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Children participate in an air raid siren exercise

The IDF Home Front Command has scheduled an emergency preparedness drill for Monday in Modi’in-Maccabim-Re’ut.

Ways to defend against an incoming rocket attack and the most effective ways to reach a safe space in an attack will be addressed in the drill, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

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Residents in the central Israeli communities will hear warning sirens throughout the day on Monday, during which they are being asked to rehearse their efforts to reach a bomb shelter, MaM’D (home-based bomb shelter or other protected space.

Thirty-six rockets were fired Friday night at Israeli communities located along the Gaza border; of those, six were intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system because they were heading for populated areas. The other projectiles landed in open areas.

Iron Dome Intercepts Rocket Attack on Southern Israel + 4 Failed Attacks

On Saturday night, rocket fire resumed with a missile fired at the southern Israeli border city of Sderot – which was also intercepted by the Iron Dome system – and three others launched towards Israel but not endangering populated areas.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.