Israel says Hamas as strong as Hezbollah
"Hamas has military capabilities almost of a state," a spokesman quoted Yoram Cohen as telling the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and defence.
"Some of its military capabilities are even better than Hezbollah's," he said.
He said that the militant group's armoury had been swollen by advanced weaponry smuggled into the coastal territory from Libya since the fall of Moamer Kadhafi, including shoulder-fired missiles.
Cohen said that Hamas had also developed a sophisticated local arms industry, using computerised lathes to produce rockets of ranges from four to 40km.
He said that it currently had 8,000 rockets.
Israel says that both Hamas and the Shiite Hezbollah receive support from Iran.
The Jewish state fought a devastating war against Hezbollah in 2006 that cost the lives of 1,200 people in Lebanon, mainly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers.
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I wish, it happens here in Pakistan too.
Hamas is a sstrong as Hezbollah.. Wait dont tell me lemme guess.. Its as stong as the IDF (Isreali Defence Forces) in fact they are on the verge of overrunning Isreal altogether. A pre-emtive war is absolutely neccessery for the survival of the Isreali State
Thank God there is someone for Palestinians too,,,,