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Iron Dome sustains interception rate 20 May 2021 by Yaakov Lappin The Iron Dome air defence system has maintained “an intercept rate of approximately 90%” during the latest conflict with militants in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces said on 20 May. Iron Dome launchers in southern Israeli fire Tamir interceptors (left) against a barrage of rockets coming from the Gaza Strip, the contrails of which can be seen (right) on the night of 14 May. (Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images) It added ...

Israels Iron Dome has been put to the test in more ways than one amid intense fighting with Palestinian militants rpickrell@businessinsider.com (Ryan Pickrell) © Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images Israels Iron Dome interceptors, left, rise in response to rockets fired from northern Gaza, May 14, 2021. Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images Israels primary defense against Hamas rockets is the Iron Dome system. Around 4,000 rockets were fired at Israel over a period of just 10 days, accord...

What do rockets from Gaza have to do with a housing dispute in Jerusalem? Heres whats behind the latest cycle of Israeli-Palestinian violence Zach Dorfman The outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Hamas is the latest in a bloody series of confrontations — including in 2008, 2012 and 2014 — that have shaken the Middle East and beyond. The spark was an impending decision by the Israeli Supreme Court involving a decades-old land dispute involving dozens of Palestinian fami...

Israels Iron Dome put to the test in more ways than one amid intense fighting with Palestinian militants  May 20, 2021, 05:54 PM facebook email Israels Iron Dome interceptors, left, rise in response to rockets fired from northern Gaza, May 14, 2021. Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images Israels primary defence against Hamas rockets is the Iron Dome system. Around 4,000 rockets were fired at Israel over a period of just 10 days, according to the IDF. In addition to rocket...

For a week and a half, Gazans have taken cover in their stairwells and other parts of the house, eating canned foods and hoping they can run out in time — if an airstrike warning comes.

Palestinian children walk past the rubble of a house hit by Israeli airstrikes this week in Beit Lahyia in the northern Gaza Strip. Image: Hatem Moussa/AP These days, when Jamal al-Shareef, his wife or any of his six children need to go to the kitchen of their home in Jabalia, north of Gaza City, they plan when to do so as a family. The kitchen is on a side of the house that faces east, toward the Gazan border — and shellfire from the Israeli military. It feels too exposed to let any one of t...

Israel-Gaza conflict goes into second week with airstrikes on Hamas tunnels CNN 46 mins ago By Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Celine Alkhaldi and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN © Anas Baba/AFP/Getty Images Smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli warplanes target the Palestinian enclaves early Monday. Israeli warplanes launched a fresh round of massive airstrikes in Gaza on Monday as the most serious conflict in years entered a second week and international cal...

Sunday’s attack heavier, on a wider area and lasted longer than previous bombings

Israel unleashes more airstrikes on Gaza Strip, after deadliest single attack so far On Location: May 17, 2021 UP NEXT Israeli warplanes continued to bombard the neighboring Gaza Strip on Monday, a day after carrying out the deadliest single attack there in the latest outbreak of violence between Israels military and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group ruling the blockaded territory. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said at least 42 people in Gaza City were killed by Israeli airstrikes e...

Israel-Gaza conflict goes into second week with airstrikes on Hamas tunnels CNN 2 hrs ago By Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Celine Alkhaldi and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN © Anas Baba/AFP/Getty Images Smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli warplanes target the Palestinian enclaves early Monday. Israeli warplanes launched a fresh round of massive airstrikes in Gaza on Monday as the most serious conflict in years entered a second week and international calls...