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ised explosive devices that caught Israel Defense Forces by surprise and blunted the ground offensive, and medium-range rockets capable of reaching Haifa. Hezbollah incurred a heavy toll for the fight, with much of the infrastructure in southern Lebanon devastated and roughly 1,300 Lebanese civilian
sraeli critics focused on the price—around $50,000 for each Tamir interceptor—and supposedly dubious reliability. The last week ends that debate. Iron Dome is designed to protect crowded civilian areas from short-range missiles. A radar attached to each battery determines whether an incoming volley thr
0 rockets into Israel — from a stockpile we estimated to number nearly 20,000 — and not just at the border settlements but as far south as Hadera and Haifa, keeping hundreds of thousands of Israelis under effective siege. More than 120 Israeli soldiers and 44 civilians were killed. So were hundreds of Hi
el Aviv and Jerusalem. Fortunately, they were not significantly more accurate than in the past. More than half landed in fields or orchards. And with Iron Dome deployed around our major towns and cities, more than 80 per cent were intercepted. We hit nearly 1,500 targets over the seven-day period, mostly la
0 rockets into Israel - from a stockpile we estimated to number nearly 20,000 - and not just at the border settlements but as far south as Hadera and Haifa, keeping hundreds of thousands of Israelis under effective siege. More than 120 Israeli soldiers and 44 civilians were killed. So were hundreds of Hi
el Aviv and Jerusalem. Fortunately, they were not significantly more accurate than in the past. More than half landed in fields or orchards. And with Iron Dome deployed around our major towns and cities, more than 80 per cent were intercepted. We hit nearly 1,500 targets over the seven-day period, mostly lau
Entities connected to both Haifa and Iron Dome

Jerusalem
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Fatah
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United States
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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George W. Bush
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Bill Clinton
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Yasser Arafat
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Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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Saddam Hussein
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West Bank
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Ehud Barak
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Damascus
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Ramallah
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Tel Aviv
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Shimon Peres
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Mahmoud Abbas
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