Profile
- Type
- Mortar projectile
- Conflict side
- Hamas
- Origin
- Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories
- Service note
- 2020s
Artillery
Locally manufactured mortar projectile
Locally manufactured mortar projectiles are improvised Gaza-made shells intended for mortar launchers. During the Israel-Hamas War, Israeli and AP reporting described central Gaza production sites making mortar shells for Hamas, keeping short-range indirect fire in the conflict's arsenal.
- Conflict side
- Hamas
Service History
- In service
- Used by Hamas for short-range indirect fire in Gaza
- Used by
- Hamas
- Wars
- Israel-Hamas War
Production History
- Designer
- Unknown
- Designed
- Unknown
- Unit cost
- Unknown
- Produced
- 2023-2024
- Number built
- Unknown
- Variants
- Locally assembled mortar shells
Specifications
- Caliber
- Not standardized
- Filling
- High explosive
- Function
- Indirect fire
- Manufacture
- Locally assembled in Gaza workshops
Conflict Usage
- Israel-Hamas War
- Side: HamasRole: Short-range indirect fire
In the Israel-Hamas War, Hamas used locally manufactured mortar shells from Gaza workshop and tunnel production sites for short-range indirect fire.
Locally manufactured mortar projectile Images
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Army Mortar AmmunitionPublisher: U.S. Army | Note: Supports mortar ammunition background for the Israel-Hamas War entry: high-explosive mortar rounds provide indirect fire, and U.S. mortar ammo is organized by 60mm, 81mm, and 120mm classes. | Accessed: 2026-06-20IDF Nuseirat mortar-shell compoundPublisher: Israel Defense Forces | Note: Supports Israel-Hamas War direct conflict-use: Hamas used a compound in central Gaza to manufacture mortar shells. | Accessed: 2026-06-20AP Gaza weapons-production sitePublisher: Associated Press | Note: Supports Israel-Hamas War direct conflict-use: Hamas used a central Gaza weapons-production site that included mortar-shell manufacturing. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia 81mm mortar roundsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image licensing and provenance page for a public-domain U.S. Army mortar-round illustration. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia mortar round photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image licensing and provenance page for a CC BY-SA mortar-round photograph. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia mortar shells photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image licensing and provenance page for a CC0 mortar-shell photograph. | Accessed: 2026-06-20