Qassam

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Qassam

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Unadapted borrowing from Arabic قَسَّام (qassām); named after Hamas' Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

noun Qassams · Kassam

The Qassam rocket, a type of homemade rocket used by Hamas militants in Gaza.
broadly, informal Any rocket fired from Gaza.

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noun Qassam rocket

עברית	קָסָאם

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"Qassam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/qassam. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Qassam. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/qassam

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"Qassam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/qassam.

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@misc{qassam_2026,
  title = {Qassam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/qassam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}