Posted on 09/18/24
| News Source: JPost
Israelis across the country received fictitious text messages under the title of "emergency alert" late on Wednesday night, which called on them to leave where they were and find a protected area, Israeli media reported shortly after the incident.
The possibility that the message was sent out by Iranian officials has been undergoing examination, KAN News reported after the messages were widely spread out.
Furthermore, the IDF responded to the fictitious message and clarified that they did not send out the text announcement, KAN added.
"The announcement was not distributed on our behalf. There is no change in the defense policy of the Home Front Command," The IDF statement noted.
In the screenshot of the message, the sender appears to be named "OREFAlert," similar to the Home Front Command name in Hebrew—Pikud Haoref.