Safe Room

Israel's bomb shelter crisis: When sirens sound, millions of Israelis have nowhere safe to go

Safe rooms save lives, but millions of Israelis remain without access to proper protection when sirens sound.

Tel Avivians take cover, June 8.
An illustrative image of the Korean War Memorial in Washington.

Freedom is not free: Passover 5786 in the shadow of war - opinion

 An illustrative image of a public safe room in Israel, requiring the ability to climb down a narrow flight of stairs.

How safe are Israel’s safe rooms? - analysis

An Israeli family seen in their safe room in central Israel is atttacked by ballistic missiles fired from Iran. June 23, 2025.

Why Israelis living through this moment may be the lucky ones - opinion


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.

 People check their phones in a Jerusalem bomb shelter.

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.

 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.

Grapevine: Of buses and bomb shelters

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 People check their phones in a Jerusalem bomb shelter.

Am Yisrael (v'Iran) chai: Decimating some Iranians, celebrating with others - comment

We were all preparing and bracing for what was expected to be a ballistic Shabbat in Jerusalem – as were some escaped Iranian expats and their families.

  Our safe room with water bought before Shabbat.

Scenes from a safe room: Resilience through a visitor’s eyes in Tel Aviv - opinion

Israel is divided but not fragile. The shelter experience reflects that. Beneath the noise and the cynicism, there remains a capacity to endure, together, under fire.

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

Scenes from the safe room: Five bomb shelter vignettes amid Iranian missile strikes - comment

Five vignettes from the bomb shelter in the middle of the night.

 People check their phones in a Jerusalem bomb shelter.

Five lifesaving items every safe room and bomb shelter should contain

Here are the five items you should keep in your Mamad to ensure you can react quickly if a missile hits your residential building directly.

People take shelter in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran

Don't rely on luck: Israel must urgently prioritize public fortification - opinion

The persistent missile threat is cultivating a dangerous sense of normality among the public, a misplaced apathy toward security, and unnecessary risks to human lives.

 People take cover as a siren warns of an incoming missile fired from Yemen, in Tel Aviv, last month.

This place will give you free months of rent

As part of the third-anniversary celebration of the Brixton Jerusalem safe deposit box complex, the company grants one free month of rent to anyone who rents a safe deposit box during March-April.

 Attorney Dvir Indig, Brixton Jerusalem safe deposit box complex

Defense Ministry, IDF to construct 800 safe rooms in Shlomi

The agreement between the Defense Ministry, Home Front Command, and Shlomi local council amounted to approximately NIS 140 million.

 Construction work on a residence in Shlomi, in northern Israel, as authorities pledge to construct more security rooms in the locality, December 5, 2024.