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It is on permanently because Israel calculates that rocket attacks can happen, and have happened, usually on a daily basis somewhere in Israel, particularly in the south, opposite the Gaza border, and in the north, opposite the Lebanon border,
The system is designed to calculate where a ballistic missile will land — very predictable once it has been picked up — and leave it alone if it isn't going to do any harm (like land in the Negev desert) so as to concentrate on the dangerous ones,
Clark told Logically Facts What makes the system so effective is that the radar and sensor coverage is so integrated that it gives this multi-layered system the best chance of intercepting the greatest number of incoming ballistic missiles, drones, cruise missiles or aircraft. Iron Dome is highly sophisticated and can even intercept incoming artillery shells."
Logically Facts spoke to Michael Clarke, Professor of Defense Studies and visiting professor at Kings College London and the University of Exeter, who told us As cold weather approaches, this is going to go very badly,
said MSF's president for France, Isabelle Defourny, back from a mission to southern Gaza What our armed forces did was the minimum punishment for the crimes of the usurping Zionist regime.
Speaking of Iran’s multiple missile attack on Israel this week, he added The IDF (Israeli military) is preparing a response to the unprecedented and unlawful Iranian attack on Israeli civilians and Israel,
the military official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue The future depends on how Israel will retaliate against Iran in the future, as well as the intensity and severity of the retaliation."
Pointing to the next developments, Li said The IDF is preparing for a significant strike in Iran following this week's missile attack from Tehran,
This remark reflects that the US does not want to be dragged into the mire,
Everything right now hinges on Israel's response, whether it escalates into a regional war."
Sina Toossi, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, told AFP If Israel takes severe retaliatory actions, especially if it attacks Iran's oil and even nuclear facilities, Iran might respond militarily under the pressure of the situation,
If the unilateral thinking of the US hegemony and supremacy cannot be contained, the sword of Damocles of the war will still hang high on the land of the Middle East,
The Iranian government needs to maintain its status as a regional power and also needs to respond to the expectations of its allies. So from one side, Iran has to respond, from another side, Iran must work hard to avoid a full-scale war,
Zhang Yuan, a professor at the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai International Studies University, told China Daily As the country which influences Israel most, the United States does not want a full-scale war in the Middle East to disrupt its global strategic layout,
The military does not rule out the possibility that Iran may launch missiles at Israeli territory again after the Israeli attack,
Facing repeated provocations, Iran cannot remain indifferent at this moment. Otherwise, it will shake the unity with regional allies,
Li Xinggang, a researcher at the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean Rim at Zhejiang International Studies University, told China Daily This time was the worst possible imaginable attack one can think of and the [Israeli] territory is very small,
It was very frightful, because you hear the huge booms. And there is another danger that the fragments of the rockets can fall down on people,
All the time now, we're hearing the [Israeli] fighter jets going to Lebanon. That didn't happen during the first part of the war with Hamas because the planes were flying in different directions. Now they're flying right over Jerusalem to the north,
During the last two years security cooperation between Russia and Iran has grown significantly. The Russians are sending engineers and sharing their technologies and Iranians have improved their production of drones and ballistic missiles. Russians have even sent them antimissile systems S-400 and S-300 so they are much more protected,