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Gaza militant group Mujahideen Brigades unveils new local-made anti-tank launcher Sair 2801144.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 06:16 PM | |||
Gaza militant group Mujahideen Brigades unveils new local-made anti-tank launcher Sair. | |||
The
"Mujahideen Brigades" in Gaza announced this week the launch
of a new local-made portable ATM (Anti-Tank Missile) launcher. A Video
released January 27, 2014, shows a live firing test with the new anti-tank
weapon system. |
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The anti-tank launcher named "Sair", meaning "burning flame," has a length of 1 meter and seems to be fitted with a basic sight for aiming and firing. The al-Mujahideen Brigades are a little known movement that originally emerged from Fatah's al-Aqsa Brigades but became independent and today lean towards the group Islamic Jihad. Al-Mujahideen has carried out rocket attacks on Israeli targets from the Gaza Strip, in contravention of the ceasefire the Hamas-led Gaza government currently maintains with Israel. Terrorist
groups are believed to have amassed a large arsenal of thousands of rockets
and local made weapon systems since Israel's last military offensive in
Gaza four years ago. Hamas has been smuggling weapons through tunnels
under the border with Egypt, but also claims to have begun manufacturing
longer-range rockets in Gaza. In
October 2010 five children and three women were injured after a Qassam
rocket training site exploded near a crowded residential area of Tel As-Sultan
in Rafah. |
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