The Rocket Men

Source: Al Jazeera
Courtesy Of: YouTube

Paul Martin gains unique access to a Qassam rocket launching team in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli helicopter pilots charged with hunting them down.

Over the last few months, Israel has been threatening to mount a large-scale invasion over parts of the Gaza Strip, in response to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli collective farms and cities.

As the governing authorities in Gaza, Hamas have refused to condemn rocket-firing, arguing they are a legitimate weapon of resistance.

The homemade rockets were first introduced by Hamas in the 2000 Intifada as a form of retaliation against Israel's incursions.

But today, Israel claims that its continuing blockade of Gaza and its moves to reduce the Gaza Strip's power supplies is a direct consequence of the rocket attacks.

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