AFAIK, the system is Israel is not all that complicated. The first part is that there is a red alert siren wailing that is activated locally in the event of an incoming missile determined to hit populated areas (Ch”V). Each community has the information as to how many seconds/minutes they have from the time of the siren to the time they can get into safe rooms- the closer to Gaza, the shorter the time. There are sometimes reports of alerts that ended up being false alarms, but unfortunately certain communities have experienced enough real threats that they don’t ignore the sirens due to the occasional false alarm.
The second part is that the citizens know what to do and have home protection. The home front command gives out instructions in the event of a flare-up/war. Each citizen has a gas mask kit just in case, that is updated every few years. Each home is built with a protected reinforced room that can be hermetically sealed (MaMD room); older homes have a shared miklat/shelter for the building (something obviously lacking in the building code in the US). The government is in the process now of adding on protected rooms to older buildings that don’t have.
By the way, kosher phones- at least those in Israel- do not receive SMS texts, so that would not help.
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