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


What is Israel's solution for tens of thousands of evacuees?

A full building for rent? State offers innovative solution for evacuees left behind amid Israel-Hamas War.

  Kiryat Shmona: The residents were evacuated from their homes

Mayor of Sderot calls for evacuated residents to return home

Mayor Alon Davidi brought up a plan that should allow for "resettlement" in the country by paying grants to all residents who agree to leave their hotels and return to the city voluntarily.

 SDEROT MAYOR Alon Davidi at the scene of rocket damage, Oct. 24.

Expelled and stranded, who will help Israel's evacuees? - editorial

It’s now over two months into this war, and we have yet to see a clear, comprehensive plan for the evacuated communities that is sustainable.

 Survivors of Hamas attack on southern Israel, embrace after being evacuated to a hotel in Ein Bokek, Israel October 11, 2023.

Israel agrees to 4 hours daily pause as hostage video aired

"We understand that Israel will begin to implement four-hour pauses in areas of northern Gaza" with an announcement to come three hours in advance," national security spokesperson John Kirby said.

 Palestinians at the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, on November 5, 2023

First foreign nationals and wounded leave Gaza for Egypt

At least 320 foreign passport holders crossed from Gaza to Egypt.

 Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.

Mobilizing for evacuated children in North and South

Ofer Malls in cooperation with the Tzomet Sfarim network collects books and toys for children and teens who were evacuated from their homes in the Gaza envelope, southern and northern Israel.

Tzomet Sfarim

Evacuees from southern, northern Israel need comprehensive support - editorial

It is crucial to call upon the authorities to streamline support for the affected people.

 Survivors of Hamas attack on southern Israel, embrace after being evacuated to a hotel in Ein Bokek, Israel October 11, 2023.

125,000 Israelis evacuated from their homes since start of the war

Residents of Israel's north and south have been directed to relocate for their safety since October 7.

 People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023

At a Dead Sea hotel, refugees from Kibbutz Be’eri count their dead and grieve

There are so many funerals and shivas, some far from the Dead Sea, that members cannot possibly attend them all. 

 A HOUSE destroyed by fire during the October 7 massacre in Kibbutz Be’eri.

US readies plans for mass evacuations if Gaza war escalates - Washington Post

Such an evacuation could be "more difficult than any previous operations in recent memory," the Post reported, potentially involving Air Force aircraft or Navy warships. 

 U.S. nationals and their immediate family members wait before leaving Israel on a ship headed for Cyprus, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Haifa, Israel, October 16, 2023.