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Israeli government opens up nuclear bunker in war on coronavirus
The Israeli government has opened up a war bunker in the Jerusalem hills to help coordinate its campaign against the spread of the coronavirus, Israeli officials said on Thursday.
The bunker called the “National Management Center” was built more than a decade ago because of concern about Iran’s nuclear program and missile exchanges with Lebanese Hezbollah or Palestinian militant group Hamas.
According to Israeli officials, it includes living quarters and command facilities and can be accessed from the government complex in Jerusalem and the western foothills leading to Tel Aviv.
“This (bunker) is another tool for managing, controlling, oversight and tracking” the coronavirus, said an Israeli official who requested anonymity. “We understand that this crisis will accompany us for an extended period yet.”
People walk in the main market in Jerusalem while Israel tightened a national stay-at-home policy following the spread of coronavirus disease in Jerusalem on March 20, 2020. (Reuters)source: Reuters levant
