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===Rocket=== [[File:Rockets-latrun-exhibition-1.jpg|thumb|Rockets being exhibited]] The Qassam rocket is the best-known type of rocket deployed by [[Palestinian militants]], mainly against [[Israeli people|Israeli]] civilians, but also some military targets during the [[Second Intifada]] of the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3702088.stm Gaza's rocket threat to Israel], BBC, 21 January 2008</ref><ref name="HRW-PalyWarCrimes">[https://www.hrw.org/news/2005/06/08/hamas-must-end-attacks-against-civilians], [[Human Rights Watch]], 8 June 2005</ref> According to [[Human Rights Watch]], Qassam rockets are too inaccurate and prone to malfunction to be used against specific military targets in or near civilian areas, and are mainly launched for the purpose of "harming civilians".<ref name="HRW-PalyWarCrimes"/><!-- The website counter on which this statement was placed may count number of tzeva adom (red alert) alarm events, so taken out here -- According to the statistics of the IDF Home Front Command, as of August 20, 2014, there have been more than 15600 rockets fired into Israel since 2001,<ref name=PalyRocketCounter/> the vast majority of this number are Qassams. -->
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