Cake (firework) been blown off by the discharging stars). In a traditional cake, all the candles point upwards; a variant is called the "fan" or "angle" cake. Cakes are one of the most popular types of firework, as they can create spectacular and long-lasting effects from a single ignition while minimising safety concern. In the UK, the reclassification of aerial shells to Category 4 has popularised cakes as a method for achieving similar effects while staying within safety guidelines, particularly by firing multiple candles at the same time. Cakes vary greatly in size, weight and duration. Some last only a few seconds
Qassam rocket Qassam rocket The Qassam rocket ( "Ṣārūkh al-Qassām"; also "Kassam") is a simple, steel artillery rocket developed and deployed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas. These rockets cannot be fired to target specific military objectives in or near civilian areas, and are "indiscriminate when used against targets in population centers." Three models have been produced and used, the first being introduced in 2001. More generally, all types of Palestinian rockets fired into southern Israel, for example the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Al Quds rockets, are called Qassams by the Israeli media, and often by foreign media.