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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-890325
Israeli Medics Confront Cluster Warheads
(Media Line-Jerusalem Post) Gabriel Colodro - Chaim Rafalowski, disaster management coordinator of Magen David Adom, described the new operational reality Israeli emergency responders face from Iranian missiles carrying cluster warheads, which disperse multiple smaller bombs over a large geographical area. Instead of responding to one impact site, emergency teams may suddenly face incidents scattered across neighborhoods and towns. "They spread over about 10 km.," Rafalowski said. "One such missile will give us...10, 12 scenes where the cluster bombs landed and exploded." For emergency services, that means dividing personnel, ambulances, and equipment across numerous locations at once. Bomblets that fail to detonate immediately can explode later. "It's a great safety issue for our personnel because they might step on something that could explode." For emergency workers, the alarms that sound are a call to action. Many MDA volunteers keep ambulances at home and respond directly from their neighborhoods. "When the alarm goes off, they put their family in the shelter...they put on their helmet, their flak jacket, and wait for the dispatcher to call them."