New York Times: 600+ Rockets And Missiles Fired Into Israel by Hamas = Cease Fire

Hamas appears to have ended a two-year cease-fire that had held since the three-week Israeli military operation in Gaza ended in early 2009. But it was unclear if policy had shifted; there have been signs of a rift between Hamas’s hard-line military wing and the government, which may have led to the escalation. Hamas statements have said the recent attacks were a response to “ongoing Israeli crimes.”
New York Times, Rockets From Gaza Hit Deep Into Southern Israel

Let's take a look at the numbers:



The IDF Blog has posted the numbers for 2010 Statistics: Rocket and Mortar Fire from the Gaza Strip as of October 7th, 7 Oct 2010

2010	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May
Qassam	16	6	24	5	11
Mortars	11	0	5	7	3
Grads	0	0	0	0	0
Total	27	6	29	12	14
	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Total
Qassam	15	9	6	14	106
Mortars	1	1	7	15	50
Grads	0	6	0	1	7
Total	16	16	13	30	163

That chart does not include October-December,

Here is the complete number of  rockets fired into Israel for the year 2010:

Throughout the year 2010, over 235 Grad missiles, Qassam rockets and mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory.

Here are the numbers for 2009:

2009	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Qassams	271	43	54	5	3	3
Mortars	132	41	22	3	15	0
Grads	120	4	0	0	0	0
Total	523	88	76	8	18	3
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
1	1	14	6	13	7	421
2	6	3	3	0	2	229
0	0	0	0	0	0	124
3	7	17	9	13	9	774

So figure:
About 251 in 2009 after Operation Cast Lead
About 235 in 2010
About 130 this year so far.
That's about 616 rockets and mortars fired over the past 2 years during the Hamas ceasefire.

Of course, compared to the years before Operation Cast Lead, that would seem like a ceasefire.

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Qassams	44	168	315	197	1071
Mortars	617	679	1213	281	57
Grads	0	0	0	1	2
Total	661	847	1528	479	1130
	2007	2008	2009	2010
Qassams	1071	1553	421	106
Mortars	1357	1685	229	50
Grads	5	40	124	7
Total	2433	3278	774	163

No matter how you look at it, there simply has not been a ceasefire.

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