Clash over SMS Missile Alerts, Turning Point 5 Reaches Peak
Local Editor
Sirens went off on Wednesday throughout the Zionist entity, at 11 a.m. as part of an emergency drill that began Sunday and is to last through Thursday.
The enemy's authorities asked their people to enter protected spaces when they heard the siren. In southern occupied Palestine, two sirens went off instead of one spreading terror and disturbance for a short while.
For the first three days this week, various "Israeli" government bodies and emergency services practiced their readiness. On Wednesday, the exercise is going into the public sphere, with dozens of drills practicing conventional "missile attacks as well as chemical attacks."
The so- called "head of the population department in the Home Front Command", Col. Efi Mishov, said on that "47 percent of the "Israeli" population took part in last year's drill and entered protected spaces when they heard the sirens."
"We expect greater participation this year, but not significantly so. These things accumulate over the years."
The general scenario for the drill is hundreds of missiles from Syria, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and Iran landing across "Israel" every day.
Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz said that "Israel" was under greater risk today due to the ongoing upheaval in the Middle East.
""Israel" is in the middle of the storm that is shaking the Middle East," Gantz said. "The IDF needs to stand strong and do everything that it can so "Israel" can remain an island of security among the Arab revolutions."
As part of the drill, the "Israeli" cabinet saw Tuesday its new underground "atomic situation room" for the first time.
The secret bunker has been under construction for several years. Its exact location - somewhere under the al-Quds Mountains - is unknown.
The facility was built to withstand both conventional and unconventional missile strikes and communications technology.
Another scenario practices a chemical attack if most of the "Israelis" have not been issued gas masks. The exercise that began on Sunday with the participation of some 80 municipalities and local authorities reached its peak on Wednesday when air raid sirens will sound twice throughout occupied Palestine, once in the morning and once at night. During the exercise, the so- called "Home Front Command" will use a new system which can send missile warnings to cellular phones.
However, the tension continues between the "Israeli" army and Partner Communications Ltd. which is refusing to participate in a series of tests of the SMS alert system being conducted by the Army. In these messages, the "front Command" sends emergency alerts regarding incoming missiles within specific areas and about various emergency situations.
Partner is concerned that a large number of phones owned by their customers will be damaged. The "Israeli" Ministry of Communications is viewed by the army as apparently "having no real power over the cellular companies and is too weak to affect any changes."
"Israeli" government has already invested 27 million $ in order to promote this emergency SMS alert program to cellular phone customers. Partner is unwilling to cooperate. This is a crazy situation that no one is taking control and forcing them to cooperate," said the officer.
"It is a tremendous shame that unidentified officers are hurling claims that the ministry is powerless. They should do their own work, and not judge others. They shouldn't slander us; instead they should be out stopping the next Marmara," the Zionist communication ministry official.
Sirens went off on Wednesday throughout the Zionist entity, at 11 a.m. as part of an emergency drill that began Sunday and is to last through Thursday.
The enemy's authorities asked their people to enter protected spaces when they heard the siren. In southern occupied Palestine, two sirens went off instead of one spreading terror and disturbance for a short while.
For the first three days this week, various "Israeli" government bodies and emergency services practiced their readiness. On Wednesday, the exercise is going into the public sphere, with dozens of drills practicing conventional "missile attacks as well as chemical attacks."
The so- called "head of the population department in the Home Front Command", Col. Efi Mishov, said on that "47 percent of the "Israeli" population took part in last year's drill and entered protected spaces when they heard the sirens."
"We expect greater participation this year, but not significantly so. These things accumulate over the years."
The general scenario for the drill is hundreds of missiles from Syria, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and Iran landing across "Israel" every day.
Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz said that "Israel" was under greater risk today due to the ongoing upheaval in the Middle East.
""Israel" is in the middle of the storm that is shaking the Middle East," Gantz said. "The IDF needs to stand strong and do everything that it can so "Israel" can remain an island of security among the Arab revolutions."
As part of the drill, the "Israeli" cabinet saw Tuesday its new underground "atomic situation room" for the first time.
The secret bunker has been under construction for several years. Its exact location - somewhere under the al-Quds Mountains - is unknown.
The facility was built to withstand both conventional and unconventional missile strikes and communications technology.
Another scenario practices a chemical attack if most of the "Israelis" have not been issued gas masks. The exercise that began on Sunday with the participation of some 80 municipalities and local authorities reached its peak on Wednesday when air raid sirens will sound twice throughout occupied Palestine, once in the morning and once at night. During the exercise, the so- called "Home Front Command" will use a new system which can send missile warnings to cellular phones.
However, the tension continues between the "Israeli" army and Partner Communications Ltd. which is refusing to participate in a series of tests of the SMS alert system being conducted by the Army. In these messages, the "front Command" sends emergency alerts regarding incoming missiles within specific areas and about various emergency situations.
Partner is concerned that a large number of phones owned by their customers will be damaged. The "Israeli" Ministry of Communications is viewed by the army as apparently "having no real power over the cellular companies and is too weak to affect any changes."
"Israeli" government has already invested 27 million $ in order to promote this emergency SMS alert program to cellular phone customers. Partner is unwilling to cooperate. This is a crazy situation that no one is taking control and forcing them to cooperate," said the officer.
"It is a tremendous shame that unidentified officers are hurling claims that the ministry is powerless. They should do their own work, and not judge others. They shouldn't slander us; instead they should be out stopping the next Marmara," the Zionist communication ministry official.
