(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - The IDF Home Front Command will begin to distribute gas masks to every citizen starting in late February, according to a cabinet decision taken last week. Gas masks were used during the first Gulf War in 1991 and were renewed for possible use during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. They were collected from the population a few years ago. A security source said the distribution of gas masks "is not a sign of fear but of greater preparedness. Whoever is planning to fire missiles at Israel should know that we are ready to protect our population."
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