Explained: as Iran Strikes Back, can Israel Endure a Prolonged War

The Israellran conflict has entered its sixth day. While Israel targeted Iran's military and nuclear installations and killed multiple high-ranking officials, Tehran's retaliatory missiles hit some of the most sensitive sites in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, For many international and domestic observers, it came as a shock when Israel's Iron Dome, the much-acclaimed air defence system, failed to deliver a 100 per cent interception rate.

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On Friday night, Israeli air defences failed to intercept a barrage of Iranian missiles that narrowly missed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) main headquarters and instead slammed central Tel Aviv. On Sunday, another missile struck and disabled a key oil refinery near Haifa. By Tuesday morning, videos, verified by The Washington Post, showed four more Iranian missiles landing near Israel's intelligence headquarters, north of Tel Aviv. One even impacted inside Camp Moshe Dayan, reportedly housing Israel's elite signals intelligence unit, Unit 8200. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it killed Israeli intelligence and military officials in the strikes, though those claims remain unverified. Despite the hits, Israeli authorities maintain th