Hamas Flies Drone over Gaza during Anniversary Parade: Thanks Iran

Local Editor

The Palestinian Hamas Resistance group staged a show of strength to mark its 27th anniversary Sunday, with a military parade through Gaza including a flyover by a drone.

The movement was founded in 1987 shortly after the start of the first Palestinian intifada, or uprising.

The "Israeli" Jerusalem Post said the "Israeli" air force scrambled warplanes to monitor the Hamas drone, which did not cross into the Zionist entity.

"According to a military source, the jets were prepared to deal with the threat, but returned to base after the air force saw there was no threat to "Israeli" air space," the Post website said.

An "Israeli" military spokesman confirmed the drone flight but would not comment on "Israeli" reaction.
On the ground, rocket and mortar launchers trundled through the rain-swept Gaza streets along with thousands of masked, black-clad and helmeted fighters of Hamas' military arm, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.

Lorries carried larger rockets, such as the locally produced M75, which have a range of 80 kilometers [50 miles], meaning they can reach Occupied al-Quds and Tel Aviv.
Frogmen of the Brigades' naval commandos posed in wetsuits and other resistance men rappelled down the walls of a building.

Qassam spokesman Abu Obeida praised Iran for its support.

"Thank you to all the people and the countries, first among which is the Islamic Republic of Iran which did not skimp on money, weapons and other things and provided the resistance with rockets," he said in a speech.

Qassam says the "Ababil" drone is manufactured in Gaza.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team