Qassam rockets

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Qassam rockets are improvised, short-range artillery rockets developed and fired primarily by Hamas from the Gaza Strip toward Israeli territory.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Qassam rockets canonical 2
Qassam rocket attacks 1
Qassam-1 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artillery rocket ⓘ
improvised rocket ⓘ
short-range rocket ⓘ
accuracy low accuracy ⓘ
construction steel tube body ⓘ
counteredBy Iron Dome ⓘ
Israeli early warning systems ⓘ
developedBy Hamas ⓘ
fins simple metal stabilizing fins ⓘ
firingPattern often fired in salvos ⓘ
firstUsedInConflict Second Intifada ⓘ
firstUseYear 2001 ⓘ
guidanceSystem unguided ⓘ
hasVariant Qassam-1 ⓘ
linked to: Qassam rockets

Qassam-2 ⓘ
linked to: Qassam rockets

Qassam-3 ⓘ
linked to: Qassam rockets

Qassam-4 ⓘ
linked to: Qassam rockets
internationalPerception viewed as a form of asymmetric warfare ⓘ
launchMethod indirect fire ⓘ
launchPlatform ground-based launcher ⓘ
launchPreparation relatively simple ⓘ
legalCharacterization described as indiscriminate weapons by many observers ⓘ
manufacturingLocation clandestine workshops in Gaza Strip ⓘ
materialSource locally available materials ⓘ
namedAfter Izz ad-Din al-Qassam ⓘ
primaryEffect damage to property ⓘ
psychological impact on civilian population ⓘ
primaryTargetRegion Israel ⓘ
southern Israel ⓘ
producedAs series of models ⓘ
propellant homemade solid propellant ⓘ
propulsionType solid-fuel rocket ⓘ
riskToOperators launching can be dangerous to crews due to crude construction ⓘ
targetType civilian areas ⓘ
military targets ⓘ
typicalRange 3 to 10 kilometers for early models ⓘ
up to about 15 to 20 kilometers for later models ⓘ
typicalWarheadMass about 5 to 10 kilograms for early models ⓘ
usedBy Hamas ⓘ
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades ⓘ
usedFromLocation Gaza Strip ⓘ
usedInConflict 2008–2009 Gaza War ⓘ
linked to: Operation Cast Lead

2012 Gaza conflict ⓘ
2014 Gaza War ⓘ
2021 Israel–Hamas conflict ⓘ
2023 Israel–Hamas war ⓘ
Gaza–Israel conflict ⓘ
warheadType high-explosive warhead ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qassam rockets → hasVariant → Qassam-1 ⓘ
linked to: Qassam rockets
Qassam rockets → hasVariant → Qassam-2 ⓘ
linked to: Qassam rockets
Qassam rockets → hasVariant → Qassam-3 ⓘ
linked to: Qassam rockets
Qassam rockets → hasVariant → Qassam-4 ⓘ
linked to: Qassam rockets
Sderot → subjectTo → Qassam rocket attacks ⓘ
linked to: Qassam rockets