The Iron Dome's effectiveness was similar to past rounds of conflict with Gaza (which has ranged from around 85-95% effective) and had shot down many thousands of rockets
In Israel, the US has an ally on the front lines of the fight against terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and an emboldened Iran.
As part of the deal, the Marine Corps will purchase 44 Iron Dome launchers and 1,840 Tamir interceptors.
Neither time did the drone pose an immediate threat to civilians in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip, and therefore no alerts were activated.
Israel's Air Force followed its route and used the Iron Dome to intercept the drone, which was reportedly not a threat to Israeli citizens at any point.
There was no error in Israel’s air defense systems and so there will be no probe into why the missile was allowed to travel over 180 km from the Syrian border.
“To be clear, we are not asking Israel to transfer its own Iron Dome systems which are critical to their own security, ” they stated.
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