Israeli military claims to have seized 3,300 weapons in Syria

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Since the fall of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in December last year, Israeli forces pressing into Syria have taken more than 3,300 pieces of weaponry, Al Jazeera reports according to the Israeli military.

The weapons include army tanks, antitank and RPG launchers, shells mortars, mortar bombs, surveillance equipment and other arms, according to the military.

Across all combat zones in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, Israel’s military says it has taken 170,000 weapons and other items.

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