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	<title>Kim Milrell.se &#187; Israel</title>
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	<description>Alltid är det nåt.</description>
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		<title>Därför</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nu behöver ni aldrig mer undra varför jag bloggar om Israel. Sådan här smörja sprids på nätet och jag äcklas av att se annars så smarta människor lägga upp bilder som den nedan på Facebook och andra ställen. Medborgarna &#8221;gillar &#8230; <a href="http://kimmilrell.se/2012/02/02/darfor-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nu behöver ni aldrig mer undra varför jag bloggar om Israel.<br />
Sådan här smörja sprids på nätet och jag äcklas av att se annars så smarta människor lägga upp bilder som den nedan på Facebook och andra ställen. Medborgarna &#8221;gillar ogillande&#8221; och kräks ut sitt förakt.<br />
Det är bara det att denna antiJUDISKA propaganda stavas <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallywood" target="_blank">PALLYWOOD</a>.<br />
<a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/02/fake-photo-of-soldier-stepping-on-girl.html" target="_blank">Bilden är tagen ur sitt sammanhang</a>.<br />
Men det talar vi så klart tyst om.<br />
<img src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af45/kiremik/ISRAEL/pallywood01.png" alt="fake soldier" /></p>
<p>Hur korkade tror dessa huliganer att vi människor är?<br />
Som om sanningen inte skulle komma fram.<br />
Därav, medborgare, mitt ivriga bloggande.<br />
<img src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af45/kiremik/ISRAEL/pallywood02.jpg" alt="pallywood" /></p>
<p><a href="http://kimmilrell.com" target="_blank">&gt;&gt; KIM MILRELL.COM</a></p>
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		<title>Reklam</title>
		<link>http://kimmilrell.se/2012/01/10/reklam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Från Svensk Israel-information: Ny skrift från Svensk Israel-Information: Syftet med denna skrift på 48 sidor är att ge korta, relevanta och sakliga svar på vanliga frågor som vi på Svensk Israel-Information (SII) ofta får från allmänheten, inte minst från skolungdomar, &#8230; <a href="http://kimmilrell.se/2012/01/10/reklam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af45/kiremik/2012%2001%20januari/broschyr.jpg" alt="israelbroschyr" /></p>
<p>Från <a href="http://si-info.org/index.php?id=762" target="_blank">Svensk Israel-information</a>:</p>
<p>Ny skrift från Svensk Israel-Information:</p>
<p>Syftet med denna skrift på 48 sidor är att ge korta, relevanta och sakliga svar på vanliga frågor som vi på Svensk Israel-Information (SII) ofta får från allmänheten, inte minst från skolungdomar, studenter och journalister.</p>
<p>Problemställningarna rör både historiska aspekter och det moderna Israel samt konflikten med palestinierna och arabländerna. Sammanställningen tillför perspektiv som idag ofta saknas i den svenska debatten, och som vi därför tycker är extra angelägna, som</p>
<p>1. Hur bildades den moderna judiska staten Israel?<br />
2. Varför är Jerusalem Israels huvudstad?<br />
3. Fanns det en judisk närvaro i landet efter antiken?<br />
4. Vilken är kopplingen mellan palestinierna och Palestina?<br />
5. Varför finns det så många palestinska flyktingar?<br />
6. Hur uppstod de judiska flyktingströmmarna?<br />
7. Varför ockuperade Israel Västbanken och Gaza 1967?<br />
8. Hur styrs de palestinska områdena idag?<br />
9. Varför har Israel byggt en barriär/mur mot palestinska områden?<br />
10. Varför finns det bosättningar på ockuperat område?<br />
11. Hur skiljer man på antisemitism och kritik mot Israel?<br />
12. Hur ser Israels relation till FN ut?<br />
13. Hur fungerar den israeliska Lagen om återvändande?<br />
14. Vilka är de avgörande frågorna i fredsförhandlingarna mellan palestinierna och Israel?</p>
<p>Låter det intressant? Beställ då ditt exemplar genom att betala in 70 kr till Svensk Israel-Information på plusgiro: 506665-9 eller på bankgiro: 5149-0373, så skickar vi dig häftet.</p>
<p><strong>Eftersom vi – till skillnad från Palestinagrupperna inte får statligt stöd* – måste vi tyvärr be om betalning till självkostnadspris för skriften.</strong></p>
<p><em>*Som går till att trasha den judiska staten (min anmärkning).</em></p>
<p><strong>Uppdatering</strong>:<br />
Nu är broschyren läst.<br />
Och jag rekommenderar den starkt.<br />
Historiebeskrivningen borde alla ta del av – speciellt jollrande all-vetar-svennar som tror att de vet något (då de ju har blivit matade med antiisraelisk propaganda i årtionden).</p>
<p><em>Comments off.</em></p>
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		<title>Hopp</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jag har, som bekant, inte mycket hopp om framtiden men en liten, liten låga tänds när jag tänker på att den politiska bloggen har fler läsare än denna knäckebrödsblogg. Mitt bloggande handlar ju inte om att på SVT- och svenska-pressen-vis &#8230; <a href="http://kimmilrell.se/2012/01/05/hopp-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jag har, som bekant, inte mycket hopp om framtiden men en liten, liten låga tänds när jag tänker på att <a href="http://kimmilrell.com/" target="_blank">den politiska bloggen</a> har fler läsare än denna knäckebrödsblogg.</p>
<p>Mitt bloggande handlar ju inte om att på SVT- och svenska-pressen-vis hjärntvätta medborgarna, utan jag vill ju helt enkelt uppmärksamma Den Andra Sidan; <a href="http://www.newsmill.se/node/41988" target="_blank">den som aldrig presenteras i detta ljuva land</a>.</p>
<p>Ja, jag kan avslöja att jag fått upp min mans ögon för det hela. Och nej, han är inte hjärntvättad av mig och han tycker inte ens nödvändigtvis exakt som jag, men jag anser ju ödmjukt att ska man ha en åsikt så ska man (FÅ) ta del av hela historien. Och denna lilla service erbjuder ju inte den fina svenska pressen.</p>
<p>Därav mitt &#8221;tjat&#8221; och svåra politiska bloggande.</p>
<p>Allt är politik.<br />
Och jag älskar det.</p>
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		<title>Mitt israeliska ex om Konflikten och &#8221;Gazas tårar&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://kimmilrell.se/2011/12/20/mitt-israeliska-ex-om-konflikten-och-gazas-tarar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t believe one frame of this movie. Palestinians want one thing &#8211; Israel terminated. They know how to photo their dead but they always “forget” to show the terror attacks over Israeli citizens that causes the Israeli DEFENSE forces &#8230; <a href="http://kimmilrell.se/2011/12/20/mitt-israeliska-ex-om-konflikten-och-gazas-tarar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don’t believe one frame of this movie.</p>
<p>Palestinians want one thing &#8211; Israel terminated. They know how to photo their dead but they always “forget” to show the terror attacks over Israeli citizens that causes the Israeli DEFENSE forces to respond (like in last year when they killed a whole Jewish family while they were sleeping, including babies – search for Fogel family massacre in Itamar last year)</p>
<p>There is no wrong or right here. Both sides have responsibility. But while Israel is a civilized democratic state, educating for peace, looking for a true solutions and willing to negotiate, Palestinians are radical Islamic people, educating for hate and war (look for kids photos with Terrorist uniforms and guns) and will be satisfied only when they conquer Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and apply Islam rules all over Israel and the world.</p>
<p><strong>Kul att höra en israel yttra sig för en gångs skull va?</strong></p>
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		<title>Vad propaganda-SVT inte låter er ta del av</title>
		<link>http://kimmilrell.se/2011/12/20/vad-propaganda-svt-inte-later-er-ta-del-av/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Angående den judefientliga propagandasörjan Gazas tårar.] Så ja, det är synd om de israeliska barnen också. Men ingen &#8211; ingen &#8211; i det ljuva Svea talar någonsin om dem. List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2011 January According to &#8230; <a href="http://kimmilrell.se/2011/12/20/vad-propaganda-svt-inte-later-er-ta-del-av/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[Angående den <em>jude</em>fientliga propagandasörjan Gazas tårar.]</p>
<p>Så ja, det är synd om de israeliska barnen också. Men ingen &#8211; ingen &#8211; i det ljuva Svea talar någonsin om dem.</p>
<h1 id="firstHeading">List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2011</h1>
<h2>January</h2>
<p>According to the <a title="Israel Security Agency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Security_Agency">Israel Security Agency</a>&#8216;s monthly summary, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip launched 17 rockets and 26 mortar shells were towards Israel in 25 separate attacks. This represented a decline in number of projectiles fired from December 2010, which saw 15 rockets and 38 mortar shells launched in 30 separate attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-10">[11]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 1</dt>
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<p>In the evening, a mortar shell fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed near a <a title="Kibbutz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz">kibbutz</a> in the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. A woman suffered from shock, but no physical injuries or damage were reported. The <a title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> claimed responsibility for mortar attacks that day, saying that it had fired four mortars at two military posts in Israel and adding that it would &#8221;cling to the option of resistance and confront the Israeli occupation&#8221;. That night, Israel responded to the attack and to a separate attack two days earlier with airstrikes on two targets in the Gaza Strip, described by the <a title="Israel Defense Forces" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> as a <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> terrorist activity center in the north and a weapons manufacturing facility in the center of the territory. Palestinians said that two people were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-11">[12]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-12">[13]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 2</dt>
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<p>A projectile fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-13">[14]</a></sup> The <a title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> and the <a title="Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine">Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> claimed responsibility for attacks that day, saying they had fired several projectiles at Israeli targets late at night in response to &#8221;ongoing Israeli aggression against the people of Gaza&#8221;. However, an Israeli military spokeswoman said she was not aware of any shells launched from Gaza at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-14"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-14">[15]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 4</dt>
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<p>In the afternoon, a Qassam rocket fired by Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip exploded near a kibbutz in the <a title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>. No injuries were reported, but several <a title="Greenhouse" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse">greenhouses</a> sustained damage. No militant group claimed responsibility. Israel responded that day with airstrikes on a <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> militant training facility in the central part of the Gaza Strip and a smuggling tunnel in the south. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-15"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-15">[16]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-16">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-17">[18]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jan5upi_18-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan5upi-18">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-19">[20]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 5</dt>
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<p>Two mortar shells fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed in open areas in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-20">[21]</a></sup> Five additional mortars hit the Eshkol Regional Council that day, according to the IDF website.<sup id="cite_ref-21"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-21">[22]</a></sup></p>
<p>After nightfall, a Qassam rocket hit an open area in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-jan5upi_18-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan5upi-18">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-22">[23]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 6</dt>
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<p>In the morning, a mortar shell fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fell in the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-23"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-23">[24]</a></sup> The <a title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> claimed responsibility for mortar attacks at that time, saying that it had fired three shells at an Israeli military base near <a title="Kissufim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissufim">Kissufim</a>. However, an Israeli military spokeswoman said she was not aware of any attacks in that area.<sup id="cite_ref-24"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-24">[25]</a></sup> Israel responded that night with airstrikes on two sites in the Gaza Strip, which it identified as a <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> terror base in the north and an infiltration tunnel in the south intended for carrying out attacks against Israelis. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-25"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-25">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-26">[27]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 7</dt>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a projectile at Israel. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-27"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-27">[28]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 8</dt>
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<p>At about 2:20 pm, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired four 181-millimeter mortar shells at Israel, all of which landed in the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. One of the shells hit a residential area within an agricultural community in the area. Three <a title="Thailand" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand">Thai</a> foreign agricultural workers were injured, one seriously, one moderately and one lightly, all by shrapnel. A number of other people suffered from shock. The shell also killed a cat nearby. <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> claimed responsibility, saying that it had fired six mortar shells at an Israeli military post near <a title="Nahal Oz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahal_Oz">Nahal Oz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jan7r_1-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan7r-1">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jan8jp_28-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan8jp-28">[29]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-29">[30]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-30">[31]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-31">[32]</a></sup></p>
