As part of the security establishment's annual program, there will be an exercise tomorrow to test preparedness for a chemical terrorist event.
The exercise will be conducted in the Southern District of the Israel Police, in the city of Ashkelon, and at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. It will be attended by emergency agencies and relevant government offices:
The Israel Police, the Defense Ministry, the Ministry of Health, MDA, the Fire and Rescue Authority, the Home Front Command and the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
The Ministry of Defense said that the exercise is part of a series of exercises which take place every year to improve national preparedness for unconventional terrorist events, and is not related to specific incidents.