Israel's military has assessed that Hamas supplied Palestinian insurgency groups with enhanced Kassam-class short-range missiles for attacks against Israel.Did any intelligent person doubt before the Gaza pull-out that such things would happen?
Military sources said Hamas has relayed scores of extended-range Kassam missiles to such groups as the Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad and the Fatah-aligned Popular Resistance Committees. The sources said these groups have fired the Hamas missiles toward Israeli targets to determine the range and accuracy of the projectiles.
"Formally, Hamas has pledged to honor a ceasefire arranged by the Palestinian Authority," a military source said. "So, rather than fire the Kassams themselves, they give them to their terrorist allies."
On Thursday, Palestinian gunners infiltrated former Jewish communities in the northern Gaza Strip and fired an extended-range Kassam missile toward Israel. The missile landed in the industrial zone of the city of Ashkelon, which contains a naval base, port and oil terminal.
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