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Monday: Operation Turning Point 6 Continues


The IDF annual Homefront Command “Turning Point 6” continues today, Monday, 6 Cheshvan 5773, as emergency services continue the simulation involving an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale.

Today, the drill focuses numerous scenarios including firefighters addressing a ammonia leak from a chemical factory in the Atlit area beginning at 10:00. At 11:00, rescue workers will begin working to extricate victims from a collapsed building opposite Haifa University. In Tel Aviv, there will be a fire involving a hazardous material with people trapped in that location and there will be a need to extricate victims from an Israel Electric Company complex in that area.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)



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