The mayor of an Israeli city hit by Iraqi Scud missiles in 1991 said he will evacuate the city if Baghdad threatens to strike Israel again. Zvi Bar said he was making arrangements for the orderly evacuation of Ramat Gan’s 125,000 population to a “tent city” in the south of the country, the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot reported.
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