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Evacuees

The evacuees are the tens of thousands of Israelis who were forced to flee their homes in the North and South due to the start of the Hamas-Israel War and rockets fired from Hezbollah in Lebanon. 

These families have been forced into new housing, such as hotels throughout the country. 

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 David Friedman

Grapevine: 'Hakafot shniyot'

 Volunteers help entertain children evacuated from Israel's north, at a hotel in the Red Sea coastal city of Eilat.

One year in limbo: Displaced Israeli families continue life in hotels with no end in sight

By VERONICA NEIFAKH/THE MEDIA LINE
 GAVRIELLA ASI-ZAHAV and Ro’i Hershkovici on their travels after fleeing their home on October 7.

Many Israelis were evacuated from their homes on Oct. 7. Now, they're making the best of it

By LINDA GRADSTEIN
Israeli security forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon hit an open area near the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, September 4, 2024

Israel's High Court orders state to clarify northern evacuation decisions, aid plan exclusion

By BINI ASHKENAZI , LIAT RON
A woman and a girl hold pet carriers and other belongings as they prepare to depart from Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Oct. 19, 2023.

Israel’s 68,000 evacuees celebrate Jewish new year apart — and wonder when they will return home

By Deborah Danan/JTA
 Shai Davidai, Ifat Ovadia-Luski, and Yaakov Hagoel.

No. 39: Ifat Ovadia-Luski, Yaakov Hagoel, Shai Davidai: Defending Israel worldwide

 Travelers are seen at the departure hall of the Ben Gurion International Airport on April 4, 2023

Israel-Hamas War hit tourism industry hard, net loss in billions - Tourism Ministry

ISRAEL IS working in solidarity with Jewish communities around the world.

Social media should serve Israeli solidarity over shaming

 Rabbi Yisroel Goldberg.

Grapevine: Place saved

 An Israeli army battle tank moves at a position in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on November 1, 2023 amid increasing cross-border tensions between Hezbollah and Israel as fighting continues in the south with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 348?

 People gather outside a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, September 17, 2024

Hezbollah pager blast wounds thousands, tensions in Lebanon rise

 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.

Return of evacuated residents to North is now a war goal, PMO says

 Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon and the head of the local council Shlomi Gabi Naaman

The capital city for the evacuees from the north and the south

By In collaboration with the Jerusalem Municipality
 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during an session in the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2024

Gallant urges hostage deal and evacuee returns in new document

  Sarit Shemesh chairman of Savion Women's Circle Group Helen Doron's English Study Kits Department

Feel at home: Initiatives and donations for evacuees

By Lihi Ron
Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 22, 2024.

Smotrich proposes additional three billion NIS for war necessities

By ANNA BARSKY , Liam Adive
 JDC conducts wellness and recreational activities for elderly evacuees at hotels, including those from northern Israel desperate to return home.

The Joint: Boosting Israelis on the front line of the war

 An American $100 dollar bill.

WJRO to distribute millions of dollars to help Holocaust survivor evacuees