Israel's mass evacuation plan

The Ministerial Committee on Home Front Affairs is set to discuss a
plan for a mass evacuation in the event of a missile attack. According
to the plan, entire cities will be moved to southern Israel around
Eilat and the Arava area. One source at the Home Front Protection
Ministry said that towns near Ariel may also serve as temporary
evacuation centers. The plan also applies to cases of natural
disasters at the national level and is a reworking of one of Israel's
contingency plans. According to the plan, citizens of central and
northern Israel will be housed in schools, educational establishments
and even boarding schools, bed and breakfasts and hotels in cases of
national emergency. Home Front Protection Minister Matan Vilnai said
that after a briefing from the national security adviser, Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu green-lighted the plan. It will be
introduced to various government ministers after being approved by the
ministerial committee. The plan is estimated to cost hundreds of
millions of shekels.