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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

gas masks

Workers are seen at the Shalon gas mask factory in Kiryat Gat, Israel, in August 2013 (photo credit: AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 5, 2016, 10:35 pm
Israel buys gas masks from firms that outfitted Nazis at Auschwitz with protective gear
Companies who kept SS guards safe from the Zyklon B they used at gas chambers now sell to Israel’s Defense Ministry, police, fire department
By ToI Staff
Jonathan Schwartz
June 21, 2016, 12:33 pm
Jonathan Schwartz
In a siren’s time
Chronic memories of wartimes: broken radio silence, the smell of bananas, and tense waiting for a son to phone home
Gas mask kits, first distributed in Israel in 1990 (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
January 23, 2016, 2:43 am
IDF makes ‘ass’ out of Home Front Command
Gas mask kits tell Arabic speakers to wait for ‘Rear End Command’ instruction to open in case of chemical, biological attack
By Ilan Ben Zion
Postal workers hand out gas mask in Jerusalem in January 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 27, 2014, 4:54 pm
Gas mask distribution to civilians ceases
Defense Ministry stops handing out protective gear, citing significantly reduced threat of a chemical attack
By JTA and ToI Staff
Workers are seen at the Shalon gas mask factory in Kiryat Gat, Israel, in August 2013 (photo credit: AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
January 19, 2014, 4:28 pm
Israel to halt gas mask distribution
Move comes as government lowers threat level for chemical attack
By ToI Staff
Smiles all around as Avigdor Liberman is congratulated by Finance Minster Yair Lapid on his reappointment as foreign minister (photo credit:Flash90)
November 12, 2013, 3:19 pm
Israel unmasked
A new recommendation by the Defense Ministry grabs headlines but the papers are still focused on one thing: Iran
By Yossi Nachemi
Israelis wait to collect gas masks at a distribution center in Tel Aviv, August 28, 2013 (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)
November 12, 2013, 1:06 am
Stop gas mask production, defense officials say
As Syria dismantles its chemical arsenal, the risk of an attack may have diminished, but military sources say recommendation may be ‘overly optimistic’
By Yifa Yaakov
Israelis carry boxes with gas masks at a distribution center in Tel Aviv on August 28, 2013. (Photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
September 11, 2013, 11:18 pm
Reality stars halt gas mask distribution
Distribution center in Tel Aviv shut Monday so a reality show crew could shoot scene; pregnant, elderly forced to wait in sun
By Marcy Oster
A man tries out a gas mask at an Israeli distribution center (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90/File)
September 4, 2013, 9:57 pm
Palestinians demand gas masks from Israel
Labor MK petitions high court to provide gas masks to all citizens and residents
By ToI Staff and AP
David Morgenstern
September 2, 2013, 9:46 pm
David Morgenstern
Living for the lulls
A U.S. marine who moved to Israel is enjoying the peace and quiet while also feeling the vague shadow of threat
Israelis clamor for gas masks at a distribution center in Tel Aviv on August 28, 2013. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
September 1, 2013, 11:19 pm
US delay or no, gas masks still flying off the shelves
Over 13,000 protective kits handed out Sunday, six times daily average in 2012
By Naama Barak
The recent tension along the northern border has caused a spike in demand for gas masks. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2013, 10:32 am
IDF remains on alert despite delay in US Syrian attack
Four new gas mask distribution points open around the country; Jerusalem and Haifa centers closed Sunday
By Mitch Ginsburg and ToI Staff
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
Israelis carry gas mask boxes outside a distribution center in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, on August 29, 2013. (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)
August 29, 2013, 2:42 pm
Thousands crowd gas mask centers in Haifa, Tel Aviv
Jerusalem branch closed after mob took protective kits by force; civilians worried by Syria threat overwhelm distribution points
By Haviv Rettig Gur and Stuart Winer
August 29, 2013, 2:24 pm
Funny ha ha or funny gas mask?
Some TOI bloggers are falling back on a time-tested defense mechanism against the chemical attack jitters
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