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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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