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Home Front Defense Ministry
A General Staff changing of the guard on March 24, 2015, from right: Chief of the IDF General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot; incoming head of the Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Yoel Strik; outgoing Home Front Command head Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg; Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon; outgoing OC Central Command, Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon; incoming OC Central Command, Maj. Gen. Roni Numa (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
March 24, 2015, 4:59 pm
Army fills key posts amid fears of uptick in violence
IDF names a new OC Central Command and a new head of the Home Front Command
By Mitch Ginsburg
IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz speaks with reserve soldiers at the Tze'elim training base on November 18, 2012. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Office/Flash90)
December 29, 2014, 3:57 pm
Comptroller slams readiness of Israel’s reserves, home front
State Comptroller Yosef Shapira finds army reserves acutely under-trained, key civilian sites unprotected
By Mitch Ginsburg
A home front defense drill in February. (photo credit: Flash90)
April 22, 2014, 9:35 pm
Minister asks to shutter Home Front Defense Ministry
Hours after director general gives notice, Gilad Erdan requests to resign; says home front must be run from Defense Ministry
By Marissa Newman
Director-General of the Home Front Defense Ministry Dan Ronen (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)
April 22, 2014, 8:13 pm
Head of Home Front Defense Ministry resigns
Dan Ronen cites Defense Ministry 'misconduct' and unclear division of authority between the various government offices
By Marissa Newman
Firefighters participating in an IDF Home Front Command drill on February 24 (photo credit: Flash 90)
February 27, 2014, 6:53 pm
Israel’s home front unprepared for enemy attack
170,000 rockets are pointed this way, yet the hierarchy responsible for protecting civilians is in a shambles, a Knesset panel hears
By Mitch Ginsburg
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 20, 2014, 11:56 pm
Home front defense czar Erdan threatens to resign ministry
Minister says work undermined by lack of clear policy, poorly defined areas of authority and delayed budget
By Itamar Sharon
The recent tension along the northern border has caused a spike in demand for gas masks. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2013, 10:32 am
IDF remains on alert despite delay in US Syrian attack
Four new gas mask distribution points open around the country; Jerusalem and Haifa centers closed Sunday
By Mitch Ginsburg and TOI staff
Israelis carry gas mask boxes outside a distribution center in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, on August 29, 2013. (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)
August 29, 2013, 2:42 pm
Thousands crowd gas mask centers in Haifa, Tel Aviv
Jerusalem branch closed after mob took protective kits by force; civilians worried by Syria threat overwhelm distribution points
By Haviv Rettig Gur and Stuart Winer
Israelis carry boxes with gas masks at a distribution center in Tel Aviv on August 28, 2013.(photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
August 29, 2013, 8:04 am
Gas mask centers boost hours as Israelis line up for protection
Civilians panicked by Syria threat overwhelm distribution points in a scramble for cover, but IDF says it won't open more
By Haviv Rettig Gur and Stuart Winer
Distribution centers for gas masks were inundated in late August with Israelis trying to get their gas masks as Western intervention in Syria looked likely (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
August 29, 2013, 6:09 am
Vital sarin antidote missing from gas mask kits
Anti-chemical warfare supplies being distributed to Israelis lack atropine and pralidoxime, the key remedies to nerve gas
By Ilan Ben Zion
Israelis carry boxes with gas masks at a distribution center in Tel Aviv on August 28, 2013. (Photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
August 28, 2013, 2:27 pm
Jittery Israelis overrun gas mask distribution points
As IDF moves missile defense batteries northward, authorities struggle to keep up with demand for protection against chemical weapons
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Minister of International Relations and Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz speaks to the press in June 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
August 21, 2013, 7:33 pm
‘Iran would barely retaliate if its nuclear program were attacked’
Israel doesn't need a US green light to strike Tehran's nukes, says Yuval Steinitz; Iran couldn't cause much damage in response
By Raphael Ahren
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the middle in black, flanked by then-home front defense Minister Gilad Erdan, in blue, and then-IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz and Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg in May 2013. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
August 7, 2013, 9:31 pm
‘Pandemonium’ on the home front
Netanyahu will have to rule who, from among an array of ministries and organizations, has ultimate control over the civilian sector in wartime
By Mitch Ginsburg
Outgoing Home Front Defense Ministry director Gabi Ophir (photo credit: image capture from YouTube)
June 30, 2013, 8:12 pm
Head of Home Front Defense Ministry resigns
Gabi Ophir says he can no longer manage a ministry that lacks clear policy
By Adiv Sterman
A Netivot resident holds the remains of a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
November 14, 2012, 6:34 am
Schools in range of rockets to be fortified
Home Front Defense Minister promises NIS 30 million for Gaza-area communities
By Sam Ser
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