Hackers from the Syrian Electronic Army broke into the IDF Spokesperson's English-language Twitter account Thursday night, tweeting – among other hoax messages – "WARNING: Possible nuclear leak in the region after 2 rockets hit Dimona nuclear facility."

Following the Dimona message, the hackers posted another tweet reading "Long live Palestine." The tweets were deleted within minutes, but not before dozens of people already retweeted the hacked messages.

IDF officials confirmed that the account was hacked and shortly afterward the IDF Spokesperson tweeted an apology: "We apologize for the incorrect tweets. Our twitter account was compromised. We will combat terror on all fronts including the cyber dimension."

The Syrian Electronic Army took responsibility for the hacking and tweeted about it on its page.

I guess @LTCPeterLerner is gonna get a slap from Benny Gantz for this hack.. pic.twitter.com/f3wmAclVlf — Nehemia G (@NotaBlyGod) July 3, 2014