As the Israel Defense Forces confronts ongoing aerial threats from Hezbollah in the north, including rockets, drones and mortars, questions swirl around the operational status and necessity of Israel’s much-anticipated laser air defense systems. 

According to data released on Sunday by the Alma Center, a research organization specializing in security threats in the north, since Hezbollah joined the war on March 2, it conducted 192 attack waves, and 89 attack waves between March 6 and 7.

During those two days, 67% of the threats fired by Hezbollah were rockets, some 32% were drones, and 1% were anti-tank missiles.