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Israel is facing an unprecedented expansion in the consequences of Iranian strikes—not only in terms of military losses, but also in its demographic and economic structures. Official data reveals a significant rise in the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes, along with a rapid increase in financial compensation claims for damages.
According to a report published by the Hebrew economic newspaper Globes, the Knesset’s Interior Committee disclosed during a special session that around 5,000 Israelis were evacuated this week from their homes, which were damaged by recent Iranian missile attacks.
The paper reported that thousands of residential apartments were directly or indirectly affected. Some areas, such as Bat Yam, were hit particularly hard. The city’s mayor, Zvika Brot, stated that 75 homes sustained significant damage, with 20 of them completely out of service and set to be demolished.
Local authorities, the report added, are paying a heavy price in dealing with the aftermath of these attacks, with daily costs reaching up to 15 million shekels. This is placing a growing burden on the state treasury amid fears of a wider scope of Iranian targeting.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Channel 12 revealed that the Tax Authority’s compensation fund received more than 25,000 claims within just 48 hours. These included over 20,000 claims for structural damage, more than 2,000 claims related to vehicles, and hundreds of others involving both private and public property.
A comparison of the latest data with figures from last Tuesday shows a sharp spike in the scale of damage: at that time, the number of evacuees had not exceeded 3,000 and the claims stood at 19,000. This signals an intensifying internal crisis that could lead to enormous costs Israel was unprepared to bear.
The latest claims represent more than a quarter of the total compensation requests submitted since October 7, 2023, which amounted to approximately 75,000. This means that the recent Iranian attacks alone accounted for nearly the same level of destruction in just two days as months of previous confrontations.
