Evacuees

Over 1,700 Iran strike evacuees living in hotels after the start of Operation Rising Lion

Since the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion, approximately 1,700 people have been forced out of their homes and placed in hotels, needing approximately 950 rooms.

|ByTZVI JASPER
ISRAELIS VOLUNTEER at the site where a missile fired from Iran hit and caused major damage in Beit Shemesh, outside of Jerusalem, March 4, 2026.
People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023

Gov’t, IDF had no approved mass civilian evacuation plan pre-Oct. 7, comptroller report finds

As of October 7, Israel still has zero approved national operational evacuation plans and has conducted no emergency drills for a mass civilian displacement scenario, the comptroller found.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports

Data from the National Insurance Institute found that 2.8 million Israelis currently live with food insecurity, including over a million children.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM
What do Israelis dream about post October 7?

Sleepless nation: Dreams reveal Israelis' ongoing struggle with October 7 trauma - study

Using a qualitative, phenomenological approach, the researchers analyzed 203 dream narratives collected in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack and the Israel–Hamas war that followed.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Bank Hapoalim, Paamonim launch free coaching program for northern evacuees

Bank Hapoalim, Paamonim launch financial coaching program for families evacuated from northern Israel.

OCTOBER 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Bank Hapoalim.

Picking up the pieces: Israelis who lost homes in Iran attack remain traumatized by bureaucracy

The war with Iran may be over, but for victims of missile attacks, the trauma continues.

OCTOBER 18, 2025ByALEX WINSTON
THE DEVASTATED remains of apartments in Tel Aviv where residents were forbidden from entering to retrieve possessions.

Israel’s northern border: Resilience and community-building - opinion

This spirit, not victimhood, that ensures the Jewish people will endure, rebuild, and thrive in their homeland – again and again

OCTOBER 4, 2025ByPAUSHALI LASS
Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

The youth of Gush Katif: The trauma, struggles of the once-teens of Israel's Gaza settlements

How a few teens dealt with the trauma of the expulsion, and where are they today?

AUGUST 2, 2025ByTOBY KLEIN GREENWALD
AN IDF soldier uproots residents from their Neveh Dekalim home, Aug. 2005.

Gaza Disengagement twenty years later: A summer of changes and turbulence

Who knew then that 20 years later, Iran would be sending massive rockets, and Houthis would be blowing up ships?

AUGUST 2, 2025ByARIEH O’SULLIVAN
MEDIA CIRCUS on the IDF’s final day, at general headquarters in Khan Yunis, Sept. 11, 2005.

War and destruction threaten Israeli small businesses and their future - opinion

Since October 7 to now, Israel has been experiencing continuous significant and challenging security operations. When personal life is suspended, it becomes difficult to discuss commercial life.

JULY 20, 2025ByEYAL BRENNER
A BUSINESS in Beersheba is destroyed in an Iranian missile attack last month. One must not surrender when it concerns one’s life’s work, the writer asserts.

Gov't clears return of Gaza border residents amid security concerns - report

These communities include Kibbutz Be'eri, Hulit, Kissufim, Kfar Aza, Kerem Shalom, Nahal Oz, Nir Am, Nir Yitzhak, Nir Oz, Netiv Ha’asara, Sufa, and Ein Hashlosha.

JUNE 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TAL SHALEV, YANIR YAGNA
A destroyed home in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Gaza border.

WATCH: Birthright Israel participants set sail for Cyprus after boat organized exit from Israel

Since Friday, the participants on the funded trip to Israel have been near protected areas in central Israel. 

JUNE 17, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Birthright Israel participants are seen embarking on a Mano Maritime cruise ship amid evacuation from Israel, June 17, 2025

Israel arrests five for stealing millions from public war funds for evacuees

In total, it is believed the five individuals misappropriated tens of millions of shekels.

APRIL 8, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustrative image of evacuees and US dollars

Grapevine: Wandering Jews

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 22, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
The site of the former President Hotel on Ahad Ha’am Street. In a comic twist, the derelict sign now reads ‘Resident Ho.’