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Operation Cast Lead: Rocket Attacks on Israel

(December 27, 2008 - January 15, 2009)

Date
Rocket/Mortar Strikes

Specifics

December 27
67
December 28
31
Hamas widens its target range to include Ashdod, Ashkelon and Beersheba
December 29
76
December 30
54
December 31
77
January 1
53
Two civilians wounded in Ashkelon
January 2
38
Ashdod apartment building with elderly residents hit
January 3
40
Two Israelis wounded from Ashdod apartment strike
January 4
47
January 5
40
January 6
35
Grad rocket hits baby girl in Gedarda
January 7
28
January 8
27
4 people wounded by mortar shells in Eshkol
January 9
29
January 10
26
January 11
20
Rockets fired at Ashdod kindergarten
January 12
24
Hamas rockets hit Kiryat Gat for the first time, Grad rocket hits near high school in Ashkelon
January 13
22
January 14
18+
Hamas fires white phosphorous rocket into Eshkol
January 15
25
6 people wounded, mother and child in serious conditions, as Grad rockets hit Beersheba

Sources: The Jerusalem Post (January 14, 2009)