JAN. 6 – Next month, Israel plans to begin distributing gask masks and protection kits to its citizens. See report in today’s Haaretz.

JAN 4 – Israel’s Defense Ministry has announced a large-scale, simulated attack drill to take place in Tel Aviv, next week.
Israel’s various emergency services will coordinate a “response” to a biological attack involving more than 1,000 victims.
See report in today’s Haaretz about the planned simulation.