List of Palestinian Rocket Attacks on Israel in 2024

Rocket fire from Gaza continued in 2024 during the Israel–Hamas war that began on October 7, 2023. The reported incidents varied substantially in scale and target: some were small launches toward communities close to Gaza, while others reached Ashkelon, Ashdod, or central Israel. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Mujahideen Brigades, the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, and other terrorist organizations claimed attacks, although not every incident had a stated claimant.[2][3]

The reports use different units and scopes. A count may refer to rockets, projectiles, a barrage, or a sequence of launches, and an account of a launch does not necessarily mean a rocket struck Israeli territory: some were intercepted, landed in open areas or the sea, or failed to cross the border. The material assembled here is therefore a source-based chronology of reported incidents, not a verified exhaustive list or a single reconciled total.[5][6]

Figures for the year are not directly interchangeable. A later chart lists Gaza rocket-fire figures beginning in May but offers no January–April monthly data and no full-year sum; a separate reference gives an approximate figure of “some 700” Hamas rockets from Gaza in 2024.[5][7] A table reporting 12,455 rocket and mortar attacks for 2024 does not identify the figure as Gaza-only or Palestinian-only and should not be treated as a count of these attacks.[8]

New Year and January

The opening barrage began at midnight as 2023 became 2024. Reports said 27 rockets were launched toward central and southern Israel, including the area between Ashdod and Jerusalem; about 18 were intercepted and about nine fell in open areas. No casualties or damage were reported. Hamas’s Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades claimed the launch, describing M90 rockets aimed at Tel Aviv and its suburbs as a response to what it called “the massacres of Palestinians.”[2][9]

On January 16, a large barrage targeted Netivot. Long War Journal reported 25 rockets, while Netivot authorities cited by The Times of Israel said more than 50 and other media reports cited there suggested about 25. At least one rocket struck Netivot and another hit a warehouse in nearby Givolim, damaging property but causing no reported injuries; Hamas claimed responsibility.[10][11] The following day, Israeli troops reportedly found three ten-barreled launchers, some loaded, at the launch complex and destroyed it.[12]

On January 28, rockets were launched from northern Gaza toward communities near the Gaza Strip, including Ashkelon; the available account gives neither a count nor an outcome. PIJ’s Jerusalem Brigades claimed barrages at 9 p.m. and called the time “Bahaa time,” invoking the hour when PIJ under Bahaa Abu al-Atta had used to fire rockets.[13] On January 29, Hamas launched 11 rockets toward central Israel. Seven were intercepted and the others fell in open areas; sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and nearby cities, and several cars were damaged, with no reported injuries. A separate report estimated 11 launches from Khan Yunis and said a car was hit in Rishon LeZion, also without casualties.[14][15]

February and March

On February 14, several rockets were launched at Zikim and southern Ashkelon. No casualties or damage were reported. PIJ’s Jerusalem Brigades claimed barrages at Ashkelon and communities around Gaza; the Mujahideen Brigades separately announced fire at towns and villages east of southern Gaza.[16] On February 17, rockets aimed at Ashkelon were intercepted. The launcher was reportedly located in northern Gaza less than half an hour later, and the person who fired them was killed in an Israeli air strike. PIJ’s Jerusalem Brigades and the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades separately claimed barrages; the latter specified KN-103 rockets.[17]

Rockets were launched toward communities around Gaza on February 26, without a reported count, casualty, or damage. The next evening, rockets were fired at Ashkelon: there were no reported casualties, but shrapnel damaged vehicles. PIJ’s Jerusalem Brigades claimed barrages, and the IDF later attacked launch areas.[18] On February 29, attacks were reported toward communities around Gaza, including Sderot; two rockets aimed at Sderot were reported intercepted, without damage or injuries. A weekly account also recorded launches on March 1 toward western Lachish, southern Ashkelon, and nearby communities, and on March 2 toward Be’eri, the central Negev, and Hatzerim. It gave no counts or outcomes for those launches.[19][20]

Sporadic launches continued March 14–16, mainly toward communities near Gaza. Reports recorded rockets toward Netiv HaAsara on March 14, Sderot, Ibim, and Nir Am on March 15, and Nahal Oz on March 16. Counts and impacts were not specified. PIJ claimed the first two days’ launches, the Mujahideen Brigades claimed the March 16 launch, and the IDF said it destroyed the launcher used on March 15.[21]

A rocket launched from central Gaza toward the Be’eri area was intercepted on March 21. On March 25, eight rockets were fired from central Gaza toward Ashdod: three were intercepted and five fell in open areas, with no reported casualties. Hamas’s Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility; the IDF said the launch position in a designated humanitarian area in Deir al-Balah was subsequently struck.[22]

