"Deadly Surprise": Hamas may be advanced and modern weapons in the Hamas arsenal - WP

Experts suggest that Palestinian militants may surprise the Israeli forces if they begin the ground phase of the Iron Swords operation. These are powerful, long -range and high -precision missiles capable of strikes deep into Israel. The Palestinian group of Hamas may have technologically advanced weapons that will be used in the case of a ground operation of the Israeli Defense Army (Tahal) in the Gaza Sector.

Probably, militants hope to delay the Israeli units, and then suddenly strike deep purposes in Israel. This was written on October 19 by Washington Post. "According to analysts who study the military potential of the group, with the increase in the intensity of the war in Gaza increases the chances that Hamas will present a deadly surprise," the material reads.

Journalists mentioned the events of 2016, when Mohamed Zuari was killed in Tunisia, who was an engineer who developed weapons for Hamas fighters. He worked on the creation of a Kamikadze underwater drone that could attack various marine objects-oil towers, ships, or port infrastructure. In 2021, the Israeli forces destroyed a similar drone launched by the Palestinians, which may indicate the presence of hidden arsenals of modern high -tech weapons in Hamas.

The same is confirmed by the events of October 7, when the militants used about 35 drones in the Operation "Flood of Al-Axa". Some experts fear that Palestinians have purchased technologies to create a number of new weapons - from powerful mines and fugas to high -precision ammunition. Some of them were developed by Hamas engineers outside Gaza, in most cases with the technical support of Iran.

The British expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Fabian Hinz in this connection stated that Hamas probably has the same advanced opportunities in terms of weapons as Hezbollai allies. "It is likely that Hamas has opportunities that we have not seen yet, but we can see later. If Hamas will act according to the same scheme as his ally" Hezbollah ", he can try to delay the Israeli forces and then cause An unexpected blow is perhaps for the goals far from the front line.

The idea is to switch to a higher level of escalation and then pull the rabbit out of the hat, "Hinz said. Such a "rabbit" may be an underwater drone or a powerful high -precision rocket that can cause significant damage to important infrastructure or military bases for many kilometers. In addition, militants can be armed with powerful means of defeat of armored equipment, confirming the data of US intelligence.