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‘Technical error’ caused Iron Dome to malfunction earlier this week, says military
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Iron Dome fires interceptor missiles as rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel, as seen from Sderot, on May 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
An Israeli Air Force investigation into the activity of the Iron Dome air defense system during a flare-up of violence with the Gaza Strip this week reveals a technical error during a rocket barrage on Tuesday afternoon.
The IAF says the issue was fixed immediately, and did not occur again on Tuesday evening or on in the early hours of Wednesday.
In the rocket barrage on Tuesday afternoon, several rockets slammed into populated areas in the southern city of Sderot, including one that wounded three foreign nationals at a construction site.
The IAF says the interception rate of rockets heading for populated areas amid the daylong flare-up was 90.5%.
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