KIBBUTZ KFAR AZZA, Israel – Lital Ben-Oved was helping her 8-year-old daughter, Hadar, get ready for school when her cellphone buzzed with the text message dreaded by everyone in southern Israel.
The "Red Alert" from Israel's Home Front Command warned people "to remain within 15 seconds" of a bomb shelter. She grabbed Hadar and ran to the bedroom of her three children, a safe room reinforced with concrete.
