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Thursday, August 17, 2023
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Thursday, August 17, 2023
Hamas said to test fire 250 km-range rockets toward sea
File: This picture taken in Gaza City on August 10, 2020 shows smoke trails from test rockets fired by the Palestinian terror group Hamas, which currently controls the Gaza Strip, as part of military drills. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
Hamas test fires rockets toward the sea, including those with a notably long range, according to a variety of reports.
The Al Mayadeen Lebanese news site says that Hamas test fired at least 50 long-range rockets toward the sea, including Ayyash 250 rockets, which it claims have a range of 250 kilometers (155 miles), which could theoretically reach all of Israel.
It claimed to fire such a rocket toward Eilat in May 2021.
The rocket was named for Yahya Ayyash, a top Hamas bombmaker who was responsible for dozens of Israeli deaths before he was assassinated in 1996.
