APPROXIMATELY 50 rockets were fired toward Israel from southern Lebanon, according to Israeli media.
Videos showed Israel’s Iron Dome defense system springing into action and shooting down missiles over the Galilee region.
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In a statement, Hezbollah said: “In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their valiant and honorable resistance.
“And in response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks on the firm southern villages and secure cities housesespecially the attacks that targeted the villages of Kafr Kila and Deir Siryan and injured civilians.
“The Islamic Resistance included the new settlement of Beit Hillel in its fire schedule and bombarded it for the first time with dozens of Katyusha rockets.”
Israel has not yet commented on the incident.
Israel’s impressive Iron Dome technology has been seen in action several times since October 7th.
The mobile all-weather air defense system managed to shoot down several rockets.
The dome is made up of missile batteries that are shaped like giant matchboxes and are tilted toward Gaza.
The impressive Iron Dome was only configured to detect rockets aimed at highly populated regions of Israel, such as Tel Aviv or Jerusalem.
What is the Iron Dome?
Iron Dome is a mobile, all-weather air defense system in Israel designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and 155 mm artillery shells fired from a distance of 4 km to 70 km.
It intercepts rockets traveling towards urban areas and shoots them down – it is the first system of its kind in the world.
Developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, it can be operated in all weather conditions, including fog, sandstorm, low clouds and rain.
The system was ready for use in March 2011 and in April it successfully intercepted a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza for the first time.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Iron Dome shot down 90 percent of rockets fired from Gaza that would have landed in populated areas.
It is part of a future multi-level missile defense system being developed by Israel, but each interception rocket launch costs $50,000.
The dome is made up of missile batteries that are shaped like giant matchboxes and are tilted toward Gaza.
It can detect a target using radar and monitor its trajectory.
A control center then calculates an interception point and then commands a rocket launch if the foreign missile is headed toward an urban area.
Once in contact with the missile, the rocket explodes and knocks it down.
Each launcher contains 20 Tamir missiles with proximity warheads and there are several batteries positioned across the country.
Since they were implemented in 2011, the computer systems have been updated, improved and upgraded to improve the accuracy of the rockets.
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