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11/07/2006: Gaza militants carried out rocket attacks into Israel when four homemade rockets hit the town of Ashkelon. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. No casualties were reported.Overview
GTD ID:
200611070001
When:
2006-11-07
Country:
Israel
Region:
Middle East & North Africa
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Southern ( District )
City:
Ashkelon
What
| Target Type: Private Citizens & Property | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Entity | Civilians | ||
| Entity Type | Indiscriminate Civilians/Non-Combatants | ||
| Specific Description | Israeli Civliians | ||
| Nationality of Target | Israel | ||
| Hostages | No |
| Property Damage | No |
How
| Type | Sub-type |
|---|---|
| Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite | Projectile (rockets, mortars, RPGs, etc.) |
| Suicide Attack? | No |
| Situation of Multi-Party Conflict? | Yes |
| Part of Multiple Incident? | No |
| Criterion 1 (more) | Yes |
| Criterion 2 (more) | Yes |
| Criterion 3 (more) | Yes |
| Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) | No |
| Additional Information | Palestinian militants fired rockets toward Israel from Beit Hanoun, just hours after Israel wound up a weeklong raid there against Palestinian rocket squads. |
Who
| Name | Claimed Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Unknown | No |
| Number of Perpetrators | Unknown |
| Number of Captured Perpetrators | 0 |
| Total Number of Casualties | 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured |
| Total Number of Fatalities | 0 |
| Number of U.S. Fatalities | 0 |
| Number of Perpetrator Fatalities | 0 |
| Total Number of Injured | 0 |
| Number of U.S. Injured | 0 |
| Number of Perpetrators Injured | 0 |
Sources
| Staff, ”Gaza Militants Carry Out Deepest Rocket Strike in Months,• Agence France Presse -- English, November 7, 2006. |
| Staff, ”Rocket Fired from Town that was Target of Weeklong Israel Raid against Rocket Squads,• Associated Press Worldstream, November 7, 2006. |
| Diaa Hadid, ”Palestinians Fire Rockets at Israeli City after Army Pullout from Gaza Town,• Associated Press Worldstream, November 8, 2006. |
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