Rocket Alert in Southern Israel Was False Alarm, No Gaza Rocket Fired
Looking into Gaza from the Kerem Shalom border crossing, February 2016.Credit: Ilan Assayag
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Rocket siren was false alarm, no Gaza rocket fired
The rocket siren sounded earlier Thursday was a false alarm, the Sdot Negev Region Council Said.
Kibbutz security chief: No rocket hit our area
The head of security for one of the kibbutzim in which the rocket alert was sounded Thursday told Haaretz that a rocket did not land inside the community, but confirmed that the Color Red alert siren was sounded.
Rocket alert sounded in near Gaza border
The IDF are investigating whether a rocket hit Israel Thursday afternoon after the Color Red alert siren was sounded in the south, near the border with Gaza.
Residents said they did not hear the sound of an explosion, indicating that it might have been a false alarm.