Strict Security Guidelines Kenyans in Israel Follow During Palestine Conflict
As a result of the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, a Palestinian militant organization, numerous security measures have been implemented to ensure the safety of residents during rocket attacks.
According to Israel’s Civil Defense Act of 1951, all residential and industrial structures are required to have shelters, also known as mama.
People can hide in these reinforced concrete rooms within buildings during assaults, including rocket attacks. The purpose of the structure is to protect the lives of residents during the assaults by reducing the impact of the rockets and bombs.
On the other hand, Israel is equipped with a security alarm system, such as a siren, to warn the populace of a potential missile or rocket attack.
According to Israel’s Defense Forces, also known as Home Front Command, residents are alerted before incoming rockets so that they can reach shelters in time. In some jurisdictions, the warning must be given 90 seconds to three minutes beforehand.
Monday, Abigael Adjiel, a Ghanaian living in Israel, disclosed to BBC’s Waihiga Mwaura that alerts are also sent to residents’ phones to warn them to move to the shelter.
All residents must remain in the shelter for close to twenty minutes before any situation is resolved.
“We were issued with protocols to find shelter. If a rocket happens in my state, I will hear a siren on my phone so that I can run to the shelter. When you hear the siren in every state, you have to move.
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“The shelter is very safe and you can stay there for 15 to 20 minutes. But if it is consistent you have to be there until it stops totally,” she stated.
Adjiel added that should the situation deteriorate, the shelters are also equipped with water and a cot.
Home Front Command requires shelter occupants to recline on the floor, below window level, and against an interior wall. However, they must not sit opposite a window.
Those in multi-story buildings who cannot reach the shelter in time are required to flee and remain in the building’s staircases.
“If you are out in the open country, lie down and protect your head with your hands. If you are in a car, stop by the side of the road, get out of the car, and go into the nearest building or sheltered spot,” Home Front Command provides in its guidelines to foreign embassies.
Kenyans living in Israel
Tuesday, Diaspora Affairs PS Roseline Njogu affirmed to the media that all Kenyans had been accounted for and that evacuation plans were being considered.
According to international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, 900 Israelis have been slain, while 700 Gazans have been wounded in retaliatory attacks.
Strict Security Guidelines Kenyans in Israel Follow During Palestine Conflict