Just 6 months after war, Hamas says Gaza bases near border rebuilt
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The military wing of Hamas on Saturday said that it had rebuilt a number of military bases near the Israeli border in the Gaza Strip, asserting that it had recovered from Israel’s summer offensive and was “not afraid” of confronting the “occupation” again.
“No sooner has the war come to an end, than the al-Qassam Brigades started a new stage of the conflict in preparation for the battle of liberation,” a report on the official website of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades said.
The report said that [Arab Muslim terrorists] from the group had rebuilt military training sites near the border in the north, east, and west of the Gaza Strip, giving lie to Israeli claims that “Operation Protective Edge” in July-August 2014 had caused the group serious damage.
Israel’s aim in the operation had been to end rocket fire from Gaza.
