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{{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{lead too short|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Sderot | native_name = {{Hlist | {{Lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|שְׂדֵרוֹת}}|rtl=yes}} | {{Lang|ar|{{lang|ar|سديروت}}|rtl=yes}} }} | settlement_type = [[List of cities in Israel|City]] (from 1996) | translit_lang1 = Hebrew | translit_lang1_type1 = [[ISO 259]] | translit_lang1_info1 = Śderot | image_skyline = File:PikiWiki Israel 40924 Yanchik Hill near kibbutz Nir Am.JPG | image_blank_emblem = Coat of arms of Sderot.png | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map = Israel northwest negev#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|31|31|22|N|34|35|43|E|region:IL|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = {{ISR}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Israel|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1951 | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = [[Alon Davidi]] | unit_pref = dunam | area_total_dunam = {{formatnum:4472|R}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | population_total = {{Israel populations|Sederot}} | population_as_of = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning | blank_info_sec1 = Boulevards/avenues }} '''Sderot''' ({{langx|he|שְׂדֵרוֹת}}, {{IPA|he|sdeˈʁot|pron}}, {{lit.|boulevards}}; {{langx|ar|سديروت}}, sometimes Romanized as "Sederot"<!-- is spelled that easy in the population data template {{Israel populations|Sederot}} --><ref>{{cite news |title=Palestinians Hit Home in Sederot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/world/middleeast/01mideast.html |access-date=5 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 June 2006}}</ref>) is a western [[Negev]] [[city]] and former [[development town]] in the [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern District]] of [[Israel]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Sederot}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} Sderot is located less than a mile from [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] (the closest point is {{Convert|840|m|abbr=on}}),<ref name="ukinisrael.fco.gov.uk" /> and is notable for having been a major target of [[List of Qassam rocket attacks|Qassam rocket attacks]] from the [[Gaza Strip]]. Between 2001 and 2008, [[Palestinian political violence|rocket attacks]] on the city killed 13 people, wounded dozens, caused millions of dollars in damage and profoundly disrupted daily life.<ref name="haaretz-rockets1">{{cite news |author=Avi Issacharoff |author2=Mijal Grinberg |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/2-israelis-lightly-wounded-as-33-rockets-slam-in-western-negev-1.240446 |title=2 Israelis Lightly Wounded as 33 Rockets Slam in Western Negev |publisher=Haaretz |access-date=2014-02-05}}</ref> Although rocket fire subsided after the [[Gaza War (2008–09)]], the city has come under rocket attack on occasion since that time.
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