Francop Affair

Four Species
Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict and the Hezbollah–Israel conflict
Weaponry that was hidden under sacks of Polyethylene that served to disguise it as civilian cargo on the Francop
Planned by	Israeli Navy
Objective	Seize freighter Francop
Date	4 November 2009
Executed by	Shayetet 13 and Shayetet 3
Outcome	Successful Israeli naval interception

The Francop Affair was a high seas incident on November 4, 2009 in which the Israeli Navy seized the cargo ship MV Francop in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and its cargo of hundreds of tons of weapons allegedly bound from Iran to Hezbollah. The incident is also known by its military operation name, Operation Four Species.^[1]