News - Israel began distributing new gas masks (6 images)

Israel began distributing new gas masks for use in a possible chemical or biological attack, the army said. The government decided on January 5 to distribute some eight million new gas masks, one for each Israeli, by 2013. The country has long feared that chemical or biological weapons may be used against it in a future conflict involving Iran or Syria, but officials have insisted the distribution of the masks is not linked to any imminent threat.