With a Home Front exercise tomorrow throughout the country, the level of awareness of civilians how to protect themselves is a first priority. The article below details the exercise be planned to try and save as many lives as possible
Barney
Breen-Portnoy SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
In a future all-out multi-front war, Israel might be struck by
as many as 230,000 missiles and rockets, with at least 10,000 evading Israel’s
aerial defense network and hitting populated areas, IDF officials told Israeli
media outlets on Thursday ahead of a nationwide emergency readiness exercise
next week.
Up to 400 Israeli civilians could be killed in such a scenario,
military officials predicted.
Israeli border communities in the north and south will bear the
brunt of any future aerial assault on the Jewish state. The IDF estimates that
95% of projectiles fired at Israel will be short-range rockets (capable of
reaching nearly 30 miles into Israel) carrying 10-kilogram explosive warheads.
Also, central Israel — including Tel Aviv — will not be out
of harm’s way, particularly if the war involves Hezbollah. As reported by The Algemeiner, IDF
Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan said in June that in Israel’s next
war with the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite terrorist organization, dozens of
missiles could strike the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
During the 34-day Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006,
Hezbollah peppered northern Israel with thousands of rockets, and 44 Israeli
civilians were killed. But central Israel remained untouched. However, due to
upgrades in Hezbollah’s arsenal over the past decade, the IDF believes that
would likely not be the case in a future conflict with the group.
Meanwhile, the Hebrew news site nrg reported on Friday that the
IDF has plans to evacuate communities within 2.5 miles of the Gaza border
during a future conflict with terror group Hamas. According to the report, only
emergency response teams of 20-30 people would be left behind in each
community.
During Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014, Israeli
communities adjacent to the Gaza border faced heavy barrages of mortar fire
which took the lives of several civilians — including four-year-old Daniel Tragerman in
Kibbutz Nahal Oz.
As part of next week’s four-day Home Front Command drill, air
raid sirens will be sounded across Israel
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