(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Lappin - By mid-2016, the IDF Home Front Command will make operational an improved rocket warning system to warn residents in specific neighborhoods - and even individual blocks - while the surrounding areas will be left to continue as normal. Every warning siren will act separately. Moreover, some sirens will send back data from cameras and other sensors to provide initial damage assessment data from areas under fire. During last summer's clash with Hamas, Israel suffered a casualty for every 700 rockets launched, while in the 2006 Second Lebanon War, a casualty occurred for every 100 rockets.
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