Evacuation

Possible fissure in California chemical tank may help prevent explosion, fire official says

Since Friday, officials have warned that the tank, which contains a flammable chemical used in plastics and manufacturing, could rupture or explode.

A drone picture shows water being sprayed on a tank as a chemical incident involving a failing tank of flammable liquid called methyl methacrylate, used in the aerospace industry, has forced an evacuation in the surrounding area in Garden Grove, California, US May, 22, 2026.
A drone picture shows water being sprayed on a tank as a chemical incident involving a failing tank of flammable liquid called methyl methacrylate, used in the aerospace industry, has forced an evacuation in the surrounding area in Garden Grove, California, US May, 22, 2026.

Estimated 40,000 evacuated in California as toxic chemical tank poised to leak or explode

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.

Smotrich says ICC ordered arrest warrant, orders evacuation of West Bank village Khan al-Ahmar

An IAF Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk demonstrating a simulated evacuation operation at the fighter pilot's graduation ceremony, June 24, 2013; illustrative.

IAF pilots took off under fire, bypassing commander in Lebanon helicopter attack, probe finds


Italy leads on Gaza medical evacuations as US freezes humanitarian pathways

Italy’s approach—labor-intensive and openly humanitarian—has created a pathway for hundreds of Gazan children and families.

 Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee their homes after the IDF issued evacuation orders, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025

Netanyahu calls to accelerate Gaza ops., State Dept. fires press officer over Gaza policy disputes

Dermer meets Qataris in France • Four IDF soldiers injured by hand grenade explosion in southern Syria • Ultra-Orthodox Jews block central Israel highways, protest outside military prison

 An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Gazan woman who died of 'malnutrition' in Italy was suffering from leukemia, COGAT reveals

Marah Abu Zuhri was the 20-year-old Palestinian who died in an Italian hospital after being evacuated from Gaza. Italian media outlets reported that she suffered from "severe malnutrition."

 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS who fled Rafah, after the IDF began evacuating civilians, travel on a vehicle in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in May. While relocations are unfortunate, they have been distorted by Hamas, which frames Israel’s actions as brutal, the writer argues.

Financing for evacuation-reconstruction projects already at early stages? It’s possible

Bonus offers a new financing model: credit after zoning approval and 67% signatures, allowing funds for growth, speeding processes, and boosting resident trust in urban renewal projects.

Evacuation-Reconstruction Project

Israel treated, evacuated Gazan collaborators after injuries from explosion in tunnel - KAN

After the explosion occurred, the IDF treated the Gazans at the scene with the IDF's Search and Rescue Unit 669, evacuating them via helicopter for further medical treatment in Israel.

Troops of the 401st Brigade operating in the Jabalya area in the northern Gaza Strip; illustrative.

Despite increase in evacuated Israelis returning North, heavy-hit towns remain empty - IDF

Part of the increase is from IDF having Hezbollah on the run since the November 2024 ceasefire, with no Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon and no rockets fired at Israel since December.

 A huge 35 square meters Israeli national flag is raised on the eve of Yom Kippur to remember the fallen soldiers of the 1973 Kippur War in the Golan Heights, Tel Saki Memorial Site, Golan Heights, October 11, 2024.

IDF tanks enter Deir al-Balah as Israel launches deeper incursion into Gazan city

The area is packed with Palestinians who left their homes during 21 months of war in Gaza, hundreds of whom fled west or south after Israel issued an evacuation order on Sunday.

Palestinians walk along Salaheddin road in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, July 21, 2025

Wildfire on Greek island of Crete scorches forest, forces evacuation of over 1,000

Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze that forced the evacuation of over 1,000 people on Crete island on Thursday.

 Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire near Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, July 3, 2025

Global evacuations accelerate as Israel-Iran war shuts down airspace

The EU, United States, and numerous Asian, Middle Eastern, and African nations have initiated large-scale evacuations using military and chartered flights, land convoys, and cruise ships.

Birthright Israel participants are seen embarking on a Mano Maritime cruise ship amid evacuation from Israel, June 17, 2025

UK working with Israel to arrange charter flights out of Tel Aviv, Lammy says

Israel's main international gateway, Ben Gurion Airport, closed last week due to Israel and Iran's spiraling air war.

 Illustrative image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy