Islamic Jihad claims Israel is planting booby traps weapons in Sinai for smuggling into Gaza

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From Ahramonline
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement accused Israel of smuggling booby-trapped weapons into Gaza in order to damage the capacity of the resistance.

Abu Ahmad, spokesperson for the group’s armed wing, the al-Quds Brigades, said that Israeli intelligence is selling the rigged weapons in Sinai so that arms dealers there will smuggle them into the Gaza Strip.

Islamic Jihad’s website Palestine Today reported Abu Ahmad’s statements that Israeli intelligence is rigging these weapons to explode when used by Palestinian resistance fighters, whether in testing or use against Israeli targets. more

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