“The Qassam rocket is a simple steel artillery rocket developed and deployed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas. Three models have been produced and used between 2001 and 2011.

More generally, all types of Palestinian rockets fired into southern Israel, for example the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Al Quds rockets, are called Qassams by the Israeli media, and often by foreign media.

The Qassam gained notoriety as the best-known type of rocket deployed by Palestinian militants against Israeli civilian and military targets during the Second Intifada of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Since 2000, Palestinian rockets have claimed the lives of 22 Israelis and one Thai national”. – Wikipedia

A Palestinian Qassam rocket lies on the floor of a weapons factory discovered by the Israeli army March 9, 2002 in the West Bank town of Tulkarem. (Photo by IDF/Getty Images)

An elderly Palestinian man sits in front of a wall with a mural showing a masked militant from Ezz El-Deen Al-Qassam Martyrs' Brigade, the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas, as he fires a homemade Qassam rocket towards Israeli settlements, in Jabaliya refugee camp northern Gaza Strip August 28, 2003. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)

Palestinian youths look at masked members of Ez Al Dine Al Qassam, a militia linked to HAMAS, during a rally to mark the 16th anniversary of Hamas' foundation December 12, 2003 at the Nusseirat Refugee Camp in Nusseirat, Gaza Strip. (Photo by Abid Katib/ Getty Images)

Masked Palestinian members of Al-Qassam Brigades the military wing of the Islamic Resistence Movement (HAMAS) show homemade Qassam Rockets during a rally on April 19, 2005, in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)

A rocket, similar to the Al-Qassam rockets used against Israeli is ssen as it launches towards the Mediterranean sea, while new members of the Islamic Jihad fighters show their skills as they attend a military show in the former Israeli jewish settlement of Atsmona September 26, 2008 in Rafah, southern of Gaza Strip. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)

Palestinian rockets are seen as they are launched from Hamas-controlled Gaza on January 02, 2009. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)