
 DEBKAfile reports a flood of  complaints have reached the IDF Home Command from the public about a new  order against activating rocket alerts when open spaces inside towns –  and not buildings - are threatened. In the last two weeks, Rosh Ha’ayin,  Kiryat Gath, Jerusalem’s Har Homa suburb, Gush Etzion and, this  Tuesday, Beersheba, came under rocket attack, without their inhabitants  receiving any warning. Furthermore, drivers are no longer alerted to  incoming rockets targeting the roads or highways on which they are  traveling. This new practice should be abandoned without delay and the alarms  reactivated in full.  Rocket fragments and large metal pieces from  rockets intercepted by Iron Dome frequently drop over open ground in  inhabited areas and busy streets. The public must be given due warning  to seek shelter in time