Home Front Command extending rocket attack warning times for dozens of northern communities

The IDF Home Front Command says it will be extending the warning times for rocket fire on communities in the Golan Heights and near the Sea of Galilee, after carrying out a similar move for Lebanon border communities.

The latest move means that, in many communities, where the time to seek shelter was immediate or within 15-30 seconds, there will now be slightly more time.

The Home Front Command, along with other military bodies, analyzed Hezbollah’s rocket fire and the IDF’s detection systems, and determined that numerous communities can get slightly longer warning times.

The changes will apply to Katzrin, Buq’ata, Ein Qiniyye, Majdal Shams, Mas’ade, and several communities of the Golan Regional Council and the Emek Hayarden Regional Council.

They include 14 communities moving from immediate to 15 seconds; eight communities from immediate to 30 seconds; seven communities from 15 seconds to 30 seconds; seven communities from 15 seconds to 45 seconds; and eight communities from 30 seconds to 45 seconds.

The move will take effect starting tomorrow at noon, according to the Home Front Command.

The changes do not affect five communities on the northern border where the time to seek shelter ranges from between 15 seconds to a full minute.

Last month, the Home Front Command announced a similar move in dozens of communities on the Lebanon border, and yesterday, it tripled the warning time for missile attacks on Eilat.