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Hamas fights with patchwork of weapons from Iran, China, Russia, North Korea

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A Hamas fighter holds a Russian-designed 9M32 Strela anti-aircraft missile. [AP Photo]

Iranian sniper rifles AK-47 assault rifles from China and Russia. North Korean- and Bulgarian-built rocket-propelled grenades. Anti-tank rockets secretly cobbled together in Gaza.

An Associated Press analysis of more than 150 videos and photos taken in the three months of combat since Hamas launched its Oct. 7 surprise terror attack on Israel shows the militant group has amassed a diverse patchwork arsenal of weapons from around the world - much of it smuggled past a 17-year blockade that was aimed at stopping just such a military buildup.

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