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The Qassam rocket is the best-known type of rocket deployed by Palestinian militants, mainly against Israeli civilians, but also some military targets during the Second Intifada of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
- Palestinian militants
- Gaza–Israel conflict
Jan 17, 2024 · Qassam rockets are designed, selected, and intended to be fired at a distance as an area weapon to achieve collective terror effects on Israel. The Iron Dome Missile Defense System mitigates the potential harm to the civilian population in Israel.
Mar 11, 2008 · Qassam rockets -- named after Izz al-Din al-Qassam, the militant Syrian preacher and Muslim Brotherhood member killed in 1935 while fighting British and Zionist forces in Palestine -- are the most recent innovation in attacks on Israeli civilians.
The Qassam rocket was first launched into Israeli territory on March 5, 2002, by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. Production on the rocket began in September 2001 ...
Oct 9, 2023 · Home-Made Rocket Science. 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...
May 12, 2021 · While the names and designations of specific missiles can be a bit confusing, Hamas has a huge inventory of shorter-range systems like the Qassam (up to 10km or 6 miles) and the Quds 101 (up to...
Oct 26, 2023 · 26 Oct 2023. |. Updated : 16 Nov 2023. 03:17 PM (GMT) Hamas, the Palestinian resistance group, has been governing the Gaza Strip since 2007. Its military wing, the Qassam Brigades, carried out...