List of Qassam rocket attacks, 2006

The following is a list of notable and/or newsworthy Qassam rocket and mortar attacks in 2006.

; February 3, 2006: A Qassam rocket struck a family's house in the western Negev village of Karmia, moderately injuring four people, including a 7-month-old baby. [cite news|title=Baby hurt in rocket attack| url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3210491,00.html| publisher= YNet | date=February 3, 2006] ;March 28, 2006:Islamic Jihad fired a 122 mm Katyusha rocket from the Gaza Strip into Israel. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4855056.stm BBC NEWS | Middle East | Katyusha rocket 'fired from Gaza' ] ] Near the Kibbutz Nachal Oz two Israeli-Arabs (Salam Ziadin and Khalid, 16, a Bedouin father and son) killed when a dormant Qassam rocket they find in the Nahal Oz area explodes. Katyushas, frequently used by Hezbollah in Lebanon, had never before been fired from Gaza. Larger numbers of Qassam rockets began landing in the Western Negev in March 2006: 49 in March, 64 in April, 46 in May, and over 83 by the end of June. Most of the rocket launches prior to 2006 were carried out by Islamic Jihad but following Hamas's election victory, other groups such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement have been claimed to take over the firings.; March 30, 2006: Two Qassam rockets landed in kibbutz Karmia, south of Ashkelon, one of them landed in a football field, where children played only hours earlier, and injured one person. [cite news|title=Islamic Jihad: We fired Qassams at Israel| url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3234384,00.html| publisher= YNet | date=March 30, 2006] ; June 11, 2006: Three people are wounded, one critically when a Qassam landed near the Sapir Academic College near the Negev town of Sderot. [ [http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.nsf/2ee9468747556b2d85256cf60060d2a6/352dc3bdd1abdfa28525719b00496c0e!OpenDocument "Gaza Strip: Situation Report (27 June 2006) - OCHA report (27 June 2006)."] "UNISPAL - United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine". 27 June 2006. 12 May 2008.] 14 Qassams are fired throughout the day. [cite news| title=14 Qassams fired at Israel; man critically injured| url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3261205,00.html| publisher= YNet |date=June 11, 2006] ;July 27, 2006: A Qassam rocket landed next to a kindergarten in a community south of Ashkelon at 10:45 a.m. Friday. Two children were lightly wounded and eight more people suffered shock. Additionally, the kindergarten building was damaged. [cite news|title= Qassam hits kindergarten; 2 children lightly wounded| url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3282603,00.html|publisher = Ynet |date=July 28, 2006] ; September 20, 2006: Two teenage Israeli Arab shepherds were moderately wounded by two Qassam rockets fired from Gaza. [cite news|title= Palestinians Fire 2 Rockets at Israel Town|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092000120.html|publisher=Associated Press|date=September 20, 2006] ;July 12, 2006 to August 14, 2006:2006 Lebanon War occurred as a result of a Hezbollah cross-border raid into Israel; it was a 33-day military conflict in Lebanon and northern Israel. The principal parties were Hezbollah paramilitary forces and the Israeli Defense Force. Hezbollah fired between 3,970 and 4,228 rockets. About 95% of these were 122 mm (4.8 in) Katyusha artillery rockets, which carried warheads up to 30 kg (66 lb) and had a range of up to 30 km (19 mi).cite web | url = http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief006-10.htm | title = Hizballah's Rocket Campaign Against Northern Israel: A Preliminary Report | publisher = Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs | date = 2006-08-31 | accessdate = 2006-09-14 ] [cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5187974.stm | title = Hezbollah's rocket force | publisher = BBC News Online | date = 2006-07-18 | accessdate = 2006-09-14 ] An estimated 23% of these rockets hit built-up areas, primarily civilian in nature. [cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6022211,00.html | title = Mideast War, by the numbers | publisher = Guardian / Associated Press | date = 2006-08-18 | accessdate = 2006-08-25 ] An estimated 1,123 Lebanese died, along with 119 IDF soldiers and 43 Israeli civilians.; November 1 to November 7, 2006:Palestinian government officials said on November 7 that IDF troops were beginning to withdraw, thus ending the Operation Autumn Clouds. Fifty-three Palestinians, including 16 civilians, and an IDF soldier, were killed since October 31. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/784374.html PA sources: IDF soldiers begin pulling out of northern Gaza] Ha'aretz] ;November 8, 2006:18 people were killed (mainly civilians) and around 40 were injured as a large number of shells was fired at Beit Hanoun. IDF officials said that the artillery fire was directed at a Qassam launching spot and another nearby spot from where Palestinians planned to launch Qassam rockets. Some of the shells missed their target. [cite news|title= 18 Palestinians killed in Beit Hanoun | url= http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3325285,00.html |publisher = Ynet |date=November 8, 2006] This incident is now referred to as the Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident.; November 15,2006:Twelve rockets in four separate attacks hit Sderot, killing Faina Slutzker, 57, and seriously wounding two others. One of the wounded, Maor Peretz, a security guard, lost both legs in the attack. [ [http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/11/18/isrlpa14639.htm Palestinian Authority: End Rocket Attacks on Civilians] by HRW] ; November 21,2006:A Qassam rocket struck a factory and hit 43 year-old Yaakov Yaakobov, fatally wounding him. [cite news|title=Sderot: Qassam lands near school| url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3331211,00.html| publisher= YNet | date=November 22, 2006]

ee also

*List of Qassam rocket attacks

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