(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Lappin - A nationwide war drill will be held in Israel on May 23-27 to test the country's responses to a scenario of hundreds of rockets being fired on the home front. Maj.-Gen. Yair Golan, commander of the Home Front Command, said 68 local authorities would participate in the drill, which will include field simulations to test emergency responses. Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai stressed that the exercise was an annual event that was not linked to fears of war.
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