<p>Towards the evening, an additional Palestinian mortar shell landed in an open area in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-jan8jp_28-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan8jp-28">[29]</a></sup></p>
<p>After nightfall, Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket which landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-peretz_32-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-peretz-32">[33]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jan9upi_33-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan9upi-33">[34]</a></sup></p>
<p>Within an hour, Palestinians fired a second Qassam rocket into the Eshkol Regional Council. Truck driver Yitzhak Zaafrani was lightly wounded in the face and his truck was damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-peretz_32-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-peretz-32">[33]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jan9upi_33-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan9upi-33">[34]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 9</dt>
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<p>In the morning, Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket into the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-jan9upi_33-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan9upi-33">[34]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-34">[35]</a></sup> Israel responded overnight to the attacks of the previous two days with airstrikes on two terror activity targets in the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-35"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-35">[36]</a></sup> According to <a title="Debka.com" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debka.com">DEBKA</a>, the targets were Hamas underground command centers recently built by engineers from the <a title="Iranian Revolutionary Guard" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolutionary_Guard">Iranian Revolutionary Guard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-36">[37]</a></sup></p>
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<p>In the evening, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired three rockets at Israel. One hit an industrial area in <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>, while the other two fell in the <a title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-37"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-37">[38]</a></sup></p>
<p>Later, Palestinians fired another Qassam rocket which landed in an open area in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-38"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-38">[39]</a></sup></p>
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<p>In the morning, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket which exploded south of <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-39"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-39">[40]</a></sup> Israel responded overnight to the attacks of the previous two days with airstrikes on two <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> compounds and a <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> militant training base.<sup id="cite_ref-40"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-40">[41]</a></sup></p>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired three mortar shells at Israel, all of which exploded in an open area near a kibbutz in the <a title="Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_HaNegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar HaNegev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported. The <a title="Color Red" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Red">Color Red</a> siren did not sound.<sup id="cite_ref-41"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-41">[42]</a></sup></p>
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<p>In the morning, a Qassam rocket fired by Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip exploded in an orchard near a community in the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-42"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-42">[43]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 18</dt>
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<p>In the early afternoon, four mortar shells fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed in open areas in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-43"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-43">[44]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 21</dt>
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<p>A mortar fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed in an unspecified location in the western Negev. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-44"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-44">[45]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 25</dt>
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<p>In the evening, a Qassam rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fell in an open area in the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-45"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-45">[46]</a></sup></p>
<p>Later in the evening, a second rocket exploded in an open area in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-46"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-46">[47]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>January 31</dt>
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<p>A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-jan31ynet_47-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan31ynet-47">[48]</a></sup></p>
<p>A <a title="Grad rocket" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_rocket">Grad rocket</a> landed near a residential neighborhood in the city of <a title="Netivot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netivot">Netivot</a>. The explosion disrupted a wedding in the vicinity of the landing site; four people suffered from shock, and damage was caused to a road and a parked car. Another Grad rocket exploded near the city of <a title="Ofakim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofakim">Ofakim</a> a few minutes later, but no injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-jan31ynet_47-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jan31ynet-47">[48]</a></sup></p>
<p>Israel responded on 2 February with an airstrike on a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-48"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-48">[49]</a></sup> Israel also submitted a letter of complaint to the United Nations.<sup id="cite_ref-49"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-49">[50]</a></sup></p>
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<p>According to the <a title="Israel Security Agency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Security_Agency">Israel Security Agency</a>&#8216;s monthly summary, Palestinians fired 6 rockets and 19 mortar shells at Israel in 14 separate attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-50"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-50">[51]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>February 4</dt>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket into the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red alarm did not sound.<sup id="cite_ref-51"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-51">[52]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>February 6</dt>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired two mortar shells into the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-feb6jp_52-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-feb6jp-52">[53]</a></sup></p>
<p>After nightfall, two additional mortar shells landed in open areas in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported in either incident.<sup id="cite_ref-feb6jp_52-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-feb6jp-52">[53]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>February 8</dt>
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<p>At around 11 am, two mortar shells launched by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed in a kibbutz in the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. One projectile landed in a parking lot, damaging a car. A second landed in a nearby field and damaged a hose. No injuries were reported.</p>
<p>Shortly after 2 pm, two more mortars were fired at the Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council from the northern Gaza Strip. No injuries or damage were reported. The <a title="Color Red" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Red">Color Red</a>rocket alert system sounded during both attacks and residents of the area were asked to temporarily remain in their homes. <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> claimed responsibility, saying the attacks were directed at a military post east of <a title="Khan Younis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Younis">Khan Younis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-53">[54]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-54">[55]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-55">[56]</a></sup></p>
<p>Israel responded to the attacks with airstrikes on an infiltration tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip, a rocket manufacturing facility, and a third target near <a title="Jabaliya" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabaliya">Jabaliya</a>. Palestinian sources said that eight people were lightly injured.<sup id="cite_ref-56"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-56">[57]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>February 9</dt>
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<p>The <a title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> said that its militants fired a projectile at an Israeli military jeep in the morning. The <a title="Israel Defense Forces" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> said they were not familiar with the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-57"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-57">[58]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>February 14</dt>
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<p>Around noon, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket into the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-58"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-58">[59]</a></sup> The attack, which occurred after several days of relative calm, coincided with the swearing of <a title="Benny Gantz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Gantz">Benny Gantz</a> as new <a title="Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Israel_Defense_Forces">Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces</a>. Ilana Curiel of <a title="Israel News" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_News">Israel News</a> speculated that the attack was a signal by Palestinian terror groups that they would not &#8221;make life easy&#8221; for him.<sup id="cite_ref-59"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-59">[60]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>February 23</dt>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired three mortar shells at a <a title="Kibbutz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz">kibbutz</a> in the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. One of the projectiles exploded near a soccer field, another near a pool and the third outside the border fence. No injuries were reported. The Color Red alarm did not sound. <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> claimed responsibility for mortars fired that day, saying it launched two shells at IDF forces which crossed the fence into the Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-60"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-60">[61]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-feb23ynet_61-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-feb23ynet-61">[62]</a></sup></p>
<p>Around 9:30 pm, Palestinians fired three <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missiles</a> at <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a>, one of Israel&#8217;s largest cities. One of the missiles hit the backyard of a home in a residential area, causing extensive damage to surrounding houses and vehicles. Four residents &#8211; two adults and two children &#8211; were treated for shock. No physical injuries were reported. The Color Red alarm sounded through the city mere seconds before the explosion. This marked the first time Beersheba was hit by Palestinian rockets since the 2009 <a title="Gaza War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War">Gaza War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-feb23ynet_61-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-feb23ynet-61">[62]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-62">[63]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-63">[64]</a></sup></p>
<p>Israel responded that day with an airstrike on a <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> cell in eastern <a title="Gaza City" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City">Gaza City</a>, wounding three militants. This was followed by several airstrikes on military targets throughout the Gaza Strip, which caused heavy damage to buildings. The following day, a further airstrike on a <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> vehicle in the Al Salaam area of <a title="Rafah" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah">Rafah</a>killed one person and wounded several others.<sup id="cite_ref-64"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-64">[65]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-65">[66]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>February 26</dt>
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<p>A mortar shell fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed in an open area in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-66"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-66">[67]</a></sup> Israel responded with airstrikes on <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> and <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> militant facilities in the Gaza Strip. Four Palestinians were lightly injured.<sup id="cite_ref-feb26ynet_67-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-feb26ynet-67">[68]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-feb26afp_68-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-feb26afp-68">[69]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>February 27</dt>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red alarm did not sound.<sup id="cite_ref-feb26ynet_67-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-feb26ynet-67">[68]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-feb26afp_68-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-feb26afp-68">[69]</a></sup></p>
<p>A mortar shell was fired from the northern Gaza Strip Israel but landed in Palestinian territory near the Erez border crossing. No injuries or damage were reported. Residents of three towns in the <a title="Shaar HaNegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_HaNegev_Regional_Council">Shaar HaNegev</a> and <a title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council">Ashkelon Coast</a> regional councils were requested to remain in their protected spaces for fear of additional attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-69"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-69">[70]</a></sup></p>
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<p>According to the <a title="Israel Security Agency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Security_Agency">Israel Security Agency</a>&#8216;s monthly summary, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired 38 rockets and 87 mortar shells at Israel in 47 separate attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-70"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-70">[71]</a></sup></p>
