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When Hamas fires rockets at Israel, advanced warning detectors set off alarms in targeted neighbourhoods, civilians flee to an extensive network of bomb shelters, and the vaunted Iron Dome system works to intercept projectiles in the air. But in Gaza, none of those high-tech defences were available to protect Maisara Baroud, 47, when his apartment building was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Monday night. The only thing that saved him and his family: A neighbour yelling from the street.
Israel, however, has invested heavily over the years in its civil defence systems to protect civilians from rockets and mortars fired by Hamas and other militant groups in the region. Its elaborate and technologically advanced capabilities are meant to protect its people and minimise harm in the event of a rocket attack. Azriel Bermant, senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague, says Israel is “very strong and well-organised” on the civil defence front.
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