In a straight fight between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip there is no question who has the upper hand. Israel’s armed forces are among the world’s most sophisticated. Their ability to mount a drone strike of the kind that killed the Hamas military leader Ahmad Jabari on Wednesday attests to a deadly combination of precise weaponry and accurate intelligence.
But in the latest round of the conflict the Palestinians have used a weapon which gives them a rare if short-lived advantage — a rocket which can strike at Israel’s civilian heartland. This is the Fajr-5, developed by Iran and also supplied to Hezbollah, Tehran’s Lebanese ally. It has a range of up to 75km, which means it can hit Tel Aviv and elsewhere in the heavily populated conurbation in central Israel.
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