Hamas ready to "strike back" with deadly new weapons

A commander of Hamas' military wing has said that his organisation is ready to strike back against Israel if incursions into the Gaza Strip continue.

Speaking to reporters, Al-Qassam Brigades Commander Abu Obeideh said:

"There is a truce in effect in the field. It is real if Israel stops its aggression and ends its siege. But if there is any Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip we will respond strongly. We are completely ready to answer any Israeli aggression. Our weapons are few compared to those of the Israeli occupation, but we have something that will worry the occupation.

We are now stronger than before and during the war, and our silence over the past two years was only for evaluating the situation,We won’t face the current attempts of the enemy to escalate the situation with silence. We now have an arsenal of missiles and rockets. We began manufacturing our own arms and we developed our abilities in extremely difficult and complicated conditions, Our resistance will continue as long as the Zionists remain."

Earlier this week, the Al Qassam Brigades hit an Israeli tank, which had entered the Gaza Strip, with a Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missile, it is the first time such a weapon has been used in Palestine.