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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-884901
IDF Rejects Hamas Disarmament that Exempts Kalashnikov Rifles
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - IDF sources predicted on Thursday that there is a high probability that eventually a sizable military operation will be required against Hamas to ensure its disarmament. The IDF rejected ideas leaked by U.S. officials for disarming Hamas that focus on collecting Hamas's "heavy" weapons, such as rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, for storage. Placing these and any other Hamas weapons in storage would essentially allow them to keep their weapons but just change their address. Hamas would either control the storage guards or would easily overpower them. Moreover, merely collecting heavy weapons would be insufficient. Seizing Hamas's Kalashnikov rifles would be crucial to limiting its lethal capacity. A large number of Oct. 7 victims were killed by these rifles.