Itongadol.- The Tel Aviv Municipality was preparing on Tuesday to inspect and open public bomb shelters in the city in order to "provide an optimal response for residents if necessary" in the event that escalations in the South reach the Center.
The Home Front Command also instructed Tel Aviv residents to prepare for utilizing protected rooms and shelters in their private homes.
Under the same instruction, the division responsible for civil security ordered for bomb shelters in Tel Aviv schools to be opened.
On Monday, the Home Front Command instructed the municipalities of Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beersheba, and Gaza border communities to open public bomb shelters.
The Home Front Command on Monday also banned gatherings of over 500 people in areas that are within 40 kilometers from Gaza. All summer camps and educational activities were instructed to take place in rocket-proof structures.
The IDF launched Operation Protective Edge in the early hours of Tuesday morning in order to quell the ongoing barrage of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
Since midnight Tuesday, some 30 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have exploded in Israel.
Gazan terrorists have launched more than 250 projectiles at Israel in recent weeks.