List of Qassam rocket attacks
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This is a list of notable Qassam attacks. At least 14 people have been killed and hundreds injured as a result of Qassam rocket fire at Israeli targets.
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[edit] Casualties
Casualties include:
- Yaakov Yaakobov [see http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/791260.html]
- Mordechai Yosepov
- Afik Zahavi
- Yuval Abebeh
- Dorit Benisian
- An unidentified female Thai agricultural worker
- Nissim Arbiv
- Ayala (Ella) Abukasis
- Salah Ayash Imran
- Muhammed Mahmoud Jaroun
- Bi Shude
- Dana Galkowicz
- Two unidentified Israeli-Arab shepherds
- Faina Slutzker (wrongly reported as Fatima Slutzker)
[edit] Timeline of attacks
[edit] 2004
- June 28, 2004
- Mordechai Yosepov, 49, and Afik Zahavi, 4, were killed when a Qassam rocket fired by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip struck near a nursery school in the northern Negev town of Sderot.[1]
- September 29, 2004
- On the eve of the Sukkot holiday, Yuval Abebeh, 4, and Dorit Benisian, 2, were killed by a Qassam rocket fired from Gaza into Sderot. About 30 people were wounded in the attack, for which Hamas claimed responsibility.[2]
- December 14, 2004
- A female agricultural worker from Thailand was killed by a Qassam rocket in Ganei Tal in the Gush Katif settlement. Two others were wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility.
[edit] 2005
- January 11, 2005
- A rocket killed Nissim Arbiv in Nisanit. Hamas claimed responsibility.
- January 15, 2005
- A Qassam rocket attack on Sderot left Ayala (Ella) Abukasis brain dead, as she was hurt while shielding her younger brother. She died on January 21.[3]
- June 7, 2005
- Salah Ayash Imran, 57, Muhammed Mahmoud Jaroun, and Bi Shude, 46, were killed, and five other workers were wounded, when a Qassam rocket hit a packing shed in Ganei Tal, in the Gaza Strip. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.[4]
- July 14, 2005
- Dana Galkowicz, 22, was killed in a Qassam attack in the Kibbutz Netiv Ha'asara, just north of the Gaza Strip. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah all claimed responsibility for the attack.[5]
- September 24, 2005
- Five Israelis were injured when Palestinian militants launched about 30 rockets on Israeli communities from the Gaza Strip. This attack followed an incident the previous day, in which 20 Palestinians, including 16 civilians, were killed when a vehicle carrying Qassam rockets exploded during a Hamas rally in Jabalya. The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are still unknown. To date, no evidence has been found to substantiate Hamas’ claim that Israeli interference was responsible for the accident.[6]
- December, 2005
- A Qassam rocket launched from the West Bank hit near the moshav of Ram-on, near the northern town of Afula.[7]
- December 26, 2005
- A Qassam rocket landed at a very small distance from a kindergarten during a Hanukkah party at kibbutz Sa'ad.[8]
[edit] 2006
- February 3, 2006
- A Qassam rocket struck a family's house in the western Negev village of Kibbutz Karmiya, moderately injuring four people, including a 7-month-old baby.[9]
- March 28, 2006
- A Qassam rocket lying on the ground exploded, killing two Israeli-Arab shepherds in Kibbutz Nachal Oz. This incident was at first falsely reported as being a loose IDF shell that exploded. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[10]
- March 30, 2006
- Two Qassam rockets landed in Kibbutz Karmiya, south of Ashkelon, one of them landed in a soccer field, where children played only hours earlier, and injured one person.
- June 11, 2006
- Three people are wounded, one critically when a Qassam landed near the Sapir Academic College near the Negev town of Sderot.[11] 14 Qassams are fired throughout the day.[12]
- July 5, 2006
- First Qassam rocket of increased strength is fired into the school yard in the Southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, with a population of 120,000. This has been the first instance of an increased distance Qassam rockets can reach and the first time a significantly large city has been attacked. No one was injured in this attack.[13]
- July 6, 2006
- A second Qassam was fired and hit Ashkelon 24 hours after the first. Eight people went into shock, four of them children.[14]
- September 20, 2006
- Two teenage Israeli Arab shepherds were moderately wounded by two Qassam rockets fired from Gaza.[15]
- September 21, 2006
- A rocket hit HaNegev College, damaging a classroom. [16]
- November 15, 2006
- Twelve rockets in four separate attacks hit Sderot, killing Faina Slutzker, 57, and seriously wounding two others. One of the wounded, Maor Peretz,a security guard, lost both legs in the attack.[17]
- November 21, 2006
- Yaakov Yaakobov, 43, is killed by an Qassam rocket in Sderot. Witnesses said the Qassamrockets of the last weeks could carry more explosives, making them deadlier. [18]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2004/Afik+Zahavi.htm
- ^ http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2004/Yuval+Abebeh+and+Dorit+Aniso.htm
- ^ http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2005/Victims/Ayala-Haya+Abukasis.htm
- ^ http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2005/Victims/Bi+Shude.htm
- ^ http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2005/Victims/Dana+Galkowicz.htm
- ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3146445,00.html
- ^
- ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3190485,00.html
- ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3210491,00.html
- ^ http://israelnn.com/news.php3?id=100958
- ^ http://www.jnewswire.com/article/926
- ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3261205,00.html
- ^ http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=106594
- ^ http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=2812
- ^ "Palestinians Fire 2 Rockets at Israel Town", Associated Press, 2006-09-20.
- ^ "Palestinians Kassam Rockets Fired into Southern Israel", INN, 2006-09-21.
- ^ "Outrage Rising Over Kassam Attacks, IDF Vows Retaliation", INN, 2006-11-16.
- ^ ""Sderot is crying": injured factory worker dies of wounds", INN, 2006-11-21.
