Subject: [Peoples War] Palestine: Hamas says it is developing rockets able to hit Israeli cities - Ananova Ananova : Hamas says it is developing rockets able to hit Israeli cities ======================================== Hamas says it is developing a long-range rocket that will be able to hit Israeli cities. Moussa Abu Marzook told CBS News the rocket will have a range of six miles. It will be able to hit Jewish neighbourhoods of Jerusalem from inside the West Bank. Israeli military sources say Israel is aware of attempts by militant groups to develop weapons that can hit inside Israel. There have been reports that Hamas is developing rockets named Qassem-1 and Qassem-2. The Israeli military has said that short-range rockets were fired at Gaza targets along with conventional mortar shells, but their range did not approach six miles. A longer-range rocket could hit several Israeli villages and the city of Ashkelon from inside Gaza, and many Israeli cities and towns could be targeted from the West Bank. Abu Marzook was interviewed in Beirut two weeks ago, the network says. "We want to resist the occupation with these missiles," he said. He added that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat cannot stop Hamas as it has the support of most of the Palestinian people. "If Arafat put an end to Hamas, who is he going to rule?" Abu Marzook said. He then went on to say said that Israel had destroyed 73 Palestinian houses "and the people couldn't resist. Are weapons allowed only for the Israelis and not the Palestinians?" Story filed: 23:22 Thursday 24th January 2002 _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news:
