The police referred to reports of citizens receiving video and phone calls from numbers, mainly from abroad, that they do not know. According to the police, "the purpose of the calls may be to cause panic and harassment and may be part of attempts to take over WhatsApp accounts. We recommend not answering or returning calls from numbers from abroad that are unknown." In addition, the police recommended "go into the phone settings, privacy, calls and turn on muting calls from an unknown number." (Meir Turgeman)