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Ashkelon added to Gaza border community benefits plan
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCarrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
The Knesset’s Finance Committee designates Ashkelon as entitled to full compensation for damages incurred during the war, part of an emergency benefits package that the state is awarding to municipalities and cities close to Israel’s Gaza border.
Previous policy only awarded the state’s highest level of compensation to communities within seven kilometers of the Gaza border, which Ashkelon slightly misses, despite being the most rocketed city in Israel.
The Finance Committee’s decision is enough to extend benefits to Ashkelon, said a committee spokesperson.
The policy change will be valid for a year.
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