The Red Color ( he, צבע אדום,
transl.
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: ''Tzeva Adom'') is an
early-warning radar system installed by the
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
in several towns surrounding the
Gaza Strip
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to warn civilians of imminent attack by rockets (usually
Qassam rockets). Outside of areas serviced by the Red Color system, standard air raid sirens are used to warn of rocket attacks.
The system currently operates in settlements around Gaza envelope and in
Sderot. When the signature of a rocket launch is detected originating in
Gaza
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, the system automatically activates the public broadcast warning system in nearby Israeli communities and military bases. A recorded female voice, intoning the Hebrew words for Red Color ("Tzeva Adom"), is broadcast 4 times. The entire program is repeated until all rockets have impacted and no further launches are detected.
The system was installed in
Ashkelon between July 2005 and April 2006.
Up to 2007, the announcement was called Red Dawn ( he, שחר אדום,
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: Shakhar Adom) but it was changed to the
Hebrew words for Red Color ( he, צבע אדום, transl.: Tzeva Adom) due to a complaint made by a 7-year-old girl named Shakhar (Hebrew for dawn).
It was the subject of a
documentary, which focused on how children are to cope with an alert, directed by Yoav Shoam.
Since 2014, alerts have been available on an
iPhone application from the
App Store. It was the most downloaded app in Israel in July 2014 during
Operation Protective Edge.
Users can select to receive alerts for rocket attacks nationwide, or only in their districts.
See also
*
Counter-battery radar
*
List of Qassam Rocket Attacks
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*
Iron Dome – an Israeli air defense system for short-range projectiles
References
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Ground radars
Military radars of Israel
Second Intifada
Civil defense
Emergency management in Israel
Israel Defense Forces
Gaza–Israel conflict
Warning systems
Ashkelon
Military equipment introduced in the 2000s