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Israel for the first time used a seaborne missile defence system to shoot down a drone approaching from the Red Sea that had set off sirens in the port city of Eilat, the military said on Tuesday.

The target, believed to have been a drone, was intercepted over the Red Sea by a C-Dome battery aboard an Israeli Saar 6-class corvette.The post In first, Israel’s ship-mounted Iron

Israel deployed its ship-mounted C-Dome defense system for the first time against a suspicious aerial target near Eilat. The C-Dome, a naval version of the Iron Dome, intercepted the target, with no reported injuries or damage. The incident follows previous missile threats in February from Yemens Houthi rebels. The C-Dome, mounted on Saar 6-class corvettes, uses the same interceptor as the Iron Dome and is part of Israels defense against rocket attacks.

Israel for the first time deployed its ship-mounted defence system, called the C-Dome, against a "suspicious" target that entered the country's airspace near the southern city of Eilat, the military said Tuesday.

Israel bombed targets in Gaza on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the army will destroy Hamas despite ongoing Cairo talks towards a ceasefire and hostage deal.

As a “hostile aircraft” reportedly entered Israeli airspace near the southern city of Eilat late Monday, sirens sounded to alert the Red Sea port city, and the Israeli military deployed a defense system called the C-Dome for the first time, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement published on Telegram early Tuesday. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “The target was successfully intercepted by the ‘C-Dome’ naval defense system,” the statement said, adding that “no injuries ...

Adrone strike, launched by a pro-Iranian group from Iraq, Islamic Resistance, targeted the Israeli naval base of Eilat.

Israel’s C-Dome is a lot like its Iron Dome missile interceptor, except mounted on a ship.

Israel's assassination of a top Iranian was a dangerous escalation step, argues Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman.

Israel for the first time deployed its ship-mounted defense system, called the C-Dome, against a "suspicious" target.