r fountains and bridges, and environmental development such as playgrounds and parks.
Arab-Israeli conflict
On August 31, 2004, sixteen people were killed in two suicide bombings on buses in Beersheba for which Hamas claimed responsibility. On August 28, 2005, another suicide bomber attacked the central bus station, seriously injuring two security guards and 45 bystanders. During Operation Cast Lead, which began on December 27, 2008, Hamas fired multiple Grad rockets from Gaza into Beersheba. The rocket attacks have continued, but have been only partially effective since the introduction of the Iron Dome rocket defence system.
Isolated attacks have occurred. In 2010 an Arab attacked and injured two persons with an axe. In 2012, a Palestinian from Jenin had been stopped before a stabbing attack in a "safe house"
