[Telegraph-UK] Harry de Quetteville - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are rearming and retraining for an imminent military showdown with the Israeli army, intelligence sources disclosed Wednesday. Brig.-Gen. (res.) Shalom Harari, a military intelligence officer, accused Iran of being behind the new weapons drive. He said Teheran had found willing partners in Palestinian fighters. "Iran is a Middle East superpower. For them it is very important to get rockets into Gaza to develop a threat that surrounds Israel from all sides," he said. "Meanwhile the war in Lebanon has renewed the will and added urgency to Palestinian efforts to upgrade their weapons systems."
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