Evacuation

IAF pilots took off under fire, bypassing commander in Lebanon helicopter attack, probe finds

The Israel Air Force has completed a preliminary investigation into an incident in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah attempted to target a medical evacuation helicopter with a drone.

An IAF Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk demonstrating a simulated evacuation operation at the fighter pilot's graduation ceremony, June 24, 2013; illustrative.
 A helicopter conducts firefighting operations as wildfires continue in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, April 26, 2026.

Japan wildfires burn for fifth day, forcing mass evacuations in Otsuchi

  A television screen shows a news report on Japan Meteorological Agency's tsunami warning, saying it expected tsunami waves of up to 3 meters (9.84 feet) to reach large coastal areas in northern Japan after an earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, April 20, 2026.

Magnitude 7.5 earthquake off northeast Japan triggers tsunami warnings and evacuations

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, published April 5, 2026.

Israeli airstrikes kill several in Lebanon on Easter Sunday, as IDF raids Hezbollah cells


Grants for evacuees set to expire in August as gov't fails to renew - NII

As laws providing unemployment and housing grants to evacuees from northern and southern Israel near expiration, the National Insurance Institute urges the Finance Ministry to extend these benefits.

 Kiryat Shmona evacuees

IDF warns Gazans to evacuate Beit Hanoun, reinvasion imminent

Beit Hanoun, where the IDF is reportedly set to again operate, is a city located in the northern portion of the Gaza Strip.

 Israeli army operates in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, December 22, 2023

Leave Lebanon immediately, don’t travel to northern Israel, UK tells its citizens

“We will do all we can to prevent the outbreak of full-scale conflict,” UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said, stressing that “the risk is rising.” 

 Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy attends the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at National Convention Center, in Vientiane, Laos, July 26, 2024.

IDF about to 'forcefully operate' in southern Khan Yunis, adjusts humanitarian area

This announcement is part of a wider range of calls to evacuate, including SMS messages, recorded voice messages, phone calls, media broadcasts in Arabic, and flyers. 

 Area designated for temporary evacuation by the IDF in Khan Yunis, July 27, 2024.

Hamas weakness exposed? IDF's Gaza evacuation orders causes panic

In response to Adraee's tweets, the head of Hamas's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, held urgent talks with mediators.

 Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on March 26, 2024.

Likud members disinterested: Solutions for landlords and tenants in evacuated areas

The finance committee deliberates on the challenges landlords and tenants face in evacuated areas • despite state grants, complexities persist.

 The mostly evacuated town of Kiryat Shmona is pictured, amid the ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, on March 20.

IDF issues evacuation orders, strikes Khan Yunis after Hamas rocket barrage

The IDF took preventive measures to mitigate harm to uninvolved civilians, enabling civilians to evacuate from the area on time, the military said.

 A plume of smoke from an explosion near Khan Yunis.

State Comptroller: Israel unable to evacuate the North in event of war

Englman calls on Netanyahu to resolve this dispute between the Ministries before calling for an evacuation of the North, calling the current situation unacceptable.

 State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman in northern Israel, June 27, 2024.

IDF to ‘Post’ in Rafah: In first, Hamas may have pre-evacuated its own people

Hamas resisted evacuations in all prior fights, but viewing a Rafah operation as inevitable, wanted more time for booby traps.

 Palestinians travel on foot with their belongings as they flee Rafah due to an Israeli military operation, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 13, 2024.

UNRWA says forced displacement has pushed over 1 million away from Rafah

1 million Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah as the IDF continues operations in the area to dismantle Hamas infrastructure, UNWRA says.

 Displaced Palestinians travel in a vehicle as they flee Rafah, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 12, 2024.