Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, April 21, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, April 21, 2022
IDF clarifies that night’s second salvo of Gaza ‘rockets’ were actually gunshots
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
A missile from Israel's Iron Dome air defense system lights the sky over the Gaza Strip, on April 21, 2022. (Ssaid Khatib/AFP)
The IDF issues a statement clarifying that what it initially announced had been a salvo of four rockets fired from Gaza at southern Israel at around 2:00 a.m. were actually gunshots.
The bullets mistakenly triggered Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, which launched a series of intercepter Tamir missiles into the air.
Ironically, footage of interceptor missiles lighting the sky were quickly picked up by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s spokeswoman as well as the pro-Israel AIPAC lobby as proof of the Iron Dome’s effectiveness.
The army says it is looking into how bullets could’ve managed to trigger the air defense system.
https://twitter.com/kerenhajioff/status/1516924391870844929?s=21&t=HglpVaw1_Lffvqaln0MneA
If you’d like to comment, join
The Times of Israel Community.
The Times of Israel Community.
JOIN THE TOI COMMUNITY
Already a member? Log in here