Israel may not be in a shooting war with Iran yet, but its security officials have reportedly moved their meetings to a secret underground bunker in Jerusalem. PM Benjamin Netanyahu apparently ordered the move to prevent leaks.

The venue, known as the National Management Center, was carved out under a government complex in Jerusalem, Reuters and Israeli media said. The facility which is said to have both command sectors and living quarters, was reportedly used back in 2011 to rehearse a scenario of national crisis.

“Several cabinet meetings told me Netanyahu's moved the security cabinet meetings to the bunker because of the fear of leaks from sensitive discussions on Syria and Iran,” Israel’s Channel 10’s Barak Ravid wrote on Twitter.

According to reports, the decision was taken two weeks ago after Netanyahu made a demonstration showing, what he called, a secret Iranian nuclear weapons-related archive.

The next gathering in the bunker is scheduled for Wednesday. Israeli officials refrained from commenting on the media reports.

The news alarmed some people on Twitter, with one user saying that the ‘bunker news’ combined with previous comments on Iran from the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Israeli bragging about being the first nation to use US-made F-35 fighter jets in combat missions, creates uneasy mood.

Last 2 days:-Pompeo 12 point plan (US max pressure)-Iranian rejection & counterthreats -Israel Air Force chief reveals (incl F-35 above Beirut)-Israeli cabinet set to meet in underground bunker....doesn't feel/look like path to war at all. — Neri Zilber (@NeriZilber) May 23, 2018

Israel’s security cabinet will meet in underground bunker - https://t.co/H4hOTCLulW - @washtimes A prelude to war ? — Terry Lee Fore (@TerryLeeFore1) May 22, 2018

Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered all national security cabinet meetings to be held in a secure underground bunker in Jerusalem. They are planning to attack Lebanon. I believe the war on Lebanon will start before the US mid-term election which are Nov 6, 2018. — Mikula Forecasting (@MikulaForecast) May 23, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to hold all Cabinet meetings at the National Center for Crisis Management, a "hidden bunker under the ground in the City of Jerusalem".Does this mean that the war with Iran & Hezbollah is getting closer; or it's just a show!!?? — المستشار محمد الملكاوي - Adviser Moh'd Al-Malkawi (@malkawi1959) May 22, 2018

Others tried to turn the reports into a joke:

How many members of freemasons and illuminati are participating? — Attique Ur Rehman (@Attique003) May 22, 2018

Just like in Dr Strangelove — Wayne T🏴‍☠️ (@Tukkerfield) May 22, 2018

The news comes amid Israel's rapidly declining relations with its nemesis Iran. Tensions between the opponents escalated in February when Israel launched an air raid in Syria after intercepting what it claimed was an Iranian drone crossing into Israeli airspace.

They flared up with a renewed vigor in April, after Israeli F-15 fighters reportedly targeted Iranian military assets stationed at Syria’s T-4 airbase in Homs province, killing at least seven Iranian military personnel at the base and triggering outrage from Tehran.

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