Profile
- Type
- Improvised multi-tube rocket launcher
- Conflict side
- Hamas
- Origin
- Gaza Strip
- Service note
- Contemporary Gaza militant rocket warfare
Artillery
Locally manufactured fourteen-tube rocket launcher
The locally manufactured fourteen-tube rocket launcher is an improvised Hamas launch assembly for salvo firing short-range rockets from concealed positions in Gaza. In the Israel-Hamas War, IDF-released April 2024 imagery documented Hamas launch positions in the Khan Younis humanitarian zone, illustrating the continued use of locally built launch infrastructure rather than standardized state-manufactured rocket artillery vehicles.
- Conflict side
- Hamas
- Built by
- Locally manufactured by Hamas
- Built in
- Gaza Strip
Service History
- In service
- Documented in Hamas rocket-launch positions during the Israel-Hamas War.
- Used by
- Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
- Wars
- Israel-Hamas War
Production History
- Designer
- Local militant workshops
- Designed
- By 2024
- Built by
- Locally manufactured by Hamas
- Built in
- Gaza Strip
- Produced
- Ongoing local manufacture by 2024
- Variants
- Fixed launch-barrel arrays, Prepared launch positions in concealed sites
Specifications
- Launcher configuration
- Fourteen launch tubes in a locally manufactured fixed array
- Operation
- Salvo launch of unguided rockets from static prepared positions
- Mobility
- Not a self-propelled launcher; emplaced firing position
- Construction
- Improvised local manufacture rather than standardized factory MLRS vehicle
Conflict Usage
- Israel-Hamas War
- Side: HamasRole: Short-range area rocket artillery
Locally manufactured multi-tube rocket launchers used by Hamas in Gaza were photographed by the IDF during the Israel-Hamas War in April 2024, showing prepared launch positions in the Khan Younis area.
Locally manufactured fourteen-tube rocket launcher Images
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The Threat of Rockets from the Gaza StripPublisher: The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center | Note: Supports background on Gaza-based organizations relying on both local rocket production and rocket-launching networks rather than standardized state artillery systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Hamas rocket launchers in Khan Younis humanitarian zone, April 2024. VPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for the primary gallery image and documents the Israel-Hamas War launcher position used by Hamas in Khan Younis on 8 April 2024. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Hamas rocket launchers in Khan Younis humanitarian zone, April 2024. IIIPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for an additional Israel-Hamas War launcher image showing rocket launchers used by Hamas in Khan Younis on 8 April 2024. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Hamas rocket launchers in Khan Younis humanitarian zone, April 2024. IPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for an additional Israel-Hamas War launcher image showing rocket launchers used by Hamas in Khan Younis on 8 April 2024. | Accessed: 2026-06-20