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According to Israel, the Iron Dome system has been about 90% effective at intercepting rockets over the last 12 years.
But the October 7 Hamas attacks raised questions about why it wasn’t able to stop the militants’ strikes that day.
Hamas said it fired 5,000 missiles at Israel in just 20 minutes. Israel said the militant group launched more than 3,000 rockets. It’s not clear what proportion of the rockets were intercepted during the attack.
Looking ahead to a future conflict, an Israeli official said Hezbollah would more likely overwhelm Iron Dome batteries if the militant group launched a large-scale strike employing precision-guided weapons, which could be difficult for the system to defend against, CNN reported.
In preparation for a possible attack, Israeli officials told the US that Israel was planning to move resources from southern Gaza to northern Israel, CNN reported, citing the unnamed US officials.