Israel ‘To Evacuate Tel Aviv’ In Event Of Missile Attack

[Purveyor]

By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 8:12 EDT

Israel will evacuate the entire population of Tel Aviv if it is hit by missiles, particularly if they have unconventional warheads, the commander in charge of Israel’s central region told AFP.

Colonel Adam Zusman, chief of the Home Front Command in Israel’s Gush Dan region, which encompasses the city of Tel Aviv and its environs, said an attack on the centre of the country would force massive evacuations.

“In case of a missile attack on the centre of Israel, especially unconventional, the population from Tel Aviv and other cities will be evacuated and relocated in other areas of the country,” Zusman told AFP in an interview at the weekend.

“Massive evacuations will take place in case of unconventional attacks and if buildings are destroyed by a missile.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/12/israel-to-evacuate-tel-aviv-in-event-of-missile-attack/

[JustAnotherGen]

1. My question is why?

Why? What indicators are there that an attack is imminent?

[phantom power]

2. Evacuate where? They're barely larger than New Jersey.

[azurnoir]

3. “Israeli civilians will have to face the threat. Today, every civilian is threatened in Israel.”

sad state of affairs, BTW seeing as how Israel has nukes and recently acquired submarines capable of firing nuclear warheads isn't every civilian in the ME under similar threat?