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IDF lauds Iron Dome performance in overnight rocket barrage from Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJudah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent.
Some 55 rockets were fired at Tel Aviv and central Israel in Hamas’s Saturday midnight barrage, the Israel Defense Forces says.
Without releasing exact numbers, IDF Spokesperson Hidai Zilberman says the Iron Dome missile defense system performed well against the fusillade.
“We intercepted a very, very good percentage of them,” he says.
Iron Dome putting in some serious work tonight
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— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) May 15, 2021
No direct injuries were reported in the strikes, though a number of people were injured while running to bomb shelters, according to medics.
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