The Hamas War against Israel: A Diary - August 2007

28 Aug 2007

A Kassam rocket launched from the northern Gaza Strip landed directly on the bedroom of a house in Sderot. The residents had heard the alarm and entered their secure room before the rocket struck. A passerby was moderately wounded in the eye by shrapnel, and several were treated for shock.

25 Aug 2007

A Kassam rocket fired from northern Gaza towards Israel hit a Sderot vehicle (), destroying it completely.

23 Aug 2007

Eight Kassam rockets landed in Sderot and the Negev area. One hit the Timsit family home in Sderot. Family members, who heard the Color Red alarm, were in the secure room when the rocket smashed through the living room's ceiling, and were not harmed. Two women were treated for anxiety. The Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad's military wing, claimed responsibility.

21 Aug 2007

Palestinians in north Gaza fired two Kassams toward Israel. One rocket struck a vacant Na'amat daycare center in the western Negev city of Sderot, causing slight damage to the building. A woman living nearby suffered from shock as a result of the attack. The daycare center was empty during the August summer holiday. The second Kassam landed near a gas station outside the city.

Palestinian terror groups launched a Kassam rocket from northern Gaza, which landed in a factory near the town of Sderot. No injuries were reported but damage was caused to the factory.

19 Aug 2007

Two Kassam rockets landed near a western Negev kibbutz. There were no reports of injuries. The Islamic Jihad's military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, claimed responsibility.

Three mortar shells were later fired from the northern Strip, landing in an open area near Kibbutz Kissufim. Two Kassam rockets landed in open areas in the Eshkol Regional Council in the southern western Negev.

Palestinian gunmen fired three Kassam rockets and 12 mortar shells from the northern Gaza Strip toward southern Israel. The al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad's military wing, claimed responsibility for the rocket fire. One rocket landed near Sderot. Another rocket hit a kibbutz south of Asheklon. A third rocket launched several minutes later landed near a community in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.