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Friday, August 5, 2022
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Friday, August 5, 2022
Defense Ministry activates plan to assist Gaza border residents who ask to be evacuated
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Israeli soldiers and police block the Karmiya junction near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 5, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
The Defense Ministry says it has activated a plan to assist in the evacuation of civilians under rocket attacks.
The ministry’s National Emergency Management Authority — also known by its Hebrew acronym RAHEL — says the plan is ready to go if towns along the border with the Gaza Strip wish to use it.
Residents of such towns would be taken to Defense Ministry-run facilities to host them amid major fighting.
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