2023-10-18 17:20:11
Last update: 18.10.2023 | 18:20
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After 11 days of uncertainty, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich assures the residents of the south and north who were evacuated from their homes to hotels that they will be able to stay there as long as necessary. During a visit to the Ramada Hotel where residents from the north and south are staying, the Minister of Finance said: “Let it be as clear as possible – there is no budget limit. No one, God forbid, will be evicted from the hotel.” Since the beginning of the fighting, about 68,000 residents from the north and south have been evacuated from their homes.
Smotrich’s words were said after criticism leveled at the government that evacuees from the cities of Sderot, Ofakim, and a number of Moshavs in the surrounding area of the Gaza Strip, who are not required to evacuate under a general’s order, will be required to vacate the hotels in the coming days due to a lack of budget.
As published in ‘Davar’, thousands of families from Afkim, Hebal Tzhor moshavites and other communities in the Gaza Strip have been in uncertainty for a week about the length of time they will be able to stay in hotels. These residents were not evicted from their homes by order of the general like the settlements near the border, and that you were not budgeted by the government, but relied on the budgets of the local authorities and donations. As a result, the residents were given a number of dates after which the stay at the hotel would have to be financed out of their own pockets, and the hotels would only be able to offer them a discount.
“There are professional decisions by the National Emergency Authority and the Ministry of Defense, who stand in front of the heads of the authorities and make the professional decisions,” Smotrich told the residents, “We give full support with the budgets for this matter, and you will put your trust in the heads of the authorities and the security forces.”
The government also approved the expansion of the evacuation program to the northern settlements. As part of the decision, the proposal of Tourism Minister Haim Katz to lower the rate paid to hotels was accepted. The government also approved paying economy fees to evacuees who will stay with family members, friends, etc. At this stage, the Ministry of Finance allocates 150 shekels per day for an adult and 100 shekels for a child. Ministry of Tourism He will manage the system for receiving evacuees in guest rooms, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior and the National Emergency Authority.
In total, about 68,000 residents were evacuated from their homes in the north and south. According to the data of the Ministries of Defense and the Interior, so far 11 thousand residents of the Outaf who live 0 to 4 km from the border have been evacuated from their homes, and currently the state will start budgeting for the stay of another 17 thousand who live between 4 and 7 km from the border. In addition to this, about 40,000 residents were evacuated on the northern border, 27,000 of them from settlements that were evacuated by order of the army and funded by the state, and the rest are required to finance their stay themselves.
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