A video going viral online shows 15 missiles reportedly being shot into the sky in Israel, and moments later the Iron Dome missile-intercepting technology quickly dispatches all of the incoming attacks.
Once again Israel’s vaunted military may not be living up to the reputation it earned with successful but risky missions that made good movies. It may force them to invade Gaza.
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The Israel government gave its army permission to invade the densely populated Gaza strip after air strikes failed to stop rocket attacks, local media said. Tanks were massed at the frontier.
Warnings had been received by the IDF and the Shin Bet security forces that terrorist groups operating in the Sinai were planning to launch rockets at the Red Sea resort of Eilat.
Professor Theodore Postol of MIT expressed his skepticism regarding the official success rate of the Israeli anti-missile Iron Dome missile defense system.
A rare video captures events as Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defense system shoots down incoming Hamas rockets near Ashkelon, close to the Gaza border.
The Israeli air force said it carried out six bombing raids on rocket-launching sites in the Gaza strip, killing two members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
A new Israeli defence system has succeeded for the first time in destroying rockets similar to those fired from Gaza or Southern Lebanon says Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak. The system intercepted several rockets according to a press release.
