The preliminary alert received in central Israel earlier today was caused by a technical glitch in a cellular company's infrastructure maintenance, which released old messages stuck in the system, according to reports. The IDF had earlier confirmed the alert was a false alarm with no security threat, as The Zioneer reported.
The false alert that reached mobile phones in central Israel earlier today was caused by a cellular company's infrastructure maintenance that released old messages stuck in the system, according to reports. This is the latest detail in a sequence of updates that began this morning.
Initial reports of an advance alert in the Bnei Brak area emerged around 09:43 Jerusalem. The IDF quickly confirmed that the alert was a technical malfunction with no security threat, and within the same hour attributed the cause to a cellular company's maintenance work. The latest update specifies that the maintenance released old messages that had been 'stuck' in the system, triggering the alert.
This is not the first such incident. The Zioneer reported on a similar false alert in central Israel earlier today, where the IDF attributed the cause to a technical malfunction. Technical glitches in cellular alert systems have been a recurring issue, as previously reported.
The specific cellular company involved has not been named, and the IDF said the incident remains under investigation. No further details are available at this time.
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