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The Qassam rocket (Arabic: صاروخ القسام Ṣārūkh al-Qassām; also Kassam) is a simple, steel artillery rocket developed and deployed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas. These rockets cannot be fired to target specific military objectives in or near civilian areas, and are "indiscriminate when used ...
- Palestinian militants
- Gaza–Israel conflict
Jan 17, 2024 · by Arthur van Coller | Jan 17, 2024. The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (AQB), in the pursuit of its objective to “ obliterate ” Israel, uses a variety of weapons, including variants of Qassam rockets, to direct acts of violence at Israel. Hamas confirmed that it has “local ...
Mar 11, 2008 · Qassam rockets -- unsophisticated weapons manufactured in garages and backroom laboratories -- have transformed the strategic equation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These crude rockets give Palestinian terrorist organizations the capability to strike deep into Israeli territory, throwing the security assumptions behind future peace ...
Oct 10, 2023 · This, he wrote, enabled Hamas to begin domestic production of its short-range Qassam rocket, which the militants fired at Israeli towns just north of the Gaza Strip.
Oct 9, 2023 · Hamas’ main armament has been the Qassam rocket, a cheap garage-built weapon assembled from industrial piping, home-made rocket fuel of sugar and potassium nitrate fertilizer, and commercial...
6 days ago · Hamas says its forces launched rocket attack near the Karem Abu Salem crossing between Israel and Gaza. ... The Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said the attack targeted a group of Israeli ...
Oct 26, 2023 · 15 min. Fighters in Gaza launched a barrage of rockets toward Israel and in the direction of al-Ahli Hospital 44 seconds before an explosion there that killed at least 100 people, according to...
