Homefront Defense Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) addressed an assembly of members of the national information system ahead of National Emergency Week. He told his colleagues that the

“Main scenario facing Israel today that we are preparing for is a barrage of long-range rockets fired into Israel intended on wearing down our resilience and frightening citizens.”

Erdan explained “The Iron Dome system cannot defend against hundreds of rockets fired into Israel daily, and we must achieve maximum citizen preparedness including personal protection kits.”

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)