Police: Most rockets in Gaza made from parts acquired in Israel - Haaretz

Last update - 20:20 04/03/2007

Police: Most rockets in Gaza made from parts acquired in Israel

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

Most of the rockets fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are made from pipes and metal parts acquired in Israel, police said Sunday.

The report came after a gag order lifted Sunday revealed that the Shin Bet has arrested a Palestinian suspected of supplying Hamas militants with pipes used to produce Qassam rockets.

A'amar Zak, 37, was nabbed by security forces at the Erez Border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip and charged with assisting a terrorist organization.

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According to Israel's security service, since the GOC Southern Command issued an order prohibiting the purchase of metal pipes from Israel Palestinian militants have been cut off from an important supply of metal used to produce the Qassams.

Over the past few years, thousands of Qassam rockets have been fired by Palestinians at civilian targets in the western Negev, killing dozens of Israelis.

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1.	thousands of Qassams	16:40	\|	Finegan	04/03/07

2.	Is it Israel`s prvention of the movement of metal pipes into the	18:38	\|	Nadav	04/03/07

3.	Great job once again	19:17	\|	BradL	04/03/07

4.	Metal pipes?	19:47	\|	Lebanese admirer	04/03/07

5.	...and on second thoughts.....	19:51	\|	Lebanese admirer	04/03/07

6.	Give up land for more terror	19:52	\|	Anthony	04/03/07

7.	bradl, @3, it is very bad job, why they did not do it	20:26	\|	vladimir	04/03/07

8.	Uh oh...Israel is going to bomb Israel!	20:46	\|	Tim	04/03/07

9.	No Pipes For You	21:03	\|	Efox	04/03/07

10.	SO COME ON, LET`S TIGHTEN THE NOOSE AROUND GAZA MORE SEVERELY	21:17	\|	JACKAL	04/03/07

11.	Disgusting	21:21	\|	H	04/03/07

12.	IF jews are Calling This Man..	21:44	\|	Abe	04/03/07

13.	barbosity	21:50	\|	barbosa	04/03/07

14.	Now cut off the sources of rocket fuel too	22:01	\|	Dr. L. Brnd	04/03/07

15.	no exports of anything into gaza	22:06	\|	vik	04/03/07

16.	GAZA IS HIS HOME	22:21	\|	TOBIA	04/03/07

17.	Jackal, What are you trying to say?	22:24	\|	Alan	04/03/07

18.	Silly story made up by some of the world`s most notorious liars	22:24	\|	Andreas	04/03/07

19.	Bursting Pipes	22:45	\|	J of Hollywood	04/03/07

20.	It`s Rice&Israeli Lefties issuing entry permits to "alleviate the	23:05	\|	Absolute Sweden	04/03/07

21.	"Pastrami sandwich" and Qassams...	23:44	\|	Maureen Ann	04/03/07

22.	This figures	00:31	\|	Mark Lincoln	05/03/07

23.	Israel battling for its life against an .	00:37	\|	Racon-tour	05/03/07

24.	This explains poor Quassam performance..Israeli quality	01:50	\|	Rachel Corrie	05/03/07

25.	I.DF. bomb parts found in Iraq too.	01:50	\|	les duffey	05/03/07

26.	Armed Jewish Settlers.	01:59	\|	Maureen Ann	05/03/07

27.	#4 Metal Pipes	02:28	\|	* BEN JABO	05/03/07

28.	Pipes?	03:52	\|	Jimmy	05/03/07

29.	#28 Jimmy	17:36	\|	* BEN JABO	05/03/07

30.	#25 Les Duffey - Very interesting	17:39	\|	* BEN JABO	05/03/07

31.	To #6 Anthony	18:16	\|	Ahmad	05/03/07

32.	to #11 do you ......	18:19	\|	Juan Perez	05/03/07

33.	#4 2nd try - Lebanese Admirer	23:20	\|	* BEN JABO	05/03/07