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Three Turkish Nationals Indicted for Smuggling Weapons to Israel
10/26/2025
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Story summary
- Three Turkish nationals Rahman Gokayer, Oktay Asci, and Yunus Ozel were indicted for attempting to smuggle weapons into Israel linked to Iranian arms dealers.
- They face charges of illegal entry into Israel after deportation and planning to smuggle firearms from Iran to Jordan, then into Israel using laborers.
- Gokayer would receive and sell the weapons for $1 million, and authorities arrested them on September 19, 2025 near Kibbutz Sha’ar HaGolan.
