Confirmed the information, that one of the missiles, released from the Gaza Strip, fell in the industrial area of the Israeli city of Ashkelon. This is a 140 thousandth seaside town, located not far from the sector and about fifty kilometers from Tel Aviv.
The fall of the rocket in the industrial area of the Israeli city raised questions, including in Israel itself. After all, usually at the slightest threat to the infrastructure and lives of the Israelis, the Iron Dome missile defense system was used. However, this missile was not intercepted by this Israeli missile defense system..
A commentary on this issue is given by the IDF press service (Israel Defense Forces). noted, that on the fact of the fall of the rocket in the industrial area of Ashkelon, proceedings have been started and preliminary data have been obtained. In this case, the proceedings also concern the actions of the calculation of the missile defense complex. reported, that the Iron Dome did not intercept the missile "due to technical and operational problems". It would seem, such an interpretation implies a technical malfunction of the complex and (or) any mistake, admitted by the calculation during its operation. However, the IDF press service issued the following:
We are not talking about a technical malfunction, no mistake, human factors.
How, in this case, to interpret the words about non-interception of the missile due to "technical and operational problems", not quite clear.
In this regard, it is suggested that, that the "Iron Dome" simply "missed" the rocket, since no air defense-missile defense system has a 100% guarantee of the defeat of certain targets.
Earlier in Israel it was usually stated, what if the missile was not intercepted, means she “simply did not threaten human lives and infrastructure”. But in the case of a missile falling in an industrial area of an Israeli city, it is clearly impossible to speak of the absence of a threat..
