Palestinian domestic weapons production

Even before the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, various insurgent Palestinian (Palestinian resistance) groups built domestically-produced weapons for attacks against Israel.^{[citation needed]} Most of the effort has been in the production of unguided artillery rockets, though Hamas has built its own versions of anti-tank missiles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). Though usually smuggled across the Egyptian border into the Gaza Strip and to a lesser extent Jordanian border into the West Bank, various small arms are believed to be produced in the Palestinian territories.

On 14 August 2008 the Popular Resistance Committees showed off the Nasser-4 missile, an upgraded version of the existing Nasser-3.^[1]

Known equipment

Aircraft

• Ababeel1 - reconnaissance and armed drone.

Rockets

Main article: Palestinian rocket arsenal

Multiple Rocket Launcher

• al Quds-3 MRL (Hamas & Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement)

Short Range Artillery Rockets

• Qassam Type 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Hamas)^[2][3][4]
• al Quds Type 101 & 2 (Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement)^[3]
• al Nasser-3 (Popular Resistance Committees)^[5]
• al Nasser-4 (Popular Resistance Committees)
• Saria-2 (Tanzim)
• Kafah (Fatah)^[5]
• Jenin-1 (Fatah)
• Arafat Type 1 & 2 (Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade)
• Aqsa-3 (Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade)
• Al-Samoud (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine)^[5]

Anti-Tank Missiles

• Yasin RPG (Hamas)^[6]
• al Bana RPG (Hamas developed, in use by other factions)
• al Batar RPG (Hamas developed, in use by other factions)^[5][4]

Mortars

• Sariya-1 240mm Mortar (Fatah & Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine)

Small arms

• Carlo (submachine gun)^[7]

References

1. Ha'aretz 15 August 2008 PRC: Our new rocket can reach as far as Ashdod
2. "Gaza's rocket threat to Israel". 21 January 2008.
3. "Palestinian Authority" (PDF). www.tau.ac.il. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
4. "Website of 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades - Hamas' Military Wing - Details Weapons Manufactured in Gaza to be Used Against Israel, Including Suicide Belts, Anti-Tank Mines, Rockets and Mortars, and Others".
5. "Palestinian Weapons Production and Smuggling: Missiles, Rockets & Mortars". Archived from the original on 2020-03-16.
6. "Yassin RPG – the Underground RPG of Gaza". 14 November 2017.
7. "Say hello to 'Carlo,' the cheap, lethal go-to gun for terrorists". The Times of Israel.

Bibliography

• Horowitz, Adam; Ratner, Lizzy; Weiss, Philip (2011). The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict. Bold Type Books. ISBN 978-1568586410.