Northern residents in bomb shelters (archives
Photo: Avihu Shapira
False siren causes panic in northern Israel
Army finds no evidence of rockets having landed in Upper Galilee. Resident of northern kibbutz: We're used to this
Sirens were heard again in communities in northern Israel Sunday afternoon, in the Upper Galilee towns of Kiryat Shmona, Metula and nearby communities. Troops combing the area found no evidence of any Katyusha rockets having landed in Israeli territory.
Residents were told they could leave their shelters and return to their daily routine following what is being called a false alarm
Residents reported the alarm at 12:45 pm, but said they had not heard any explosions. It is unclear what had activated the alarm system, but the Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson's Unit said it was a false alarm.
"The sirens were heard all over the Galilee," Yigal Levy of Kibbutz Ganon told Ynet. "My girls called me from school and said they'd taken everyone down to the shelters."
"There was no panic. Sadly, we're used to these things. I don't even intend to go into my shelter, unless instructed to by the loudspeakers," he said.
A week ago, sirens sounded in the area but it was a false alarm. Two women had to be hospitalized for shock.
Three weeks prior, a Katyusha landed next to a house in a western Galilee community, leaving three people injured and ruining a building. It had been the third such attack in the recent period. The north suffered two attacks during the IDF's Operation Cast Lead.
Daniel Edelson contributed to this report
