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A reinforced door is seen in the safe room of Shlomo and Hanna’le Margalit in Kibbutz Nir Oz on September 26, 2024. The Margalits stayed in this room for 12 hours during the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack on southern Israel. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
February 26, 2026, 7:36 pm
Not waiting for state okay, 2 kibbutzim buy lockable, bulletproof doors for safe rooms
Armor-plated doors haven’t yet been approved by army for home use, but opting for survival over protocol, Nahal Oz and Kerem Shalom install them behind existing blast-resistant doors
By Sue Surkes
An Israeli family seen in their safe room in central Israel during an Iranian missile attack on June 15, 2025. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
January 24, 2026, 9:07 am
As Iran threat returns, private safe rooms factor again into cost of living
Homes with their own bomb shelters can cost as much as 10% more than those without, though some price-sensitive renters are willing to forgo the convenience
By Zev Stub
Druze builders construct a protected room in Katzrin, Golan Heights, January 26, 2025. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)
July 3, 2025, 2:36 pm
After seeing Iran war damage, Israelis weigh costs of adding private shelters
Interest in adding fortified rooms has jumped since Iranian ballistic missiles killed 28, but even with some bureaucratic hurdles lifted, many are holding out for cheaper options
By Zev Stub
Patrons of a cafe whose windows were shattered by a nearby missile impact sit next to piles of broken glass, Tel Aviv, June 16, 2025. (Niv Elis/ JTA)
June 17, 2025, 5:09 pm
For Israelis under Iranian barrage, deadly nights give way to days brimming with life
As reliably stoic locals settle into what’s become a routine of overnight missile bombardment since Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear capabilities Friday, daytime is business as usual
By Deborah Danan
Israeli teams work to assess the damage and clear the rubble in Bnei Brak after a local school suffered a direct missile strike by Iran, June 16, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)
June 16, 2025, 5:12 pm
From shelters to shattered streets: The night war came to Petah Tikva and Bnei Brak
Residents of central Israel’s secular and haredi cities grapple with the Iranian missile barrage’s bloody wake that left five dead, hundreds injured with wounds physical and emotional
By Stav Levaton
Kids playing in a specially designed, 21,000-square-foot indoor play space in Sderot, featuring five bomb shelters. (illustrative photo credit: Hadas Parush)
July 18, 2014, 7:53 am
Home, safe home?
As rockets threaten almost every part of Israel, demand for specially constructed safe rooms soars among homeowners
By Jessica Steinberg
Building private bomb shelters in Sderot in 2008 (Photo by Anna Kaplan/Flash90)
January 6, 2013, 10:09 am
Southern residents complain of high fees to build safe rooms
State subsidies for bomb shelters do not extend to major cities targeted during Operation Pillar of Defense
By Gabe Fisher
The most basic of shelters, the cement pipe (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
November 28, 2012, 6:45 am
The safest room in the house
In the aftermath of Operation Pillar of Defense, engineers and architects consider the parameters of the protected space
By Jessica Steinberg
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