An Israeli newspaper reveals the Beit Shemesh Disaster An Iranian missile penetrates defenses and directly hits a shelter with 500 kg of explosives

The Hebrew newspaper “Maariv” shed light on what it described as the “major catastrophe” that occurred in the Beit Shemesh settlement, following the fall of an Iranian missile that directly hit a shelter, in an incident that raised difficult questions once again regarding the performance of Israeli air defense systems and the ability of concrete fortifications to withstand heavy warheads.
Follow-ups – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
Preliminary investigations revealed that the missile that targeted the shelter carried a warhead weighing approximately 500 kilograms of explosives, along with high kinetic energy that created a massive impact far exceeding that of a half-ton explosion, leading to the complete penetration of the shelter, where dozens of settlers were inside at the moment of impact, resulting in the killing of 9 people, the loss of 9 others, and the injury of 57 with varying wounds.
The Israeli military investigation into the incident focuses on two main aspects: the first concerns how the missile managed to penetrate the multi-layered air defense systems, and the second concerns how it penetrated the concrete layers of the shelter. The Israeli Air Force reported that it detected the missile immediately upon its launch, and an “Arrow 3” launch platform targeted it in an attempt to intercept, but the interceptor missile failed to hit the target.
The report quoted a senior official in the Air Force as saying: “A leak occurred in Beit Shemesh. We have made significant progress in our defense systems, and we have a multi-layered system that deals with this threat, but there is no system that deals with it 100%. The system’s success rates are high, but they are not absolute. There were attempts to intercept the same missile today, attempts that failed, and a mistake occurred.”
In a related context, an Israeli military source said: “Even during