List of Qassam rocket attacks, 2004

The following is a list of notable and/or newsworthy Qassam rocket and mortar attacks in 2004.

;May 18, 2004:Operation Rainbow began on May 18, 2004 and ended on May 23, 2004 in Rafah the Gaza Strip. Israel's aim was to kill militants after the deaths of 13 Israeli soldiers in guerrilla attacks, clear terrorist infrastructure, to find smuggling tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip to Egypt. The Israeli Defense Forces claim that that 41 fighters and 12 civilians had been killed, along with three tunnels destroyed and 56 buildings destroyed.; June 28, 2004:Four-year-old Afik Zahavi, and Mordehai Yosefof, 49, were killed in the northern Negev town of Sderot by a Palestinian Qassam rocket that hit a kindergarten, the first fatal Qassam attack. The boy's mother, Ruthie Zahavi, 28, was critically wounded. A total of nine persons were injured. Hamas claimed responsibility. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+since+2000/Victims+of+Palestinian+Violence+and+Terrorism+sinc.htm Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism since September 2000] by MFA] [ [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2004/Afik+Zahavi.htm|Afik Zahavi - Ministry of Foreign Affairs] by MFA] [http://www.omedia.org/Show_Article.asp?DynamicContentID=1855&MenuID=603&ThreadID=1014010 The Security Agenda] ] ;September 24, 2004: Tiferet Tratner, 24, of Neve Dekalim, was killed in her home by a mortar (weapon) attack on the Gush Katif settlement bloc.cite news |title= List of Deaths Caused by Qassam Rockets and Mortar Fire. Total: 23 |url= http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=hsJPK0PIJpH&b=883997&ct=3887857 |publisher= The Israel Project] |date=November 27, 2006] ; September 29, 2004: On the eve of the Sukkot holiday, Yuval Abebeh, 4, and Dorit Benisian, 2, were killed by a Qassam rocket (one of three) fired from Gaza into Sderot. About 30 people were wounded in the attack, for which Hamas claimed responsibility. [ [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2004/Yuval+Abebeh+and+Dorit+Aniso.htm|Yuval Abebeh - Ministry of Foreign Affairs] ] In response, the IDF launched Operation Days of Penitence in the north of the Gaza Strip. The operation's stated aim was to remove the threat of Qassam rockets from Sderot and kill the Hamas militants launching them. The operation resulted in the deaths of between 104 and 133 Palestinians (42 civilians), and 5 people on the Israeli side (2 soldiers and 3 civilians).;September 29, 2004:Yuval Abeva, 4, killed when two rockets hit his residence building.:Dorit Inso, 2, killed when two rockets hit her residence building.. ;October 22, 2004:The Israeli Air Force killed Adnan al-Ghoul, a senior Hamas bomb maker and one of the inventors of the Qassam rocket.;October 28, 2004:Sgt. Michael Chizik, 21, of Tiberias, was killed when a mortar shell landed in the Morag outpost in Gush Katif.;November 11, 2004:Yassar Arafat dies in France.

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*List of Qassam rocket attacks

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