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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Rocket attacks from Gaza during the month of September

A rocket fired from a civilian area in Gaza towards civilian areas in Southern Israel.jpg

September 27
At about 11:45 pm, three Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants were killed by an Israeli drone strike as they were preparing to fire rockets into Israel. The incident took place at a militant observation outpost in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip.
September 24
At about 6 am on the second day of the Jewush Sukkot holiday, a Qassam rocket was shot from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel. The rocket exploded within the Gaza Strip, causing no reported injuries or damage. The Color Red alarm sounded in one of the communities in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.

September 21
A few hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured the rocket-stricken cities of Ashkelon and Sderot, a Qassam rocket was fired from the gaza Strip at Israel. The rocket landed within the Gaza Strip, causing no injuries or damage. The Color Red alarm did not sound, but the explosion was heard by residents of a nearby Israeli kibbutz in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council

September 20
At night, a Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported

September 15
Around 1 am, two Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip. One rocket exploded in an open area within Ashkelon's southern industrial zone. The second rocket was not located. The Color Red alarm did not sound, but the explosion was heard by Ashkelon residents. This was the first time in over a month that Gazan terrorists had fired towards the coastal city. Several hours later, six mortar bombs fired from the Gaza Strip hit open areas in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported in any of the attacks, which came a day after Ahmed Jaabari, leader of Hamas’ military wing, issued a statement threatening a wave of violence intended to derail the recently renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Israel responded at midday with an airstrike on a smuggling tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, near Rafah. According to Palestinian sources, one 21-year-old man who was in the tunnel was killed and two others were wounded.

September 13
In the early morning, two Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red alarm sounded in the area. The attack followed a border incident that took place in the northern Gaza Strip the previous evening, in which three Palestinians armed with a rocket launcher were killed by IDF soldiers

September 12
In the morning, two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip fell in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council, one in a kibbutz orchard and the other in an open area. No injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red alarm failed to sound. The Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility, saying the action was in retaliation for Israeli attacks against Gaza civilians, without specifying what they were referring to.

September 10
In the morning, on the second day of the Jewish New Year, a Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.

September 9
On the first day of the Jewish New Year, a Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area in the Sdot Negev Regional Council. In the evening, a Qassam rocket landed in an open area in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. The Color Red alarm sounded and the explosion was heard in the area. No injuries or damage were reported in either of the attacks. That night, Israel responded to the attacks of the day and of the previous day with airstrikes on at least four terror-related targets in the Gaza Strip, including a Hamas headquarters in Gaza City and a smuggling tunnel in the southern part of the territory. Two members of the Hamas security forces were wounded.

September 8
In the morning, on the eve of the Jewish New Year, a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip fell in a kibbutz in the southern part of the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council, exploding near several children's school buildings. One of the buildings, a kindergarten with a fortified roof but without fortified walls, was lightly damaged. The strike occurred 30 minutes before the children were due to arrive, and there were no injuries. Studies resumed normally.

September 7
Around 2 am, a Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck Sderot. No injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red alarm sounded in Sderot and the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council.

September 6
In the morning, a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.

September 4
A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in Sderot. No injuries or damage were reported. Israel responded to the attack and to separate Hamas shooting attacks in the West Bank with airstrikes on three tunnels in the Gaza Strip: two smuggling tunnels under the border with Egypt and a kidnapping tunnel under the border with Israel. According to Hamas, two people were killed in the collapse of one of the smuggling tunnels.