Sirens were activated in the Western Galilee on Tuesday evening over a suspected drone infiltration, Channel 12 reports. Residents were instructed to enter protected spaces. The all-clear was issued shortly afterward, with the incident declared over and residents permitted to leave shelters.
Sirens sounded in several communities in the Western Galilee at around 18:50 Tuesday evening after a suspected drone infiltration was detected from Lebanon. The Home Front Command instructed residents to enter protected spaces. Shortly after, the alert was lifted and the incident was declared over, with residents told they could leave shelters. There were no reports of interceptions or casualties.
This is the latest in a series of drone infiltration warnings in northern Israel over recent days. At 18:49, the Home Front Command had already announced the end of a security incident in the Western Galilee communities of Betzet, Betzet Beach, Rosh HaNikra, and Shlomi, before the broader alert was reported by Channel 12. Prior to this, the desk has tracked multiple drone alerts in the Galilee since at least June 7, including alerts in Metula and the Upper Galilee finger, as well as a warning earlier on Tuesday at 05:32 about imminent alerts after launches from Lebanon.
As The Zioneer has reported, the defense establishment remains on high alert for cross-border drone and rocket threats from Hezbollah and other armed groups in Lebanon. Recent days have seen a pattern of suspected infiltrations and preemptive warnings, particularly in the western and upper Galilee.
What remains open: The source of the suspected drone was not confirmed, and whether any interception was attempted was not reported. The all-clear came quickly, but the precise nature of the threat — whether a drone was actually in Israeli airspace — has not been publicly clarified by the military.
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