Saturday, August 2, 2014

Hamas Still Has 5,000 Rockets in Its Arsenal

Despite three weeks of relentless attacks by Israeli forces to destroy Hamas' arsenal of weapons, militants in Gaza may still have nearly 5,000 rockets, enough to keep firing at Israeli cities for weeks.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Hamas started the conflict on July 8 with about 10,000 rockets. Since then, the militants have fired more than 2,600 rockets and mortars toward Israel and Israeli forces have destroyed about 3,000, estimated Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, IDF's spokesman.
Israel has struggled to destroy Hamas' arsenal because Hamas had built an extensive underground network of tunnels and bunkers designed to conceal weapons caches and firing positions.
The U.S.-designated terror group also has hidden rockets in civilians locations, according to the IDF and the U.N. refugee agency. That makes it difficult for Israel to destroy them without causing massive casualties among children and other non-combatants.
In addition to hiding rockets, tunnels are being used to sneak militants into Israel, as occurred on Monday. The IDF said militants engaged Israeli troops in a fight, killing several.
Hamas has created about 31 tunnels for infiltration, according to Israeli forces, and about half have been destroyed, the IDF said. "Everything is concealed," Lerner said. "Everything is taking place below ground. That is a challenge."
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