Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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How Hamas tested the world's top missile defense system. Go to https://sponsr.is/cs_newsthink and use code NEWSTHINK to save 25% off today. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video.

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3:00 Israel Defense Forces, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:07 Marek Peters | marek-peters.com , GFDL 1.2 gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html via Wikimedia Commons
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3:28 Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:55 Israel Defense Forces, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:11 flickr.com/people/45644610@N03, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:12 The Israel Project, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Articles and interviews referenced:
4:00 MIT article technologyreview.com/2014/07/15/172055/an-explanation-of-the-evidence-of-weaknesses-in-the-iron-dome-defense-system
5:10 Foreign Policy article: foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/03/israels-iron-dome-wont-last-forever