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Fire and Rescue Services raise alert to highest level amid Hamas assault
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Fire and Rescue Services say they have raised their alert to the highest level amid Hamas’s unprecedented attacks on Israel.
The fire service says it has been given approval to call up 200 firefighters from the Home Front Command to assist with rocket impact sites in southern Israel.