April

An April 18–May 6 reporting period described rocket fire as occurring “almost daily,” most often toward Sderot and communities around Gaza. On April 18, launches were reported toward Mefalsim and Nir Am; another rocket aimed at Ashkelon fell in an open area north of the city. On April 19, five rockets were fired toward Sderot, Ivim, and Nir Am: four fell inside Gaza and one was intercepted. Rockets were reported toward Kissufim on April 20.[3]

On April 23, rockets aimed at Zikim were intercepted, and a separate report described five toward Sderot-area communities, four of which were intercepted. Launches toward Kissufim were recorded on April 24, followed later by fire toward Gevim, Sapir College, Sderot, Ivim, and Nir Am; shrapnel from an intercepted rocket damaged a building. On April 29, several rockets were launched toward Sderot, Ivim, and Nir Am: one was intercepted and two fell off the Ashdod coast.[3]

Other reporting described several episodes on April 3–4. Calcalist counted six Gaza-origin barrages over 26 hours but did not itemize all of them. One specified incident involved four rockets from central Gaza, prompting alerts around Netivot and the border area, with some interceptions. Later, alerts sounded in Ashkelon, Sderot, Ibim, and Nir Am; a rocket fell on a Sderot street and caused slight road damage but no injuries. PIJ claimed responsibility.[23]

On April 4, a separate account described rockets toward Netivot, Kfar Aza, Sderot, and Ashkelon: two aimed at Netivot were intercepted; three toward Kfar Aza fell in open areas; of two toward Sderot, one hit a road and caused slight damage and one was intercepted; a rocket toward Ashkelon was shot down. No injuries were reported.[24]

May

The most consequential reported attack of the year took place on May 5, when more than ten rockets and mortars were fired from the Rafah area toward an Israeli military gathering near the Kerem Shalom crossing. Hamas said it had targeted troops, and the crossing was closed to aid trucks after the attack.[25] An ITIC weekly account counted 14 rockets and mortar shells and reported four soldiers killed and ten wounded.[3] An earlier Times of Israel update reported three soldiers killed and 11 wounded, reflecting casualty figures available at that stage.[26] Britannica and a Jerusalem Center account report four soldiers killed.[4][27]

Rocket fire continued in the following days. On May 6, six rockets were reported toward Sderot, two intercepted and the others falling outside the city.[3] On May 10, several volleys were reported toward Beersheba. N12 described five launches in one barrage, with one intercepted and four falling in open areas; a woman was lightly injured by shrapnel and a resident reported home damage. Later updates described nine launches from Rafah and five from central Gaza, while the headline characterized 14 rockets as coming from Rafah. The report does not reconcile those origin descriptions.[28]

A report published May 12 described recent launches toward Beersheba, Ashkelon, and Sderot after a substantial decline in alerts from Gaza. It reported a rocket explosion near a Beersheba home and damage to a house and playground, without identifying which barrage caused the damage. In Ashkelon, an early-hours attack caused heavy damage to an empty apartment and lightly injured three people.[29] A separate account said a rocket struck a home in southern Ashkelon on May 11 and lightly wounded three; further fire toward Ashkelon and Sderot was reported on May 12.[30]

On May 15, accounts differed about launches toward Sderot. N12 reported two rockets, one intercepted and one striking an unoccupied building; two women were lightly injured while going to protected areas. The municipality later reported an additional rocket that was not intercepted but did not land in the city. Other reports gave different launch and interception counts, without establishing whether they concerned separate volleys.[31]

On May 18, about ten rockets were fired from northern Gaza toward Ashkelon; five were intercepted and the rest struck open areas, with no reported injuries or damage. A further rocket from central Gaza fell into the sea. On May 19, a rocket aimed at Sderot was intercepted, with no injuries or damage reported.[32][33]

On May 21, one rocket aimed at Ashkelon was intercepted, and three rockets were fired at Kerem Shalom on May 23 without reported casualties or damage. On May 26, eight rockets were launched from Rafah toward central Israel, including the Tel Aviv area. Some were intercepted and others fell in open areas; two women were slightly injured and a house in Herzliya was damaged. Hamas’s military wing claimed responsibility.[34] The barrage was described as the most significant attack from Gaza in about four months.[35] A separate projectile that struck a vehicle near a school in Kibbutz Sa’ad was later identified as a Strella anti-aircraft missile launched from Beit Hanoun; no casualties were reported.[34]

