Interrogation of Abducted Hamas Rocket Engineer, Leads to Successful Hit on Top Hamas Smuggler

The debris of a car that was targeted by an air strike, killing two people in the coastal city of Port Sudan

Sudan Blames Israel for Air Strike on Arms Supplier -Amos Harel & Avi Issacharoff

Sudan accused Israel of launching a missile strike near Khartoum airport that demolished a car and killed its two passengers. Al-Arabiya reported that an Islamist responsible for supplying weapons to Hamas was one of those killed.

The conduct of the Sudanese authorities and their decision to keep the media away from the attack site may indicate that Khartoum has much to hide in the affair. Israeli defense officials have accused Sudan of enabling Iran to smuggle arms through its territory and then via Egypt to Gaza.
(Ha'aretz)


"Hamas Weapons Man" Target of Sudan Attack

Palestinian security officials said the target in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Sudan was Abdul-Latif Ashkar, who took over the role of weapons gathering formerly carried out by Hamas official Mahmoud Mabhouh, who was assassinated in Dubai last year. Ashkar was a founder of Hamas' "aid and logistics department," which coordinated weapons smuggling to Gaza.
(Maan News-PA)


Sudan Attack Carried Out on Lead from Captured Rocket Engineer

Captured Palestinian rocket engineer Dirar Abu Sisi gave Israeli intelligence "valuable information" that led to the attack on arms smugglers in Sudan, the Kuwait newspaper Al Jarida reported Thursday.
(Jerusalem Post)


Abduction of Rocket Engineer Sends Signal to Hamas -Ron Ben-Yishai

The indictment against Palestinian engineer Dirar Abu Sisi makes it clear that the accused cooperated with his interrogators, enabling Israel to learn much about Hamas' methods of operation and strategic aims. Abu Sisi was at the top of Hamas' terror wing, initiating and leading the group's military academy and involved in developing new, improved strategic capabilities vis-a-vis Israel.

The indictment confirmed that targeted interceptions are a highly effective means for thwarting terror attack plans, revealing that the assassination of top Hamas figure Adnan al-Ghoul in 2004 delayed the development of long-range Kassam rockets by a year and a half. Israel made sure to allow Abu Sisi to call his wife after he was safely in Israeli territory, thereby signaling to Hamas and its leaders that what happened to him may one day happen to them.
(Ynet News)
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