Israel’s military has cut off local authorities and reserve liaison officers from a civilian emergency system used to track rocket impact sites, citing fears of information leaks to Iran, a move that has angered officials in northern Israel, local media reported.
The daily Yedioth Ahronoth said on Thursday that the system, known as “Shual,” was developed by the army’s Home Front Command to coordinate emergency management among crisis-response officials.
The system was designed to predict rocket impact zones, enable early warnings and help direct emergency teams to specific locations after rocket strikes.
According to the newspaper, the system is also used to identify dangerous unexploded ordnance, rapidly deploy search teams and determine whether casualties had occurred.
The report said the system was blocked over concerns that information could leak to Iranian-linked entities allegedly monitoring impact sites “to improve the accuracy and damage of future strikes.”
Local officials in northern Israel, however, complained that the ban has left them “working under enemy fire without a vital life-saving tool.”
