Libyan militias funded by Iran, Qatar, and Turkey are helping armed Palestinian group Hamas circumvent Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, the National Interest said on Thursday.
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According to the report, anti-government Libyan National Army fighters, under military commander Khalifa Haftar, were retreating last March following an unsuccessful attack on Tripoli, when they ran into a swarm of terrifying aerial opponents.
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“were neither trained nor motivated to defend against the effective use of this new technology and usually retreated in disarray,” the report continues. While in retreat,
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According to Libyan intelligence officials, radical militant groups in Libya funded by Iran, Turkey, and Qatar are responsible for smuggling arms into Gaza.
Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fired over 4,000 rockets into Israeli cities during the latest outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza. The magnitude of missiles and rocket launchers that were used indicate the Palestinian militants were able to circumvent Israel’s blockade on the strip. According to Libyan intelligence officials, radical militant groups in Libya funded by Iran, Turkey, and Qatar using the relative lawlessness of the adjacent Sinai Peninsula are responsible for smuggling arms into Gaza.
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The promotion of Richard Norland to be the Biden administration’s special envoy for Libya may seem relatively insignificant when Israel is exploding and the Palestinians are dying and the administration is focusing most of its Middle East bandwidth on Iran and Yemen. But Libya has one distinct leg up on competing crises: Restoring some American credibility, leadership and sobriety could go a long way to stabilize the nation.
That’s why giving Mr. Norland, who is already our ambassador to Libya, added authority is an important sign that this administration is serious about supporting the political process intended to culminate in elections on Dec. 24.