Hamas builds rockets from water pipes made with EU money – media

Militants of the Palestinian group Hamas use water pipes to create homemade rockets, which they use to hit Israel. The Telegraph writes about it.

The publication said that a video in which the militants boast of how they dig pipes in the desert and make rockets from them appeared in 2021. However, the EU did not stop its programs to finance the water pipeline and in just 10 years allocated 100 million euros for the construction of infrastructure in areas controlled by Hamas.

“Those in charge of EU diplomacy are naive. A reasonable security assessment needs to be done before giving taxpayer money to Palestinian organizations for infrastructure that can be used by Hamas terrorists for military purposes, ” said Frank Furedi, executive director of the Brussels think tank. .

The footage shows how water pipes are dug out of the ground, then they are cut, processed and cleaned in artisanal workshops. Warheads containing explosives are then attached to them. Thus, having almost no industrial capacity necessary for the production of weapons, Hamas successfully produced a large number of rockets.

The video also shows different types of launchers used by the Palestinian group to launch rocket attacks on Israel.

Let’s remember that after the Hamas attack on Israel, the European Union stopped allocating funds for various programs to support Palestine with a total of almost 700 million euros.

However, France and Spain, as well as Ireland and Luxembourg, are opposed to stopping financial aid to the Palestinians amid Hamas’ war against Israel.