JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel's annual countrywide Home Front Command emergency preparedness drill began Sunday.
The five-day drill, called "Turning Point," simulates multi-pronged rocket and missile attacks from the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria, as well as cyber-attacks on power grids, national infrastructure and communication services.
This year's exercise includes large-scale evacuation and relocation drills of civilians caught on the front lines of an attack. Rescue personnel will also simulate responses to infiltration by Islamic terror groups, such as Hezbollah, across the northern border.
Israel's national emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, the Fire and Rescue Services, Israel and Border Police, schools, local authorities and government ministries all take part in the annual exercise.
On Tuesday, air raid sirens will sound throughout the country in late morning and early evening, when schools and citizens will practice taking cover in bomb shelters and stairwells. A half hour before the sirens sound, alerts will be sent to people's cellphones.
Should a real attack occur during the drill, a second siren will sound and media outlets will broadcast essential information.
The IDF will also drill large-scale troop movement and responses to attacks from Syria and Lebanon in the north.
The countrywide Home Front preparedness drills began in 2007, following the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, when Hezbollah fired more than 4,000 rockets on northern Israel.
The annual exercise ends on Thursday.
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