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<p>During the night, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a projectile at the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a>. The <a title="Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine">Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> claimed responsibility for the attack, saying its militants had fired a <a title="C5K (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C5K&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1">C5K</a> rocket at an Israeli military tower near <a title="Kissufim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissufim">Kissufim</a>. &#8221;We choose the option of resistance as the means to attain our national rights, and promise the Palestinian people that we will continue resistance against Israeli forces,&#8221; a statement from the group said.<sup id="cite_ref-71"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-71">[72]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 4</dt>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired two Qassam rockets at Israel. One exploded in the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a> and the other apparently landed within Palestinian territory. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar5ynet_72-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar5ynet-72">[73]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 5</dt>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at an unspecified site in the western Negev. No injuries or damage were reported. Israel responded with airstrikes on <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a>militant posts in <a title="Zeitoun (Gaza) (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zeitoun_(Gaza)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1">Zeitoun</a>, <a title="Deir al-Balah" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_al-Balah">Deir al-Balah</a> and <a title="Khan Younis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Younis">Khan Younis</a>. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar5ynet_72-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar5ynet-72">[73]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-73">[74]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 9</dt>
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<p>After nightfall, a Qassam rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed in an open area in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-74"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-74">[75]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 16</dt>
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<p>Palestinians fired a rocket into <a title="Sderot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sderot">Sderot</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-75"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-75">[76]</a></sup> Israel responded with an airstrike on a <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> compound in the Gaza Strip, killing two Hamas militants and injuring one.<sup id="cite_ref-76"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-76">[77]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 18</dt>
</dl>
<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired four mortar shells at Israel. Some fell in unspecified locations in the western Negev, and some fell within the Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-mar18y_77-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar18y-77">[78]</a></sup></p>
<p>Around 4 pm, Palestinian terrorists fired six additional mortar shells into the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar18y_77-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar18y-77">[78]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-78">[79]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 19</dt>
</dl>
<p>In the early morning, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired 54 mortars on Israeli communities within a period of 15 minutes. A man and his wife were wounded by shrapnel as they fled toward a safe zone. Several homes on a <a title="Kibbutz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz">kibbutz</a> were badly damaged. One mortar shell landed on the rooftop of a <a title="Kindergarten" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten">kindergarten</a>, but the building was empty because it was <a title="Shabbat" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbat">Shabbat</a>, the Jewish day of rest. <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was a response to the death of two of the group&#8217;s militants in an Israeli airstrike several days earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-79"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-79">[80]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mar19y_80-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar19y-80">[81]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mar21jp_81-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar21jp-81">[82]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-82">[83]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-83">[84]</a></sup> According to <em><a title="The Daily Telegraph" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph">The Telegraph</a></em>, the unusually extreme attack by Hamas was an attempt by the Islamist group to divert its people&#8217;s wrath and to avoid being engulfed by the <a title="2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%932011_Middle_East_and_North_Africa_protests">concurrent popular uprisings in the Middle East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-84">[85]</a></sup></p>
<p>Israel responded with airstrikes and tank fire, killing one Hamas official and injuring four others.<sup id="cite_ref-mar19y_80-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar19y-80">[81]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 20</dt>
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<p>On the Jewish holiday of <a title="Purim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim">Purim</a>, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a mortar and two Qassam rockets at Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-mar21jp_81-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar21jp-81">[82]</a></sup></p>
<p>Later in the day, Palestinians fired a <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missile</a> at southern <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>. One elderly woman was lightly injured, and several other people suffered from shock. Sirens were heard in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-85"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-85">[86]</a></sup> British Minister for the Middle East and North Africa <a title="Alistair Burt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Burt">Alistair Burt</a> condemned <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> for its attacks on Israel as well as its assaults on Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip, saying: &#8221;Hamas should not think that while the attention of the world is elsewhere we will turn a blind eye to their actions. The indiscriminate targeting of Israeli citizens, as they celebrated the Jewish festival of Purim, is unacceptable.&#8221;<sup id="cite_ref-86"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-86">[87]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 21</dt>
</dl>
<p>After nightfall, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-87"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-87">[88]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 22</dt>
</dl>
<p>Around 4 pm, Palestinians fired four mortar shells at <a title="Alumim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumim">Alumim</a> and <a title="Sa'ad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%27ad">Sa&#8217;ad</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-88"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-88">[89]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mar23h_89-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar23h-89">[90]</a></sup></p>
<p>In the evening, Palestinians fired a <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missile</a> from the northern Gaza Strip and several mortar shells at <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>; the Grad landed south of the city. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-90"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-90">[91]</a></sup></p>
<p>In the evening, the <a title="Israel Defense Forces" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> attacked a Palestinian terror cell in the midst of preparing to fire a long-range rocket into Israel, killing four terrorists. Israeli military sources said the same terrorists were behind the <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missile</a> attack on <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a> on 23 February.<sup id="cite_ref-mar23jptoameh_91-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar23jptoameh-91">[92]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 23</dt>
</dl>
<p>During the night, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missile</a> at <a title="Ashdod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod">Ashdod</a>, which landed in an open area south of the city. This was the first time Ashdod, one of Israel&#8217;s largest cities and relatively far from the Gaza Strip, was targeted since the <a title="Gaza War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War">Gaza War</a>. Sirens were heard in the city and in nearby <a title="Gedera" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedera">Gedera</a> and <a title="Kiryat Malachi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryat_Malachi">Kiryat Malachi</a>. No injuries or damage were reported. <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-92"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-92">[93]</a></sup></p>
<p>At 5:30 am, Palestinians launched another <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missile</a> at <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a>. The rocket hit a street in the midst of a residential area. A 56-year-old man was injured by shrapnel that penetrated his third-floor apartment, and three other people suffered from shock. Several buildings, including a <a title="Synagogue" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue">synagogue</a>, were damaged. Fearing additional attacks, the city closed schools and universities for the day. <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> claimed responsibility, saying, &#8221;This is an initial reaction to the <a title="Zionist" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist">Zionist</a> crimes against our people in Gaza.&#8221;<sup id="cite_ref-mar23h_89-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar23h-89">[90]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ycancel_93-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-ycancel-93">[94]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yman_94-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-yman-94">[95]</a></sup></p>
<p>Four hours later, Palestinians fired a third Grad missile at Beersheba, hitting an open area within the city.<sup id="cite_ref-mar23h_89-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar23h-89">[90]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yman_94-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-yman-94">[95]</a></sup></p>
<p>Later, Palestinians fired seven mortar shells at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a> and one at the <a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. Some of the shells contained <a title="White phosphorus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_phosphorus">white phosphorus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-95">[96]</a></sup></p>
<p>US President <a title="Barack Obama" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama</a> condemned the attacks as well as <a title="2011 Jerusalem bus stop bombing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Jerusalem_bus_stop_bombing">a recent Palestinian terrorist bombing in Jerusalem</a> &#8221;in the strongest possible terms&#8221;, saying that &#8221;there is never any possible justification for terrorism&#8221;.<sup id="cite_ref-jpashton_96-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jpashton-96">[97]</a></sup> Israel responded to the attacks with airstrikes on terrorist training sites, weapons-smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border, and an abandoned rocket launcher. No injuries were reported in the airstrikes.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24y_97-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24y-97">[98]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 24</dt>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired twelve projectiles at Israeli towns throughout the day, reaching deep into the country. The Israeli cities of <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a>, <a title="Ashdod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod">Ashdod</a> and <a title="Kiryat Gat" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryat_Gat">Kiryat Gat</a> kept schools closed for the day, fearing additional attacks. The <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> municipality held classes as usual, but the local Parents&#8217; Committee urged residents to keep their children at home.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24y_97-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24y-97">[98]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mar24jp_98-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24jp-98">[99]</a></sup> EU foreign policy chief <a title="Catherine Ashton" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Ashton">Catherine Ashton</a> condemned the attacks as well as <a title="2011 Jerusalem bus stop bombing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Jerusalem_bus_stop_bombing">the recent Palestinian terrorist bombing in Jerusalem</a> in &#8221;the strongest terms&#8221;, adding that &#8221;attacks on any civilians are completely unacceptable in any circumstance&#8221;.<sup id="cite_ref-jpashton_96-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jpashton-96">[97]</a></sup> Details of some of the attacks:</p>
<ul>
<li>During the night, Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket at the western Negev. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24y_97-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24y-97">[98]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the morning, Palestinians fired a second Qassam rocket which landed in an open area south of <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24y_97-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24y-97">[98]</a></sup></li>
<li>Shortly before 11 am, a third Palestinian rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip exploded in an open area in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24y_97-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24y-97">[98]</a></sup></li>
<li>Around 12:15 pm, a fourth Palestinian Qassam rocket landed in an open area in the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24y_97-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24y-97">[98]</a></sup></li>
<li>Just before 2 pm, Palestinians fired a fifth rocket at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24y_97-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24y-97">[98]</a></sup></li>
