Eye on the Enemy: 100000 Missiles into ’’Israel’’ Next War
In December, Jpost revealed that due to constant arguments between the "Defense" Ministry and the Treasury, the renovation and distribution of masks will end in late February.
Army: Next war 10000 Missiles will be fired into "Israel"
More Gas Masks Due to Reports of Attacking Iran
Jpost - Yaakov Katz
Before the planned suspension of the production and distribution of gas masks to the public, the Home Front Command sent letters to its reservists this week urging them to collect gas masks by the end of February.
The note, signed by the head of the command's al-Quds (Jerusalem) District as sent to reservists die to governmental refusal to allocate funds needed to continue production.
Less than 4 million citizens received new gas masks under the supervision of the army's distribution program that began in 2006 by collecting the public's old masks.
"There are limited numbers of gas masks, and if you don't get one now you will be left without one," Col. Sagi Tirosh wrote in the letter. "As people whose role in the reservists is to protect the home front, we need to act now and get gas masks for our families."
The "defense" ministry called for a budget supplement while the treasury refused, arguing that the funds should be given from the regular "defense" budget.
Army sources confirmed that the letter was sent to the reservists in al-Quds district (Jerusalem) but stressed that the Home Front Command was carrying out a campaign last year encouraging "Israelis" to order their gas masks. "Israel" postal company distributes and delivers the gas masks to people's homes.
The army has recorded an increase in the number of citizens contacting the company in recent weeks, understood to be triggered by reports of a possible attack against Iran.
"Nothing has changed and we have not seen a shekel", said a "defense" official on Tuesday.
News of lacking gas masks rises as the army is increasingly concerned with the possibility that Syria's wide-ranging arsenal of chemical weapons will fall into rascal terrorist hands. The army is also concerned with the possibility that President Bashar Assad will attack "Israel" if he feels his regime's downfall is close.
Jpost - Yaakov katz
Amid predictions that "Israel" will be attacked by massive missile fire in a future war, the army's 162nd Division held a first-of-a-kind drill on Tuesday aimed at ensuring that the draft of reservists will not be interrupted by attacks.
"In the past, we fought wars that didn't involve the home front command. We realize that the next war will be different and during the draft will be exposed to fire in the cities and in the induction centers as well," said Brig.-Gen. Agay Yehezkel, commander of the division.
One of the "IDF's" superior marshal divisions, 162 is the home of the Nahal Brigade and the 401st Armored Brigade, as well as a number of reserve units. It operates under the Central Command, but at times of war it has the ability to move to different fronts as required.
The drill on Tuesday simulated a scenario where missile attacks are launched towards "Israel" from the Gaza Strip in the South and Lebanon and Syria in the North.
The drill was the first stage ahead of a larger exercise that Yehezkel will oversee in the future when he drafts several thousand reservists to test their ability to arrive at the storage centers, receive their equipment and meet with their units at their assembly point
The army predicts that in a future war, Hizbullah, Hamas and Syria will fire close to 10,000 rockets and missiles into the country.
As a result, the military has been reinforcing bases where it stores equipment for reservists to enable what the army calls "operational continuity" - the ability to continue operating despite the ongoing missile attacks.
"We are digging tunnels and adding layers of protection but are also preparing the soldiers' state of mind. We are explaining to them that even though it will be different next time, they will still need to come and know what to do," Yehezkel said.
Source: Hebrew Newspapers, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
