Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
Israelis wait in line to collect gas mask kits at a distribution center in the Mediterranean coastal city of Haifa, northern Israel, Aug. 29, 2013.
Israeli media and officials sought to calm the public, as lines for gas masks lengthened amid expectations of a U.S.-led military strike against neighboring Syria.
"Keep calm and carry on" was the headline of a front-page analysis in the Jerusalem Post, echoing a World War II British government slogan.
Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
Israeli citizens gather at the central post office in Tel-Aviv to change and pick up gas mask as tension surrounding the Syria crisis escalates, Aug. 29, 2013.
Tsafrir Abayov/AP
Israeli workers are seen at the Shalon gas mask factory in Kiryat Gat, Israel, Aug. 29, 2013.
Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
Israeli citizens gather at the central post office in Tel-Aviv to change and pick up gas mask as tension surrounding the Syria crisis escalates, Aug. 29, 2013.
Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
Israeli citizens gather at the central post office in Tel-Aviv to change and pick up gas mask as tension surrounding the Syria crisis escalates, Aug. 29, 2013.
Bernat Armangue/AP
An Israeli woman waits at a gas mask distribution center in Haifa, Aug. 29, 2013.
Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
Israelis wait in line to collect gas mask kits at a distribution center in the Mediterranean coastal city of Haifa, Aug. 29, 2013.
Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
Israelis wait in line to collect gas mask kits at a distribution center in the Mediterranean coastal city of Haifa, Aug. 29, 2013.
Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
Israelis wait in line to collect gas mask kits at a distribution center in the Mediterranean coastal city of Haifa, Aug. 29, 2013.
Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
An Israeli man carries gas mask kits as he leaves a distribution center in Haifa, northern Israel, Aug. 29, 2013.
Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
Israeli citizens gather in the city of Haifa to change and pick up gas masks as tension surrounding the Syrian crisis escalates, Aug. 29, 2013.
Tsafrir Abayov/AP
An Israeli worker prepares boxes at the Shalon gas mask factory in Kiryat Gat, Israel, Aug. 29, 2013.
Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
Israeli citizens gather in Haifa to change and pick up gas masks as tension surrounding the Syrian crisis escalates, Aug. 29, 2013.
Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
Israeli citizens gather in Haifa to change and pick up gas masks as tension surrounding the Syrian crisis escalates, Aug. 29, 2013.
Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
Israeli citizens gather in Haifa to change and pick up gas masks as tension surrounding the Syrian crisis escalates, Aug. 29, 2013.
Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
Israeli citizens gather in Haifa to change and pick up gas masks as tension surrounding the Syrian crisis escalates, Aug. 29, 2013.
Bernat Armangue/AP
An Israeli man carries gas masks at a distribution center in the northern port city of Haifa, Israel, Aug. 29, 2013.