<li>Two <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missiles</a> were fired at <a title="Ashdod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod">Ashdod</a>. One struck south of the city and the other to its north; the explosion of the second projectile was heard in <a title="Yavne" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yavne">Yavne</a>. The Color Red alarm was heard throughout the city, as well as in <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>, <a title="Gedera" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedera">Gedera</a> and <a title="Gan Yavne" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_Yavne">Gan Yavne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-99">[100]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-100">[101]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mar24h_101-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24h-101">[102]</a></sup></li>
<li>A few hours later, a rocket landed in <a title="Sderot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sderot">Sderot</a> and a mortar exploded in the <a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. The Color Red alarm sounded. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24h_101-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24h-101">[102]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-102">[103]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the evening, Palestinians fired six mortar shells at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24jpidf_103-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24jpidf-103">[104]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<p>Israel responded during the day with airstrikes on <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> buildings in the Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-mar24jpidf_103-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar24jpidf-103">[104]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 26</dt>
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<p>Early in the morning, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets into Israel. One landed in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>, exploding three yards from a home in one of the area&#8217;s communities. The house was severely damaged but the eight family members who were sleeping inside were unharmed. Another home was moderately damaged. The second rocket landed in an open area in an unspecified location. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar26y_104-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar26y-104">[105]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-105">[106]</a></sup></p>
<p>In the evening, a third rocket hit the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-mar26y_104-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-mar26y-104">[105]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-106">[107]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>March 27</dt>
</dl>
<p>A <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> cell near <a title="Jabaliya" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabaliya">Jabaliya</a> was attempting to launch a projectile into Israel when it was targeted by an Israeli airstrike. Two PIJ militants were killed and three PIJ militants were wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-107"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-107">[108]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 29</dt>
</dl>
<p>Palestinians fired an unspecified number of Qassam rockets at <a title="Sderot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sderot">Sderot</a>, but all the projectiles fell within the Gaza strip. The Color Red alarm sounded in the Israeli city.<sup id="cite_ref-108"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-108">[109]</a></sup>Israel responded the following day with airstrikes on a <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> cell, killing one PIJ terrorist and wounding another, and on a smuggling tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-109"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-109">[110]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>March 31</dt>
</dl>
<p>Around 7:30 pm, Palestinian terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket that landed in an open area south of <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>. No injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red alarm sounded in nearby communities.<sup id="cite_ref-110"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-110">[111]</a></sup></p>
<h2>[<a title="Edit section: April" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5">edit</a>]April</h2>
<p>According to the <a title="Israel Security Agency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Security_Agency">Israel Security Agency</a>&#8216;s monthly summary, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired 87 rockets and 57 mortar shells at Israel in 63 separate attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-111"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-111">[112]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>April 5</dt>
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<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported. Israel responded with airstrikes on two militant infiltration tunnels in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestinians said that four people were lightly to moderately injured.<sup id="cite_ref-112"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-112">[113]</a></sup> The following day Israel carried out additional airstrikes on another militant infiltration tunnel in the north and three smuggling tunnels in the south. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-113"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-113">[114]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>April 7</dt>
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<div>Main article: <a title="Hamas school bus attack" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_school_bus_attack">Hamas school bus attack</a></div>
<p>Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a <a title="Kornet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kornet">Kornet</a> anti-tank missile at a <a title="School bus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_bus">school bus</a> in the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>, outside <a title="Sa'ad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%27ad">Sa&#8217;ad</a>. In the explosion, 16-year-old boy Daniel Viflic was critically injured with a shrapnel wound to the head, and the driver was moderately injured.<sup id="cite_ref-apr7jp_114-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr7jp-114">[115]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-115">[116]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-116">[117]</a></sup> The boy died of his wounds ten days later.<sup id="cite_ref-miskin_117-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-miskin-117">[118]</a></sup> <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a>issued a press release that evening claiming responsibility, calling the incident a retaliation for a previous Israeli strike that killed three Hamas leaders and vowing further attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-118"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-118">[119]</a></sup> The fact that the Russian-made Kornet is a <a title="Laser-guided" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser-guided">laser-guided</a> weapon indicated that the school bus was intentionally targeted.<sup id="cite_ref-119"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-119">[120]</a></sup> The attack opened a several-day stretch of violence in which Palestinians launched over 100 projectiles at Israel and Israeli responses left 19 Hamas militants and two civilians dead.<sup id="cite_ref-apr11h_120-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr11h-120">[121]</a></sup></p>
<p>Israeli President <a title="Shimon Peres" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres">Shimon Peres</a> said the attack showed that Gaza had turned into a terror state.<sup id="cite_ref-121"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-121">[122]</a></sup> The <a title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</a> condemned &#8221;the attack on innocent civilians&#8230; in the strongest possible terms, saying &#8221;there is no justification for the targeting of innocent civilians and those responsible for these terrorist attacks should be held accountable.&#8221;<sup id="cite_ref-122"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-122">[123]</a></sup> <a title="British Foreign Secretary" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Foreign_Secretary">British Foreign Secretary</a> <a title="William Hague" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hague">William Hague</a> &#8221;unreservedly&#8221; condemned the attack as &#8221;despicable&#8221; and &#8221;cowardly&#8221;, and said reports suggested that the school bus was deliberately targeted.<sup id="cite_ref-apr8dip_123-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr8dip-123">[124]</a></sup></p>
<p>Over the next three hours, at least 45 additional Palestinian projectiles hit Israel. Residents were instructed to stay inside their homes, children were ordered to stay inside schools, and police sealed roads in the area for fear of additional attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-apr7jp_114-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr7jp-114">[115]</a></sup> European Union foreign policy chief <a title="Catherine Ashton" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Ashton">Catherine Ashton</a> &#8221;strongly&#8221; condemned the attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-apr8dip_123-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr8dip-123">[124]</a></sup>Details of some of the incidents:</p>
<ul>
<li>One mortar hit a home in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. The house was damaged but no injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-apr7jp_114-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr7jp-114">[115]</a></sup></li>
<li>A <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missile</a> fired at <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> was intercepted by the <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a> defense system, marking the first successful interception of a short range rocket in history.<sup id="cite_ref-apr7jp_114-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr7jp-114">[115]</a></sup></li>
<li>After nightfall, three Qassam rockets were fired into the <a title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council">Ashkelon Coast</a> and <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol</a> regional councils. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-124"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-124">[125]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<p>Israel responded with airstrikes on terror cells and smuggling tunnels.<sup id="cite_ref-apr8y_125-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr8y-125">[126]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>April 8</dt>
</dl>
<p>Despite the announcement by Gazan terror organizations of a unilateral ceasefire at 11 pm the previous night, Palestinians fired at least 24 mortar shells and 6 rockets at Israel, causing serious damage to a factory and to chicken coops.<sup id="cite_ref-apr8y_125-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr8y-125">[126]</a></sup> <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a>, <a title="Fatah" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah">Fatah</a>, <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a>, the <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a>, the <a title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a>, the <a title="Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine">Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> and the little-known <a title="Abu Al-Qumsan Brigades (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abu_Al-Qumsan_Brigades&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1">Abu Al-Qumsan Brigades</a> all claimed responsibility for various attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-126"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-126">[127]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-127">[128]</a></sup> Israeli children in the danger zone were held in school for safety reasons until the attacks ended. 450 schoolchildren at the &#8221;Nitzanei Eshkol&#8221; school were evacuated with a security forces escort. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-apr8jp_128-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr8jp-128">[129]</a></sup> Details of some of the attacks:</p>
<ul>
<li>In the afternoon, sixteen Palestinian mortars shells exploded across southern Israel. One shell hit a chicken coop in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-129"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-129">[130]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-130">[131]</a></sup></li>
<li>Later in the afternoon four more mortar shells landed in open areas south of <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-131"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-131">[132]</a></sup></li>
<li>Four rockets were fired at <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>. Three were intercepted by the <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a> defense system.<sup id="cite_ref-apr8y_125-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr8y-125">[126]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the evening, two mortar shells were fired at a <a title="Kibbutz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz">kibbutz</a> in the <a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. A residential structure was damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-apr8y_125-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr8y-125">[126]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<p>Israel responded with airstrikes, killing four <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> militants and one <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> militant.<sup id="cite_ref-apr9jp_132-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr9jp-132">[133]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>April 9</dt>
</dl>
<p>Palestinians fired over 65 projectiles at Israel. Five people were injured while running to <a title="Bomb shelter" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_shelter">bomb shelters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-apr9jp_132-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr9jp-132">[133]</a></sup> Details of some of the attacks:</p>
<ul>
<li>Overnight, 15 Grads were fired into Israeli territory. The <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a> defense system intercepted five of them near <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a> and <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-apr9jp_132-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr9jp-132">[133]</a></sup></li>
<li>A rocket fired at a <a title="Kibbutz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz">kibbutz</a> in the <a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a> damaged homes and a water main.<sup id="cite_ref-apr9jp_132-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr9jp-132">[133]</a></sup></li>
<li>After nightfall, two rocket barrages hit the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-apr9jp_132-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr9jp-132">[133]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<p>Israel responded with airstrikes, killing two senior <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> militants and one <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> militant.<sup id="cite_ref-133"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-133">[134]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>April 10</dt>
