Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza (the closest point is 840 m (2,760 ft)), [3] and is notable for having been a major target of Qassam rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. Between 2001 and 2008, rocket attacks on the city killed 13 people, wounded dozens, caused millions of dollars in damage and profoundly disrupted daily life. [ 4 ]

The Israeli town of Sderot (Hebrew: שְׂדֵרוֹת; Arabic: سديروت), located close to the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, has frequently been the target of rocket attacks and incursions during the course of the Gaza–Israel conflict. [6]

Jan 6, 2025 · Three rockets were launched toward Sderot on Monday, with the Iron Dome defense system successfully intercepting one projectile. A second rocket landed on a city street, while search teams located the third in an open area outside the city limits, the IDF confirmed.

Jan 6, 2025 · Gazans fired three rockets into southern Israel Monday morning, lightly damaging the home of a local religious leader and marking the latest attack amid a return to near-daily launches terrorizing...

Jan 6, 2025 · Terrorists fired three rockets from the Gaza Strip late Monday morning, with one scoring a direct hit in the southern Israeli border city of Sderot, causing minor damage to a home. Another rocket was intercepted and the third projectile fell in an open area, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

May 14, 2024 · Protesters gathered in Sderot on Tuesday for the “Gaza March,” a march supporting widespread Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.

Jan 4, 2024 · People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023. The bustling western Negev town of Sderot is one of Israel’s...

Oct 15, 2023 · Sderot, a community of 30,000 barely half a mile from the Gaza Strip, is the first Israeli city to face state-aided evacuation. The Hamas terrorist group killed at least 1,400 Israelis and wounded more than 3,500 in a massive offensive launched from Gaza on Oct. 7, which included firing more than 6,600 rockets at the Jewish state.

Oct 9, 2023 · Israeli soldiers walk past the dead bodies of four people lying on the grass near a police station that was the site of a battle following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip,...

The Gaza Strip Tour leaves on Mondays at 7:30 am from Savidor Tel Aviv station and takes 5-7 hours including driving. The tour includes Sderot viewpoint and police station, the burnt car compound, Shuva Ahim, the concrete bomb shelter at Reim and the Nova memorial site.