The "Iron Dome" is not coping: Iran has started hitting Israel with modern missiles

Only 65% of the missiles launched by Iran in the last 24 hours were intercepted by the country's Iron Dome missile defense system, compared with almost 90% a day earlier. This was reported by NBC News with reference to a former senior Israeli intelligence official.

"Iran still has very advanced missiles, and they are using them," said the source of the TV channel, which still receives daily government reports.

According to the source, Iran launched faster missiles and Israel had less time to prepare before they approached their intended targets.

"Until yesterday, we received an early warning about 10-11 minutes before the missiles actually fell. But this morning it was six or seven minutes. This means that the missiles were probably much faster than the previous ones," the source explained.

Moreover, he added, "the Iranians have a navigation system for the final phase of the attack, which helps them to be very precise and attack exactly the targets they want, like today's hospital in Beersheba."

Despite significant losses in leadership after the start of Israeli attacks last week, Iran still has significant stocks of missiles that will last for a "long time," the official said, noting that Tehran is using "strategic patience."

Some in Israel and throughout the region have prematurely written off Iran's ability to respond, but the regime has "the determination and ability to continue and support attacks, so we have to be much more careful when we talk about the imminent collapse of the regime, which is far from the truth," the channel's interlocutor emphasized.

As reported by EADaily, Iran held direct talks with the United States against the background of the aggravation of the conflict with Israel. This was reported by Reuters with reference to diplomats.