(Jerusalem Post) Nina Gilbert - Palestinians are testing Kassam rockets off the Gaza coast to improve their range and accuracy, an IDF Operations Branch official told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. According to Brig.-Gen. Gadi Shamni, the missiles' range has been increased from 7 km. to 9 km. Shamni said the accuracy of the rockets was also being checked by boats deployed to check the nautical landing sites. IDF intelligence research chief, Brig.-Gen. Yossi Kupperwasser said Hamas and Islamic Jihad are "looking for excuses" to renew attacks on Israeli targets, and that the threat of terror attacks was "increasing with time."
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