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Latest rockets manufactured in China
Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 1, 2009
The Grad-model Katyusha rockets that were fired into Beersheba on Wednesday
were manufactured in China and smuggled into Gaza after the Sinai border
wall was blown up by Hamas in January, defense officials said.
The Chinese rockets have a range of 40 kilometers. They are very similar to
the 122 mm Soviet-made Katyusha that was used extensively by Hizbullah
during the Second Lebanon War and are slightly more sophisticated than an
Iranian-made Grad-model Katyusha that is also in Hamas's arsenal.
the 122 mm Soviet-made Katyusha that was used extensively by Hizbullah
during the Second Lebanon War and are slightly more sophisticated than an
Iranian-made Grad-model Katyusha that is also in Hamas's arsenal.
The four rockets that hit Beersheba this week were filled with metal balls
that can scatter up to 100 meters from the impact site, officials said.
These rockets have also been fired into Ashkelon and Ashdod.
that can scatter up to 100 meters from the impact site, officials said.
These rockets have also been fired into Ashkelon and Ashdod.
The three countries that manufacture Grad-model Katyushas are China, Russia
and Bulgaria.
and Bulgaria.
Defense officials told The Jerusalem Post the rockets were smuggled into
Gaza in the 12 days after Hamas blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza
and Egypt on January 23.
Gaza in the 12 days after Hamas blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza
and Egypt on January 23.
"Huge quantities of weaponry were smuggled into Gaza then from above ground,
including the Grad rockets," an official said, adding that even after the
border wall was sealed, Hamas continued to smuggle the long-range rockets
into Gaza via tunnels under the Philadelphi Corridor.
including the Grad rockets," an official said, adding that even after the
border wall was sealed, Hamas continued to smuggle the long-range rockets
into Gaza via tunnels under the Philadelphi Corridor.
From China, the rockets make several stops before reaching Gaza. In many
cases, officials said, they are bought by Iran or Hizbullah and then
transferred to Sinai.
cases, officials said, they are bought by Iran or Hizbullah and then
transferred to Sinai.
In some instances, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) has learned of
weapons that came from Yemen and Eritrea, were moved to Sudan, then north to
Egypt, and finally smuggled into Gaza.
weapons that came from Yemen and Eritrea, were moved to Sudan, then north to
Egypt, and finally smuggled into Gaza.
"This is a complicated smuggling system that involves many different people
around the world," one official said.
around the world," one official said.
The Grad-model Katyushas, officials said, were packed with large quantities
of ammonia and less-than-maximum explosives to increase their durability and
lethality.
of ammonia and less-than-maximum explosives to increase their durability and
lethality.
Last Thursday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told Foreign
Minister Tzipi Livni that Cairo was not responsible for Hamas's military
buildup and that the long-range rockets in the group's arsenal were not
smuggled through the tunnels from Sinai.
Minister Tzipi Livni that Cairo was not responsible for Hamas's military
buildup and that the long-range rockets in the group's arsenal were not
smuggled through the tunnels from Sinai.
Defense officials said Wednesday that Aboul Gheit was partially correct, in
that some of the rockets did not come into Gaza through tunnels, but that
they did enter the Strip from Sinai.
that some of the rockets did not come into Gaza through tunnels, but that
they did enter the Strip from Sinai.
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