Hamas manufacturing rockets that threaten Tel Aviv
Hamas manufacturing rockets that threaten Tel Aviv | The Times of Israel.
Terror organization no longer relying on smuggled weapons, developing its own technology to strike at Israel’s center
Hamas has developed the ability to locally manufacture rockets with the range to hit Israel’s heartland, including Tel Aviv, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said on Monday.
Speaking to a joint conference of the Defense Ministry and the Manufacturers Association of Israel, Gantz explained that the terror organization, which controls the Gaza Strip, is producing its own 200 millimeter caliber missiles, known as the M-75, which can strike to about 80 kilometers (50 miles).
“The Gaza Strip is relatively quiet after [November’s Operation] Pillar of Defense. The level of deterrent is very high,” Gantz said. “However, the process of build-up has not stopped. Whether it is smuggling activities — which have been slightly reduced — or the local manufacture that is developing all over that area.”
A number of M-75 rockets, based on Iranian technology, were fired at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem during Pillar of Defense, which was launched by Israel to halt persistent rocket fire against towns near the Gaza border. Most of the missiles were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome interceptor.
The technology was relatively new at the time, but Gantz said the Strip had continued to develop its manufacturing of the rocket.
The rocket became something of a rallying point for Gazans, whose missile range had been limited to Israel’s south in previous engagements. Visiting the Strip after a ceasefire, Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal popped out of a model of the rocket on a stage.
Gantz also commented on the deteriorating situation in Sinai, where terrorists killed three people in an attack on a bus on Sunday.
“In Sinai we can see terror organizations increasingly established, and we are following that story on a daily basis because things are happening there all the time that are certainly of interest to us,” Gantz said.
Last month a barrage of six rockets were fired out of Gaza at southern Israel. Four landed in open areas and two were shot down by the Iron Dome system. The rockets were thought to be fired by Islamic Jihad, which is competing with Hamas for control of the Strip.
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WarSclerotic 
July 15, 2013 at 4:04 PM
To kill the snake cut first his head of .
So first the mo bro,s than hamas .
July 15, 2013 at 5:00 PM
No, sir. First, Iran.
July 15, 2013 at 7:14 PM
nope , bleed them to dead , instead to be the tool of the usa !
cut them of from support little by little, no more proxy,s
To kill the octopus , cut his tentacles of , one by one.
July 15, 2013 at 8:14 PM
Dead on, Luis….
Iran is the only serious threat to Israel, i.e. the Jewish people.
Iran first, middle and last.
All these other issues don’t even rise to the status of “sideshow.”
July 15, 2013 at 10:17 PM
Gentleman i understand that iran is a big treat to Israel, but taking on iran on here one is just stepping in the trap brzezinski planned years ago.
It is a way better if Israel can change the game in a direction that there is full support from the usa.
If there is not a full support the whole world will put the blame on Israel for the aftermath from Israels attack , and Israel is on his one against the rest of the world.
I realy do not know what is the better option for Israel waiting for support whit the chance for a nuclear iran or acting on here one.
I realy do not know.
How will russia react on a attack, what will the chinese do, ??
July 15, 2013 at 11:18 PM
If you look back the last 15 years you see that we turn over under the name of humanity a lot of country,s but we refused to help the Iranian people whit there green revolution a while ago.
We could solved the iran problem very easy years ago, but we choose to talk and we are still talking.
And in the same tome the mo bro,s taking over everywhere, , but Egypt and obama is upset.
And we turned the world opinion against Israel trough the media and so on.
I smell a stance of betrayal.
July 16, 2013 at 12:32 AM
Lets look at the sanction for iran, what was realy the effect slowing down there nuke program, hell no, but it forced them more and more in to the Russian corner.
So after 15 years we end up whit an iran strongly in the russian camp whit nukes in a short time, and we are refusing to do something about it and let Israel take the responsibility to attack or not, obama will not do anything else than talking.
nice set up !!