Israel’s much-famed Iron Dome air defence system fails miserably, could not stop even…after Hamas and Iran, Hezbollah rains rockets and missiles

New Delhi: First Hamas, then Iran and now Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants are giving a difficult rime to Israel. Hezbollah warring parties rained “fire” from the sky on Haifa, Israel’s third largest city while more than 300 missiles were fired at many Israeli cities including capital Tel Aviv.

Five rockets were fired from Lebanon at busy areas of Haifa city, which Israel’s air defense system failed to intercept. Such a rockets fell within the busiest area of ​​the town for the duration of which 6 people were seriously injured.

A vitally important rocket attack became launched by Palestine-based militant group Hamas on October 7, 2023 when it fired more than 5000 rockets in 20 minutes. Then, on October 1, Iran targeted over One hundred eighty websites in Israel. Israel’s renowned Iron Dome air defence system has been a matter of grave concern as its strike rate and efficiency have long gone down drastically, failing to intercept the rockets and missiles.

Hezbollah militant group claimed responsibility for the rockets fired on Haifa and other cities on October 7, claiming they had targeted a military base south of the town with Fadi-1 missiles.

Footage taken in Haifa also showed extensive damage resulting from the rocket on a traffic circle. Other videos showed smoke rising above buildings due to the bombing.

Hezbollah fired more than 300 rockets at Israeli cities. As opposed to this, many projectiles were also fired. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sources said an explosive drone fell in Atlit, a coastal town south of Haifa in northern Israel.

Israel has acknowledged the failure of its air defense system since it said that two additional drones were fired toward the realm, but were intercepted. In step with Israeli rescue and relief services, the drone caused no injuries. The military said a lot of the rockets were shot down by Israeli air defense systems.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah confirmed the attack in a statement, saying that its warring parties launched an air campaign with a squadron of drones against the headquarters of Israel’s special naval task unit Shayetet 13 at the Atlit base for the duration of which the positions of its officers and soldiers were targeted and the targets were attacked accurately.

In other cases, parts of rockets or interceptor missiles that fell to the ground started fires within the Mount Meron area of ​​ Upper Galilee. A residential house in Rosh Pina, a town within the Upper Galilee, became targeted and heavily damaged.