From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Jerusalem starts preparing for rockets
The Jerusalem Municipality announces on Tuesday night it will open all public bomb shelters and is “preparing for every possible scenario.”
A list of shelters are published on the municipality website (www.jerusalem.muni.il).
“The municipality also recommends that residents open their private shelters,” according to a statement from Brachie Sprung, senior adviser to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.
“In the case of a siren or explosion, residents should go to the closest protected area within a minute and a half and close all doors and windows and stay indoors for 10 minutes,” the statement reads. “All residents are asked to continue to listen to instructions from the Home Front Command.”
Despite the precautions, “as of now, all municipal events will take place as scheduled.”
