Saturday, October 26, 2024

Explosion of Lebanese weapons depot activates earthquake alerts in northern Israel


Earthquake warnings were mistakenly activated on Saturday morning across 284 communities in northern Israel and the West Bank due to an explosion at a Lebanese site containing a large amount of explosives. 

The IDF confirmed the explosions as a result of IDF activities, saying, "Over the past few minutes, explosions were heard in northern Israel following IDF operational activity in southern Lebanon. There is no indication of a security incident." However, the system was misled this morning, possibly because the explosion occurred near one of its sensors. even the European international monitoring network recorded the explosion as seismic activity. (Read More)