Qassam rocket - Wikipedia
WEBThe Qassam rocket is the best-known type of rocket deployed by Palestinian militants, mainly against Israeli civilians, but also some military targets during the Second Intifada of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Qassam Rockets, Weapon …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Qassam rockets are designed, selected, and intended to be fired at a distance as an area weapon to achieve collective terror effects on Israel. The Iron Dome Missile Defense System mitigates the potential harm to the civilian population in Israel.
What is Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades?
WEBOct 26, 2023 · Its military wing, the Qassam Brigades, carried out attacks inside Israel on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people and taking up about 200 people captive, sending shockwaves across Israel.
Izz al-Din al-Qassam - GlobalSecurity.org
WEBHamas' Izz ad-Din Al Qassam Brigades - and the Qassam missiles - are named after Syrian cleric and militant Izz ad-Din Al Qassam (1881/82-1935), and the name was appropriate.
Homemade rockets and modified AK-47s: An annotated look at …
WEBOct 13, 2023 · The rocket appears to be an unexploded Qassam or Saraya al-Quds rocket, said a British researcher who runs Calibre Obscura, a website that identifies weapons.
Weapon of Terror: Development and Impact of the Qassam Rocket
WEBMar 11, 2008 · Qassam rockets -- named after Izz al-Din al-Qassam, the militant Syrian preacher and Muslim Brotherhood member killed in 1935 while fighting British and Zionist forces in Palestine -- are the most recent innovation in attacks on Israeli civilians.
Sirens sound in Tel Aviv as Hamas fires rockets from Gaza - NBC News
WEBMay 26, 2024 · Al-Qassam Brigades announced it was bombing the city with a large missile barrage in response to what it called the “Zionist massacres against civilians.”
How Hamas Leveraged Cheap Rockets And Small Drones To Ambush ... - Forbes
WEBOct 9, 2023 · Hamas attack was enabled by efficient use of small drones to take out sensors and armored vehicles, and a huge barrage of cheap, home-made rockets.
What We Know About Hamas' Huge Rocket Arsenal - Newsweek
WEBOct 31, 2023 · The Qassam line of rockets, which first emerged in the early 2000s with particularly limited ranges, have been a mainstay of Hamas' attacks against Israel.
How Hamas amassed thousands of rockets to strike at Israel
WEBMay 20, 2021 · Hamas militants opened unexploded Israeli missiles from previous strikes to extract explosive materials. They even salvaged old water pipes to repurpose as missile bodies.