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Engineer Gets 21-Year Sentence For Helping Improve Rockets For Hamas

July 15 2015

Israel

An Israeli court has sentenced a Palestinian engineer to 21 years in prison for helping the Hamas militant group develop and improve its rockets, reports Arutz Sheva (Israel).

Dirar Abu Sisi was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to five charges, including membership in a militant group and building and modifying missiles used against Israel.

Sisi "was one of the top people involved in improving the destructive ability of Hamas's munitions and rockets and he was...

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