{"id":113354,"date":"2024-06-03T17:05:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=113354"},"modified":"2024-06-03T08:21:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T06:21:43","slug":"09-05-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=113354","title":{"rendered":"How Hamas turned Gazan homes into weapons depots"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>How Hamas turned Gazan homes into weapons depots<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

YAAKOV LAPPIN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Since seizing power in the Strip in 2007, the Islamist group has installed massive quantities of arms in civilian households.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\nWeapons found under children’s beds in Jabalia, north of Gaza City, Nov. 2, 2023. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces\u2019 Spokesperson\u2019s Unit released video footage of a drone entering a home in Rafah and finding it booby-trapped with large explosive barrels, one of which was placed next to a door.<\/span><\/p>\n

In its war against Hamas, the IDF has faced the formidable challenge of operating in an environment where a significant percentage of buildings and homes in the Gaza Strip are filled with weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the exact proportion of buildings scanned by the IDF and found to have contained weapons isn\u2019t known, it is considered very high according to estimates within the Israeli defense establishment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamas has established one of the most fortified terror bases in the world within Gaza, with extensive military infrastructure embedded in civilian areas both above and below ground.<\/span><\/p>\n

The practice of mass installing weapons in civilian homes is just one part of Hamas\u2019s 17-year entrenchment program that has turned the Strip into a terror fortress that lacks any parallel in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

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