Recent attack on Israel by Iran, April 14th 2024, comprised over three-hundreds hostile flying objects. However, it caused no casualties within the State of Israel.
Below, we present a response to this event by a physics professor, Professor Abitbol, who introduces himself thus: “I am a professor of physics and I worked for several years in the defense industry in Israel, in projects that are still the cutting-edge technologies of the defense of the State of Israel.”
His intriguing perspective of what had really happened is given below.
Prior to this, we share our own personal experience from the nineties, during the First Gulf War. This war was initiated by US and allies after Iraq, ruled by Saddam Hussein, launched an invasion of neighboring Kuwait (August 2, 1990), and fully occupied the country within two days.
The First Gulf War started January 7 1991, and ended February 28 of that year. During this period, over forty missiles were launched on Israel from Iraq, causing devastating damage within Israel (no sophisticated anti-missile defense-systems, like Iron Dome, existed at the time). Yet, despite this extensive barrage of missiles showering Israeli territory, there were no casualties!!!
Like these days, with the attack from Iran and its proxies!!
Hopefully, this comment of mine may help pursue better the sentiment expressed by Professor Abitbol, as now given:
“I wanted to share something that is much more than a feeling. Something that comes from a real calculation: What happened in Israel on last Motzaei Shabbat was not less than the scale of the splitting of the Red Sea.
I am professor of physics and have worked for several years in the defense industry in Israel, in projects that are still the cutting-edge technologies of the defense of the State of Israel. When I look at what happened on Motzai Shabbat, on a scientific level — it simply cannot happen!! Statistically!
The likelihood that everything, but really *Everything*, works out, does not exist in complex systems like the defense systems that were used to defend Israel from the massive Iranian attack. These systems have never, *but never*, not only in the State of Israel, been tried in real time!!
I took a pencil and dived into the calculations to check the statistical probability that such a result would materialize. The large number of events that had to be handled, when each missile or UAV is handled independently (that is, human error, or some deviation of one operation, is not offset by other successful operations), compounds the chance of making a mistake. With all the high technologies, a breach was expected in the defense of the skies of the State of Israel.
Even if we got 90% protection it would have been a miracle!!
What happened is that everyone, but everyone — the pilots, the systems operators and the technology operators — acted as one man, at one moment, in total unity.
If this is not an act of G-d, then I no longer know what a miracle is.
It is Greater than the victory of the Six Day War, or the War of Independence. Those wars can also be explained through natural events.
BUT
The rescue that took place for the people of Israel on Motzai Shabbat is simply impossible naturally. I believe that this miracle saved the lives of many people in Israel. If the defense system had failed to intercept a number of cruise missiles, the result would have dragged us into a very complex war. I wouldn’t bet that next time it will work like this without Divine supervision. The simple proof of what I said is that the managers of the defense industries, who have developed and manufactured these systems, guarantee no more than 90% success!
And we all saw, with our own eyes, 99.9% !!!
Thank You Hashem!!
Prophet Micah (7:15): “As of the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt I will show him Wonders”.”
An interview with Dr. Abitbol (Hebrew):
Haim Shore Blog 
2 replies on “Scores of Projectiles Launched on Israel with No Casualties?? — Not for the First Time”
Thank You Hashem!!
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Amen!
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