No direct injuries were reported, but a 57-year-old woman was lightly injured while taking cover in Sderot. Palestinian Islamic Jihad Militants fired at least 60 rockets at Israeli cities and towns, in the heaviest barrage since 2012. The projectile landed in an open area, causing no injuries or damage. March 11Īfter nightfall, Palestinians fired a rocket into the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported in either attack. Later, after nightfall, a second rocket was fired at Sderot. The projectile landed within the Gaza Strip. Palestinians fired a rocket towards the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, triggering sirens in local communities. The Israel Defense Forces stated that the strike "was carried out in order to eliminate an imminent attack targeting civilian communities of southern Israel". Mosaab Zaaneen, a 25-year-old militant from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was killed in an Israeli air strike as he was attempting to launch rockets from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. The IDF checked the area and found the remains of two rockets near an IDF outpost. In the night on Mount Hermon were heard loud blasts. In March, Palestinians launched 65 rockets and mortar shell, in 23 attacks. One landed in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council, the other in the Eshkol Regional Council. In the evening, Palestinian Militants launched two rockets into Israel. Israel responded with an air strike on an underground rocket launcher in the central Gaza Strip. After nightfall, a second rocket was launched into the same area. Palestinians fired a rocket into the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council, triggering sirens. A rocket hit an open area in Sha'ar HaNegev.
February 8Ī red alert siren sounded in Sha'ar Hanegev and Sdot Negev Regional Councils. Ī further rocket launched from the Gaza Strip exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council. Ī Color Red siren alerting residents of a rocket launch from Gaza has been sounded in Ashkelon, followed by an explosion. In February, Palestinian launched nine rockets at Israel in seven separate attacks. The radical Salafi organization Ansar Bait al-Maqdis took responsibility for the launch. January 31įrom the Sinai Peninsula a rocket was launched towards Eilat. January 30Ī rocket exploded in a non-inhabited area of Sdot Negev Regional Council. The Iron Dome eliminated all rockets, as they would have hit Ashkelon. January 16Īt 2am, five rockets were fired into Israel. There were no injuries or damage reported. Two rockets were launched to the Northern Negev desert, near Sderot. Press reports however mentioned only these attacks Two of the rockets were launched from Sinai. In January, Palestinians launched 22 rockets and four mortar shell at Israel in 19 separate attacks. Histogram of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel per day, 2014 January This is a partial table that summarises the content of the article below. On the following day, Israel launched Operation Protective Edge. In July, the number of rocket attacks launched toward Israel from Gaza increased dramatically. On 23 April, Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation deal. The group declared that the attacks "managed to take the battle to the heart of the Zionist entity (Israel)".
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. On 5 March, the Israeli Navy intercepted a ship containing dozens of long-range rockets being smuggled from Iran to the Gaza Strip. All the fatalities occurred during Operation Protective Edge. In total, all the rockets launched on Israel in 2014 resulted in 8 deaths and 60 injuries. This list does not include reports of deaths and injuries caused by Hamas rocket and mortar attacks that fell within Gaza. For information pertaining to the wider conflict, see Arab–Israeli conflict and Israeli–Palestinian conflict. All of the attacks originated in the Gaza Strip, unless stated otherwise. The following is a detailed list of Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks on Israel in 2014. Main article: Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
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