Safe Room
Standing Together activists place first shelters in unrecognized Negev Bedouin villages
In the span of a week during June, 2025, a funding campaign for the shelters had raised more than NIS 500,000 through small donations from thousands of citizens.
Amid Iran war, many Israel's seniors can't reach safety, and there is no plan to help - opinion
Five essential items for the protected space – a practical guide for a comfortable and safe stay
The safe room doesn’t have to feel like a bunker – how to upgrade it easily
Unclear compensation, lack of bomb shelters: 700 complaints filed to comptroller during Iran attack
The comptroller received 700 complaints just between June 13 and July 14, tallying to 303 cases. Of them, 51.7% were resolved.
The protection line: Safe rooms are not a luxury - opinion
Even today, more than 2.5 million citizens who lack a protected room inside their residence are dependent on public shelters.
Dogs and cats in war: Preparing your pet for sirens and worst-case scenarios
Just as we have to prepare ourselves and family members for having to leave home quickly if a rocket alert is received, we also need to prepare for our animals to leave with us.
A cultural experience: Meeting neighbors in the bomb shelter during war with Iran - comment
Now, with the restrictions finally lifted, I only hope that life returns to some kind of normality, that we can resume our daily routines, and that I can meet and get to know my neighbors.
Why were public safe rooms locked during a missile attack? - comment
Many Jerusalemites, as well as people all over Israel, don’t have access to safety in cases of a missile attack, and not enough is being done about it – or at the very least, not fast enough.
Grapevine: Of buses and bomb shelters
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Am Yisrael (v'Iran) chai: Decimating some Iranians, celebrating with others - comment
We were all preparing and bracing for what was expected to be a ballistic Shabbat in Jerusalem – as were some escaped Iranian expats and their families.
Scenes from a safe room: Resilience through a visitor’s eyes in Tel Aviv - opinion
Israel is divided but not fragile. The shelter experience reflects that. Beneath the noise and the cynicism, there remains a capacity to endure, together, under fire.
Scenes from the safe room: Five bomb shelter vignettes amid Iranian missile strikes - comment
Five vignettes from the bomb shelter in the middle of the night.
Five lifesaving items every safe room and bomb shelter should contain
Here are the five items you should keep in your Mamad to ensure you can react quickly if a missile hits your residential building directly.
