# Red Color

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Early warning radar system of the Israel Defense Forces

For other uses, see [Red dawn (disambiguation)](/source/Red_dawn_(disambiguation)).

For the colour, see [Red](/source/Red).

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The **Red Color** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): צבע אדום, [transl.](/source/Transliteration): *Tzeva Adom,* i.e. *code red*) is an [early-warning radar](/source/Early-warning_radar) system originally installed by the [Israel Defense Forces](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) in several towns surrounding the [Gaza Strip](/source/Gaza_Strip) to warn civilians of imminent attack by rockets (usually [Qassam rockets](/source/Qassam_rocket)).[1] Outside of areas originally serviced by the Red Color system, standard air raid sirens are used to warn of rocket attacks.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The system originally operated in areas around the so-called Gaza envelope, including in [Sderot](/source/Sderot).[2] When the signature of a rocket launch is detected, 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.[3] A intermittent tone with 2-second intervals between sound and pause is transmitted after the pre-recorded female voice in case the missile attacks do not cease after a certain time.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] The entire alert system is repeated until all rockets have been shot down and no further launches are detected.

The system was installed in [Ashkelon](/source/Ashkelon) between July 2005 and April 2006.

Up to June 2006, the announcement was called Red Dawn ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): שחר אדום, [transl.](/source/Transliteration): Shakhar Adom) but it was changed to the [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew) words for Red Color ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): צבע אדום, transl.: Tzeva Adom) due to a complaint made by a 7-year-old girl named Shakhar (Hebrew for dawn).[4]

It was the subject of a [documentary](/source/Documentary), which focused on how children are to cope with an alert,[5] directed by Yoav Shoam.

Since 2014, alerts have been available as an app on [iPhone](/source/IPhone) and [Android](/source/Android_(operating_system)) from the [App Store](/source/App_Store_(iOS)) and [Play Store](/source/Play_Store). It was the most downloaded app in Israel in July 2014 during [Operation Protective Edge](/source/Operation_Protective_Edge).[6] Users can select to receive alerts for rocket attacks nationwide, or only in their districts.

Red Color (Tzeva Adom) alarm and Gazan Qassam rocket attacks on Sderot, Israel – 2007

In October 2023 it was reported that a version of the system modified to suit [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine) "would start working in [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv) soon" to warn against the [Russian missile strikes](/source/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_(2022%E2%80%93present)) of the [Russian invasion of Ukraine](/source/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine).[7] It became active in Kyiv on 24 July 2025.[8]

## See also

- [Counter-battery radar](/source/Counter-battery_radar)

- [List of Qassam Rocket Attacks](/source/List_of_Qassam_Rocket_Attacks)

- [Iron Dome](/source/Iron_Dome) – an Israeli air defense system for short-range projectiles

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Red Dawn" Early Warning System & Related Activity" [Weaponsurvey.com](http://www.weaponsurvey.com/kbase/reddawn.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090523094600/http://www.weaponsurvey.com/kbase/reddawn.htm) 2009-05-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Zych, Joanna (2019-12-24). ["The use of weaponized kites and balloons in the Israeli – Palestinian conflict"](https://securityanddefence.pl/The-use-of-weaponized-kites-and-balloons-in-the-Israeli-Palestinian-conflict,108677,0,2.html). *Security and Defence Quarterly*. **27** (5): 71–83. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.35467/sdq/108677](https://doi.org/10.35467%2Fsdq%2F108677). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [2300-8741](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2300-8741).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** galanos54 (2009-01-11), [*צבע אדום*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnT9W_AOe8Q), [archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/UnT9W_AOe8Q) from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-08-29{{[citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation)}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** חנן גרינברג ושמוליק חדד (9 July 2006). ["שדרותים, מעתה אימרו "צבע אדום""](https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3273125,00.html). *Ynet*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34GYNxhn7SUtrained) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140709141149/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34GYNxhn7SUtrained) July 9, 2014, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["App alerts Israelis of incoming rocket fire"](https://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/16/world/meast/mideast-israel-rocket-app/). CNN. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Israeli early-warning radar system to start working in Kyiv soon"](https://mil.in.ua/en/news/israeli-early-warning-radar-system-to-start-working-in-kyiv-soon/). *Militarnyi*. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Taras Safronov (2025-07-24). ["Early-Warning System Israel Transferred in 2023 Now Operational in Kyiv Region"](https://militarnyi.com/en/news/early-warning-system-israel-transferred-in-2023-now-operational-in-kyiv-region/). *militarnyi*. Retrieved 2025-07-24.

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