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From the Liveblog of Wednesday, February 17, 2016

After threat, minister says Israel working on moving ammonia tank

17 February 2016, 2:15 pm

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Health Minister Yaakov Litzman says he will move an ammonia tank from the Haifa bay area, a day after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened to target them with rockets and cause the deaths of thousands of Israelis.

The industrial area in Haifa. The ammonia tank is visible on the jetty jutting into the sea at the right. (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90) — The industrial area in Haifa. The ammonia tank is visible on the jetty jutting into the sea at the right. (Shay Levy/Flash90)

“We’ve been working quietly without publicity on moving the ammonia tank from Haifa, even before the speech by Nasrallah-tralala,” says Litzman during a Knesset hearing, borrowing a line from a 4-year-old’s insult book. “In the meantime we are discussing what to do.”

Hezbollah is thought to have tens of thousands of rockets that can reach Haifa and other parts of Israel.

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