The IDF spokesperson said that sirens warning of a hostile aircraft intrusion in the area of Hanita and Admit moments earlier were a false identification. No threat was confirmed.
The IDF announced at 15:35 Jerusalem that the sirens activated in the northern communities of Hanita and Admit were a false identification, concluding a sequence that began at 11:37 Jerusalem with the initial alert. By 15:06, the sirens had been localized to those two communities, and at 15:07 the IDF said it was investigating a hostile aircraft infiltration. At 15:36, N12 military correspondent Sharon Knoblovich reported that a suspicious aerial target had not crossed into Israeli territory; one minute earlier, at 15:35, the IDF had already declared the incident a false identification.
Earlier on June 13, the IDF reported similar false identifications in Margaliot and Ghajar. On June 8, false alarms in Metula and Misgav Am were attributed to erroneous identifications; The Zioneer reported at 18:43 Jerusalem that the IDF called them a false identification. A June 12 bulletin noted that some false alarms were caused by Israeli forces' activity in the area, as the IDF briefed at 11:38 Jerusalem. In a broader pattern, alerts in Eilat on March 8 were also ruled false.
As The Zioneer has reported, false alarms due to erroneous identifications have occurred in multiple frontline communities in recent weeks, including Metula, Misgav Am, and others along the northern border. The military has not released details on what caused this specific false identification in Hanita and Admit. No threat to civilians was confirmed, and the alert has been declared over.
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