The Iranian ballistic missile that smashed into Rishon LeZion on Saturday killed two people, blew roofs and doors off buildings and was so powerful that Shahar Peled felt its blast in her house, four streets away.

But a few hours later as the 20-year-old Israeli watched first responders inspecting the wreckage of burned out cars and sweeping away shattered glass and masonry, she remained convinced that her country was right to launch its surprise attack on Iran and its nuclear facilities.

“If this is what Iran can do without nuclear weapons, I don’t even want to think what they would do if they had them,” she said, gesturing towards the site of the impact, where one house had been reduced of pile of rubble, the palm trees around it coated in a grey sheen of concrete dust.