The displays are no spectator show; they’re rockets and missiles stopped before they’ve ever found their target.Israel’s so-called Iron Dome missile defence system has been protecting its citizens for most of this century.

Some rockets landed near the city of Haifa, as Israel and Hezbollah appeared to be spiraling toward all-out war following months of escalating tensions.

Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into northern Israel on Sunday in response to overnight Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, pushing both sides closer to full-scale war.