Iron Dome battery stationed in Eilat amid Sinai instability

20.07.2013                      13.Aw.5773                      Wa'etchanan; Schabbat Nachamu

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Iron Dome battery stationed in Eilat amid Sinai instability

2 rockets from Gaza land in open areas of Western Negev Thursday; no injuries or damage reported.

The IDF has stationed an Iron Dome missile defense battery near the southern city of Eilat, an army spokesperson said on Friday.
The move comes amid the latest bout of unrest in Egypt that has put Israel on edge in part because of an increase of Islamist militancy in the Sinai region….