Since Monday night at 6 PM, just as I was landing in Tel Aviv after being in the US for several months, Hamas terrorists have launched roughly 1,400 deadly rockets from Gaza toward south and central Israel, some almost reaching Jerusalem. So far, seven Israelis, including one child and a soldier, are dead. If not for the 90% accuracy rate of the Iron Dome, there is no telling how many Israelis would be dead. More than 70 Palestinians, including ten children, have been killed, and the violence shows no signs of slowing.
Israelis in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and other towns in the south and central area of the nation spent the night in bomb shelters as sirens, and cell phone warnings continually sounded. Video on Twitter shows the night sky over Tel Aviv lit up as a barrage of missiles from Gaza are intercepted by the Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) Iron Dome shield. It was the most powerful visual of how quick and accurate the Iron Dome is, as Hamas sent 130 missiles at the same time towards Tel Aviv.