Drone attack on Israel puts spotlight on Iron Dome's limitations
Drone attack on Israel puts spotlight on Iron Dome's limitations Image source, Reuters Image caption, Sunday's drone attack was one of Israel's biggest in more than a year - four Israeli soldiers were killed Slow, small and relatively cheap to make, drones have become a deadly headache for Israelis in this year-long war. Hezbollah’s attack on an army base near Binyamina in northern Israel on Sunday, which killed four men and injured dozens more, was the most damaging drone strike on the country to date. It’s lead to fresh questions about how well equipped Israel’s hugely expensive air defence system is to stop them. Visiting the damaged army base on Monday morning, Israeli Defence Minister Yoan Gallan said “significant efforts” were being put into solutions that would prevent future drone attacks. Some parts of the air defence system work well. Here in northern Israel we hear booms at regular intervals as Iron Dome intercept rockets that Hezbollah fires from southern