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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/18/palestinians-israel-rockets-duds-idUSL5E8MI2MI20121118
Some Gaza Rockets Stripped of Explosives to Fly Further
(Reuters) Dan Williams - Some of the Palestinian rockets fired far into Israel lacked warheads because they were stripped down to increase range and spread alarm over a wider population, Israeli security sources said on Sunday. "They're pipes, basically," said an Israeli official. "Our assessment is that the prestige of setting off alarms deep in Israel, and being perceived as fighting on, is as important to them now as spilling our blood."