Evacuees

Hundreds of public housing units damaged by Iranian missiles, restoration in progress

Since Operation Roaring Lion, hundreds of public housing units have been damaged by Iranian missiles. Restoration efforts continue, with volunteers aiding in the cleanup.

Senior officials from the Construction and Housing Ministry during a tour of the site of the fall in Beit Shemesh in March.
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.

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

 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

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


Gallant: Northern residents will not return before hostages come back from Gaza

Hezbollah has said that it will cease attacking Israel the moment a ceasefire is reached with Hamas which prevents Israel from new military activities within Gaza.

 Yoav Gallant

Hotel to kick evacuees out, close down due to never getting funds from the state

The Nea Hotel suffers as the state fails to compensate for cost of hosting evacuees, leaving the hotel struggling to cover costs and pay staff salaries.

  Nea boutique hotel. 68 rooms including evacuees

Trauma specialist Mooli Lahad aids thousands of evacuees

Mooli Lahad has pioneered a unique method that has gained international acclaim for preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 

 Prof. Mooli Lahad at a lecture in Warsaw to health professionals working with Ukrainian refugees.

How are Israel's evacuees faring after being forced to flee their homes?

Almost five months have passed since Oct. 7. Most evacuees have begun returning home, but it’s not at all back to normal.

 RELIGIOUS LEADERS tour the destruction in Kibbutz Kfar Aza.

Jewish basketball player uses the game he loves to help Israeli children during wartime

Jared Armstrong’s season was about to start on Oct. 7. Now he’s using basketball to help Israeli children escape the realities of war.

 Jared Armstrong is running free basketball clinics for children in Ashkelon, Israel.

2,000-year-old Hasmonean coin discovered by child evacuated on Oct.7

While exploring the area around the hotel that he had been evacuated to along the Dead Sea, Nati Toyikar came across an ancient coin dating back to the Hasmonean period

 2,000 year old Hasmonean coin found by a kibbutz evacuee, February, 2024

Mail service in the North halted as evacuees struggle to get vital documents

Since the beginning of the war, there has been no mail service in the North, and critical documents aren't reaching those displaced in hotels.

 Mailboxes (illustrative image).

'Lending a hand': Teva employees worldwide donate refurbished computers to Israelis affected by war

They collected and shipped hundreds of laptops that had been previously used, now repurposed to aid those affected by the conflict.

(L-R) Amalia Adler Waxman (Global ESG Manager at Teva and International Markets Communications Manager), Talia Lebanon (CEO of the Israeli Trauma Coalition) and Eli Gilboa (IT Manager at Teva, Head of Global Service Desk & NOC)

Israeli family unites to help victims of Oct. 7 staying at evacuee hotels

Shirran Hasid and her father's first thoughts were for the comfort and well-being of some 200 people who had been displaced from their homes in Kiryat Shmona.

EVACUEE RACHELI AMSALAM gets hugs from children returning ‘home’ from school at hotel the family is temporarily living in

Israeli NGO connects people in need with surplus goods during ongoing war

In 2023 alone, the NGO distributed over 40 million shekels worth of goods to those in need, primarily through third-party channels.

 Tomer Shemesh, the driving force behind Social Delivery