May 2021 AP story in LA Times
How Hamas amassed thousands of rockets to strike at Israel
May 2021
August 2021
Hamas' Advanced Weaponry: Rockets, Artillery, Drones, Cyber - EXCERPT:
In the 11 days of the 2021 war, Hamas launched 400 rockets a day, nearly four times the daily average number of launches in 2014. Hamas also launched six suicide drones during the war. All were intercepted by Israel, some by classified means.
August 2021
Hamas' Advanced Weaponry: Rockets, Artillery, Drones, Cyber
HAMAS UNDERSEA NAVAL COMMANDOS:
The IDF identified a Hamas naval base in 2016, before announcing the sea tunnel [discovered in 2018] . . . A senior Israeli Navy officer said. "We consider it a 'blue tunnel'—from land to sea.
[August 1, 2021], after the 2021 Gaza conflict, evidence suggests that Hamas imported weapons through an underwater tunnel on the Mediterranean coast.
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Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel [Wikipedia] EXCERPT:
"Attacks began in 2001. [As of August 2014 data] almost 20,000 rockets had hit southern Israel . . ."
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Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Date [2001 - 2023]
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It was widely reported that Hezbollah/Iran intended to strike Israel this weekend in revenge for the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria.
If Israel believed this to be true, it would seem logical for them to pull troops out of Gaza, so they could redeploy in the North.