Key Points
Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the cutting-edge rocket-defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip..
The system has given residents a sense of security, and Israelis can often be seen watching the projectiles flying through the skies and destroying their targets overhead...
In just two weeks, Hamas has fired 7,000 rockets toward Israel, according to the Israeli military..
The Iron Dome is a series of batteries that use radars to detect incoming short-range rockets and intercept them...
Each battery has three or four launchers, 20 missiles, and a radar, according to Raytheon, the U.S. defense giant that co-produces the system with Israel's Rafael Defense Systems...
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