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From early November to December 27, 2008, when Operation Cast Lead got under way, 365 rockets and 177 mortar bombs were fired at Israel; on December 20, 2008 alone, 15 rockets and 25 mortar bombs were fired. The attack on civilian life and the threat against the residential centers near the Gaza Strip and within the rocket range moved the government of Israel and the IDF to embark on Operation Cast Lead to render a blow to Hamas, responsible for the policy of violence towards Israel. The intention was to damage the organization’s infrastructures, its forces, and its capabilities of manufacturing rockets and weapons whose effective range represented a strategic threat or risk. Attainment of these goals was meant to create a new, improved security reality following the operation.