[Ha'aretz] Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff - For two years Hamas, with Iranian assistance, has been working hard on developing its military power. In recent years dozens of Gazans have traveled to training camps in Iran and Lebanon run by terror organizations and Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Hamas has learned to create ammonium perchlorate compound, an advanced rocket propellant that extends Kassam rocket range beyond 20 kilometers and significantly increases a rocket's shelf life. That means that, for the first time, Hamas can maintain a supply of rockets for months at a time. Analysts believe Hamas currently has over 1,000 rockets, while Islamic Jihad maintains its own production and storage facilities. Sources in Gaza say Hamas' "military industry" is working overtime to manufacture rockets.
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