(haipo) - Residents of Kiryat Haim express deep concern after a few days ago, missiles were intercepted in their residential area without an alarm being triggered. Not only that, but during the course of the event, shrapnel from the interception fell in their direction.
"Iron pieces started falling from the sky in the yards and many did not have time to enter the houses," says Gabi Bloch, a resident of the Kariya.
As I recall, last Thursday (28/12/23), loud echoes of missile interceptions were heard throughout Haifa and the entire region and startled many of the residents. In light of the constant warming in the northern sector and the security situation in the country as a whole, any noise of this kind immediately "jumps" the residents to their feet and causes panic.
The residents of Kiryat Haim are troubled by the fact that when a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) entered the skies of the area last week and was intercepted, alarms were activated in all Kiryats except Kiryat Haim.
The residents said that they were sitting outside when thunderous explosions began, accompanied by shrapnel and metal falling towards them, and the alarm in the area had not yet been activated.
"Iron pieces started falling from the sky into yards"
Gabi Bloch, a resident of the Kiriya, tells Lahi Pa:
"The weather was beautiful on Thursday, people were sitting outside comfortably, when suddenly we heard terrible 'booms' and pieces of iron started falling from the sky, on the ground and in the yards. Many of the residents did not have time to enter the houses at all, it was really scary. This situation is very worrying, it is not possible at all The Kiryats have alarms and only Kiryat Haim does not. Because the Kiryat is associated with the Haifa local authority, there are no alarms here," she says.
"It was terrible," she continues, "the booms were enormous, there were houses that really moved. We are not asking for anything unreasonable or excessive, but we are demanding that during a war we receive an alarm in Kirya. It is not enough that there are not enough MDMs and those that exist are located at much greater distances Residences, in addition we also do not receive anything basic such as alerts and alarms. Such a thing is not possible."
"The interception was right over my head"
City council member and Kiriya resident, Hila Lauper, tells Lahi Fe:
"In Kiryat Haim, the alarm is not systematically activated. Last week I was outside the house and I realized that we were under attack when there was an interception right above my head, accompanied by a loud explosion that caused a great panic. This whole incident took place just as children were leaving school. They of course did not hear an alarm, But they saw what was happening above them and realized that these were missiles and ran back to school. We all 'got' a rather traumatic experience without any preparation."
"Many residents contacted the Home Front Command center and received unsatisfactory answers from their point of view. The Home Front Command must redistribute the areas. It is impossible to claim that there is no need to activate an alarm in Kiryat Haim, after all a missile was intercepted in another area of the Kiryat, while ignoring the fact that shrapnel landed in Kiryat Haim, mainly in the west We will continue and put pressure on the frontline command to do their tests and work to preserve our security. I expect the mayor to also act for the security of the residents, right now her voice is not heard at all and the responsibility rests with her as well."
"The radius of activating the alarms must be expanded and leave no room for randomness"
A member of the city council and a resident of the Kiriya, Motti Blitzblau, told Lahi Fe:
"Following the fall of parts of an interceptor missile last week around Kiryat Haim without an alarm being raised, we appealed to the Home Front Command with a complaint. The incident and the noise of the explosion greatly alarmed the residents, especially when alarms were heard from the nearby Kiryats. The Home Front Command promised to look into the issue of activating the alarm in such cases, of intercepting missiles towards Katev "Water, and in particular intercepting missiles towards Kiryat Haim.
"I think that due to the proximity of Kiryat Haim to the other Kiryats and for the safety of the residents, there is a place for alarms to be activated in a wider radius and not for an opening to be hit by missile parts in an accidental and random manner," Blitzblau concludes.
An IDF spokesman said in response:
Alerts from the Home Front Command are given by a variety of means and are activated through selective alert technology, when there is a danger to the population, in accordance with the policy. A few days ago, an unmanned aircraft was detected that crossed from the territory of Lebanon into the territory of the State of Israel and was intercepted by air defense fighters.
No alert was activated in the area in question according to policy.
I don't understand the Home Front Command's answer - the Home Front Command app was activated on my phone (along with the color red). Why does the app activate but alarms don't? Why does the home command say that no alert was activated but their application did activate it?
More questions than answers.
First, Hezbollah will surprise with 3000 missiles on Haifa and the north while attempting to raid settlements and bases, and then they will say that this is not the time for a commission of inquiry because there is a war anyway, everyone knew this was the plan and chose to sit on the border and say that they do not want an escalation or that Hezbollah is deterred.
To those who may find it imaginary, it happened in the Gaza Envelope on October 7.10.2023, XNUMX
Hello everyone, also here in Kiryat Eliezer in Haifa we heard some five or six loud explosions, it was around eleven at night and we didn't understand what it was.
Please note .
A terrible and illogical answer from the Home Front Command. Since Klish insists on not convening the municipal military committee on an ongoing basis in the current war, then the elected officials on the committee cannot come to a meeting with the district commander in the home front command and directly warn about the gaps in the preparation, preparedness and response of FAKAR to military events in our region. Klish is probably sure that she received a gift from a rare god and that all the urban wisdom is found only in her and there is no need for other council members to "disrupt" her with comments or criticism, have mercy on Zelen....😖
In addition, the shelters in some of the streets were closed. My parents at the age of 80 ran to a shelter that was closed.
The hallucination
The IDF spokesman said:
KSAT Prepared KSAT missions in the BLA, forces for military presence in the BLA KSAT activity Operational considerations Paka Paka Ranges in the BLA are being tested Paka Paka Interceptions are possible Reports KSA channels Paka Paka. With the determination and intensity of the STH, Yishkel will be tested on the Peka Peka.