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  • See trailer to see QASSAM, presents Igal Hecht's powerful film about the experiences and struggles of the people of Sderot - a city located near Gaza that is under constant Qassam rocket fire.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • The Qassam is a crude and inexpensive, home-made unguided rocket or 'missile' from 3-7 feet in length bearing a small explosive charge that works like a fourth of July rocket from a Chinese fireworks factory.

    Israel Has No Intention of Allowing a Palestinian State 2009

  • With the first version of what's called a Qassam rocket, which had a I guess a range of about five miles or so.

    CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2008 2008

  • Dozens called the Qassam and said, "We want to leave, give us security and a safe passage."

    Sunday, June 17, 2007 As'ad 2007

  • The rocket they build in Gaza is called the Qassam, and as simple as it sounds, Israel has not found a way to stop the rockets raining down.

    CNN Transcript May 18, 2007 2007

  • The so-called Qassam rockets are crude, but so far Israel has been powerless to stop them.

    CNN Transcript May 18, 2007 2007

  • This rocket was actually what they're calling the Qassam 2, a new generation of what is, in essence, a homemade rocket.

    CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2003 2003

  • The Qassam is a crude and inexpensive, home-made unguided rocket or 'missile' from 3-7 feet in length bearing a small explosive charge that works like a fourth of July rocket from a Chinese fireworks factory.

    uncomfortably numb 2009

  • When rockets from Gaza land in Sha'ar HaNegev in southern Israel, the man known as the Qassam Hunter hurries to the scene

    English-writing Israeli-bloggers 2009

  • He admitted he had provided the rebels with requested information, saying his reports contained information on manufacturing missiles like those produced by the Palestinian movement of Hamas, the so-called Qassam rockets.

    Yemen Observer 2009

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