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Report: Evacuation of border communities to be extended until December 31

Evacuees from Kibbutz Nir Oz in the lobby of a hotel in Eilat on October 17, 2023. (Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
The Defense Ministry intends to extend the evacuation of the communities along the Gaza and Lebanese borders until December 31, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
The report says such a move will cost the state billions of shekels and several other government ministries are opposed to such a declaration at this time, calling it premature.
Some 200,000 Israelis are displaced internally due to the ongoing war with Hamas in the south and skirmishes with Hezbollah in the north,