Palestine (Gaza Strip)

Personnel & posture

Active personnel

0

GDP (est.)

$8B

Order of battle

• Hamas — rockets

  • Qassam I–III1,000 – 3,000

    Short-range improvised

  • Fajr-5 / R-160200 – 400

    Medium-range salvo

• Hamas — tunnels

  • Gaza Metro segments—

    Hundreds of km claimed

• Hamas — anti-armor

  • Yassin-105 RPG500 – 1,500

    Locally produced tandem charge

• Hamas — drones

  • Zouari / commercial mod50 – 150

    ISR and attack

• Hamas — ground

  • Al-Qassam brigades20,000 – 40,000

    Urban warfare

• Security forces

  • Unarmed / light aviation0 – 5

    Limited fixed-wing

• Air wing

  • Rotary & UAS10 – 20

    Gaza surveillance

• Maritime police

  • Patrol craft8 – 12

    Coastal blockade zone

• Mobilization

  • Security apparatus0

    Non-state resistance model

• Rocket inventory

  • Rocket salvo reserve5,000 – 10,000

    Improvised stock

• Tunnel warfare

  • Underground logistics—

    Survival backbone

Bases & infrastructure (23)

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Ministry of Defense

  hub

  National command and crisis coordination

  command

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Army Headquarters

  military base

  Ground forces command and mobilization center

  army

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Primary Air Base

  airport

  Combat aviation and airlift hub

  air

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Naval Base

  port

  Fleet homeport and coastal defense

  naval

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Main Seaport

  port

  Strategic maritime trade and logistics gateway

  trade

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Defense Industrial Complex

  factory

  Ammunition, vehicles, and sustainment production

  manufacturing

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Munitions plant

  factory

  Artillery shells, small arms, explosives

  ammunition

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Oil & gas refinery

  factory

  Fuel processing and petrochemicals

  energy

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Integrated Air Defense Site

  military base

  Long-range SAM coverage for capital region

  air_defense

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Early Warning Radar

  military base

  Air and missile tracking

  air_defense

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Combined Arms Training Area

  military base

  Brigade-level exercises and mobilization

  training

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Border Defense Outpost

  military base

  Frontier surveillance and rapid response

  army

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Cyber Command Center

  hub

  Offensive/defensive cyber operations

  cyber

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Forward Corps HQ

  military base

  Theater-level ground command

  army

• Palestine (Gaza Strip) Secondary Airfield

  airport

  Dispersal, training, and surge capacity

  air

• Gaza Metro tunnel network

  military base

  Multi-tier grid — command, comms, factories under cities.

  command

• Khan Younis tunnel sector

  military base

  Southern urban tunnel hub and stockpiles.

  army

• Jabalia tunnel complex

  military base

  Northern Gaza rocket and command nodes.

  missiles

• Gaza coastal drone launch strip

  military base

  Zouari low-altitude tracking drones.

  drone

• Agricultural plot rocket silos

  military base

  Remote-fired Qassam / Fajr-5 pods under farms.

  missiles

• Urban workshop manufacturing

  factory

  Local Yassin-105 RPG and rocket production.

  ammunition

• Al-Shifa hospital sector (tunnel access)

  hub

  Reported tunnel network access points — contested.

  command

• Beit Hanoun tunnel sector

  military base

  Northern Gaza urban grid.

  army

Deployable units (18)

• 1st Mechanized Brigade (Palestine (Gaza Strip))armor
• 3rd Infantry Division HQarmy
• 7th Artillery Regimentarmy
• Air Defense Battalion (capital)sam
• Special Operations Task Grouparmy
• Coastal Defense Regimentnavy
• Tactical UAV Squadrondrone
• Logistics Support Brigadefacility · Supply and transport hub
• Armored Cavalry Squadronarmor
• Combat Aviation Wing (detachment)air
• Qassam rocket battalionfacility · Short-range urban salvo
• Fajr-5 heavy rocket batteryfacility · Medium-range strikes
• Tunnel assault companyarmy · Underground maneuver
• Yassin-105 anti-armor teamsarmy · Tandem RPG vs armor
• Zouari drone recon platoondrone · Low-altitude tracking
• Al-Qassam brigades commandhq · Hamas military wing
• Anti-tank ambush teamsarmy · Urban rubble warfare
• Northern command cellhq · Jabalia sector

Theater glossary

Gaza Metro

Hamas tunnel network under Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Jabalia.

Al-Qassam Brigades

Armed wing of Hamas conducting rocket and tunnel operations.

Qassam

Improvised short-range rocket — signature Hamas saturation weapon.

Yassin-105

Locally built tandem RPG warhead for anti-armor in rubble warfare.

Chokepoint

Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.

Rare earth

Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.

SPR

Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.

TSMC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.

Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.

Malacca

Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Suwałki corridor

Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.

Cobalt belt

DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.

Lithium triangle

Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.

Grain corridor

Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.

Red Sea corridor

Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.

Taiwan Strait lane

Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.

Black Sea grain lane

Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.

Horn access lane

Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.