From Debkafile, September 21, 2005, 1:07 PM (GMT+02:00)...
Abu Mazen’s Palestinian Authority purchased some of the banned weapons smuggled into Gaza from Sinai in the last nine days - Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz to Knesset committee
The disclosure means the Palestinian Authority has not only dishonored all the accords reached for Israel's Gaza withdrawal, but actually instigated and funded Palestinian gun-running, at least in part. In his briefing to the Knesset foreign affairs and security committee Tuesday, Sept 21, Mofaz gave no indication of how Israel meant to handle these violations. He said only that Israel takes an extremely grave view of Egyptian-Palestinian dereliction in curbing the flow of illegal weapons from Sinai into the Gaza Strip.
The minister had hoped not to appear before the parliamentary panel session. He only presented himself when the lawmakers insisted on a full briefing from a member of the government to clear up the vague assertion by AMAN military intelligence officer. Brig. Yossi Kupwasser assured the panel that the Palestinians had not acquired “equalizer-breaker” weapons in the early days of Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
DEBKAfile’s military experts conclude that the officerr’s use of the term “equalizer breaker” evaded the real issue. Terrorists do not need tanks to kill large numbers of civilians – whether in Israel or Iraq – but bombs, explosives and Qassam missiles; or an air force to shoot down an El Al passenger plane and restrict the maneuverability of Israel’s reconnaissance drones and helicopters. All the Palestinians need are Strela anti-air missiles. In the last nine days, they have used the open Sinai-Gaza crossing to abundantly restock with upgraded Qassam missiles, smuggled in banned Strela and anti-tank Sagger missiles, and piled up a mountain of explosives and ammunition.
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