Reply #16: I believe the Israelis have turned them off completely, Hamas does NOT have AA missiles [View All]

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The heaviest thing I have heard that Hamas have are Mortars and their home made rockets. The Home made rockers have no heat detector so ineffective against Aircraft (Except at close range at slow helicopters, like RPGs being used against Helicopters).

My point is such anti-heat seeking missile defense is NOT needed by the IDF in Gaza, thus can be turned off in Gaza (And why we are hearing of my Air Attacks in Gaza then we did in Lebanon when the IDF went against Hezbollah, who has access to such missiles).

Now a AA hand held missiles is just a bit larger then an RPG, but the real key is the price, RPG rockets cost less then $100 each, AA Missiles 100 times that figure (That heat seeking warhead does cost money).

As to AA weapons I have NOT even heard that Hamas has 20mm or 23 mm AA guns, in fact I have NOT heard them having .50 caliber Machine guns. Remember Israel has been able to control what goes into the Gaza Strip since the 1967 war, and heavy weapons are hard to smuggle in. I would NOT be surprised if Hamas has some heat seeking missiles, 50 caliber Machine guns, and 23 mm AA guns, but nothing heavier, and the number of such weapons very limited. HAMAS would thus keep them in reserve, but sooner or later HAMAS would be under pressure to use them and would have used them sometime in the last two weeks if HAMAS had them. Thus the longer this war goes on, the less likely such missiles will be used in Gaza.