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Some of the components may have been smuggled in (such as the fuel) but as a whole the missiles used by Hamas and the other Palestinians are jut more powerful version of the kit rockets you can buy at your local hobby store (Much Bigger). If you are going to make accusations, try to keep them truthful. Egypt can NOT control what gets through the tunnels, but even Egypt does NOT permit its people to have access to any type of missiles. Thus the missiles HAVE to be home made, Egypt will NOT permit them to exist inside Egypt. What Hamas has been getting are supplies that can be obtained in Egypt, metal pipes that can be use to make rockets. Steel slabs (Design for Vehicles) that can be used as fins, and various components for the rocket engine and bombs themselves (and all you need to make Explosives is electricity and the knowledge how to use it to fix nitrates to make the explosives).
The missiles Hamas have been using are home made, that is acknowledged by everyone. Sometime someone makes a comment that Iran had smuggled in longer range rockets, but none has been used, and those rockets tend to be to big NOT to be noticed by the Egyptian Police. The Egyptian Police seem to have been leaving Hamas smuggle in items into Gaza from Egypt, but NOT things into Egypt and then into Gaza. Egypt does NOT permit such smuggling, let the items be used by the Moslem Brotherhood against the Egyptian Government. Small arms ammo in smuggled in, for Egypt has tons of that stuff and enough soldier who are willing to steal it for Hamas, but larger items are like larger items in the US army, if it is missing SOMEONE will go to Jail. Thus most of the AKs and other small arms in the hands of Hamas was taken into Gaza when the PLO controlled Gaza, and such small arms last for decades. During the recent war, no heavy weapons were reported to be used by Hamas (Nothing bigger then a Machine Gun, except for the rockets and other home made devices).
Remember, all the smuggling is occurring between Egypt and Gaza. The Egyptian people have shown clear signs of massive support for the people of Gaza and Hamas, but the Government of Egypt OPPOSE Hamas. Thus the Egyptian Government wants Hamas defeated as much as Israel, but it dares NOT do anything given the level of support for Hamas in Egypt. The Moslem Brotherhood is believed to be handling the Smuggling into Gaza, and it has had extensive support among the enlisted ranks of the Army AND the junior officers (Thus the success of the Smuggling Tunnels, the guards support Hamas, even as their leader oppose Hamas, the Guards do NOT look for the tunnels but do close them when their are pointed out to them by their superiors). Israel demands Egypt do a better job guarding the border, but Egypt does NOT have the troops who support their government more then their support Hamas. The most loyal troops are kept in Cairo to protect the Government and the tourist trade to the Pyramids (Which is a rich source of revenue for Egypt and thus must be protected). The rest of the country is left with troops who loyalty is questionable. Egypt does NOT dare move its more loyal troops out of Cairo, for fear that they may stop their support of the Government if they have to live in the Conditions that exist on the Gaza border AND that once on patrol they will NOT be available to put down any coup attempt in Cairo. Thus Egypt puts less loyal soldier on the Gaza Border for it dares NOT move its more loyal Soldiers that far from Cairo.
Now, Egypt does NOT permit heavy military equipment outside its own military. Who ever is assigned that piece of equipment is personally responsible for that equipment, If it is lost or stolen the soldier who signed for it MUST pay for the equipment UNLESS his superiors agree that it is a training or combat loss (This is the rule in the US Army, damaged equipment that is turned in for repairs rarely cost the soldier anything, it does if he is determined to be at fault AND the fault is not "Normal" i.e. Gross negligence or deliberate, other losses are just written of). On the other hand lost or Stolen equipment MUST be paid for by the soldier who was responsible for it. Worse, if it is a weapon, the Army will watch you for months afterward to see if you buried it for later recovery (and if they catch you throw you in jail). All Armies do this. Now Ammunition is used up every day and the lost of some small arms ammo is no big deal. On the other hand, anything bigger then a 50 caliber bullet MUST be accounted for, if the missing item will be searched for till it is found OR someone goes to jail. Thus Hamas is probably getting small arms ammunition from Egypt but Nothing bigger.
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