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IDF Says Alumim Rocket Alert Was a False Identification

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of a concrete public rocket shelter at Kibbutz Alumim, painted blue and green with three black-and-white cows across its facade beneath a partly cloudy sky, drawn in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel with cross-hatching on sepia newsprint.

The Home Front Command application distributed a rocket-and-missile warning for Kibbutz Alumim shortly before 10:24 a.m. on Wednesday. The IDF later said the warning resulted from a false identification and that there was no concern of a security incident. The military issued the clarification through its official channel at 10:24 a.m. The update applied specifically to the warning sent through the Home Front Command application for the kibbutz and did not describe any separate launch, interception, impact, damage or casualties.

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