Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cupboard may function from beneath Jerusalem within the occasion of a full-scale warfare
Israel’s Shin Guess safety company has ready a bunker beneath Jerusalem the place the nation’s political leaders will work within the occasion of a full-scale assault on the Jewish state, Israeli journalist Ben Caspit reported on Saturday.
The newly-prepared “command and management bunker” is “meant for the conduct of wars by the political-security elite of the state,” Caspit wrote, including that the subterranean facility is “related to the pit” beneath the Kirya army base in Tel Aviv, and to “all the opposite bunkers” unfold throughout Israel.
“It permits for a protracted keep and is resistant to all types of weapons,” Caspit added, with out citing any sources.
Israel is presently bracing for an assault by Iran, which Iranian officers have vowed to launch in retaliation for Israel’s alleged assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this week. US officers instructed Axios on Saturday that they anticipate the assault to start on Monday, and that Lebanese Hezbollah forces may participate in revenge for Israel’s killing of their commander, Fuad Shukr, in Beirut on Tuesday.
It’s unclear what sort of army {hardware} Iran intends to make use of towards Israel. Nevertheless, Axios’ sources recommended that Tehran will doubtless observe the identical playbook as in April, when it fired lots of of missiles and drones at Israel in response to the Israeli bombing of its consulate in Syria. The barrage was principally countered by Israel’s Iron Dome air protection methods, however a lot of missiles reached their targets, dealing what Israel stated was minimal injury to army installations.
Israel’s prime army commanders have waged warfare from subterranean bunkers earlier than. The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) air marketing campaign in Gaza in 2021 was orchestrated from the advanced beneath the Kirya base, a nuclear-proof bunker dubbed the ‘Fortress of Zion’.
In a report on the ‘Fortress of Zion’, the New York Instances talked about the existence of one other bunker close to Jerusalem “for Israel’s political leaders.” It’s unclear whether or not Caspin and the Instances have been referring to the identical facility.
Israeli Protection Minister Yoav Gallant met with senior army and protection officers on Sunday to debate tips on how to “precise a worth for tried assaults from Iran and its proxies,” the Protection Ministry stated in an announcement.
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