IDF confirms false alarm

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The Israel Defense Forces says that the alert issued nationwide on the Home Front Command app telling residents to shelter was a false alarm.

“This is a mistake, there is no such instruction,” the army says, adding that it was caused by “human error” and not a cyber attack.

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