Ramat Gan opens shelters as Iran missile fears mount

The mayor of Ramat Gan says he is reopening municipal shelters in the Tel Aviv suburb out of growing fears that Iran may renew attacks on Israel.

“The assessment is that threat of missiles from Iran over the weekend has grown and is no longer negligible,” Carmel Shama-Hacohen writes on Facebook. He calls on apartment building supers to similarly open shared shelters.

Nonetheless, he says the move is being undertaken “out of an abundance of caution,” and notes that its not based on any special warning from the military.

Home Front Command guidelines nationwide remain unchanged, with Iran so far limiting its attacks to Arab countries around the region.

Municipalities often decide to reopen public bomb shelters at their own initiative, while other have kept theirs open year-round regardless of security tensions.

Ramat Gan has been among the worst hit cities in previous rounds of fighting.