IDF shifting Iron Dome battery to protect rare plant

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has agreed to shift a Iron Dome air defense missile battery near the Gaza border in order to protect a rare plant found in the area.

Iris mariae 1
Gideon Pisanty (Gidip) גדעון פיזנטי [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons


The Iris Mariae is still in danger currently as the battery has yet to be relocated to a new site.

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