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Source: https://www.jns.org/how-hamas-turned-gazan-homes-into-weapons-depots/
How Hamas Turned Gazan Homes into Weapons Depots
(JNS) Yaakov Lappin - In its war against Hamas, the IDF is operating in an environment where a significant percentage of buildings and homes in Gaza are filled with weapons. The mass installing of weapons in civilian homes is part of Hamas's entrenchment program that turned Gaza into a terror fortress that lacks any parallel in the world. A large number of civilian households have been repurposed into storage centers for AK-47s, anti-tank missile launchers, RPGs, bombs, mortars, IEDs and sniper rifles. This is so terrorists can walk the streets in civilian clothes, arrive at a weapons pick-up center, and begin attacking. To dismantle this hidden infrastructure, the IDF must clear each area house by house. While some civilians may be coerced into storing weapons, others are willingly involved, making it difficult to distinguish between combatants and noncombatants.