Expensive protection: How Israel's rocket defense saves the country!

Expensive protection: How Israel's rocket defense saves the country!

Roth, Israel - Israel has been in constant missile fire since the beginning of the conflict with Hamas, which began on October 7, 2023. The alarming data show that 40,000 rocket alarms were dissolved in the previous year alone, and the condition is not only a massive burden for the population, but also for state finances. Israeli defense is expensive: a single arrow rocket costs up to $ 3 million. The total costs for the defense umbrella could amount to over one billion dollars, which illustrates the urgency and the financial extent of the conflict, reported nzz.ch .

While Israeli citizens are quickly informed about incoming rocket alert through a user-friendly app-last year there were more than 10,000 warning messages from the official warning app-the people in Gaza live under constant danger without such a system. Communication in the Gaza Strip was significantly impaired by the ongoing attacks, which means that civilians often have to navigate in the dark over the dangers that occur on them. The different access to warning systems shows the drama of the conflict, in which the Israeli population can often be brought to safety in second fractions, while the people in Gaza are largely defenseless, such as Wired reported.

The constant threat of rockets has led to the use of warning apps in Israel rose. The official app of the Home Front Command has more than two million active users and has dramatically increased its number of users since the conflict. In the meantime, people in Gaza seem to be dependent on improvised methods such as speakers or leaflets, since the communication infrastructure has largely collapsed. Even if Israel effectively takes action against the attacks with its highly developed defense systems, the civilians in Gaza often remain on their own, which further tightens the humanitarian crisis.