Following escalation on Gaza border, Israel will station portable anti-missile system in south on Sunday in order to intercept rockets, mortar shells
Ron Ben-Yishai

Iron Dome put to work: Due to recent escalation on the Gaza Strip border the IDF plans to activate a portable anti-missile system on Sunday in order to intercept short-range rockets and mortar shells fired from Gaza.

The IDF will also check whether the system can work in accordance with the alarm systems. The system's installation may be postponed by a day or two.

The Iron Dome system can protect an area as big as 10X10 km from rockets and mortar shells threatening to explode in communities or on vital structures. The system can calculate the trajectory of the rockets and avoid intercepting rockets which are about to land in open areas. However, the Iron Dome cannot intercept objects fired from a distance shorter than 1.737 miles.