Hamas' attack on southern Israel on October 7th was unprecedented for the group in its planning and scale.
It was an unexpected demonstration of the military expertise it has gained since seizing control of Gaza in 2007.
A senior Hamas official, Ali Baraka recently said that the group had long drawn on money and training from Iran and Iranian regional proxies like Lebanon's Hezbollah, while bolstering its own forces in Gaza.
Baraka said that over the past nine years, Hamas developed its capabilities to manufacture weapons locally as it faced difficulties in importing weapons.
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