The Iron Dome is a mobile, short-range missile defence system designed to intercept and destroy incoming rockets, artillery shells, and drones before they can hit populated areas. It was developed jointly by Israeli defence contractor Rafael Advanced Defence Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries,

An Iranian ballistic missile slammed into a building complex in Beer Sheva in Southern Israel with Israeli media reporting that air defense systems malfunctioned. It comes as a senior intelligence official in Israel tells NBC News that Israel’s renowned Iron Dome missile defense system had been 90 percent effective,