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Boomerang Effect: Mossad Arms Kurds Fighting Iran With Seized Terror Weapons

Amit Segal reported that Mossad gave Kurdish forces weapons and ammunition seized from Hamas and Hezbollah as part of pressure on Iran’s regime.

Israel HaBahiyr, Sinai Project

Israel HaBahiyr

Jun 4, 2026·14:50

Combat equipment seized by the Israeli military is displayed at Tzrifin military base.
An Israeli soldier displays combat equipment seized by the Israeli military during the recent war in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria at the Tzrifin military base near Rishon LeZion on December 30, 2025 | Photo: Flash90

Boomerang Effect

According to journalist Amit Segal, Israel’s Mossad reportedly transferred weapons seized from Hamas and Hezbollah to Kurdish forces fighting Iran’s ayatollah regime.

It was a boomerang effect: weapons meant to threaten Israel were redirected toward forces opposing the regime that helped fuel the terror in the first place.

The report points to a striking reversal.

Hamas and Hezbollah built their terror arsenals to attack Israel, threaten Israeli civilians, and serve Iran’s regional war against the only Jewish state. But according to the report, the Mossad later placed some of those same weapons in the hands of the Kurds fighting against the Iranian regime.

That is the boomerang effect.

Israel reportedly redirected weapons meant for terror toward those standing against the regime that helped fuel the terror in the first place.

Weapons Turned Back

For years, Iran has armed, funded, and supported terror proxies across the Middle East. Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon are two of the clearest examples.

Seized rifles and weapons displayed by the Israeli military.
Weapons seized by the Israeli military during the recent war are displayed at the Tzrifin military base near Rishon LeZion on December 30, 2025 | Photo: Flash90

Both groups have used weapons to attack Israeli civilians, fire rockets and missiles, and destabilize the region.

Israel’s job is to stop that threat.

But this report suggests another layer to Israel’s strategy: not only seizing weapons from Iranian-backed terror groups, but turning those same tools into pressure against the Iranian regime itself.

Against the Ayatollah Regime

The Kurds have long stood as one of the major peoples of the Middle East living under pressure from hostile regimes.

If the report is accurate, Israel took weapons meant for Hamas and Hezbollah terror and helped redirect them toward the effort to weaken Tehran.

That is strategic irony.

Iran builds proxy armies to surround Israel with threats. Israel finds ways to break the system behind them.

The message is clear: weapons sent into the region to threaten the Jewish state can come back against the regime that helped unleash them.

For Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah, that is the boomerang they did not expect.

TagsAmit SegalAyatollah RegimeHamasHezbollahIranIsrael NewsIsraeli IntelligenceKurdsMossadTerror Weapons
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