In November 2012,
the Israel Defense Forces launched
Operation Pillar of Defense,
which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas
- governed Gaza Strip,
which began on 14 November 2012
with the killing of Ahmed Jabari,
chief of the Gaza military wing of Hamas
by an Israeli airstrike.
During the operation,
Hamas,
the al-Qassam Brigades
and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
further intensified their rocket attacks on Israeli cities and towns,
in an operation code named
Operation Stones of Baked Clay
by the al-Qassam Brigades,
firing over 1,456 rockets into Israel,
and an additional 142 which fell inside Gaza itself.
CNN relayed an estimate that Iron Dome's
success rate to intercepting Hamas Rocket in
Pillar of Defense Operation was about 85%.
The Iron Dome system was employed during operation
"Protective Edge",
intercepting rockets launched from Gaza towards southern,
central and northern parts of Israel.
As of August 2014,
ten Iron Dome batteries had been deployed throughout Israel.
During the 50 days of the conflict
4,594 rockets and mortars were fired at Israeli targets.
Iron Dome systems intercepted 735 projectiles
that it determined were threatening,
achieving an intercept success rate of 90 percent.
Only 70 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza failed to be intercepted.
One civilian was killed and three others and nine servicemen
were wounded by mortar bombs,
but they were not in areas protected by Iron Dome.
Only 25 percent of rockets fired were determined
to be threatening due to the low accuracy
and unstable trajectory of the poor-quality rockets fired.
During the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis in May 2021,
approximately 1,600 rockets have been fired to
Israel by Hamas from Gaza.
Of the 1,200 that did not fall short and land in Gaza,
the Iron Dome system blocked 90%-95% according to
differing reports by the AP and Israeli armed force.
Approximately over than 850 rockets were launched
from Gaza into Israel on 12 May 2021 only.
According to the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ),
at least 200 rockets launched by Hamas failed to reach Israel,
and fell inside the Gaza Strip.