page_title: List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2014
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2014 / June
caption_attribution_description: English: Burning factory in Sderot, which was hit by a rocket from Gaza Deutsch: Brennende Fabrik in Sderot nach Raketentreffer aus dem Gazastreifen am 28. Juni 2014
context_page_description: The following is a detailed list of Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks on Israel in 2014. All of the attacks originated in the Gaza Strip, unless stated otherwise. This list does not include reports of deaths and injuries caused by Hamas rocket and mortar attacks that fell within Gaza.
  In total, all the rockets launched on Israel in 2014 resulted in 8 deaths and 60 injuries. All the fatalities occurred during Operation Protective Edge.
  On 5 March, the Israeli Navy intercepted a ship containing dozens of long-range rockets being smuggled from Iran to the Gaza Strip.
  On 10 March, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, unveiled a monument to its rocket attacks on Israeli cities and towns, a life-sized model of an M-75 rocket in Gaza City. The group declared that the attacks "managed to take the battle to the heart of the Zionist entity".
  On 23 April, Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation deal.
  In July, the number of rocket attacks launched toward Israel from Gaza increased dramatically. Eighty rockets were fired on 7 July. On the following day, Israel launched Operation Protective Edge.
context_section_description: Throughout June about 62  rockets and 3 mortar shells were launched from Gaza in about 17 attacks towards Israel. These attacks caused property damage, but no deaths. Four were injured as a result of fire started by a rocket launch.
  June 1
  A rocket was fired early Sunday morning at the Eshkol region.  The rocket landed in a field and no casualties were reported.
  June 11
  A rocket fired from Gaza narrowly missed a main artery in southern Israel as it landed in a nearby dirt field without causing any injuries.
  June 14
  2 of 3 rockets fired from Gaza fell in the Hof Ashkelon regional council in the afternoon. No injuries or damage were reported.
  June 15
  In Ashkelon a series of explosions were heard in the evening. 4 rockets were fired from Gaza, 2 of them were intercepted by the Iron Dome. Fragments of the rockets fell across the city. There were no reports of injuries or material damages.
  June 16
  A rocket from Gaza landed in an open area in the Ashkelon area. No damage or injuries.
  June 18
  2 rockets fired from Gaza hit into a Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council community and caused light damage to a structure.
  June 19
  In the evening a rocket was fired from Gaza. It struck an open field near Sderot. Later again a rocket was fired at the city of Ashkelon. It was successfully intercepted by Iron Dome.
  June 20
  A Color Red siren alerting residents of a rocket launch from Gaza has been sounded in the Hof Ashkelon area, but the rocket didn't make it outside of the Gaza strip.
  June 21
  Gaza Militants fired a rocket into direction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council in southern Israel. No injuries, but damage caused to a road in Hof Ashkelon. In the evening three rockets were fired at the Sdot Negev and Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Councils. All rockets exploded in the open area. No damages or injuries were reported.
  June 24
  In the early evening Gaza Militants fired several rockets into Southern Israel. Two of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome Missile Defense System, as the rockets would have hit inhabited areas. Targets have been Ashkelon and Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council. Again a rocket landed in the South, in the Sdot Negev Regional Council. There were light damage, but no injuries were reported.
  June 27
  In the morning a mortar shell exploded near the border fence between Gaza and Israel. No one was hurt. A military vehicle operating in the area was lightly damaged. In the evening 6 rockets were launched from the Gaza strip. Sirens were heard in many areas to warn for incoming fire. 4 rockets fell in the open field. 2 were intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system, as these rockets would have landed in populated areas of Ashekelon.
  June 28
  In the evening several rockets were fired from the Gaza strip. 2 rockets struck an industrial factory in Sderot, causing a fire. No one was hurt from any of the rockets, but the factory was burned to the ground. All other rockets exploded in the open area in Sdot Negev.
  June 29
  4 rockets were fired from Gaza into the South of Israel in the evening. 2 were intercepted by the Iron Dome. 2 fell in open area near the border fence.
  June 30
  The "Code Red" siren was heard all night. 16 rockets were launched from Gaza in the early morning hours. Most of the rockets landed in open areas of the Eshkol Regional Council region. Some went down in the Sedot Negev Regional Council community. One rocket caused light damage to a home. No people were thought to have been hurt. In the late night Gaza militants fired a rocket at Israel. The rocket landed in the open field in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.
caption: Burning factory in Sderot, which was hit by a rocket from Gaza on June 28
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