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No sirens reported in Israel for over 24 hours after ceasefire
April 18, 2026
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No sirens reported in Israel for over 24 hours after ceasefire It has been more than 24 hours since air raid sirens sounded in any part of Israel, with the last alert early Friday in a small community near the border with Lebanon later determined to be a mistaken identification, Associated Press reported. In major cities, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, as well as in southern desert communities and northern hill towns, sirens and alerts regularly sent residents to bomb shelters and safe rooms.
The strikes have killed 23 people and wounded about 600 others, according to Israel’s emergency services. Since the war with Iran began on 28 February, Iran, Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis fired repeated barrages of missiles and rockets into Israel, at times more than a dozen times a day, with Hezbollah continuing until a ceasefire took effect Friday.
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