In an Oct. 22 briefing, Dumeiri said the Hamas warehouse was storing
weapons for attacks against Israel and PA, Middle East Newsline reported. He did not detail the weapons and
munitions or how they were acquired by Hamas.
"The goal of the weapons was to target senior officials or the
policy obligations of the PA," Dumeiri said.
This marked the second Hamas weapons cache reported by the PA in 2010.
Officials said Hamas has been smuggling weapons from Egypt as well as
purchasing
munitions from the Israeli black market.
"Hamas weapons-dealing and money-laundering are the most dangerous
issues facing the PA," Dumeiri said.
Earlier, the London-based Al Quds Al Arabi reported that the PA found
Hamas rockets and automatic weapons in Ramallah. The newspaper said the
weapons were meant to attack the PA.
Since 2002, Hamas and Islamic Jihad have been suspected of preparing
facilities to assemble Kassam-class missiles and rockets. But officials said
the indigenous rockets
have not undergone successful tests.
Over the last month, Egypt captured a shipment of 110 surface-to-air
missiles
on their way to the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip. Later, Egypt reported
the
seizure of more than 150 tons of TNT in the divided city of Rafah next to
the Gaza-Sinai border.
Israeli security sources said Iran has been financing the Hamas military
buildup both in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. The sources said Hamas and
Islamic Jihad receive about $100 million from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps.
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