DEBKAfile’s quick guide to the perplexed reader (Israel silences rocket alarm)

DEBKAfile ^ | August 15, 2014, 12:09 PM (IDT)

[Dave346]

When is a red alert the real thing?

This week saw three grades of rocket alert: Red Alert, False Alarm and No Alert. We propose this key to set minds at rest within the radius of Hamas rockets: The first signifies an authentic rocket attack in response to which everyone should take shelter; the second attests to wishful thinking that a ceasefire may actually hold and so you must pretend you didn’t hear the explosion; and the alarm system is silenced when the government is determined to convince everyone that peace is at hand. So now you know you were dreaming when your home is blasted.

[Dave346]

Those following this conflict closely like myself are aware that there have been a number of Hamas rocket launches during ceasefire periods which were declared "false alarms" by Israel despite hundreds of Israelis hearing the explosions.

However today is the first reports that Israel is SILENCING the alarm when a Hamas rocket is fired into populated areas.