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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Hamas threw 'medicine grenades' at IDF

Hamas threw 'medicine grenades' at IDF
Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST Feb. 13, 2009
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304770155&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull

Medicine bottles, transferred to the Gaza Strip as humanitarian aid by
Israel, were used by Hamas as grenades against IDF troops during Operation
Cast Lead. Pictures of the grenades were obtained exclusively by The
Jerusalem Post.

The medicine bottles were manufactured by the Jerusalem Pharmaceutical
Company, which is based in el-Bireh, a town adjacent to Ramallah, and the
global pharmaceutical company Shire.

The medicine bottles were filled with explosives, holes were drilled in the
caps, and fuses were installed. Once Hamas fighters lit the fuses, they had
several seconds to throw the grenades at soldiers. The IDF also found small
explosive devices that used medical syringes to hold their fuses.

The medical grenades were discovered in northern Gaza by troops during last
month's three-week battle against Hamas. The grenades were taken to military
explosives experts, and then disassembled and studied.

One bottle turned into a grenade originally contained a drug called Equetro,
which is used by people who suffer from episodes associated with bipolar
disorder. Another bottle had contained a vitamin supplement called
Super-Vit.

"This is another example of Hamas's cynical use of humanitarian supplies to
attack Israel," a Defense Ministry official said Thursday. "Israel
facilitates the transfer of the supplies to the Gaza Strip, and Hamas uses
the supplies to create weapons."

During the offensive, the IDF encountered a variety of improvised explosive
devices (IEDs) that were manufactured by Hamas and Islamic Jihad inside the
Gaza Strip. Some were anti-personnel bombs and others were planted on the
sides of roads or underground to be activated against IDF tanks and armored
personnel carriers. Some of the IEDs were fitted with advanced wireless
detonators and others were attached to a wire.

In one instance, a Merkava tank from Brigade 401 rolled over a large
explosive device that lifted the tank in the air but did not cause any
serious damage, due to a plate of reinforced steel that was installed on the
tank before the operation.

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