By Hillel Fuld

I really don’t think you understand the absolute miracles we witnessed last night here in Israel.

In fact, I’m sure you don’t.

Let’s break this down.

Israel has three air defense systems, each one a technological wonder—and that’s not just me saying it. That’s Dr. Gold, who basically invented the Iron Dome. The level of sophistication in the Iron Dome is simply unparalleled.

But the Iron Dome only knows how to detonate short-range rockets or missiles within a 70 km range, give or take.

Then Israel has the David’s Sling system. That one knows how to deal with mid-range missiles up to approximately 300 km.

Then we have the Arrow system, which literally detonates missiles that can fly outside of the earth’s atmosphere. It has a range of about 2,400 km! 🤯

Last night, as Iran rained down ballistic missiles on Israel, all three defense systems were activated and worked to perfection.

The chances of all these incredibly complex systems working in unison as flawlessly as they did last night are basically nonexistent.

If one thing had gone wrong, if one of those ballistic missiles had hit an apartment building, a shopping center, or an army base, we would now be burying hundreds of Israelis.

And that’s not even the biggest miracle.

A few hours ago, I got a WhatsApp message from a good friend who is a senior executive at Microsoft. He wasn’t exactly a God-fearing Jew. Until yesterday.

Here’s what he wrote to me:

“If you’re looking for miracles, man—last night I started believing. Missiles hit all around me, but none of them hit my house or any house, for that matter.”

He elaborated some more and shared info about the missiles he watched land just meters away from very strategic places in Israel, to say the least.

Each one of these defense systems is, in and of itself, pretty miraculous. But what’s even more insane is the low casualty numbers from the rockets and missiles that weren’t intercepted.

Where did those missiles go? I’ll tell you where—they landed in sand, in water, and in “empty spaces.”

Have you been to Israel? It’s a microscopic country. What empty spaces? Where are these empty spaces? 🤷‍♂️

How did hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles all either get detonated by miraculous systems or totally miss their mark, landing in empty spaces, causing zero casualties and minimal damage?

How??

Listen, I get it. This thought process begs the question: Where was God during the horrible terrorist attack yesterday? Where was He on October 7th? Where was He during the Holocaust?

All valid questions that require a very serious, nuanced conversation.

But if you know anything about what had to happen last night and throughout this war in general for there to be such a low number of casualties, you’d know that what we witnessed last night was the equivalent of God splitting the sea right before our eyes.

Guess what. When God split the sea, there were those who didn’t believe it was a miracle and didn’t jump in. And there are also those who feel the need to explain it naturally. OK, that’s fine.

You don’t want to call yesterday an act of God? That’s your choice, but like my Microsoft friend, if you look at these events objectively, you’d have a really hard time seeing those hundreds of deadly missiles land in empty spaces and not see the hand of God.

Last night was an incredible display of the collaboration between two of the powers that protect the Jewish people: the IDF and Hashem.

Last night will go down in history, right alongside many of Israel’s accomplishments in this war—including the beepers and the unprecedented low ratio between combatants and civilians—as a military operation the likes of which the world has never seen. Ever!

Last night will be analyzed by military strategists and experts for generations.

Last night, we witnessed history.

Last night, we witnessed open miracles.

Last night, we witnessed God in all His glory, watching over His children.

{Matzav.com}