Thousands of Israelis receive false text messages telling them to enter bomb shelters

Israeli authorities are looking into whether “emergency warning” text messages instructing thousands of Israelis to immediately enter their bomb shelters were sent by Iranian-linked actors, according to the Kan public broadcaster.

The IDF meanwhile clarifies that it didn’t send out the messages, which misspell the Hebrew term for a safe room and include a suspicious hyperlink.

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