The Israel Defense Forces is deploying a new alert system in West Bank settlements for incidents of armed infiltrations.
Tomorrow evening, the military is slated to test the system in several settlements, during which a short siren will sound, along with a loudspeaker announcement blaring “terrorist infiltration” several times.
At the same time, alerts will be received on the military’s Home Front Command mobile application, where alerts for incoming rockets, drones — and more recently, earthquakes — are sent.
The sirens tomorrow will sound at 6:05 p.m. in Psagot and Ofarim; 6:15 p.m. in Masua and Beit HaArava; 6:25 p.m. in Nokdim; 6:35 p.m. in Sansana and Hebron; and 6:45 p.m. in Revava.
In the event of an actual infiltration into a settlement, the siren will sound twice and an alert will be sent via the Home Front Command app.
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