Strong weapons were sent from Romania to Israel with a special transport, according to a document discovered by the SNOOOP investigation site

In August 2025, a two -ton load described as “tracked mortars” was sent from Constanța port to Haifa, according to a document that has been in possession of the SNOOOP investigation site, with the help of Irish journalists from The Ditch. While the UN demands stop the flow of weapons for the war in Gaza, the Romanian state does not communicate about military exports from the beginning of the Gaza war.

• A container loaded with 120 mm A2 tractable mortals left a subsidiary from Bacău of Israeli company Elbit Systems to Haifa, according to a document consulted by SNOOP editorial, which publishes an investigation on Tuesday.
• These launchers, which the Israeli defense forces (IDF) have in the arsenal, offer fire power similar to artillery, but faster, long distances and compatibility with a wide range of ammunition (explosives, fumigans, etc.).
• Snoop asked MAE, MAPN, the government and the responsible ministers what conclusions had the risk assessments for military export licenses to Israel. No one replied.

A maritime transport (Sea Main Vessel) of two tons, with 120 mm A7 A2 -tracked mortars, was sent from Bacău (Robcm), on August 5, and loaded to Constanța.

The download port for this ship (Cil024387), operated by a Danish company, was Haifa, Israel, on August 11, according to documents obtained by the independent Snoop site, with the help of partners from the Irish investigation site on the ditch.

From Bacău to whose haifa

According to the documents seen by Snoop, the mortars left Elmet International SRL in Bacău and arrived, on August 12, at the parent company in Israel, Elbit Systems, a company in the field of defense technology.

In Bacău, Elbit Systems has two subsidiaries – Elmet International SRL and AE Electronics SA. In total, the Israeli armament company has four production units in Romania. Elmet Bacău produces at local capacity components and subassemblies for 120 mm mortars and, according to the analyzed logistics documents, Romania sent labeled lots “120 mm Towable Mortars A7/A2”, indicating either the sending of complete systems or of the ready -to -integration kits.

The information about the transport in August is also confirmed by other official documents published on the website of the Fiscal Authority of Israel.

In the documents analyzed by snoop on the online platform, other details are shown, including:

• On August 12, 2025, at 11.47, 120 mm mortar transport was completely cleared and physically removed from the Haifa port by the Danish DSV logistics and transport company, for delivery to the final customer of Israel – Elbit Systems.
• The release from the Israeli port was made on the basis of an import statement. This is the official document attesting the payment of taxes and legal compliance.

The import declaration registered with the Israeli fiscal authority is an indirect proof of an international commercial transaction, most often a sale-purchase.

Following some discussions held by SNOOOOOOOOP reporters with experts in the field, there are two variants: either it is a definitive export From Romania to Israel, either about a transport for repairs / improvements / tests between the Israeli company Elbit Systems and the subsidiary in Bacău.

Tac authorities

The Department for Export Control (Ancex), a structure subordinated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), is the institution that regulates and controls exports, imports and other operations with military goods.

Ancex acts in accordance with the national law, the common position of the EU 2008/944/CISS on weapons exports, the common EU list of military equipment, as well as the Treaty on Arms Trade (ATT).

Basically, any export, import, transfer, transit, transbrival or intermediation with military products requires the prior license from Ancex. Without this authorization, transport is illegal.

This legal route is mandatory for Romania to respect the international treaties and agreements to which it is a party. By these, he was obliged not to export weapons, components, military structures to countries or groups under embargo.

The licenses are approved or rejected by an inter -ministerial council, headed by the director of Ancex, Ioan Tudor, appointed in January 2023. Representatives of several institutions of the Romanian state: MAE, MAPN, Ministry of Economy, SII, SIE and the General Directorate of Customs (DGV) are part of the Council.

The same council analyzes each license request and evaluates the risk level: the situation of human rights, the existence of an armed conflict, the risk of re -export and the compatibility with the interests of national and European security.

Snoop sent requests to several institutions involved, including ministers, government and subsidiary Elmet in Bacău, to clarify the nature of August 2025. I also asked how the risk analysis was done and what conclusions the Ancex Council had on the humanitarian assessments that were the basis for the granting of approval. I have not received any answer.

Contacted by Snoop, General Claudiu Deterratu, a military analyst, says that weapons exports depend on the risk analysis done by the Romanian state, but how these analyzes are confidential, “it is impossible to evaluate from the outside how conclusions and whether the decision is good or not.”

Until 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on the institution's website the ANCEX of EXPORT and other military products. On 2024 and on the first months of 2025 these reports are missing. According to the URLs on the site, containing the upload data, the annual reports were published in the spring, at the latest autumn. The quarterly ones even earlier.

Snoop asked MAE, but also the Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu what are the reasons why the 2024 report is not public. Continuation on snoop.