Completed sooner than planned, the battery will defend an additional 200,000 residents from Gaza rockets
A third Iron Dome battery was stationed near the city of Ashdod today, Wednesday (August 31), protecting its 200,000 civilians of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.
The Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz in cooperation with Israel Air Defense soldiers, Defense Ministry personnel and defense industries completed the operation sooner than planned.
Two other batteries are already protecting the cities of Ashkelon and Be'er Sehva, a total of 300,000 civilians.
"I want to thank everyone who took on the challenge and successfully stationed a third operational Iron Dome battery, even before the school year commenced," said Defense Minister Ehud Barak. "This is part of the national emergency plan I declared several weeks ago and a tangible method to defend Israeli civilians from rockets and missiles."
Earlier this week, Defense Minister Barak said that by the end of the year a fourth battery will be employed and a total of nine will be operational within the next two years.
According to Barak, stationing batteries will "revamp the security of Israeli residents who are still in need of shelters."
Source: IDF
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