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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513048.html
Never-Ending Rocket Attacks Taking Toll
(Ha'aretz) Nadav Shragai - Since September 2000, 4,885 mortar rounds and Kassam or Al-Batar rockets have been fired at Gush Katif and northern Gaza Strip settlements. In recent months, the mortar volleys have intensified, with an average of a dozen shells or rockets landing every day. Some 100 houses have been hit directly; about 300 indirectly. Dozens have been wounded. Two people have been killed. A lot of property has been damaged. Eight people were hurt Friday when a mortar shell exploded in a yard.