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Is Israel ready for a mega earthquake?

Israel, who has been fending off threats emanating from its neighboring countries, fails to prepare for a major threat posed by Mother Nature.

|ByYAAKOV KATZ
A woman stands amidst the remains of a house after an earthquake struck the southern coast of Mexico in Union Hidalgo in 2017.
Emergency rescue teams practice evacuating the Knesset as part of earthquake drill.

WATCH: Knesset staffers zipline to safety in earthquake drill

Training exercise in Israel's parliament building as part of three-day national drill in preparation for "the big one."

|ByJPOST.COM STAFF
IDF SOLDIERS and US Army observers stand on rubble during an earthquake drill in Holon in October 2012.

Israel braces for the next big thing to shake the Middle East

Earthquake drills will use similar tactics to war drills, says IDF senior officer.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IsraAID workers in Italy.

Before the quake

To most Israelis, the government’s answer to the imminent threat of another, long overdue quake is the so-called Tama 38, a Hebrew acronym for National Outline Plan 38.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL