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“Home Front Command Simulates Chemical Missile Attack on Tel Aviv”
by jpost   
July 24th, 2013
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The IDF Home Front Command launched a three-day exercise on Tuesday simulating a chemical and conventional missile attack on Tel Aviv.

The drill, which concludes on Thursday, was planned last year, and is unrelated to any current events.

During the exercise, the Home Front Command will distribute chemical protection kits in three areas – Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, and Holon.

Residents near the distribution centers have been notified by mail, and the names of the distribution stations are listed on the Home Front Command’s website.

On Wednesday, the Home Front Command will conduct a drill simulating chemical missile attacks on the IDF’s headquarters at the Kirya in Tel Aviv and on two east Tel Aviv residential neighborhoods, Bitzron and Ramat Yisrael.

The drill will include voluntary evacuations of residents who agree to cooperate in the exercise. The Home Front Command will initiate emergency radio transmissions on satellite TV channel 717 at 5 p.m.

City-wide sirens will be activated at 6:05 p.m. on Wednesday, and fireworks will be launched in Tel Aviv as part of the exercise.

“We’re holding this exercise in the context of a series of drills to improve our readiness,” a senior Home Front Command official said. A computer simulator was used to envisage the chemical attack, he added.

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