Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been monitoring renewed rocket tests by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli military sources said Hamas has renewed the testing of extended-range surface-to-surface rockets. The sources said Hamas engineers have overseen the development of new Iranian-designed rockets in launches from the Gaza Strip into the Mediterranean Sea. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has been touting a variant of a leading Syrian rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the latest mini-war with Israel. Hamas has asserted that it was producing long-range rockets used in the current mini-war with Israel. The ruling Islamist movement identified the rocket as the R-160, said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Hamas has begun targeting strategic sites in Israel. Officials said Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies were firing medium- and long-range rockets toward critical facilities in Israel. The officials cited such Hamas targets as the nuclear facility in the southern city of Dimona, the chemical plant in the northern […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies have enhanced long-range rocket strikes against Israel. Officials said Hamas and Islamic Jihad rocket strikes have reached unprecedented ranges. They said rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have flown more than 100 kilometers, a 33 percent increase from the last mini-war in 2012. […]