Evacuation

Katz threatens to destroy rest of Gaza City, evacuate one million Gazans if hostage taken

Katz said he was responding to the increasing threat picture about potential aggressive actions by Iran, Turkey, and proxies like Hamas.

Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Scene of Texas National Guard F-16 military jet crash in Michigan, September 18, 2026.

Texas National Guard F-16 crashes in Michigan during training exercise, pilot in stable condition

Fire is seen spreading toward the town of Gva'ot in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank on September 4, 2026.

Homes evacuated in Gush Etzion as massive fire breaks out in the area

A view of a wildfire spreading over the Burgohondo mountains, in Avila, Spain July 23, 2026.

Spain declares national emergency as wildfires near Madrid, Avila force thousands to evacuate


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

Families have had to spend the Jewish holidays separated, as Hezbollah continues to fire at civilian communities.

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.

What are countries doing to get nationals out of Lebanon?

Here are details on contingency planning:

 Travellers at Ben Gurion International Airport where flights were being delayed, as the workers of the airport went on strike, in a protest for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, on September 2, 2024.

Grants for evacuees set to expire in August as gov't fails to renew - NII

As laws providing unemployment and housing grants to evacuees from northern and southern Israel near expiration, the National Insurance Institute urges the Finance Ministry to extend these benefits.

 Kiryat Shmona evacuees

IDF warns Gazans to evacuate Beit Hanoun, reinvasion imminent

Beit Hanoun, where the IDF is reportedly set to again operate, is a city located in the northern portion of the Gaza Strip.

 Israeli army operates in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, December 22, 2023

Leave Lebanon immediately, don’t travel to northern Israel, UK tells its citizens

“We will do all we can to prevent the outbreak of full-scale conflict,” UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said, stressing that “the risk is rising.” 

 Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy attends the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at National Convention Center, in Vientiane, Laos, July 26, 2024.

IDF about to 'forcefully operate' in southern Khan Yunis, adjusts humanitarian area

This announcement is part of a wider range of calls to evacuate, including SMS messages, recorded voice messages, phone calls, media broadcasts in Arabic, and flyers. 

 Area designated for temporary evacuation by the IDF in Khan Yunis, July 27, 2024.

Hamas weakness exposed? IDF's Gaza evacuation orders causes panic

In response to Adraee's tweets, the head of Hamas's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, held urgent talks with mediators.

 Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on March 26, 2024.

Likud members disinterested: Solutions for landlords and tenants in evacuated areas

The finance committee deliberates on the challenges landlords and tenants face in evacuated areas • despite state grants, complexities persist.

 The mostly evacuated town of Kiryat Shmona is pictured, amid the ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, on March 20.

IDF issues evacuation orders, strikes Khan Yunis after Hamas rocket barrage

The IDF took preventive measures to mitigate harm to uninvolved civilians, enabling civilians to evacuate from the area on time, the military said.

 A plume of smoke from an explosion near Khan Yunis.

State Comptroller: Israel unable to evacuate the North in event of war

Englman calls on Netanyahu to resolve this dispute between the Ministries before calling for an evacuation of the North, calling the current situation unacceptable.

 State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman in northern Israel, June 27, 2024.