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September 8, 2023

Only Israeli Boots on the Ground Can Keep Rocket Launchers Out of the West Bank

Learning the lessons of Gaza.

Between June 26 and August 15, there were eight cases where terrorists in the Samarian city of Jenin launched rockets at Israeli communities. None of the rockets harmed persons or property, but there is reason to worry that future efforts will be more successful. Uzi Rubin traces the development of Hamas’s rocket arsenal in Gaza from simple, homemade projectiles built from easy-to-acquire items, to military rockets smuggled from Iran, to sophisticated, locally manufactured weapons that can hit targets anywhere in Israel and carry large payloads. With this progression in mind, he considers the situation in the West Bank:

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