Over 600 Israelis and 400 Palestinians killed in attacks

Hamas-Israel war

(Credits : Politico)

Tel Aviv (Israel) – Over 600 Israeli citizens have been killed and 2,243 have been injured in the attacks by the Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas. Nahal Brigade’s commander Jonathan Steinberg was also killed in the attack. The Nahal brigade is one of the main infantry brigades of Israel’s Defense Forces. On the other hand, over 400  Palestinians were killed and more than 2,200 were injured in Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. Hamas had claimed to have taken several Israeli hostages. According to the BBC reports, these hostages have been released. Saudi Arabia has appealed to Israel and Palestine to stop the attacks.

The death toll of #Palestinians killed by #Israel during the ongoing Israeli attack on #Gaza has risen to 370, with 2,200 others injured. pic.twitter.com/y0e2YvpuP6

— Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) October 8, 2023

The hardware of Israel’s Air Defence System has not been updated for 12 years

In 2011, Israel created an Air Defence System called ‘Iron Dome’ to defend against air attacks. It was described as the most reliable Air Defence System in the world. Hamas fired missiles into southern Israel on 10th May 2023. Iron Dome failed to prevent it.

(Credits : Times of India)

An investigation after that attack revealed that Iron Dome’s hardware was not updated since 2011; but its software was frequently updated. The hardware was not able to communicate with its software at the time of the attack. ‘No missile system is fully reliable’, said Michael Armstrong, an Assistant Professor at Brock University. He added that the methods of attack are changing recently.