Israel will deploy in November its anti-missile system designed to combat threats from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. The Israeli Defence Ministry statement said yesterday the Iron Dome interceptor, in conjunction with air force and anti-aircraft systems, successfully downed a large number of threats in fully operational mode. The system is expected to be first deployed along the border of Hamas-run Gaza from where a daily barrage of home-made rockets fired at the Jewish state prompted Israel to launch a devastating 22-day offensive on December 27, 2008.