The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) introduced on Sunday that it believes Hamas terrorists have developed cruise missile capabilities with assist from Tehran.
In a press launch that was obtained by the Times of Israel, the Israeli army mentioned that it discovered proof of superior capabilities throughout a raid within the Daraj and Tuffah neighborhoods of Gaza City.
“(The IDF discovered) elements proving terrorists of the Hamas terrorist group studied underneath Iranian steerage tips on how to function and construct precision elements and strategic weapons,” the IDF mentioned in an announcement.
On X the IDF posted a video of an Israeli soldier going by way of a cache of weapons and kit whereas talking Hebrew.
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“Under Iranian steerage, Hamas operatives realized tips on how to function and construct precision missile manufacturing elements and strategic weapons,” the put up learn.
“This is indicated by the findings of IDF troops at a weapons manufacturing web site situated in a 100-meter-long Hamas tunnel uncovered in Daraj Tuffah, northern Gaza,” the Israeli army added.
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An Israeli military car rolls alongside a highway in northern Israel close to the city of Kiryat Shmona, near the border with Lebanon on January 3, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions, as combating continues between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.
The information got here because the Israel-Hamas battle entered its third month on Sunday. Recent combating started on October 7 when Hamas terrorists bombarded Israel with assaults on the Jewish vacation of Simchat Torah.
According to a Saturday press convention given by IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, Hamas’ army framework within the northern Gaza Strip has been dismantled by Israel.
Israeli troopers hearth a mortar shell from southern Israel in direction of the Gaza Strip, able close to the Israel-Gaza border, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024.
“Now, we’re specializing in dismantling Hamas within the central and southern Gaza Strip,” Hagari defined. “We will do that in a different way, totally, based mostly on the teachings we have now realized from the combating thus far.”