Rocket attacks dataset in Israel and State of Palestine

Question

I'm looking for a dataset listing the rocket attacks in Israel and the State of Palestine with as many following fields as possible:

• timestamp
• GPS
• number of casualties
• reason for attack (e.g. a pointer to a previous attack)
• number of articles covering the attack

Period covered should be as large as possible, but mostly interested from 2000 to now.

Answer 1

Try the Global Terrorism Database from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) project at at the University of Maryland. Here's a brief snip from their about page

The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2012 (with additional annual updates planned for the future). Unlike many other event databases, the GTD includes systematic data on domestic as well as transnational and international terrorist incidents that have occurred during this time period and now includes more than 113,000 cases. For each GTD incident, information is available on the date and location of the incident, the weapons used and nature of the target, the number of casualties, and--when identifiable--the group or individual responsible.

The GTD database can be downloaded after filling out a form at http://apps.start.umd.edu/gtd/contact/ -- so "kind of open data."

START got the contract to collect terrorism data for the US State Dep. after WITS: the Worldwide Incidents Tracking System was discontinued in 2012.

Some of the original WITS website is in the Wayback Machine This page of reports has a link for "exports" at the top, but they didn't seem to work for me.

Also, I found the RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents, although that only covers 1968-2009 according to their database scope page.

Answer 2

There is a new API for journalists and others called CrisisNET. With it you can search based on location and type. Also, you can export CSV files if you aren't familiar with programming - explore.

Inside of the returned data are some URLs for more details. Typical results in JSON format will have these fields:

{   "remoteID": "117721645006819_543803659065280",   "language": {
    "nativeName": "العربية",
    "code": "ar",
    "name": "Arabic"   },   "license": "facebook",   "author": {
    "username": "gazanews2012",
    "remoteID": "gazanews2012",
    "name": "شبكة غزة لأخبار العاجلة"   },   "contentEnglish": "URGENT: rocket in \"slogan Negev\", causing material damage",   "fromURL": "http://facebook.com/117721645006819_543803659065280",   "publishedAt": "2014-06-18T18:43:47+00:00",   "summary": "عاجل: سقوط صاروخ في \"شعار هنيغف\" محدثاً أضرار مادية",   "content": "عاجل: سقوط صاروخ في \"شعار هنيغف\" محدثاً أضرار مادية",   "source": "facebook",   "tags": [
    {
      "confidence": 1,
      "name": "armed-conflict"
    },
    {
      "confidence": 1,
      "name": "conflict"
    }   ],   "lifespan": "temporary",   "updatedAt": "2014-06-18T20:11:19.553522",   "entities": [
    "Gaza Strip"   ],   "geo": {
    "coords": [
      34.44580841064453,
      31.524253845214844
    ],
    "locationIdentifiers": {
      "authorLocationName": "gaza غزة"
    },
    "addressComponents": {
      "adminArea4": "Gaza Strip",
      "streetAddress": "Street",
      "formattedAddress": "Street"
    }   },   "id": "ljHUik-aQequcQtc21StvQ",   "createdAt": "2014-06-18T20:06:13.661308" },