Jewish children climb into an air shaft as part of a weeklong civil defense exercise to raise awareness and test emergency response systems. (Tara Todras-Whitehill / Associated Press)
Israelis, residents of a senior citizens’ home, sit in a shelter during a drill in Jerusalem. (Dan Balilty / Associated Press)
Israeli schoolchildren sit under their desks at a school in Jerusalem after sirens sounded across Israel as part of a massive civil defence exercise. (Gali Tibbon / AFP/Getty Images)
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An Israeli rescue worker wears a gas mask and full protective clothing as he carries a ‘’wounded’’ school girl to safety during a drill simulating an attack on a school in Givataim near Tel Aviv. (Pavel Wolberg / EPA)
Israeli school children pretend to be wounded during a national drill simulating missile attacks on Israel. (Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images)
An Israeli teacher, left, gives instructions to school children as they take shelter. (Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli children walk along a wall to take cover. (Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images)
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Israeli school children pretend to be wounded as part of a massive civil defense exercise. (Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli schoolchildren sit in a bomb shelter at a school in Jerusalem. (Gali Tibbon / AFP/Getty Images)
Sirens sounded across Israel as part of a massive civil defense exercise and children in kindergartens, primary schools, and secondary schools were ordered into shelters and told to stay there for one hour. (Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli school children crowd into an underground shelter in a Jerusalem. (Yossi Zamir / EPA)
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A series of emergency drills, called “Turning Point 2,” were conducted by the Home Front Command and the Israeli army to check preparedness in various war scenarios that include missile and gas attacks. (Yossi Zamir / EPA)
