IRAN'S IS TRAINING OF HAMAS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN THOUGHT

ON MARCH 6, I POSTED THIS STORY: IRAN IS TRAINING HAMAS. THE PROBLEM IS EVEN WORSE THAN THOUGHT.

Israel says hundreds of Hamas men trained in Iran (AFP)
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Hundreds of members of the radical Palestinian Hamas movement receive military training in Iran every year, the head of Israel's internal security service was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Hundreds of Hamas men are sent for training in Iran, and not for short trainings of a week or a month, but for long sessions," MP Zvi Hendel told reporters after hearing Shin Beth chief Yuval Diskin brief parliament's influential foreign affairs and defence committee.

According to Diskin, "the training in Iran is of high quality, and lasts several months," Hendel added.

Diskin also said that "an unprecedented quantity of weapons was smuggled into the Gaza Strip during 2006, including 31 tonnes of explosives."