Circumstances were discovered that Hamas, a Palestinian armed faction that infiltrated Israeli territory and attacked civilians and military bases, was in possession of North Korean-made weapons.
On the 10th, the U.S. Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported that a military blogger named ‘War Noir’ posted on his social media that “one of the (Hamas) members can be seen with an F-7 high explosive fragmentation rocket manufactured in North Korea.” It was reported that the claim was made through SNS.
The F-7 (Launcher No. 7) is a rocket launcher (RPG) produced by North Korea to suppress tanks, bunkers, and buildings, and is known to have been exported in large quantities to the Middle East. The Israeli military and the U.S. military, which engaged in direct combat with Islamic armed groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, captured and analyzed the weapons.
There have been suspicions that North Korea provided weapons to Hamas in the past. However, it is unclear whether North Korea handed over these weapons directly to Hamas or whether weapons exported to other countries ended up in Hamas.
Bruce Bechtol, a professor at Angelo State University and a former member of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), pointed out that Hamas has previously used the North Korean-made F-7, saying, “It is highly likely that not only the F-7 but other North Korean-made weapons were used (in this war).” “He said.
North Korean infantry marching with an F-7 (7 launcher) at a past military paradeOn this day, Rodong Sinmun, North Korea’s state-run media, mentioned the war between Israel and Palestine for the first time and criticized Israel.
The newspaper said, “A large-scale armed conflict has broken out between Hamas in Palestine and Israel,” with the title “Large-scale armed conflict broke out between Palestine and Israel,” and “A gunfight broke out between the two sides, and thousands of rockets were fired.” “And indiscriminate airstrikes were carried out,” he said.
He continued, “The international community claims that this conflict is the result of Israel’s constant criminal acts against the Palestinian people and that the fundamental way to end the bloody conflict is to build an independent Palestinian state.”
Choi Jae-ho,
Source: Donga
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