Tiberias police chief says no restrictions over Passover but visitors should stay alert

While there are no changes to instructions from Home Front Command in the Sea of Galilee area, visitors should stay alert at all times over the Passover holiday, commander of the Tiberias police station, Chief Superintendent Yigal Ben Lulu, says amid the threat of an Iranian attack.

“Currently, as far as the Home Front Command is concerned, there are no crowd restrictions on the Tiberias area and the shores of the Sea of Galilee, but there’s no doubt that an aircraft or a missile infiltration in this area would pose a great challenge for us,” Ben Lulu says in a police statement.

In the event of an attack, he says, people are instructed to “lie on the ground and put your hands over your head.”

Iran has threatened to attack Israel following an April 1 airstrike on an Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital of Damascus, which killed several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, including two generals.

Parents are recommended to remind their children of safety precautions such as “using a life belt, not going far from the shore and not drinking too much alcohol,” he adds.

The police chief notes that tens of thousands of visitors are expected to the area over the upcoming Passover holiday, amid the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, now in its seventh month.