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<p>Palestinians fired about 20 rockets and mortars at Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-134"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-134">[135]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-apr10y_135-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr10y-135">[136]</a></sup> Details of some of the attacks:</p>
<ul>
<li>In the morning, three Palestinian mortar shells hit fields belonging to a <a title="Kibbutz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz">kibbutz</a> in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. The projectiles damaged electrical cables, causing power outages in nearby communities.<sup id="cite_ref-136"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-136">[137]</a></sup></li>
<li>A Palestinian rocket hit an open area in <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-apr10id_137-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr10id-137">[138]</a></sup></li>
<li>A Palestinian <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missile</a> fired at <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> was intercepted by the <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a> rocket defense system.<sup id="cite_ref-apr10id_137-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr10id-137">[138]</a></sup></li>
<li>Shortly thereafter, two Palestinian rockets hit open areas in the <a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a> and the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-138"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-138">[139]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the afternoon, a Qassam rocket exploded in an open area in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-139"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-139">[140]</a></sup></li>
<li>Two mortar shells hit an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.<sup id="cite_ref-140"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-140">[141]</a></sup></li>
<li>Two more mortar shells hit the Eshkol Regional Council.<sup id="cite_ref-141"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-141">[142]</a></sup></li>
<li>Around 9:30 pm, shortly after Palestinian militant groups announced a ceasefire, a Qassam rocket exploded in an open area in the <a title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-apr10y_135-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr10y-135">[136]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-142">[143]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<p>Israel refrained from responding to the attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-apr11h_120-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-apr11h-120">[121]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>April 12</dt>
</dl>
<p>According to the Palestinian <a title="Ma'an News Agency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27an_News_Agency">Ma&#8217;an News Agency</a>, <a title="Al-Qaeda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a>-affiliated Gazan militant group <a title="Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahafil_Al-Tawhid_Wal-Jihad_fi_Filastin">Tawhid and Jihad</a> claimed to have launched two missiles at <a title="Nirim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirim">Nirim</a> at 7:50 pm. The group said its claimed attack was &#8221;a response to Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip&#8221;, without clarifying further. However, the <a title="Israel Defense Forces" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> said they were not aware of a rocket attack taking place at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-143"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-143">[144]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>April 15</dt>
</dl>
<p>Palestinians fired two <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missiles</a> at <a title="Ashdod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod">Ashdod</a> from the <a title="Beit Lahiya" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahiya">Beit Lahiya</a> neighborhood of al-Atatra in the northern Gaza Strip. Alarms sounded in Ashdod and nearby <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>. One rocket exploded in a residential area and the second landed outside the city.<sup id="cite_ref-144"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-144">[145]</a></sup> No injuries or damage were reported. Israel responded several hours later with airstrikes on militant targets. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-145"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-145">[146]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>April 18</dt>
</dl>
<p>On <a title="Passover" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover">Passover</a> eve, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket at the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. It exploded in an open area near a <a title="Kibbutz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz">kibbutz</a>, and no injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red alert sounded in the area and in <a title="Sderot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sderot">Sderot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-146"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-146">[147]</a></sup></p>
<h2>[<a title="Edit section: May" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6">edit</a>]May</h2>
<p>According to the <a title="Israel Security Agency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Security_Agency">Israel Security Agency</a>&#8216;s monthly summary, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip perpetrated only one rocket attack on Israel during this month.<sup id="cite_ref-147"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-147">[148]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>May 28</dt>
</dl>
<p>Overnight, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported. This was the first such attack in six weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-148"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-148">[149]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-149">[150]</a></sup></p>
<h2>[<a title="Edit section: June" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7">edit</a>]June</h2>
<p>According to the <a title="Israel Security Agency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Security_Agency">Israel Security Agency</a>&#8216;s monthly summary, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired four rockets and one mortar shell at Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-150"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-150">[151]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>June 15</dt>
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<p>At about 9:30 pm, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Qasssam rocket at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. The projectile landed in an open area, and no injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red siren sounded in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-151"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-151">[152]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>June 21</dt>
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<p>After nightfall, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a mortar shell at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>, followed half an hour later by a Qassam rocket fired at the same area. No injuries or damage were reported in either attack. The incident affected an <a title="Civil defense in Israel" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_defense_in_Israel">Israeli national civil defense</a> drill the following day. Israel responded with an airstrike on an infiltration tunnel in the central Gaza Strip, causing no injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-152"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-152">[153]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-153"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-153">[154]</a></sup></p>
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<p>According to the <a title="Israel Security Agency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Security_Agency">Israel Security Agency</a>&#8216;s monthly summary, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired 20 rockets and 2 mortar shells at Israel in 18 separate attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-154"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-154">[155]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 3</dt>
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<p>In the morning, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>, causing no injuries or damage.<sup id="cite_ref-155"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-155">[156]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-156">[157]</a></sup> Israel responded with an airstrike on an infiltration tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip, also causing no injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-jul5jp_157-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jul5jp-157">[158]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 5</dt>
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<p>Mohammed Said and Kamal Abu Moamer, two members of the <a title="Al-Qaeda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a>-affiliated group <a title="Army of Islam (Gaza Strip)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Islam_(Gaza_Strip)">Tawhid al-Jihad</a> based in the southern Gaza Strip, were killed in an Israeli airstrike as they were preparing to launch a rocket into Israel from the central part of the Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-jul5jp_157-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-jul5jp-157">[158]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-158">[159]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 9</dt>
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<p>In the evening, Palestinians fired three Qassam rockets at Israel. Two rockets hit open areas in the <a title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>; a third landed within the Gaza Strip. No injuries or damage were reported. Israel responded with an airstrike on an infiltration tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip, causing no injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-159"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-159">[160]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-160"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-160">[161]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 12</dt>
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<p>Around 10:15 pm, Palestinians fired two Qassam rockets at Israel. One of the rockets exploded several feet from a home in the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a>, damaging it, while the other hit an open area in the <a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. No injuries were reported. The Color Red siren sounded, and residents also received text messages asking them to enter fortified spaces. Israel responded with airstrikes on two Gazan sites identified as weapons manufacturing facilities, causing no injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-161"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-161">[162]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13julyn_162-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-13julyn-162">[163]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-163"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-163">[164]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 13</dt>
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<p>In the morning, Palestinians fired a rocket at the <a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-13julyn_162-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-13julyn-162">[163]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-164"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-164">[165]</a></sup> Israel responded with airstrikes on two tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip and a third in the north.<sup id="cite_ref-14julyn_165-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-14julyn-165">[166]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 14</dt>
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<p>In the morning, Palestinians fired a rocket at the <a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. In the afternoon, Palestinians fired three more rockets at unspecified areas in Israel. In the evening, two more rockets were fired at the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported in any of the attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-14julyn_165-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-14julyn-165">[166]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-166"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-166">[167]</a></sup> Israel responded with airstrikes on four Hamas training camps in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said that two children were lightly injured.<sup id="cite_ref-167"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-167">[168]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 15</dt>
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<p>Palestinians fired a mortar shell at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-168"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-168">[169]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 16</dt>
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<p>Overnight, Palestinians fired a rocket at the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-169"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-169">[170]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 17</dt>
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<p>Starting about 1 am, Palestinians fired three Qassam rockets at Israel. The first rocket hit the <a title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>. Two additional rockets exploded later in the<a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red alarm did not sound.<sup id="cite_ref-170"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-170">[171]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-171"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-171">[172]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 19</dt>
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<p>After nightfall, Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket at the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported. Israel responded with airstrikes on terror targets in the Gaza Strip, causing no reported injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-172"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-172">[173]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-173"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-173">[174]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>July 28</dt>
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<p>In the morning, Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket at the <a title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>. The Color red alarm sounded in the area. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-174"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-174">[175]</a></sup></p>
