(Telegraph-UK) Con Coughlin - Hamas militants are attempting to negotiate a new arms deal with North Korea for hundreds of missiles and communications equipment that will allow them to maintain their offensive against Israel, according to Western security sources. The relationship between Hamas and North Korea first became public in 2009 when 35 tons of arms, including surface-to-surface rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, were seized after a cargo plane carrying the equipment was forced to make an emergency landing at Bangkok airport. Israel believes North Korean experts have given Hamas advice on building the extensive network of tunnels in Gaza. The North Koreans have one of the world's most sophisticated networks of tunnels running beneath the demilitarized zone with South Korea.
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