[Ha'aretz] Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff - There has been a sharp increase in the quantity of explosives, including various types of rockets, smuggled into Gaza from Egypt over the last few weeks, say senior officers in the Israel Defense Forces. Hamas now has complete control over the smuggling routes from Egypt, having forced the clans that previously controlled these routes to take orders from it. They added that the arms smuggling has expanded markedly since Hamas seized control. Fatah sources said Sunday that terrorist organizations in Gaza recently received a shipment of about 70 Grad Katyusha rockets.
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