The Dominant Dome

Israeli scientist verifies success rate of Iron Dome missile defense system on eve of Obama visit
Israeli Iron Dome missile launched to intercept a rocket fired from Gaza, Nov. 2012 / AP

JERUSALEM – Claims made by an American scientist that Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile defense system downed only five to 10 percent of rockets fired from Gaza during Operation Pillar of Defense last November, and not more than 80 percent as Israel claims, were refuted yesterday by the former head of Israel’s anti-missile development program.

It’s War

Israel responds to Hamas attacks with campaign of airstrikes
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The Israeli military commenced what government officials are calling a “widespread campaign on terror sites and operatives in the Gaza Strip, chief among them Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets” after suffering nearly a week of rocket attacks on its territory.