Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-02

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00:04:18 1 Overview
00:05:26 1.1 Participating groups
00:07:20 2 History
00:07:29 2.1 1975
00:07:52 2.2 2001–06
00:11:15 2.3 2007
00:12:02 2.4 2008–09
00:14:38 2.5 2010
00:16:55 2.6 2011
00:20:03 2.7 2012
00:21:24 2.8 2013
00:24:36 2.9 2014
00:25:35 2.10 2015
00:26:18 2.11 2016
00:26:34 2.12 2017
00:27:29 2.13 2018
00:28:55 2.14 2019
00:29:03 3 Tactics
00:31:30 3.1 Denial of service attacks on emergency services
00:32:05 4 Israeli defensive measures
00:32:15 4.1 Fortifications and bomb shelters
00:35:46 4.2 Red Color
00:37:00 4.3 Iron Dome
00:38:49 5 Effects
00:38:58 5.1 Casualties, fatalities and rockets fired
00:41:54 5.2 Refugees
00:43:08 5.3 Education
00:44:51 5.4 Psychological
00:48:04 5.5 Political
00:48:50 6 Motives
00:49:19 6.1 Hamas
00:52:13 6.2 PFLP
00:53:54 6.3 Other groups
00:55:47 7 Views
00:55:56 7.1 Palestinians
00:56:04 7.1.1 Public opinion polls
00:59:42 7.1.2 Other
01:00:51 7.2 Israel
01:03:09 7.3 Egypt
01:04:15 7.4 United Nations
01:05:59 7.5 United States
01:06:49 7.6 European Union
01:07:23 7.7 Human rights groups
01:08:42 8 Attacks from outside the Gaza Strip
01:08:53 8.1 West Bank
01:11:46 8.2 Egypt
01:12:58 8.3 Lebanon
01:13:36 9 Other
01:14:16 10 See also



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Since 2001, Palestinian militants have launched thousands of rocket and mortar attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip as part of the continuing Arab–Israeli conflict. From 2004 to 2014, these attacks have killed 27 Israeli civilians, 5 foreign nationals, 5 IDF soldiers, and at least 11 Palestinians and injured more than 1900 people, but their main effect is their creation of widespread psychological trauma and disruption of daily life among the Israeli populace. Medical studies in Sderot, the Israeli city closest to the Gaza Strip, have documented a post-traumatic stress disorder incidence among young children of almost 50%, as well as high rates of depression and miscarriage. A public opinion poll conducted in March 2013 found that most Palestinians do not support firing rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip with only 38% favoring their use and over 80% supporting non-violent protest. Another poll conducted in September 2014 found that 80% of Palestinians support firing rockets against Israel if it does not allow unfettered access to Gaza. These rocket attacks have caused flight cancellations at Ben Gurion airport.The weapons, often generically referred to as Qassams, were initially crude and short-range, mainly affecting Sderot and other communities bordering the Gaza Strip. In 2006, more sophisticated rockets began to be deployed, reaching the larger coastal city of Ashkelon, and by early 2009 major cities Ashdod and Beersheba had been hit by Katyusha, WS-1B and Grad rockets. In 2012, Jerusalem and Israel's commercial center Tel Aviv were targeted with locally made "M-75" and Iranian Fajr-5 rockets, respectively, and in July 2014, the northern city of Haifa was targeted for the first time.  A few projectiles have contained white phosphorus said to be recycled from unexploded munitions used by Israel in bombing Gaza.Attacks have been carried out by all Palestinian armed groups, and, prior to the 2008–2009 Gaza War, were consistently supported by most Palestinians, although the stated goals have been mixed.  The attacks, widely condemned for targeting civilians, have been described as terrorism by United Nations, European Union and Israeli officials, and are defined as war crimes by human rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. The international community considers indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian structures that do not discriminate between civilians and military targets illegal under international law.Israeli defenses constructed s ...