Shlomo Buchbut, who heads Israel�s Union of Local Authorities, is calling upon the state comptroller to investigate why there are only enough gas masks for 46% of the population as Israel�s faces the biggest threat in its history.

According to a report that appeared last week in Yediot Achronot�s �7 Yomim� news magazine, at present, IDF Homefront Command warehouses contain only 47,000 masks. The report explains that in the event of an emergency today, 3 million Israelis will be without masks.

The report adds that the factory manufacturing the masks is only operating on a part-time basis.

Buchbut wants answers from the �decision makers� and wants to understand why if the nation faces a possible existential threat from Iran the government does not feel that manufacturing enough gas masks is a priority matter.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)