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Israel
Defense Forces, Security Services On High Alert For Yom Kippur
By Israel News Agency Staff Jerusalem, Israel --- October 7, 2011 .... The Israel Defense Forces, Israel's internal security organization Shabak and the Israel Police have gone on the highest alert level for Yom Kippur. As Israel readies herself to close down all transportation, stores and places of entertainment to respect Yom Kippur Jewish holiday, several credible terror and acts of war threats are being watched very carefully. A full security closure has been implemented with travel in and out of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) until after the Day of Atonement ends. The strict security measures can only be eased for humanitarian and or medical reasons and with the permission of the Israel Civil Administration. Hundreds of police coming from special units including MAGAV have been deployed in and around Jerusalem. And threats coming from Syria and Iran to rain Tel Aviv with missiles if attacked by NATO forces are being dealt with both inside and outside of Israel's borders with the Israel Air Force and Israel Navy prepared to respond to any situation. The IDF is also monitoring all movements by Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. The Israel Police have been holding talks with Israel Arab representatives in mixed Jewish and Arab towns throughout Israel to reduce tensions ahead of Yom Kippur. The Magen David Adom emergency medical services have raised their alert to the highest level. Volunteer security forces will guard synagogues during prayer services Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that the IDF is prepared for all challenges. "As the Israel Minister of Defense charged with the safety of the state's citizens, I can tell you that the IDF, under the leadership of a former paratrooper, Chief of General-Staff Benny Gantz, is prepared and ready for the challenges facing us, today and tomorrow, from near and from far." Barak added: "Israel is still the strongest state in the region." Gantz commented: "The IDF is constantly developing its adaptability to changes dictated by the challenges it faces. We can never grow accustomed to any (operational) concept and we must always study given situations further and adapt to regional changes. Failure is not an option. This legacy is 60 years old and every soldier knows it." Thirty-eight years after the Yom Kippur War between Israel, Syria and Egypt, the Israel Defense Forces held a surprise exercise yesterday for two reserve divisions in an effort to prepare for possible emergency call-up orders. The exercise was supervised by Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, and included units from the IDF Northern Command and the IDF Central Command. The Israel Defense Forces Ground Forces Command’s Col. Shlomi Feuer labeled the exercise “rare,” saying that units usually received a warning of several months before holding such a drill. “This military exercise is intended to prepare the IDF in the face of the growing instability in the region and it was not just a coincidence that it happened today, on the eve of Yom Kippur and the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War.” Modern Israel,
which was born out of the ashes of the Holocaust, remains prepared
every hour of every day for any kind of threat. From Nazi Germany to Islamic terrorism, the Israeli security establishment is not only responsible for the lives of it's Jewish citizens, but for all Jews around the world. For preserving democracy and freedom while providing humanitarian aid missions from Haiti to Japan as it continues to reach out for a true and lasting peace with her Arab neighbors.
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