Rain of terror vs Reign of terror....
When discussing tit for tat it is useful to remember that in the last 10 years a total of 26 Israeli civilians have been killed by Palestinian rocket and mortar fire. That is NOT a "rain of terror", it's a bad Friday night in Chicago...
B'Tselem’s research indicates that, from June 2004 to 23 July 2014, 26 Israeli civilians (four of them minors) and two foreign nationals were killed in Israel by Palestinian rocket and mortar fire. In addition, five soldiers were killed, three in Israel and two in the Gaza Strip. Another Israeli civilian and three foreign nationals were killed by rocket fire at settlements in the Gaza Strip, before they were evacuated. Palestinian rocket fire also killed at least 11 Palestinians (eight of them minors).One Israeli civilian (a minor inIsrael) and one soldier (in the Gaza Strip) were killed by an anti-tank missile fire.
A total of 48 persons have been killed by rocket and mortar fire, and two persons have been killed by anti-tank missiles.
According to the Israel Security Agency reports, in 2013 (until 31 March 2013), Palestinian organizations fired 15 rockets from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, compared with 2,157 rockets and 175 mortar shells that were fired in all of 2012 (most of them during operation "Pillar of Defense"
. For multi-year details (Data source: ISA website):
http://www.btselem.org/israeli_civilians/qassam_missiles