Photo Gallery Hamas' Weapons Arsenal
The rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza City. On the seventh day of the offensive, the Israeli air force pounded more than 100 targets. The primary goal, Israeli officials said, was to destroy Hamas' rocket arsenal.
Israeli officials believe that most of the arsenal has already been destroyed, but Hamas continued to fire rockets towards Israel on Tuesday. Here, Israeli soldiers can be seen firing an interceptor missile using the "Iron Dome" missile-defense system in the ciy of Beer Sheva.
Here, a Hamas fighter can be seen making his way through the streets of Gaza City as he takes part in a night training. In addition to rockets made in Iran and China, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms are also part of Hamas' weapons stashes.
Fighters who are members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad prepare to launch self-made Quds rockets into Israel in this 2008 archive photo.
Here, Palestinian militants can be seen taking part in a training march in southern Gaza Strip in 2009. They are carrying machine guns from diverse manufacturers.
Hamas militants show a Land Rover together with diverse weapons and flak vests that they took in 2007 during an attack on the headquarters of the security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah at the time.