June

On June 13, seven rockets from northern Gaza were launched toward Sderot, Ashkelon, and other border communities. Four were intercepted and three fell in open areas; no injuries or damage were reported. PIJ claimed responsibility.[36] On June 14, two rockets from central Gaza struck open areas near Kissufim, and two more aimed toward the Sderot area also struck open areas. Hamas and PIJ separately claimed the launches.[37]

Reports for June 19–24 recorded rockets toward southern Ashkelon and Netiv HaAsara on June 19, without a stated count or outcome. On June 20, three rockets from Khan Yunis were reported: two fell in an open area and one hit a kibbutz barn. On June 21, three rockets from Nuseirat exploded in open areas. Two rockets launched from northern Gaza on June 24 were intercepted. The reporting period included claims by the DFLP’s Shaheed Imad al-Qassem, PIJ’s Jerusalem Brigades, and Hamas’s military wing, but not every incident was assigned to a claimant.[38]

July and August

On July 1, about 20 rockets were launched from the Khan Yunis area toward Israeli border towns, according to accounts citing the IDF; some were intercepted and others fell in open areas, with no reported casualties or damage. PIJ claimed the attack and named Kissufim, Ein Hashlosha, Nirim, Sufa, and Holit as targets.[39] A separate reference attributes a 20-rocket barrage that day to Hamas. The claimant attribution therefore differs between the accounts.[7]

A report covering July 16–23 described rocket fire as continuing at a much lower level than in earlier weeks. One rocket fell in an open area in the western Negev on July 20; three rockets from the Khan Yunis area fell in open areas there on July 22. No casualties or damage were reported.[40] On July 24, several rockets fired from a humanitarian area in Khan Yunis did not cross into Israel and fell near UNRWA’s al-Qarara school inside Gaza. Aid-organization representatives reported two civilians killed and several injured.[41]

On July 26, three rockets were launched toward Ashkelon; one was intercepted and two fell in open areas. No casualties were reported, although a fire broke out north of Gaza. PIJ claimed responsibility.[41][42] A separate Jewish Virtual Library chronology appears to describe the same three-rocket attack but dates it July 27, illustrating a one-day discrepancy between the sources.[7] On July 28, two rockets from the Jebalya region were fired toward Netiv HaAsara; one fell in an open area and one inside Gaza, with no reported casualties or damage.[41]

Five rockets crossed from southern Gaza toward the Ashdod area on August 4, triggering alerts in nearby communities. Reports said all were intercepted or fell in open areas; an impact was detected in the Hof Ashkelon region, and a reported open-area impact near Route 4 caused a bushfire. No injuries were reported.[43]

Between August 13 and 18, two rockets from Khan Yunis were reported on August 13: one fell into the sea off Jaffa and the other did not enter Israeli territory. Hamas’s Qassam Brigades claimed two M90 rockets aimed at Tel Aviv and its suburbs. On August 15, two rockets from Khan Yunis fell in open areas in the western Negev. On August 16, five rockets were reported, one intercepted and the rest falling in open areas; no casualties were reported. Three rockets from Khan Yunis fell in open areas on August 18, as did another rocket north of Gaza. Claims were also made by the PFLP’s Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades and a Salafi-jihadist faction; not every claim was matched to a distinct reported outcome.[44]

September and October

Four rockets were reported fired from Gaza toward Israel in September, described as the lowest monthly figure since the war began. Two were launched toward Ashkelon from northern Gaza on September 8 and two more on September 14. On each occasion one was intercepted and the other fell into the sea. PIJ’s military wing claimed the September 8 launch.[45] A separate account of the September 8 attack likewise reported one interception and one rocket falling into the sea, with no casualties.[46]

On October 7, four launches from southern Gaza toward communities near the border prompted alerts at about 6:30 a.m.; three were intercepted and one fell in open land. Later that morning, five rockets launched from Khan Yunis toward central Israel prompted alerts in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Kfar Chabad, Rishon LeZion, and Holon. Hamas claimed the latter barrage. One rocket fell in an open area in Holon, and two women were lightly injured by shrapnel in Kfar Chabad. Reports also described five rockets fired at Sderot but did not fully clarify whether those launches were separate. The IDF struck launchers after the attacks.[47][48]

On October 16, an IDF spokesperson said the Air Force intercepted one launch that crossed from northern Gaza after alerts in the Mefalsim area and the Nir Am range. A later account that evening reported two rockets aimed toward Sderot intercepted, with no casualties. No group claimed responsibility in the cited report.[49]

A monthly comparison published later recorded 28 rockets fired from Gaza at Israeli territory in October, without providing dated incident details in the available passage.[50]

