This is only a small part of the news you will not read about in the New York Times, Al Jazeera or The Guardian. This is the trauma we suffer in the southern part of Israel. It is sad to know that people have grown accustomed to the distant or nearby sound of rockets landing in ones town.
To see a full list of rocket attacks visit : List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2010
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October, 2010
- October 2
- A mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.
- October 6
- Two Qassam rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip. One exploded in an open field near a kibbutz in the Eshkol Regional Council. The other landed within the Gaza Strip, near the border fence. No injuries or damage were reported. Israel responded shortly after midnight with airstrikes on a Hamas training camp in Gaza City and a second, unspecified location. Palestinian sources said four people were injured.
- October 9
- A mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported. The Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it fired on Israeli soldiers who had entered Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip. The statement did not explain why the mortar landed in Israel.
- October 14
- A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area south of Ashkelon, causing no injuries or damage, according to The Jerusalem Post and Nana 10. At the same time, Ynet reported a false alarm sounding in Ashkelon, though it was not clear whether this indicated that no rocket attack occurred or merely that the attack did not threaten Ashkelon. Other media and the IDF did not report a rocket attack.
- October 17
- A Hamas squad in the northern Gaza Strip was preparing to launch rockets into Israel when it was targeted in an Israeli airstrike. Two militants were killed.
- October 21
- In the afternoon, a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.
- October 24
- In the evening, three mortar shells were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip. One landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council, and the other two exploded within the Gaza Strip. No injuries or damage were reported. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, saying it had fired four mortar shells toward an Israeli force operating in Al-Qarara in the Gaza Strip. No actual Israeli activity in the area was reported in the media or by the IDF.
- October 25
- In the late morning, five mortar shells were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip. Two shells landed in open areas in the Eshkol Regional Council, and the other three landed in open areas within the Gaza Strip. No injuries or damage were reported.
- October 27
- A mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area near a kibbutz in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.
- October 28
- In the afternoon, a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.
- October 30
- Two mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.
