Sirens sounded in Misgav Am at 09:23 Jerusalem. The IDF says a suspicious aerial target was identified but did not cross into Israeli territory. No casualties were reported, and the incident is over.
At 09:23 Thursday, sirens activated in Misgav Am, Upper Galilee. The IDF stated the alert was triggered by a suspicious aerial target identified over Lebanese airspace that did not cross into Israel. The incident closed without casualties. This development refines the location of an alert first reported at 08:50, when the IDF initially confirmed the target, then progressively specified its nature as suspicious and its location as Misgav Am.
The first report at 08:50 described an unauthorized aircraft intrusion near Misgav Am; within minutes, the IDF clarified it was a false alarm — the target did not cross. Subsequent versions at the same timestamp confirmed the target was aerial and did not enter Israeli territory. The 09:23 update, the latest, fixes the siren's precise location and the timing of the alert. Over the past week, as The Zioneer reported on June 7 and June 8, similar alerts in Metula and Misgav Am were resolved without casualties after suspicious aerial targets were identified over southern Lebanon.
The current incident is part of a series of northern border alerts this week, all ending without injuries or confirmed border crossings. The IDF has not disclosed the type of the aerial target. Misgav Am, an agricultural community directly on the Lebanese border, has been the site of several such alerts in recent days.
The nature of the target remains unspecified by the IDF. The military's statement does not indicate whether the drone or object was intercepted or monitored, and no further detail on its origin or exit trajectory has been provided.
4 developments
- StrongIDF confirms suspicious aerial target in northern Israel, incident ended without casualties
- StrongIDF: hostile aircraft identified in southern Lebanon after Misgav Am alert, no casualties
- DevelopingIDF: False alarm sirens caused by Israeli activity in the area
- ConfirmedIDF says false alarm triggered sirens in Metula and Misgav Am
Source and signal
- Internal intake