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Palestinian Engineer Admits Helping Hamas Develop Rockets to Fire at Israel
(Ha'aretz) Yanir Yagna - Details emerged Thursday about the investigation of engineer Dirar Abu Sisi, who according to foreign reports was abducted by Israeli forces in the Ukraine last February. Sisi told investigators he helped Hamas boost its rocket capabilities, including launch and range capabilities. He said he used "mathematical equations, which improve the ability of the iron rods to withstand pressure and heat." In 2002 Abu Sisi began working with Mohammed Def, the head of Hamas' military wing. "In 2003, Hamas asked me to extend the Kassam rocket's range by up to six kilometers," Abu Sisi told the interrogators. "In 2005 they asked me again to extend the range to nine km., then 15."