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A false alarm in Tel Aviv frightened the residents: "I did not understand what it was, I was stressed" - Walla! news

2022-05-31T10:20:06.595Z


A continuous siren at the base of the campus caused pressure and confusion among the city's residents, some of whom thought it was a continuation of the exercise that took place earlier in Herzliya. Only then, the IDF spokesman clarified that this was a malfunction in the base's public address system. "Only when the alarm lasted for long minutes did I realize that nothing was happening."


A false alarm in Tel Aviv frightened the residents: "I did not understand what it was, I was stressed"

A continuous siren at the base of the campus caused pressure and confusion among the city's residents, some of whom thought it was a continuation of the exercise that took place earlier in Herzliya.

Only then, the IDF spokesman clarified that this was a malfunction in the base's public address system. "Only when the alarm lasted for long minutes did I realize that nothing was happening."

Uri Sela

31/05/2022

Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 12:20 Updated: 13:09

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Fault in the public address system.

The Kirya base in Tel Aviv (Photo: Erez Michaeli)

A false alarm that was heard today (Tuesday) in the Kirya in Tel Aviv caused great panic among the confused residents.

Later, the IDF spokesman clarified that this was a malfunction in the public address system at the base and that there was no fear of a security incident



.

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"I heard an alarm, I realized straight away that it was not a warning alarm about a rocket on the way here, but I still did not understand what it was and I was stressed," she told Walla!

Shir, who lives downtown.

"I checked right away if there was an exercise or if something was happening that I was not updated on, and only when the alarm lasted for a few long minutes did I realize that nothing was happening and maybe it was by mistake."



The exercise in which the alarms were activated in Herzliya will continue tomorrow, when an earthquake warning will be heard in Petah Tikva.

On Thursday, an alarm will be activated for rocket and missile fire in the Upper Galilee.

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