A tent being set up in a new tent city at Kfar HaMaccabiah in Ramat Gan on October 23, 2023, for evacuees from northern and southern Israel. (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
A tent city is being built at the Kfar Maccabiah complex in Ramat Gan to house some of the tens of thousands of people who have left their homes since the outbreak of the war.
Amir Gissin, the CEO of Maccabi World Union, tells Channel 12 that Kfar Maccabiah will provide temporary homes for 1,000 people.
Families from the south are already staying at the village, and the tents will enable people from the north to stay there.
The northern families are expected on Thursday.
Gissin also says that the number of people who are staying in the tents in the grounds will be limited to ensure that they can all reach shelter if there is a rocket siren in the Tel Aviv suburb.
He says that the tents are robust enough for people to remain dry in wintery conditions.
Amir Gissin, CEO of Maccabi World Union, at Kfar HaMaccabiah in Ramat Gan on October 23, 2023 (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
The southern city of Eilat is also preparing to set up a tent city to house those who need it.
More than 200,000 Israelis are internally displaced, according to a spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
Half of that number were ordered to evacuated from 105 communities near the Gaza and Lebanon borders, while half left areas close to the front of their own volition, the government says.
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