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. 

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.

 A destroyed home in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Gaza border.
Birthright Israel participants are seen embarking on a Mano Maritime cruise ship amid evacuation from Israel, June 17, 2025

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 An illustrative image of evacuees and US dollars

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

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

Grapevine: Wandering Jews


Returning home: A Kiryat Shmona family’s journey after a year of evacuation

Anna Livadenko, the mother of two young children from northern Israel, highlighted that the family did not have anywhere else to stay or a big family to lean on

 Kids return to school for the first time since the beginning of the war, in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, March 9, 2025.

Fifth of Israelis displaced by war out of work, survey shows

Around a third of Israeli households have reported a fall in their incomes since the start of the war, a proportion that reached as high as 44% among households in the north.

 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.

Failures to define region's border impacted Gaza border area evacuees - comptroller

The Knesset Economic Affairs Committee met on Monday to prepare for the second and third reading of a bill addressing expanded rehabilitation for the Tkuma Region.

An Israeli flag flutters in front of the remains of a building, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel October 22, 2023

Nearly half of North's evacuees undecided about returning home - poll

The survey revealed that 44% of evacuees remain undecided about returning to their homes, with only 5% having decided not to return.

 Kiryat Shmona evacuees

Despite the ceasefire with Hezbollah, residents of Israel's North hesitate to go home

After October 7, 2023, some 60,000 residents of northern Israel fled their homes. Many are still hesitant to come back.

 Homes in Kiryat Shmona are seen damaged by Hezbollah rockets.

Over 68,000 displaced Israelis to receive housing extension through Feb. 2025

Since Hamas's October 7 attack, more than 250,000 Israelis have been displaced from their homes around Israel’s borders in the North and South.

 A view of houses in Kibbutz Kfar Aza four months after the October 7 massacre.

Clearing the way for evacuees to return, IDF clears ordnance in North

IDF personnel cleared military equipment from over 40 communities in northern Israel that were used as military assembly points.

 IDF soldiers operate to remove military equipment, ordnance from northern communities. December 22, 2024

Whither the 'refugees' in our homeland? - opinion

To gain some insight into the thoughts of those who have now been away from their homes for over a year, I met with families currently housed in one of Netanya’s many hotels. 

 KIRYAT SHMONA: Sukkah left from last year, seen Oct. 15.

U of Haifa Law Clinic provides legal support to Israelis in the North since Oct 7

The law clinic is working to help residents of the region receive social benefits from the government and provide support on issues for which the government has traditionally not intervened.

 University of Haifa

Grapevine: 'Hakafot shniyot'

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 David Friedman

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

Even in their temporary homes, the ongoing war along Israel's borders is all too present for evacuees and families.

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