Iranian-Made Rockets Put 500,000 Israelis In Range Of Hamas

Range of Hamas Missiles (Image from Stratfor)

From Bloomberg:

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The Grad rocket, designed for attacking troops on the battlefield, has become the most effective means for Hamas to attack Israeli towns and cities far from the Gaza Strip.

With a top range of about 40 kilometers (25 miles) the unguided, Iranian-supplied Grad enables Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups to strike at more than a half-million Israelis, far more than the mortar shells and locally made Qassam rockets also fired from Gaza. That was a key trigger for Israel’s offensive in Gaza, Israeli military experts say.

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