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<p>Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket at the <a title="Ashkelon Coast Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon_Coast_Regional_Council">Ashkelon Coast Regional Council</a>. It exploded near a <a title="Bedouin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin">Bedouin</a> tent, injuring 55-year-old <a title="Shepherd" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd">shepherdess</a> Fatma Saria in the lower limbs. The Color Red alarm sounded in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-175"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-175">[176]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-176"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-176">[177]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gat_177-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-gat-177">[178]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 3</dt>
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<p>At about 10:30pm, Palestinians fired a rocket at the <a title="Lakhish Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakhish_Regional_Council">Lakhish Regional Council</a>, between <a title="Sderot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sderot">Sderot</a> and <a title="Kiryat Gat" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryat_Gat">Kiryat Gat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aug8yn_178-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug8yn-178">[179]</a></sup> The <a title="Abdullah Azzam Brigades" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Azzam_Brigades">Abdullah Azzam Brigades</a> claimed responsibility for the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-179"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-179">[180]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 4</dt>
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<p>Shortly after midnight, Palestinians fired a rocket that exploded at the entrance to <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>. Five people were lightly injured seeking shelter after the Color Red alarm sounded.<sup id="cite_ref-180"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-180">[181]</a></sup> Israel responded with an airstrike on a Hamas militant center in the Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-aug8yn_178-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug8yn-178">[179]</a></sup></p>
<p>In the evening, Palestinians fired two rockets at <a title="Kiryat Gat" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryat_Gat">Kiryat Gat</a>. No physical injuries were reported, but two people were treated for shock. The Color Red alarm sounded in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-gat_177-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-gat-177">[178]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 7</dt>
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<p>After nightfall, Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket at the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. The rocket landed near a <a title="Kibbutz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz">kibbutz</a>, triggering the Color Red alarm.<sup id="cite_ref-181"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-181">[182]</a></sup></p>
<p>Later, Palestinians fired three mortar shells at the Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council, damaging a fence.<sup id="cite_ref-182"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-182">[183]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 15</dt>
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<p>Palestinians fired a <a title="Grad rocket" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_rocket">Grad rocket</a> into <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a>. Israel responded with airstrikes on five targets in the Gaza Strip, killing one armed <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> terrorist and wounding several others. In a separate incident, several Palestinians were scattered by the Israeli Air Force as they were attempting to fire a rocket into Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-183"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-183">[184]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-184">[185]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 18</dt>
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<p>Palestinians fired two rockets at <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>; at least one of them was intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. The <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> claimed responsibility. Later, two more rockets fired at Ashkelon were intercepted by Iron Dome.<sup id="cite_ref-185"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-185">[186]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 19</dt>
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<p>Palestinians terrorists fired 17 rockets and several mortars at Israel. Responsibility for various attacks was claimed by the <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> and <a title="Fatah" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah">Fatah</a>&#8216;s <a title="Al Aqsa Brigades" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Aqsa_Brigades">Al Aqsa Brigades</a> and <a title="Al-Mujahideen Brigades (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Mujahideen_Brigades&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1">al-Mujahideen Brigades</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-186"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-186">[187]</a></sup> The streets in <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a> were said to be empty for fear of rockets. Details of some of the attacks:</p>
<ul>
<li>In the morning, a rocket fired at a <a title="Yeshiva" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshiva">Jewish religious seminary</a> in <a title="Ashdod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod">Ashdod</a> injured 10 people, two of them seriously. Several blocks away, a Grad rocket landed inside a<a title="Synagogue" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue">synagogue</a> while worshipers were praying, but failed to explode. There were no injuries. The synagogue was partially demolished in order to clear the rocket.<sup id="cite_ref-187"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-187">[188]</a></sup> The <a title="Al-Qaeda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a>-affiliated <a title="Abdullah Azzam Brigades" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Azzam_Brigades">Abdullah Azzam Brigades</a> claimed responsibility for the Grad attacks, saying they were a response to Israel&#8217;s targeting of the <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> leadership the previous day.<sup id="cite_ref-188"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-188">[189]</a></sup></li>
<li>Around 4 pm, two Grad rockets exploded between <a title="Kiryat Malachi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryat_Malachi">Kiryat Malachi</a>, <a title="Gedera" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedera">Gedera</a> and <a title="Gan Yavneh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_Yavneh">Gan Yavneh</a>. One of the rockets started a fire, damaging a building.<sup id="cite_ref-189"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-189">[190]</a></sup></li>
<li>Around 5 pm, a Qassam rocket hit the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.</li>
<li>Around 6:20 pm, two rockets hit <a title="Ashdod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod">Ashdod</a> and the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-190"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-190">[191]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the evening, a Qassam rocket landed near a kibbutz in the <a title="Shaar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Shaar Hanegev Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-191"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-191">[192]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the evening, two mortar shells hit the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-192"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-192">[193]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-193"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-193">[194]</a></sup></li>
<li>After nightfall, two rockets hit the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-194"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-194">[195]</a></sup></li>
<li>Around 10 pm, a Grad rocket fired at <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> was intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system.<sup id="cite_ref-195"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-195">[196]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-196"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-196">[197]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<p>Israel responded with airstrikes on four targets in the Gaza Strip, killing senior <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> commander Samed Abdul Mu&#8217;ty Abed as he was on his motorcycle.<sup id="cite_ref-197"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-197">[198]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 20</dt>
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<p>As <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> announced it would renew attacks on Israelis, Palestinians fired 64 rockets at Israel. The projectiles reached <a title="Ashdod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod">Ashdod</a>, <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>, <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a> and <a title="Ofakim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofakim">Ofakim</a>, forcing more than half a million Israelis into <a title="Bomb shelters" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_shelters">bomb shelters</a>. A Grad rocket fired at Beersheba killed 38-year-old Yossi Shoshan of Ofakim, who was on his way to ensure the safety of his 9-month pregnant wife. Many others were injured in Beersheba, Ashdod and Ofakim, including a 4-month-old baby.<sup id="cite_ref-198"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-198">[199]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-199"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-199">[200]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-200"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-200">[201]</a></sup> Details of some of the attacks:</p>
<ul>
<li>Around 4 am, two rockets hit the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-salvo_201-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-salvo-201">[202]</a></sup> <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-aug20claim_202-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug20claim-202">[203]</a></sup></li>
<li>Two rockets fired from the northern Gaza Strip hit the outskirts of <a title="Ashdod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod">Ashdod</a>, seriously injuring three Palestinian aliens working in the local industrial zone. The three were rushed to <a title="Kaplan Medical Center" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaplan_Medical_Center">Kaplan Medical Center</a> for treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-salvo_201-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-salvo-201">[202]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-203"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-203">[204]</a></sup> <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-aug20claim_202-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug20claim-202">[203]</a></sup></li>
<li>Around 8:30 am, a rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip hit an open area in the <a title="Be'er Tuvia Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%27er_Tuvia_Regional_Council">Be&#8217;er Tuvia Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-salvo_201-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-salvo-201">[202]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-204"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-204">[205]</a></sup> <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-aug20claim_202-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug20claim-202">[203]</a></sup></li>
<li>Around 9 am, a Grad rocket landed in the <a title="Bnei Shimon Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnei_Shimon_Regional_Council">Bnei Shimon Regional Council</a> just north of <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a>, triggering the Color Red alarm. Eight people suffered light injuries and<a title="Acute stress reaction" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_stress_reaction">shock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-salvo_201-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-salvo-201">[202]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-205"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-205">[206]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-206"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-206">[207]</a></sup> The <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-aug20claim_202-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug20claim-202">[203]</a></sup></li>
<li>A rocket fired at the <a title="Lachish Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachish_Regional_Council">Lachish Regional Council</a> at noon exploded on a section of <a title="Highway 35 (Israel)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_35_(Israel)">Highway 35</a>, from Ashkelon to Kiryat Gat, severely damaging it. The highway was closed to traffic.<sup id="cite_ref-207"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-207">[208]</a></sup></li>
<li>Just after noon, two Qassam rockets hit the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>, one landing in a <a title="Kibbutz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz">kibbutz</a> and the other in an open area. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-208"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-208">[209]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-209"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-209">[210]</a></sup></li>
<li>A rocket fired at <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> was intercepted by <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-210"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-210">[211]</a></sup></li>
<li>Four mortar shells were fired at the Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-211"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-211">[212]</a></sup></li>
<li>A Qassam rocket was fired at the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a> and a mortar was fired at the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-212"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-212">[213]</a></sup></li>
<li>Two mortar shells were fired at the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-213"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-213">[214]</a></sup></li>
<li>Five mortar shells were fired at the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-214"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-214">[215]</a></sup></li>
<li>A mortar shell was fired at the Eshkol Regional Council.<sup id="cite_ref-215"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-215">[216]</a></sup></li>
<li>A Grad rocket fired at <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a> was intercepted by <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a>. The <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-216"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-216">[217]</a></sup></li>
<li>Five additional mortar shells were fired at the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-217"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-217">[218]</a></sup></li>
