Hamas rockets have improved range, firepower, and accuracy, experts say

Published May 18, 2021 12:00am ET



Once smuggled by land or water from Sudan along the Red Sea, then in Sinai tunnels to reach Gaza, Hamas rockets are now manufactured in the tiny seaside city itself, security experts tell the Washington Examiner.

A network of underground manufacturing facilities assembles rocket parts from Iran, smuggled by sea with the help of fishing boats. Once inside Gaza, Iranian Revolutionary Guard-trained personnel move the rockets to underground staging points, where they can be quickly set up to fire volley after volley indiscriminately into Israel.

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