The Sudanese government has said it will report Israel to the United Nations, over explosions in an arms factory, which Khartoum claims was caused by Israel.
Israel has not commented on the claims, but the Sudanese envoy to the UN, Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, said Israel had entered Sudanese air space three times in the last few years.
Sources from Sudan told the BBC that the factory is thought to have been operated by Iranians.
Leaked US documents also suggest that weapons manufactured on Sudan were being smuggled into Gaza through Egypt, which would be seen by Israel as a legitimate cause to attack the factories.
"The regime is supported by Iran and it serves as a route for the transfer, via Egyptian territory, of Iranian weapons to Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists," said Amos Gilad, a senior official at the Israeli defence ministry, to the AFP, but he did not comment on Sudan's claims that Israel was behind the attack.
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