<li>Grad rockets were fired at <a title="Ofakim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofakim">Ofakim</a>. One rocket hit a home, wounding a 4-month-old baby, a 9-year-old child, and a 20-year-old man. <a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-218"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-218">[219]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-219"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-219">[220]</a></sup></li>
<li>A barrage of Grad rockets hit <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a>, killing one person and injuring at least ten, four of them seriously. The <a title="Popular Resistance Committees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Resistance_Committees">Popular Resistance Committees</a> claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-220"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-220">[221]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-221"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-221">[222]</a></sup></li>
<li>Two Qassam rockets hit the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-222"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-222">[223]</a></sup></li>
<li>A Qassam rocket fired at Israel exploded within the Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-223"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-223">[224]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
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<dt>August 21</dt>
</dl>
<ul>
<li>In the morning, two mortar shells were fired at the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-224"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-224">[225]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the morning, a Qassam rocket hit the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-225"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-225">[226]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the morning, three Grad rockets fired at Ashkelon were intercepted by <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-226"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-226">[227]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the morning, two Grad rockets were fired at Beersheba. One was intercepted by <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a>; the other fell in an open area near the city. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-227"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-227">[228]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the morning, a rocket hit a school in Beersheba, damaging it. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-228"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-228">[229]</a></sup></li>
<li>In the morning, two rockets were fired at the Beersheba region. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-229"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-229">[230]</a></sup></li>
<li>Shortly before noon, three rockets hit near Ashkelon. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-230"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-230">[231]</a></sup></li>
<li>Shortly after noon, a rocket was fired at the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-231"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-231">[232]</a></sup></li>
<li>During the evening, a Qassam rocket was fired at Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-232"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-232">[233]</a></sup></li>
<li>Though a ceasefire has been declared starting 09:00 P.M. that night, two rockets were fired after that time. No injures were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-233"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-233">[234]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-234"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-234">[235]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dt>August 22</dt>
</dl>
<ul>
<li>During night, a rocket was fired at the city of Ashkelon and was intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system.<sup id="cite_ref-235"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-235">[236]</a></sup></li>
<li>Another rocket was fired early morning at Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-236"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-236">[237]</a></sup></li>
<li>At night, a Qassam rocket was fired at Ashkelon and landed in an open area. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-237"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-237">[238]</a></sup></li>
<li>A rocket fired at Hof Ashkelon Regional Council landed near greenhouses and started a fire. No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-238"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-238">[239]</a></sup></li>
<li>Another rocket landed in Hof Ashkelon Regional Council just before midnight.<sup id="cite_ref-239"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-239">[240]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
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<dt>August 24</dt>
</dl>
<p>Palestinians fired more than 20 rockets on Israeli communities. Grad rockets fell on the cities of <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a>, <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a> and <a title="Ofakim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofakim">Ofakim</a>, injuring a 9-month-old baby. Israel responded with airstrikes, killing a senior <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> operative invlolved in a recent terrorist shooting attack on Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-aug25yn_240-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug25yn-240">[241]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-241"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-241">[242]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 25</dt>
</dl>
<p>Palestinians fired at least 15 rockets and mortars at Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-aug26yn_242-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug26yn-242">[243]</a></sup> Details of the attacks:</p>
<ul>
<li>Five Qassam rockets were fired at the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.</li>
<li>Four Qassam rockets were fired at the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.</li>
<li>A Grad rocket fell in an open area near Ashkelon, without causing injuries or damage.</li>
<li>A Palestinian mortar shell caused extensive damage to the <a title="Erez Crossing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erez_Crossing">Erez Crossing Terminal</a>, which is frequently used by Palestinians to enter Israel for medical treatments.<sup id="cite_ref-243"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-243">[244]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<p>Israel responded with airstrikes on several targets in the Gaza Strip, killing two <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> militants involved in the attack against the Erez Crossing Terminal.<sup id="cite_ref-244"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-244">[245]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-245"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-245">[246]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 26</dt>
</dl>
<p>At about 3 pm, Palestinians fired a Grad rocket at <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>, despite a ceasefire announced by <a title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> the previous day. Shortly after 10 pm, two Qassam rockets were fired at the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. No injuries were reported in either incident. The leftist <a title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> claimed responsibility for two attacks on Ashkelon.<sup id="cite_ref-aug26yn_242-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug26yn-242">[243]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-246"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-246">[247]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>August 27</dt>
</dl>
<p>A Qassam rocket fell in the Negev. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-project_247-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-project-247">[248]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 28</dt>
</dl>
<p>A Grad rocket fired was fired at <a title="Hatzerim" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatzerim">Hatzerim</a> in the <a title="Bnei Shimon Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnei_Shimon_Regional_Council">Bnei Shimon Regional Council</a>, near <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a>. After nightfall, a Qassam rocket was fired at the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>. No injures were reported in either attack. <a title="Tawhid wal-Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawhid_wal-Jihad">Tawhid wal-Jihad</a> claimed responsibility for both.<sup id="cite_ref-248"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-248">[249]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aug29yn_249-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug29yn-249">[250]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-250"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-250">[251]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>August 29</dt>
</dl>
<p>A Qassam rocket was fired at the Eshkol Regional Council. No injures or damage were reported. <a title="Tawhid wal-Jihad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawhid_wal-Jihad">Tawhid wal-Jihad</a> claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-aug29yn_249-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-aug29yn-249">[250]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-251"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-251">[252]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>August 31</dt>
</dl>
<p>Two Qassam rockets hit the Eshkol Regional Council. No injures or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-252"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-252">[253]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>September 5</dt>
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<p>A rocket fell in an open area in the western Negev. There were no casualties or damage.<sup id="cite_ref-253"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-253">[254]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>September 29</dt>
</dl>
<p>A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council, causing damage to an abandoned building. In response, an IAF aircraft targeted a terror activity site in the central Gaza Strip overnight. A direct hit was confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-254"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-254">[255]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>September 30</dt>
</dl>
<p>IAF aircraft identified a squad of terrorists preparing to launch rockets at Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, and thwarted the attempt by firing at them. A hit was confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-255"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-255">[256]</a></sup></p>
<h2>[<a title="Edit section: October" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11">edit</a>]October</h2>
<p>According to the <a title="Israel Security Agency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Security_Agency">Israel Security Agency</a>&#8216;s monthly summary, Palestinians fired 52 rockets and 6 mortar shells at Israel in 43 separate attacks during October.<sup id="cite_ref-256"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-256">[257]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>October 4</dt>
</dl>
<p>Two Grad rockets were fired from northern Gaza towards Israel. One rocket exploded in an open field in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council while the second one fell in Palestinian territory. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-257"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-257">[258]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>October 11</dt>
</dl>
<p>A Qassam rocket was fired from the northern Gaza Strip and exploded near the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. No injuries were reported but a few green houses sustained damages.<sup id="cite_ref-258"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-258">[259]</a></sup></p>
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<dt>October 26</dt>
</dl>
<p>A Grad rocket fired from Gaza landed in an open territory in the <a title="Be'er Tuvia Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%27er_Tuvia_Regional_Council">Be&#8217;er Tuvia Regional Council</a> on Wednesday night. There were no casualties or damage, but several people suffered shock. A Color Red siren was heard in several communities including Ashdod, Kiryat Malachi, Rehovot, Ness Ziona and Gan Yavne.<sup id="cite_ref-259"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-259">[260]</a></sup> Israeli Air Force responded by attacking three terror activity sites and a weapons storage facility in Gaza. Direct hits were confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-260"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-260">[261]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>October 29</dt>
</dl>
<p>On Saturday, an Israeli aircraft targeted a terrorist squad in southern Gaza Strip that was preparing to launch long-range rockets. Five <a title="Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Jihad_Movement_in_Palestine">Islamic Jihad</a> militants were killed, including a senior commander of the <a title="Al-Quds Brigades" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Quds_Brigades">al-Quds Brigades</a>. The squad was responsible for the firing of the Grad rocket on Wednesday.<sup id="cite_ref-261"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-261">[262]</a></sup> In response, more than 24 rockets were fired at Israel:</p>
<ul>
<li>Four rockets were fired at Ashdod, hitting near a residental building and injuring a man.</li>
<li>A rocket was fired at Gav Yavne, injuring a 50 years old man in his lower limbs.<sup id="cite_ref-262"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-262">[263]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-263"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-263">[264]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-264"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-264">[265]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-265"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-265">[266]</a></sup></li>
<li>Two mortar shells were fired at Eshkol Regional Council.<sup id="cite_ref-266"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-266">[267]</a></sup></li>
<li>A mortal shell was fired at Bnei Shimon Regional Council.<sup id="cite_ref-267"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-267">[268]</a></sup></li>
<li>A rocket exploded in Merhavim Regional Council.<sup id="cite_ref-268"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-268">[269]</a></sup></li>
<li>A rocket fired at Be&#8217;er Sheba was intercepted by the <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a> Defense system.<sup id="cite_ref-269"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-269">[270]</a></sup></li>
<li>A rocket hit the city of Ashkelon.</li>
<li>Two mortar shells hit Eshkol Regional Council.<sup id="cite_ref-270"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-270">[271]</a></sup></li>
<li>One rocket hit an apartment building in Ashkelon, killing a 56 year-old civilian.<sup id="cite_ref-271"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-271">[272]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<p>Israel carried out additional airstrikes, hitting another squad preparing to fire rockets.<sup id="cite_ref-272"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-272">[273]</a></sup> Other four Islamic Jihad militants were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-273"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-273">[274]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-274"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-274">[275]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>October 30</dt>
