Missiles

As strikes hit headlines, the real battle unfolds beyond public view, targeting Iran’s systems, alliances, and long-term power.

Waves of sirens continue to sound across Israel following successive Iranian missile barrages. At least one person was injured by falling shrapnel.

Dr. Uzi Rubin tells The Media Line that stopping missiles at high altitude remains the only effective defense once submunitions are released.

Israel has taken the lead in assassinating top Iranian officials, with the US playing a minimal role, signaling a major shift in strategy amid escalating tensions.

Later, after Iran threatened Gulf states with retaliatory strikes, Qatar and Saudi Arabia reportedly intercepted multiple incoming missile barrages targeting oil and industrial sites.

Defense is not only a mission against external threats; it is also the obligation to protect the very systems and people that perform that mission. 

The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) reported that the system is now operating on a faster mechanism for evacuations and assistance to citizens.

"We were in the bedroom on the upper floor," Chen Amir said. "We received the alert and went downstairs to the mamad... Half a minute from the siren going off, the missile fell here."

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Turkey, which has NATO's second-largest army and neigbhbours Iran, said last week the alliance had deployed a Patriot system to its southeastern Malatya province, near a NATO radar base.