Rocket Alert in Southern Israel Was False Alarm, No Gaza Rocket Fired

Residents said they did not hear the sound of an explosion after the Color Red siren was sounded.

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Almog Ben Zikri

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Looking into Gaza from the Kerem Shalom border crossing, February 2016. — Ilan Assayag

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Almog Ben Zikri

14.04.2016 | 18:43

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.

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Almog Ben Zikri

14.04.2016 | 18:14

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.

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Almog Ben Zikri

14.04.2016 | 18:02

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.

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