Hamas commander says group rebuilding rocket arsenal
02 Mar 201523:32 PM
Hamas commander says group rebuilding rocket arsenal
Agence France-Presse

A senior Hamas military official said Monday his Palestinian Islamist group which controls Gaza is rebuilding its heavily depleted rocket arsenal in case of fresh conflict with Israel.

"Any regional or international attempt to lay siege to Hamas or its armed wing is bound to fail," said Marwan Eissa, a commander of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades armed wing.


Hamas was "not looking for confrontation" with Israel, he said, quoted by Hamas-run news agency al-Ray.

"But we are making sure our forces are reinforced in case of a confrontation. We're continuing to make rockets."


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