Hamas cracks down on the unauthorized, random firing of rockets at Israel
GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime is refining its policies on the firing of rockets into Israel following its own 2008 war with Israel conducted almost entirely by firing short-range missiles from non-military sites.
The Hamas Interior Ministry said security forces would track and arrest
anybody suspected of firing missiles or rockets into Israel. They said such
fire was not authorized and was harming the Gaza Strip, Middle East Newsline reported.
"The rockets have been fired at the wrong time," the ministry said on
March 12. "Security authorities are tracking down the culprits."
The statement followed increased Palestinian missile and rocket fire
into Israel. About 170 missiles and rockets have been fired into Israel from
the neighboring Gaza Strip since the end of the Hamas war in January 2009.
Israel has responded with air strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets as
well as weapons tunnels near the southern town of Rafah.
Some of the latest attacks have been claimed by a group titled
"Hizbullah Battalions in Palestine." But Palestinian sources said they have
never heard of such a militia, and the Interior Ministry said the group was
bogus.
Hamas has sought to coordinate Palestinian militia fire in the Gaza
Strip and urged groups not to claim responsibility. Missile and rocket
attacks have been claimed by such militias as Islamic Jihad and Fatah.
During the 2008 ceasefire with Israel, which lasted nearly five months,
the Hamas regime arrested several Jihad and Fatah missile squads. Most were
released within a few days.
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Pure Propaganda, They are holding back to use it in a later date. They never stood by their word; they always found a reason to fire those Damm Rockets.
