An emergency 6,000,000 pound budget for civil defense preparations was passed by the Tel Aviv municipality today after it had received a report on the current situation from the Chief of Air Defense. The municipality also warned all residents to prepare their own shelters, to stock up on first aid materials and to keep cans full of water around to fight fires set by incendiary bombs.
The allocation will be used to refit the old public air shelter and to build new ones in various parts of the city. Air Defense Chief Col. Itiel Amichai described the new planes acquired by the Egyptians, which include jet bombers capable of appearing over Israel’s populated centers minutes after take-off.
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