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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

Eyal Eisenberg

IDF soldier Elor Azaria sits between his parents in a courtroom at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv for an appeal hearing on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
May 3, 2017, 9:17 am
Judges block Hebron shooter’s bid to consider other soldiers who killed attackers
Defense team for Elor Azaria bidding to overturn conviction; state wants a longer sentence of up to 5 years in prison
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli and American soldiers participate in a joint earthquake drill in Holon on October 21, 2012. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
April 27, 2015, 8:23 am
Eyeing Nepal, experts warn Israel is unprepared for its own Big One
In a high-risk zone with history of terrible tremors, officials say too little done to protect buildings in Israel and PA from expected quake
By Ilan Ben Zion
Outgoing head of the Homefront Command, Major-General Eyal Eisenberg (Photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90)
April 1, 2015, 6:19 pm
Israel will be ‘made extinct’ if it keeps acting like a ‘dinosaur,’ warns IDF home front chief
Stepping down after 4 years, Eyal Eisenberg says only those who nimbly adapt can survive; Iran deal would require rethink; Israel would be hit by up to 1,500 rockets a day in future Hezbollah conflict
By Mitch Ginsburg
Israeli civilians under cover following a Hezbollah rocket attack in Haifa, August 11 , 2006. (photo credit: Flash90)
April 1, 2015, 12:47 pm
In future war, Hezbollah will fire 1,000 rockets a day, IDF predicts
Home Front Command says Israel should brace for hundreds of civilian casualties in event of a conflict
By Stuart Winer
A General Staff changing of the guard on March 24, 2015, from right: Chief of the IDF General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot; incoming head of the Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Yoel Strik; outgoing Home Front Command head Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg; Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon; outgoing OC Central Command, Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon; incoming OC Central Command, Maj. Gen. Roni Numa (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
March 24, 2015, 4:59 pm
Army fills key posts amid fears of uptick in violence
IDF names a new OC Central Command and a new head of the Home Front Command
By Mitch Ginsburg
Firefighters participating in an IDF Home Front Command drill on February 24 (photo credit: Flash 90)
February 27, 2014, 6:53 pm
Israel’s home front unprepared for enemy attack
170,000 rockets are pointed this way, yet the hierarchy responsible for protecting civilians is in a shambles, a Knesset panel hears
By Mitch Ginsburg
Israelis at a gas mask distribution center in Haifa on Thursday (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash 90)
August 30, 2013, 6:30 am
Frustration, not panic, as Israelis jostle for gas masks
A glimpse of a gas mask distribution center; a talk with the former ‘national soother,’ and a reflection on Israel and chemical weapons
By Mitch Ginsburg
A photo of Nasrallah on the fence of the Lebanese border, 2008 (photo credit: Hamad Almakt/Flash 90)
May 27, 2013, 5:15 pm
IDF: Rocket fired from Lebanon did not land in Israel
Metulla residents reported hearing loud boom late Sunday night, but army search fails to turn up missile debris
By ToI Staff
Children in a school in Tel Aviv during a home front exercise, in the school's safe bunker, May 26 2010 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
May 27, 2013, 9:36 am
Israelis take cover as chemical warfare drill continues
Blaring sirens simulate missile attacks on civilians, sending schoolchildren and workers to shelters
By ToI Staff
May 26, 2013, 1:24 am
Israel preps for nationwide chemical warfare drill
Exercise to focus on grappling with missile strikes on civilians; home front defense minister says nonconventional weapons attack will draw ‘devastating response’
By ToI Staff
IDF Home Front Command soldiers take part in a 2011 defense drill simulating a chemical attack (Gili Yaari/Flash 90)
May 22, 2013, 3:45 pm
Israel to hold massive chemical warfare drill
Next week’s nationwide exercise to focus on grappling with missile strikes on civilians
By Michal Shmulovich
A Tel Aviv mother and her son clean a municipal shelter in the city on November 16, 2012. after a rocket was fired on the region for the second time in the last two days (photo credit: Gidon Markowicz/Flash90)
From the WebNovember 16, 2012, 11:05 pm
Home Front Command: Prepare for 7 weeks of fighting
Ynet News: Regional council heads in range of Gaza rockets instructed to ready emergency supplies, public bomb shelters, as Operation Pillar of Defense looks to enter ground phase
Israeli and American soldiers participate in a joint earthquake drill in Holon on October 21, 2012. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
October 21, 2012, 10:32 pm
First day of disaster drill shows Israel unprepared for catastrophe
‘Earthquake in Israel more dangerous than war,’ Home Front Defense commander says
By Asher Zeiger and ToI Staff
A man tries out a gas mask at a distribution center, July 25 , 2012. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
August 1, 2012, 1:28 pm
Millions don’t have access to bomb shelters, gas masks, army warns
Former opposition head says that before initiating war, a country should make sure its home front is prepared
By Stuart Winer
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