Diving Equipment
Diving EquipmentYaakov Naumi/Flash 90

The Beersheva District Court has sentenced Mahmoud Zaidi to 39 months in jail for transferring diving equipment to terror organizations. Said, a Palrstinian fisherman, was contacted by two terror activists in 2013 and asked to smuggle 50 diving suits, 50 diving fins, 20 goggles and six oxygen balloons from Egypt to the Gaza Strip. Zaidi agreed to this and asked for 1000$ in payment.

The accused was later provided with a motor boat belonging to Hamas and he left the Gaza port for Egypt. When he reached Egypt, he met people who were supposed to provide him with the diving equipment. Part of the equipment was loaded on the boat and transferred to the Gaza strip and the accused was payed 700 dollars.

During 2013 the accused was also asked to smuggle electrodes to Hamas. The accused agreed but the plan was altered and when he reached the Egyptian border he was asked to smuggle cigarettes and tabacco and received 400 dollars for his actions.

In sentencing him to 39 months in jail, the judge mentioned in his summation the fact that the equipment was of military value but also added that the accused was young and had no previous indictments and had admitted his actions, which were connected to his profession as a fisherman.