Profile
- Type
- Long-range unguided rocket
- Conflict side
- Hamas
- Origin
- Gaza Strip / Palestinian territories
- Service note
- Contemporary
Artillery
Ayyash-250 long-range rocket
The Ayyash-250 is a Hamas long-range unguided rocket presented as part of the group's locally produced Gaza arsenal. In the Israel-Hamas War it was cited in Hamas claims of long-range fire toward northern Israel and Eilat, making it one of the farthest-reaching rocket types associated with Hamas operations from Gaza.
- Conflict side
- Hamas
Service History
- In service
- Publicly claimed by Hamas from 2021; used in the Israel-Hamas War from October 2023.
- Used by
- Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas)
- Wars
- Israel-Hamas War
Production History
- Designer
- Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades engineering network
- Variants
- Ayyash-250
Specifications
- Range
- Claimed 250 km
- Guidance
- Unguided
- Propulsion
- Solid-propellant rocket
- Launch platform
- Ground-launched rocket launcher
- Warhead
- Large high-explosive warhead; outside estimates describe a heavy payload but exact verified mass is unclear
Conflict Usage
- Israel-Hamas War
- Side: HamasRole: Long-range area bombardment against Israeli cities
Hamas fielded the Ayyash-250 during the Israel-Hamas War as a locally produced long-range rocket claimed in launches toward northern Israel on October 13, 2023, and toward Eilat on October 25, 2023.
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The Hamas attack and Israeli military optionsPublisher: International Institute for Strategic Studies | Note: Supports background on Hamas rocket production infrastructure in Gaza and the presence of unguided solid-propellant rockets with ranges up to 250 kilometres. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Hamas’ deadly weapons arsenal: An annotated lookPublisher: CNN | Note: Supports background that Hamas described local factories for rockets with ranges up to 250 km, relevant to the Ayyash-250's claimed local production context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Hamas claims to have fired on northern IsraelPublisher: The Times of Israel | Note: Supports Israel-Hamas War used by claim: Hamas claimed the Ayyash-250 was used from the Gaza Strip in launches toward northern Israel on October 13, 2023, and described the rocket as having a 250-kilometer range. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Arrow defense system intercepts Hamas rocket fired at EilatPublisher: Jewish News Syndicate | Note: Supports Israel-Hamas War fired by claim: Hamas fired an Ayyash-250 rocket from the Gaza Strip toward Eilat on October 25, 2023, with Israeli reporting that the projectile was intercepted. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Qassam rocket photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing page for a Qassam-family rocket photograph used as representative Hamas rocket imagery; it does not identify an Ayyash-250 specifically. | Accessed: 2026-06-20