The expert said it is not clear what the ship was carrying, but the emerging consensus in Israel was that it delivered nuclear equipment. The ship arrived Sept. 3 in the Syrian port of Tartus; the attack occurred Sept. 6 under such strict operational security that the pilots flying air cover for the attack aircraft did not know details of the mission. The pilots who conducted the attack were briefed only after they were in the air, he said.
Al-Jarida reported that “Turkey provided Israel with intelligence on Syria prior to last week’s alleged IAF flyover into the country, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida , playing a central role in delivering precise information regarding targets in Syria that were to be hit by Israeli planes and that the Turkish army authorized Israel to use its airspace in order to carry out the operation, and that all of this occurred without the knowledge of the Turkish Prime Minister.