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April 5, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/hamas-weapons-capability-increased-four-fold-over-last-five-years-1.354097

Israel Indicts Palestinian Engineer Over Hamas Weapons Development

(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Palestinian engineer Dirar Abu Sisi, 41, was charged on Monday with helping to increase the range of Hamas rockets from 6 to 22 km. and improving the armor penetration capability of anti-tank missiles from 6 to 26 cm. He was also developing a mortar shell that could penetrate meter-thick armor. Abu Sisi, a director of the Gaza power station, says he was abducted in February during a visit to Ukraine and transferred to Israel. The indictment portrays him as a central Hamas leader. In 2009, after the Gaza operation, Abu Sisi was assigned with establishing and heading Hamas' military academy.

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