The Jerusalem Post reports: “The IDF used the ‘David’s Sling’ system for the first time in an operational interception of a rocket launched from southern Lebanon over the skies of central Israel, Israeli media reported on Wednesday morning.

Despite identifying a single rocket targeting the center of the country, sirens sounded across multiple cities.

‘Due to uncertainty about where it will land and risk of interception shrapnel, sirens may sound in more distant places,’ former Defense Array System Commander Ilan Biton explained, according to KAN. 

The David’s Sling system, formerly known as the ‘Magic Wand,’ is designed to intercept advanced threats, including ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, aircraft, and drones. The was jointly developed by the US and Israel under the directive of the ‘Homa’ Missile Directorate at the Defense Ministry…”