Many Israelis reported on Wednesday night that they had received a text message on their mobile phones, under the title "Emergency Alert", urging them to go into shelters.
A suspicious link was attached to the message, and there was a spelling error in its wording.
The Home Front Command said in response: "Fake messages have been circulating in the last few hours calling on citizens to enter shelters - the message was not issued on behalf of the Home Front Command or any other official. In order to avoid doubts - no directive to enter shelters was given in the last hour."