Israel approves plan to renovate 500 public shelters and deploy 1,000 mobile shelters nationwide

The Israeli government approved a Defense Ministry and Home Front Command plan to renovate 500 public bomb shelters and deploy 1,000 mobile roadside shelters across the country, with an estimated cost of 100 million NIS.

“In light of the security situation, the government approved via a phone vote a plan to accelerate home front defense,” the Defense Ministry says.

The ministry says the 500 public shelters that will be refurbished are mostly in central Israel, which has been repeatedly targeted by Iran in the past week.

The 1,000 roadside shelters will be placed “in sensitive areas nationwide,” it adds.

Despite the holdup, several locales in the Gush Dan area have already received portable shelters from the Home Front Command, including Bnei Brak and Ramat Hasharon.