the Gaza Strip from the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, the creation of these missiles was in Syria under Iran direction. The path of the missiles began in Damascus and flew to Tehran. The path continued across Iran to Bandar Abbas and then to a sea port city in Iraq called Umm Qasr. This is where the Klos - C received the crates with missiles. The Klos - C then began sailing towards the Gaza Strip before it was intercepted in the Red Sea by Israeli Government. A large quantity of long-range missiles, identified by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as M-302s, with a range of 90 to 190 kilometers, were found concealed under bags of Portland cement on the ship, which was then directed to berth in Israel. The crew members aboard the ship claimed to have no knowledge of the contents of the craters carrying the missiles. The missiles were under lots of cement sacks in order to allow the crates passage on the Klos - C. According to a security force on the Klos - C, “The captain felt cheated; he didn’t know he was part of a conspiracy, part of an Iranian operation”. With the Klos C secured by the IDF, and with the cooperation of its captain, the Panamanian flag it had been sailing under was lowered, and the flag of Israel as well as the Israeli Navy ensign were raised. The freighter was then escorted to Israel in a convoy. The ship was intercepted in between Sudan and Eritrea. After docking in the port city of Eilat, the Israelis unloaded the Klos C's cargo and discovered an additional 181 mortars, and 400,000 rounds of ammunition meant to be used in assault rifles. Israel seized the cargo, and placed it on public display. Following the search of the ship and confiscation of weapons found on-board, Israel released the vessel and its crew, and the Klos C returned to service.

Israeli Views
Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, commented on the finding of the highly dangerous weapons, saying, “This is the true Iran, and this state cannot possess nuclear weapons.” He continued to criticize the negotiations between the West and Iran, as they occurred at the same time as the seizure of the “rockets, missiles and other deadly weapons that [would] be used to harm innocent [Israeli] citizens.” Netanyahu went on to state that Israel “will continue to do whatever is necessary in order to defend Israel’s citizens.”

Iranian views
In contrast to Netanyahu’s response to the seizure, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Implied that the seizure was a stunt pulled off just in time for the annual meeting in washington of the american Israel Public Affairs Committee at which Netanyahu was speaking. He expressed his belief through a tweet, saying “An Iranian Ship carrying arms for gaza. Captured just in time for annual AIPAC anti Iran campaign. Amazing Coincidence! Or same failed lies.” Iran has fully denied being involved in this scandal.