Billions to Be Allocated for Improving Northern Conflict Areas
Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Smotrich approved 13 billion Shekels for northern Israeli settlements, focusing on protection and development.
Jerusalem, 3 June, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich submitted to the government for approval three horizontal decisions, totaling approximately 13 billion Shekels ($4.5 billion), for the protection, development and strengthening of the settlements along the conflict line in the north.
The decisions, which aim to strengthen the north, were made in coordination with the heads of the authorities and according to the needs that arose from them. Today’s decisions join additional decisions for the north, which have already been approved by the government, totaling seven billion Shekels – a total of 20 billion shekels in government decisions for the protection and development of the north.
Main decisions:
1. Immediate protection – deployment of approximately 1,800 new shelters and renovation of approximately 500 public shelters – for a total of approximately 150 million Shekels ($52 million).
2. Long-term protection – protection fully subsidized by the state, including retroactive reimbursement for houses and apartments protected in the “Northern Shield” project – construction of thousands of new shelters, comprehensive reinforcement of buildings against earthquakes, and full subsidy for an urban renewal project in localities 0-9 km from the Lebanese border – for a total of approximately 6.6 billion Shekels ($2.3 billion).
3. Multi-year plan for the rehabilitation and growth of localities within 0-9 km from the Lebanese border – a five-year strategic plan that combines rehabilitation of war damage with development and strengthening in the areas of health, demography, transportation, industry, agriculture, and community growth in the localities of the northern conflict line – for a total of approximately 5.6 billion Shekels ($1.9 billion).
