[JoeFromSidney]

“To purchase a weapon, all one has to show is interest. Arms merchants are ready to provide you with whatever you want: M16s, hunting rifles, bullets, Kalashnikovs, mortars and spare parts,” Al-Ashgar adds.”

Where are the buyers getting the money? I thought Gaza was supposed to be poor.

[RightWhale]

Gaza was supposed to be poor

An unimaginable amount of trade flows through the region. Next to Baghdad it has always been the major center on the main trade routes, and now with all the people moved in it has a huge economy of its own. It's a goldmine.