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13 unusual facts about Katyusha rocket launcher


Acre Railway Station

Train service to the station was completely suspended on July 13, 2006, the day after the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict began, due to the Hezbollah rocket attacks on Acre.

Al Quds 3

The Quds-3 (Al Quds-3) is a rocket is based on the Russian Grad and BM21 Katyusha.

Binyamina Railway Station

During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict the station briefly acted as Israel's northernmost station after Israel Railways announced the suspension of all train service north of Binyamina as a result of a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hitting a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing 8 Israel Railways workers.

Costas Georgiou

In one ambush on an MPLA column, the squad-sized unit, led by Sheehan, killed 60 of the approximately 600 MPLA and Cuban fighters, and destroyed four T-34's and four "Stalin organ" mobile rocket platforms, Sheehan lost four men in this firefight.

Debkafile

The site's operators, in contrast, state that 80 percent of what Debka reports turns out to be true, and point to its year 2000 prediction that al-Qaeda would again strike the World Trade Center, and that it had warned well before the 2006 war in Lebanon that Hezbollah had amassed 12,000 Katyusha rockets pointed at northern Israel.

Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station

During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing 8 Israel Railways workers.

Israeli–Lebanese Ceasefire Understanding

1. Armed groups in Lebanon will not carry out attacks by Katyusha rockets or by any kind of weapon into Israel.

Katyusha rocket launcher

Katyusha-like MRLs were also allegedly used by the Rwandan Patriotic Front during its 1990 invasion of Rwanda, through the 1994 genocide.

Kiryat Motzkin Railway Station

During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing eight Israel Railways workers.

Lev HaMifratz Railway Station

During the 2006 Lebanon War train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing 8 Israel Railways workers.

Mechinat Avnei Eitan

During the Second Lebanon War, a crew that would rush to katyusha explosions to help clean up the devastation was organized.

Nahariya Railway Station

Train service to the station was completely suspended, for the first time since 1952, on July 13, 2006, the day after the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict began, due to the Hezbollah rocket attacks on Nahariya.

Operation Grapes of Wrath

Israel conducted air raids, on targets which included Katyusha launchers, Hezbollah installations and personnel, as well as vehicles and civilian infrastructure, some of which Israel said were being used for military purposes.


1996 shelling of Qana

Meanwhile, Hezbollah continuously bombarded northern Israel with Katyusha rockets.