Israel – Enterprising online auctioneers are cashing in on a new craze – buying and selling Israeli gas masks on eBay has soared in recent days as a military strike on Syria by the US and its allies becomes ever more likely.
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Some of those available are older versions of masks, and it is unclear how effective they would be in the event of a chemical attack from Syria. But Israelis fed up with long, and often testy, queues may see this as an ideal solution.
The gas masks go for anywhere between $25-50, with a family pack of four masks fetching up to $165.
The Israel Defense Forces has previously considered selling its protection kits over the internet, but its prospective asking price of NIS 200 per mask could make an eBay purchase a more attractive – and cheaper – alternative, in particular for non-Israelis who are do not qualify for a gas mask kit free from the state.
Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post
Order one now and quack forever. (unless you are really at risk)
for the past 10 -12 (even longer) years israeli Czech & Russian have been the staple of the USED gas mask industry on line and in surplus stores
i have been living on Eretz Yisroel for more then 20 years and B’H the only time i used them was helping to put out house fires (NOT FOR BREATHING) just to keep the heat away from my face and i was able to get closer
BTW i think now these old “USELESS” gas masks are at a premium they use to be $10 and i just looked now $30
if memory serves it was proven that the masks issued for the Gulf War (1991) would have been NON EFFECTIVE against the “chemicals” they where made to protect but NONE the the Scuds that hit israel had any gas
and of course הקדוש ברוך הוא is watching over the world
BUT in a pinch they worked great as a face shield during a house fire (AGAIN NOT FOR BREATHING”