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GAZA, Dec 22 (KUNA) -- Israeli military sources Wednesday indicated a
belief a sophisticated Kornet missile used in an attack on an Israeli tank in
Gaza Strip two weeks ago had come from Iran.
After a first of a kind incident in Gaza, much stressed by Israeli media,
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi admitted Tuesday that a
Kornet missile had been fired at an Israeli tank earlier this month.
Ashkenazi had told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that
the massive anti-tank missile penetrated the tank's outer shell, but failed to
explode inside it.
The Israelis blamed Hamas for the attack, citing its use of the weapon in
the so-called "second Lebanon war".
The sources accordingly stressed the need to change armored vehicle
operations mode in Gaza Strip.
Israel accuses Hamas of smuggling sophisticated weapons, anti-armor
missiles, and long-range missiles from Iran with the aim of hitting targets in
the heart of Israel, bringing the items through tunnels along the Gaza-Egypt
borderline. (end)
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