Israelis Rush for Masks Fearing Retaliation for Syria Strike
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Israelis thronged to distribution centers to pick up government-issued gas masks, afraid their country will be targeted in retaliation if the U.S. attacks Syria.
The Israel Postal Service, which is distributing the masks, announced on its website that the centers would extend their hours until evening “due to extraordinary demand.” In Haifa, the biggest city closest to the northern border with Lebanon and Syria, people waited in line for hours, Israel Radio said. Some centers ran out of masks.