The report, based on Western security sources, claims that the Gazan terror group is working through a Lebanese intermediary to bring more fighting equipment to the Strip, in order to replenish stocks after three weeks of fighting with Israel.
The deal with Pyongyang is said to be worth several hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, what appears to be a new missile is carried during a mass military parade at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country’s founding father Kim Il Sung. (photo credit: AP/Ng Han Guan, File)
According to the Telegraph, Israeli officials believe North Korea consulted with Hamas to aid the group in building a network of tunnels into Israeli territory intended for terror attacks, tunnels that Israel is now scrambling to uncover and destroy.
The subterranean passages are reminiscent of tunnels built by North Korea in the 1970s into South Korea.
Last week, a US federal judge found North Korea and Iran guilty of aiding Hezbollah during Israel’s 2006 war with the Lebanese terror group.
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