</dl>
<p>Twelve rockets were fired into Israel since midnight. None of them caused casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-275"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-275">[276]</a></sup> Two rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. Israel responded with airstrikes on several terror activity sites in Gaza, including at least three rocket-launching platforms, tunnels and a terrorist squad prepared to launch rockets, killing one<a title="DFLP" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFLP">DFLP</a> militant.<sup id="cite_ref-276"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-276">[277]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IDFspokesperson_277-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-IDFspokesperson-277">[278]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-278"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-278">[279]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-279"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-279">[280]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>October 31</dt>
</dl>
<p>A terrorist squad that fired a Qassam rocket at Israel from southern Gaza Strip was targeted by an IAF aircraft. A direct hit was confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-IDFspokesperson_277-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-IDFspokesperson-277">[278]</a></sup> Two militants belonging to al-Ahrar, a minor split of <a title="Fatah" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah">Fatah</a>, were killed in the strike.<sup id="cite_ref-280"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-280">[281]</a></sup> In the evening, Gazan militants fired five rockets at southern Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-281"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-281">[282]</a></sup> Two landed near <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a>, one in <a title="Sderot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sderot">Sderot</a>and one in the <a title="Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_HaNegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar HaNegev Regional Council</a>, while a fifth launched against Beersheba was successfully intercepted by the <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a> defense system.<sup id="cite_ref-282"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-282">[283]</a></sup> No casualties were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-283"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-283">[284]</a></sup></p>
<h2>[<a title="Edit section: November" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12">edit</a>]November</h2>
<dl>
<dt>November 1</dt>
</dl>
<p>In the evening, a rocket launched from Gaza fell in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>, without causing injuries or damage.<sup id="cite_ref-284"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-284">[285]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>November 4</dt>
</dl>
<p>Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel, causing no injuries or damage.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_285-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-Reuters-285">[286]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>November 5</dt>
</dl>
<p>An Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian gunmen who were preparing to fire a rocket into Israel, killing one Islamic Jihad militant and injuring two.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_285-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-Reuters-285">[286]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>November 6</dt>
</dl>
<p>Two rockets fired from Gaza exploded in open areas in the <a title="Hof Ashkelon Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hof_Ashkelon_Regional_Council">Hof Ashkelon Regional Council</a>. The first rocket didn&#8217;t cause injuries or damage, while the second one caused shrapnel wounds to a Thai foreign worker.<sup id="cite_ref-286"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-286">[287]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>November 9</dt>
</dl>
<p>Palestinian militants fired two rockets which landed in the <a title="Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_HaNegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar HaNegev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damage were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-Philstar_287-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-Philstar-287">[288]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>November 10</dt>
</dl>
<p>A rocket was fired at night against southern Israel, causing no injuries. Israel retaliated with an airstrike against a training post belonging to Gaza militants north of <a title="Khan Yunis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Yunis">Khan Yunis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Philstar_287-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-Philstar-287">[288]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>November 13</dt>
</dl>
<p>Gaza militants fired a Qassam rocket at the <a title="Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_HaNegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar HaNegev Regional Council</a>, causing no injuries or damage. In response, Israeli Air Force struck a naval police post in the northern part of Gaza City, leaving one Palestinian dead and four wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-288"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-288">[289]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>November 15</dt>
</dl>
<p>Gaza terrorists launched two Qassam rockets at Israeli communities in the western Negev. One rocket hit a local kindergarten. There were no physical injuries in the attack, but the kindergarten was badly damaged. The other rocket exploded in an open area, causing no injuries or property damage.<sup id="cite_ref-289"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-289">[290]</a></sup> In response, overnight Israel struck terror targets in northern Gaza. Direct hits were recorded on a terror tunnel and on an additional center of terrorist activity.<sup id="cite_ref-290"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-290">[291]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>November 26</dt>
</dl>
<p>A rocket fired from Gaza hit the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>, causing no injuries or damage. In response, Israeli aircraft struck two terror activity sites in southern and central Gaza Strip.<sup id="cite_ref-291"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-291">[292]</a></sup></p>
<h2>[<a title="Edit section: December" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13">edit</a>]December</h2>
<dl>
<dt>December 7</dt>
</dl>
<p>Israeli aircraft targeted two Palestinian squads that were preparing to fire rockets into southern Israel, killing one <a title="Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Jihad_Movement_in_Palestine">Islamic Jihad</a> militant and wounding two others.<sup id="cite_ref-292"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-292">[293]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>December 8</dt>
</dl>
<p>An Israeli aircraft killed a senior operative of the <a title="Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Martyrs%27_Brigades">al-Aqsa Martyrs&#8217; Brigades</a> and another terrorist in Gaza who intended to execute a terrorist attack against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-293"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-293">[294]</a></sup> In response, Gaza militants fired several rockets. A <a title="Grad missile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_missile">Grad missile</a> exploded in an open field near the southern city of <a title="Beersheba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba">Beersheba</a> and a <a title="Qassam rocket" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qassam_rocket">Qassam</a> landed in an open field in the <a title="Sdot Negev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council">Sdot Negev Regional Council</a>. No injuries or damages were reported in either incident.<sup id="cite_ref-294"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-294">[295]</a></sup> In response, at least two Israeli airstrikes took place against<a title="Hamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> facilities next day, killing one civilian and injuring several.<sup id="cite_ref-295"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-295">[296]</a></sup> Other nine rockets were fired at Israel, causing no injuries or damage:</p>
<ul>
<li>Five rockets landed in western Negev.</li>
<li>A rocket exploded in the <a title="Eshkol Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol_Regional_Council">Eshkol Regional Council</a>.</li>
<li>A rocket exploded in <a title="Netivot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netivot">Netivot</a>.</li>
<li>Two rockets landed south of <a title="Ashkelon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon">Ashkelon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-296"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-296">[297]</a></sup></li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dt>December 9</dt>
</dl>
<p>Six rockets fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in southern Israel:</p>
<ul>
<li>Two rockets exploded in the <a title="Hof Ashkelon Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hof_Ashkelon_Regional_Council">Hof Ashkelon Regional Council</a>.</li>
<li>Two rockets exploded in the <a title="Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha%27ar_Hanegev_Regional_Council">Sha&#8217;ar Hanegev Regional Council</a>.</li>
<li>Two rockets were fired towards the <a title="Be'er Tuvia Regional Council" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%27er_Tuvia_Regional_Council">Be&#8217;er Tuvia Regional Council</a>. An <a title="Iron Dome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">Iron Dome</a> anti-rocket defense battery intercepted one of the rockets.</li>
</ul>
<p>No injuries or damage were reported in either incident.<sup id="cite_ref-297"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-297">[298]</a></sup> In response, Israeli aircraft struck targets associated with terrorist activity in Gaza next day.<sup id="cite_ref-298"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-298">[299]</a></sup></p>
<dl>
<dt>December 11</dt>
</dl>
<p>In response to ongoing rocket fire, Israeli aircraft targeted a weapon manufacturing site in northern Gaza.<sup id="cite_ref-299"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011#cite_note-299">[300]</a></sup></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011" target="_blank">Källa.</a></p>
<p>Läs också:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.unt.se/kultur/kulturdebatt/israel-och-skulden-1596547.aspx" target="_blank">Israel och skulden</a>.</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.sverigeisrael.se/index.php/bloggar/bengt-ove-andersson/110-groevsta-antiisraeliska-propagandan-nagonsin-i-svt" target="_blank">Grövsta antiisraeliska propagandan någonsin i SVT?</a></h2>
<p><em><strong>Comments off. God helg.</strong></em></p>
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		<title>Dagens humorinslag</title>
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		<title>ISRAEL </title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Med anledning av nattens händelser så bjuder jag härmed på en bild, knäppt på min vän Zvis extrema terrass i somras. Israel i mitt hjärta. Vi säger så.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" title="ISRAEL <3" src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af45/kiremik/2011%2008%20aug%20ISRAEL/IMG_5313-1.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="317" />Med anledning av <a href="http://kimmilrell.com/2011/11/29/fran-alla-hall/" target="_blank">nattens händelser</a> så bjuder jag härmed på en bild, knäppt på min vän Zvis extrema terrass i somras.</p>
<p>Israel i mitt hjärta.</p>
<p>Vi säger så.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winter is a season – a real season – in Israel, a state that has almost no seasons. We have summer, ultra-summer, almost-summer, and summer-in-principle-but-with-haze. And then, after a sweaty eternity, when we are certain that this time around it &#8230; <a href="http://kimmilrell.se/2011/11/17/gullig-text/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Winter is a season – a real season – in Israel, a state that has almost no seasons. We have summer, ultra-summer, almost-summer, and summer-in-principle-but-with-haze. And then, after a sweaty eternity, when we are certain that this time around it won’t be coming (maybe the bodies that boycott Israel convinced it to stay away), winter lands here for its annual performance, with all of us getting first row tickets.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4149333,00.html" target="_blank"><strong>In love with Israeli winter</strong></a></p>
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		<title>Därför bloggar jag om Israel</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kort summering om varför jag så ihärdigt bloggar om Israel. Skärmdumpen nedan säger egentligen allt, men titta även in på grannkanalen. &#8221;Vi betalar för att låta oss hjärntvättas.&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kort summering om varför jag så ihärdigt bloggar om Israel.<br />
Skärmdumpen nedan säger egentligen allt, men titta även in på grannkanalen.<br />
<strong><a href="http://kimmilrell.com/2011/11/08/vi-betalar-for-att-lata-oss-hjarntvattas-2/" target="_blank">&#8221;Vi betalar för att låta oss hjärntvättas.&#8221;</a></strong></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 532px"><img src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af45/kiremik/Media/Skrmavbild2011-11-08kl072628.png" alt="kaos" width="522" height="185" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sverige är kaos.</p></div>
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		<title>God morgon, hjärntvättade medborgare</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jag vaknar och vet inte vad klockan är på grund av den förbannade tidsomställningshuliganen. Och jag kan inte somna om då jag tänker på den förjävliga svennepressen. Jag ser det framför mig: Svenne kollar på &#8221;Så mycket bättre&#8221;, tar sig &#8230; <a href="http://kimmilrell.se/2011/10/30/god-morgon-hjarntvattade-medborgare/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jag vaknar och vet inte vad klockan är på grund av den förbannade tidsomställningshuliganen.<br />
Och jag kan inte somna om då jag tänker på den förjävliga svennepressen.<br />
Jag ser det framför mig: Svenne kollar på &#8221;Så mycket bättre&#8221;, tar sig ett glas vin, somnar, vaknar, kollar tidningarnas rubriker till morgonkaffet och hat-hat-hatar Israel.<br />
Och jag kan inte sova för att det stör mig så jävla mycket.</p>
<p><a href="http://kimmilrell.com/2011/10/30/moder-svea-grater-i-sin-grav/" target="_blank">Under fredagskvällen regnade det raketer över Israel.<br />
REGNADE.<br />
TT teg. De svenska tidningarna teg.<br />
På morgonkvisten drämde de dock till med rubriken ”Palestinier inför vapenvila”.<br />
Det Palestinadyrkande Sverige är ett mycket, mycket sjukt land.</a></p>
<p>Medan Sverige går under visar SVT &#8221;Islam för nybörjare&#8221;.<br />
GRATTIS!</p>
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