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

Now, with the restrictions finally lifted, I only hope that life returns to some kind of normality, that we can resume our daily routines, and that I can meet and get to know my neighbors.

|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN
People check their phones in a Jerusalem bomb shelter.
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.

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.

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

Sleep deprived and pushing through: The view from central Israel amid Iran missiles - opinion

Israelis were jolted awake on June 13, and for the weeks that followed, they were not able to catch a full night's sleep and spent their days running to and from shelters, extracting a heavy toll.

|ByGIL LEWINSKY
People check their phones in a Jerusalem bomb shelter.

Grapevine: Of buses and bomb shelters

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Bat Yam residents battle over shelter access, police promise to crackdown

In one case, a suspect is alleged to have attacked a woman for attempting to enter a protected space with her dog. 

JUNE 26, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A drone view shows the damage over residential homes at the impact site following missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Bat Yam, Israel June 15, 2025

Ethiopian families, women locked out of public shelter declared ‘men only’ by extremists - report

The extremist haredi faction reportedly spat on Ethiopian families attempting to access the shelter.

JUNE 26, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
People take shelter in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran

Maariv guide: Is your shelter blocking the internet? All the ways to improve reception

Many Israelis find that while the shelter protects lives, it also blocks Wi-Fi. Why is there no reception, what simple fix can help, and what do experts suggest when there’s no Ethernet cable?

JUNE 25, 2025ByDR. ITAY GAL
Shelter. Range extender inside the room