Safe Room

Unclear compensation, lack of bomb shelters: 700 complaints filed to comptroller during Iran attack

The comptroller received 700 complaints just between June 13 and July 14, tallying to 303 cases. Of them, 51.7% were resolved.

The aftermath of an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam, central Israel, June 15, 2025
 An illustrative image of a public safe room in Israel, requiring the ability to climb down a narrow flight of stairs.

The protection line: Safe rooms are not a luxury - opinion

 A Holon woman shelters with her pet dog and birds.

Dogs and cats in war: Preparing your pet for sirens and worst-case scenarios

 People check their phones in a Jerusalem bomb shelter.

A cultural experience: Meeting neighbors in the bomb shelter during war with Iran - comment


Why were public safe rooms locked during a missile attack? - comment

Many Jerusalemites, as well as people all over Israel, don’t have access to safety in cases of a missile attack, and not enough is being done about it – or at the very least, not fast enough.

 A locked public bomb shelter is seen in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem on July 1, 2025. The public safe room was locked shut while sirens blared as a missile was being fired at Israel.

Grapevine: Of buses and bomb shelters

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 People check their phones in a Jerusalem bomb shelter.

Am Yisrael (v'Iran) chai: Decimating some Iranians, celebrating with others - comment

We were all preparing and bracing for what was expected to be a ballistic Shabbat in Jerusalem – as were some escaped Iranian expats and their families.

  Our safe room with water bought before Shabbat.

Scenes from a safe room: Resilience through a visitor’s eyes in Tel Aviv - opinion

Israel is divided but not fragile. The shelter experience reflects that. Beneath the noise and the cynicism, there remains a capacity to endure, together, under fire.

 People take shelter in an underground light rail station in Tel Aviv during ongoing missile attacks from Iran, June 17, 2025.

Scenes from the safe room: Five bomb shelter vignettes amid Iranian missile strikes - comment

Five vignettes from the bomb shelter in the middle of the night.

 People check their phones in a Jerusalem bomb shelter.

Five lifesaving items every safe room and bomb shelter should contain

Here are the five items you should keep in your Mamad to ensure you can react quickly if a missile hits your residential building directly.

People take shelter in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran

Don't rely on luck: Israel must urgently prioritize public fortification - opinion

The persistent missile threat is cultivating a dangerous sense of normality among the public, a misplaced apathy toward security, and unnecessary risks to human lives.

 People take cover as a siren warns of an incoming missile fired from Yemen, in Tel Aviv, last month.

This place will give you free months of rent

As part of the third-anniversary celebration of the Brixton Jerusalem safe deposit box complex, the company grants one free month of rent to anyone who rents a safe deposit box during March-April.

 Attorney Dvir Indig, Brixton Jerusalem safe deposit box complex

Defense Ministry, IDF to construct 800 safe rooms in Shlomi

The agreement between the Defense Ministry, Home Front Command, and Shlomi local council amounted to approximately NIS 140 million.

 Construction work on a residence in Shlomi, in northern Israel, as authorities pledge to construct more security rooms in the locality, December 5, 2024.

Tender completed for 2,000 protected rooms in northern border communities

Amigur's tender includes over 2,000 protected rooms in 21 northern border communities, with Oron Infrastructure building 40% for NIS 80 million.

 Direct hit in the community of Shtula in northern Israel following Hezbollah attack.

Rehavia public bomb shelter: Kid-friendly, clean, and inaccessible - review

The one real drawback to this shelter is that it is not wheelchair accessible, as it is down a flight of stairs, which is obviously a major issue for some. 

 A public bomb shelter in Rehavia, Jerusalem.