November and December

The same monthly summary counted 11 rockets fired from Gaza at Israeli territory in November, down from 28 in October, and reported no casualties. Its dated entries record two rockets toward Sderot on November 2; one interception each on November 7 and 12; one open-area impact on November 13; two interceptions on November 16; one on November 21; two interceptions toward Ein HaShlosha and Kissufim on November 23; and one open-area impact on November 25. PIJ, the DFLP, and Hamas claimed some launches.[50]

The December summary counted 20 rockets fired from Gaza at Israeli territory, compared with 11 in November, and reported no casualties. It recorded launches on December 2, 11, 13, 14, and 27; two rockets toward Jerusalem on December 28; five from northern Gaza on December 29; and further launches on December 30 and 31. PIJ’s Jerusalem Brigades claimed some attacks, including the December 29 barrage.[6]

More detailed reports described four rockets on December 11, fired in two pairs: the first pair struck open areas and the second was intercepted. No damage or casualties were reported.[51] On December 13, two rockets from central Gaza toward Ashkelon and nearby towns were intercepted, with no reported injuries or damage.[52] On December 28, two rockets from northern Gaza toward Jerusalem were intercepted; sirens sounded in Jerusalem, the Western Negev, and the Judean Foothills, and no injuries were reported.[53]

On December 29, five rockets from northern Gaza were fired toward Sderot and nearby communities. Two were intercepted and the others apparently struck open areas; no immediate injuries were reported. On December 30, two rockets from northern Gaza were intercepted toward border communities, while a separate rocket from central Gaza struck an open area near Kissufim. The monthly account also records launches on December 31 but does not provide a full incident breakdown in the available passage.[54]

Reported outcomes ranged from interception without damage to injuries, property damage, and deaths. The most severe consequences in the documented incidents occurred at Kerem Shalom on May 5, where the barrage killed four Israeli soldiers and led to the crossing’s closure to aid trucks.[3][4] A rocket strike on a home in Ashkelon lightly injured three people.[30] Other attacks caused shrapnel injuries in Beersheba and Kfar Chabad.[28][48] Property damage was also reported in Netivot, Givolim, Sderot, Herzliya, and Ashkelon.[11][31]

Many reported launches did not produce casualties or confirmed damage. Rockets were intercepted, landed in open areas or the sea, or fell inside Gaza; in some reports, counts and outcomes were not supplied. In the July 24 incident, rockets landed inside Gaza near a school rather than crossing into Israel, and aid-organization representatives reported two civilian deaths and several injuries.[41]

Accounts also recorded Israeli strikes on launch locations or related targets after several attacks. These included the January 16 launch complex and the launcher used on March 15.[12][21] Other responses targeted the March 25 launch position and launchers used in the October 7 attacks.[22][47]

The available material does not establish a definitive, comprehensive total for Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in calendar year 2024. A January 2025 report on an annual terrorism summary gave an approximate figure of 700 rockets fired from Gaza during the year.[55] The Jewish Virtual Library likewise gives “some 700” Hamas rockets for 2024, but its separate monthly chronology lists Gaza or Hamas figures of 165 in February, 104 in March, 113 in April, 452 in May, 205 in June, 216 in July, 116 in August, 26 in September, two in November, and 71 in December. It gives no Gaza count for January or October and does not reconcile the monthly entries with its approximate annual total.[7][56]

Army Radio figures cited by The Times of Israel reported 357 rockets in January, 165 in February, 104 in March, and 113 in April—739 across those four months alone—while the separate annual summary reported approximately 700 for the whole year. The sources do not explain whether these figures use the same definitions or counting methods.[55][26] An IDF tally of 13,200 projectiles from Gaza from the beginning of the war through October 2, 2024, includes at least 5,000 fired on October 7, 2023; it is a war-period total, not a calendar-year 2024 figure.[57] The chart listing May–December monthly rocket-fire figures begins in May and does not provide a full-year total.[5]

The U.S. State Department’s 2024 human-rights report states that Hamas and other terrorist organizations launched rocket attacks against civilian populations in Israel. It also says Hamas carried out indiscriminate rocket attacks at Tel Aviv and nearby cities, attributing that detail to media reports, but supplies no dates or counts.[1] A separate yearly table listing 12,455 rocket and mortar attacks does not specify that these were Gaza launches or Palestinian attacks, so it is not a sound basis for a total for this list.[8]

These discrepancies reflect a central limitation of the chronology: sources may count individual rockets, volleys, attacks, or projectiles over different periods, and reports differ over launch totals, casualty updates, and responsibility claims. The incidents and monthly figures above should therefore be read as reported evidence of recurring rocket fire—not as a complete inventory or a single validated statistical series.[5][56]