Hamas: Our Rockets Will Reach North of Tel Aviv - Defense/Security - News - Israel National News
Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas member of parliament and senior figure in the organization, threatened increased Hamas missile range in the next confrontation, saying that if Israel struck Gaza, Hamas would fire missiles at "targets north of Tel Aviv."
Al-Masri, who spoke at an event organized by Hamas students to commemorate a year since the IDF's Operation Pillar of Cloud, claimed that Israel "will be surprised by the abilities of the Al-Qassam Brigades."
On Monday al-Masri similarly claimed that Hamas now has missiles with 100
kilometer (62 mile) range, putting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in their sights.
The threats were confirmed last Friday when Colonel Amos Hacohen, head of the IDF's Southern Gaza Brigade, assessed that Hamas continues to greatly
expand and improve its missile arsenal. The missiles are largely produced in Gaza following
Egypt's crackdown on Sinai smuggling.
Al-Masri extolled the young generation of Hamas, saying "these youths present at the event...are a generation educated in the mosques that learned the Koran by heart."
The senior Hamas figure then threatened Israeli leaders, and particularly Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, telling them "to run away before the new generation of Al-Qassam Brigades reaches you."
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It's true, when I was in Gaza over the past summer I heard explosions several times where both Hamas and PIJ were testing rockets. PIJ was testing 30km rockets I believe and Hamas was testing these rockets they produce in Gaza. I'm not sure if they are yet very accurate though. Also unsure of the damage.
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