It was disclosed, Tuesday that the navy arrested a 24-year-old Gazan last month, after his boat exceeded the permitted area off the Gaza coast.
Interrogated by the Shabak Israel Security Agency, Hamis Jihad Said Araishi said he was involved in smuggling explosives and raw materials for making weapons via the seas for Hamas and other Gaza terror organizations from 2012 until the time of his arrest. In 2014, he planned to carry out an attack against Israeli forces near Zikim, at the northern end of Gaza.