The IDF’s top brass meets with mayors and local community leaders on the Golan Heights, following a highly unusual call by the army last night to open public bomb shelters to be opened in the area.
“As part of the meeting, the [IDF] commanders updated the local council leaders about the findings of a situational assessment and they discussed the preparedness of the communities and the civilian home front,” the army says.
The meeting is led by IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot, who is joined by the head of the Northern Command Maj. Gen. Yoel Strick, Home Front Command chief Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai and the head of the Bashan Division, which defends the Golan Heights, Brig. Gen. Amit Fisher.
Representatives from the towns of Katzrin, Majdal Shams, Masade, Buqata, Ein Qiniyye and the Golan regional council are also in attendance, the army says.
“The chief of staff expressed his great appreciation for the leadership and civilian resilience shown by the heads of the local governments and residents of the Golan Heights,” the army says.
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