The Israeli operation in numbers

•  More than 9440 missiles and rockets fired at Israel from the Gaza strip since 2003 (more than 5 missiles per day on average)

• More than 3200 missiles and rockets fired on Israel from the Gaza strip only during the year 2008, even though there was 6 month of official « respite » - an average of 9 missiles per day.

• More than 6500 missiles and rockets fired at Israel from the Gaza strip since Israel evacuated completely the Gaza Strip in summer 2005.

•  More than 647 missiles and rockets fired at Israel since December 19, 2008, the date that the « respite » officially finished until the beginning of operation “Cast Lead”

• More than 400 missiles and rockets were fired by the Hamas since the beginning of the operation “Cast Lead”.

• 750.000 Israeli civilians live within the fire range of the missiles of the Hamas.

•  More than 1000 wounded and 34 Israeli civilians dead since 2003, victims of Hamas shots from the Gaza strip.

•  15 seconds only: this is the time that Israeli civilians have to find a shelter when the sirens announce that a rocket was launched.

• 8 years of restraint and moderation where Israel explored and tried all options to stop the blind fire of the Hamas against the civilian population of Southern Israel.