The Israeli military on Nov. 17 deployed an upgraded Iron Dome battery to Tel Aviv following its being targeted by several long-range Fajr-5 rockets. The battery, originally scheduled for deployment in January 2013, was placed in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan and was reported to have successfully intercepted its first rocket around 4:45 p.m. local time. During Operation Pillar of Defense, the full Iron Dome system, comprising batteries in Beersheba, Ashdod, Ashkelon and Netivot in addition to the newly deployed one in Tel Aviv, has reportedly intercepted 231 out of at least 641 rockets launched out of Gaza. Batteries in southern Israel have engaged a far larger volume of rockets coming out of Gaza due to the predominance of shorter-range rockets in the Gaza militant arsenal.