The IDF will activate an air raid siren in the area surrounding Beit Shemesh and the Mateh Yehuda region tomorrow as part of an emergency preparedness exercise, the army says.
At 10:05 a.m., the siren will be heard in Beit Shemesh, Mevasseret Zion, Abu Ghosh, Neve Ilan, Tzur Hadassah, and other communities west of Jerusalem.
In the case of an actual emergency, the siren will be activated twice.
The IDF will also send out a notification through its Home Front Command mobile phone application.
There will also be announcements made on 101 FM and 89.5 FM.
“The IDF spokesperson stresses that this test was planned ahead of time as part of its 2016 exercise plan and it is meant to test the alert systems,” the army says in a statement.
— Judah Ari Gross
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