OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, May 22 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - The Palestinian Authority and the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah repudiated Thursday, May 22, Israeli claims on the seizure of a boat loaded with bomb-making materials allegedly coming from Lebanon and heading for Gaza Strip.

Israeli senior naval and intelligence sources told reporters that 36 CD-ROMs with instructions for training on making bombs and other guerrilla techniques were found on board, as well as rocket fuses and remote detonator devices, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The Abu Hassan, a small 50-foot fishing boat, was seized in international waters and forced back to the port of Haifa, Israeli sources said.

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's media advisor Nabil Abu Rdeinah dismissed the Israeli allegations as part of an incitement policy to dodge the implementation of the roadmap peace plan.

"It is a new Israeli attempt to sabotage all international efforts including the roadmap," he told AFP.

The Israelis had also alleged that a member of Hezbollah, Mohammad Salem Abu Amar, was arrested aboard the ship, as well the seven other crew members.

The Lebanese resistance group repudiated any information about the ship and also denied the arrest of ant of its members.

"We have no knowledge of the story being circulated by Israeli sources and guarantee that no member of Hezbollah has been arrested in the past several days," said the group in a statement.

Israeli military sources claimed this was the first time they were faced with an evidence that Hezbollah was sending its members to the occupied territories rather than having Palestinian fighters come to Lebanon for training.

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom accused Arafat of being involved in the smuggling attempt.

"This is new attempt to smuggle weapons and instructions for terror attacks, and there is no doubt that Arafat was involved as he was in previous cases," Shalom alleged.

"After the Karine A affair, Arafat became irrelevant for the Americans, and hoped that after today's seizure he will become irrelevant for the Europeans," he said.