The weekend discovery of weapons in two separate locations in Sinai by Egyptian military authorities only serve to confirm the military threat to Israel from Gaza is a formidable one.

Two caches of weapons were uncovered, one 80 kilometers (48 miles) from Rafiah and the second about 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) from the Gaza crossing. The weapons found included anti-aircraft rockets, thousands of rounds of ammunition, TNT and launchers for RPGs.

Israeli officials sometime ago became aware of the growing threat in Gaza, including terrorists� abilities to fire at combat helicopters. The IAF sometime ago began taking such a threat into consideration, altering the operating height of attack craft since if Hamas terrorists successfully downed an Apache helicopter over Gaza, it would represent a major military and moral victory for terrorists.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)