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Without MMD and without shelter: Haifa residents who go out to the stairwell

(haipo) - Tens of thousands of residents in Haifa find themselves during the alarms without any protected space, since they live in apartments where there is no security system, in a building without a shelter. The only thing left for them to do when alarms sound is to go out and stand in the stairwell or an inner room in their apartment.

According to the data of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), about 80% of the housing units in Haifa (apartment or private residence) do not have an MMD.

Buildings in which there is a common shelter provide the tenants with some sense of security, assuming that they can reach it quickly. The problem begins in buildings where there is no shelter at all, or when the public shelter where the residents are supposed to go is located too far away, so that it is not possible to reach it within a minute of the alarm sounding.

In Haifa there are several neighborhoods where a high percentage of the residents do not have protected spaces, among them the Bat Galim neighborhood, the Hadar neighborhood and the Neve David neighborhood. Alongside these neighborhoods there are also individual streets or houses that also do not have any protected response for the residents. We contacted several Haifa residents who do not have a sufficiently protected space, and found out how they feel and how they deal with the situation in these tense days. We discovered many concerns, along with a feeling of hope that things will work out.


"Sitting in the stairwell and hoping for the best"

Yuval Busin, chairman of the Bat Galim neighborhood who lives on Nahalel street, says:
"I live in the building where I was born. Most of the apartments by the sea, from Aliya Street and to the north, are without MMD and without shelters. Only the new apartments have emergency shelters. There are 4 public shelters in Bat Galim on the south side of Aliya Street, far from me. Now they are building emergency shelters at the "Aliya" school. There is a shelter at the school, but we never entered it, because it was always flooded with water, and it is like that now, still flooded. This shelter is a health hazard. If they don't intend to do anything with it, it's not clear why they don't seal it.

We are afraid of the situation, we have nowhere to be. The instructions of the Home Front Command are to be in a protected space. The building at 16 Nahalel Street was hit by a missile in the Second Lebanon War, there was a visible miracle there. This was the most ranged neighborhood in the Second Lebanon War. The missile just passed through the people and no one was hurt. The damaged building is three buildings as the crow flies from my building. During an alarm, we just sit on the stairs, with my 80-year-old mother. There is glass all along our building, if something happens here or nearby, all the glass will break on us."

Busin continues: "Mayor Yona Yahav said at a council meeting that Kiryat Haim put up a lot of shields. Along with Kiryat Haim, Bat Galim should also be taken care of. After all, the neighborhood is being searched because of the two military bases there. It's unbelievable how many casualties there were in the neighborhood during the Second Lebanon War. I don't I understand why they don't bring water tanks here. A few years ago, they put water tanks all over the city, and the Bat Galim one was put at the entrance to the Sea and Lakes Research Institute. It just became a public toilet.

People here are very angry, they don't understand why they didn't bring Migonia here. Outside the houses, there were places that could fit it, but no heaven. There are buildings here with shelters, but I'm not at all sure how good they are. What is certain is that most people in the neighborhood are sitting on the stairs when there is an alarm. These missiles can cut the building like it was on Nahalel Street 16."


"They knew there would be a war, they should have prepared"

Orli Dubni lives on Shlomo Hamelech Street in Neve David:
"I live in a building that was built 70 years ago. I've lived here for 35 years. During the Second Lebanon War we didn't have a shelter or shelter, so we went to Jerusalem, Modi'in and Livna with 3 small children. Even now I received a call from relatives who suggest that we come to them, but it is not easy. Everyone likes their space.

When there's an alarm, I have to go into an inner room, because I don't even have a stairwell, I'm in a separate entrance. This is an unpleasant situation. I am a resident of the city and in emergency situations I am supposed to flee my city? There is a tendency to leave Neve David neglected, so that entrepreneurs can buy cheaply and get rich. They are trying to make money at the expense of the ordinary citizen who lives here. I raised 3 children here. It's not fair that we are treated this way. There is a shelter in the building next door, but it is supposed to house a large number of residents. There is also a public shelter far away, which cannot be reached in a minute.

It is unbelievable that we are in such a situation. When we did a construction addition, there were no MMDs yet, so we didn't do it. We bought an old apartment and made an extension to it. We wanted a quality of life in an area with clean air, but the fear of all the wars is very unpleasant. Saying 'it won't happen to me' is not wisdom. We have already seen that it can happen anywhere. The authorities should take care of their citizens, in places where there are no shelters. I will not start running to a public shelter, which is also far away. They should have prepared for it today There's nowhere to run anymore, it's all over the country."

Sylvia Alfasi (photo: private album)

"Why don't they put shields here?"

Silvia Alfasi, a resident of Bat Galim, lives on Hil Hayam Street:
"There is no MMD, we stand on the steps of all the tenants. There is a shelter that is far from us and it is not possible to reach it in a reasonable time. In the Second Lebanon War, in Zim Square, very close to us, a missile fell. If we ran to the public shelter in the parking lot, we would all die. It is a three-four minute run to get there. 90% of the residents in the neighborhood do not have a shelter or a shelter. We have been evacuating a building for 14 years and nothing is progressing. We believe that now Yona Yahav will promote it. If it was progressing, we could already have shelters.

In all the buildings around us, the tenants are standing on the stairs, no one has an emergency room. I stay here, because I have nowhere else to go. I raised 5 children at home, in the past, my husband and I stood in the stairwell with the children. Yesterday, Monday, I already decided that I would stay at home And I don't go out to the stairwell. Instead, when the alarm went off, it was me and God. It's hard for me to be with all the frightened neighbors and their children in the stairwell.

We are afraid to go down to the first floor in the stairwell, because in the previous war there were bullets from the missiles there. To this day the entire stairwell is riddled with those bullets. I hope nothing falls this time, because we have the Iron Dome. I am very scared because I take a risk when I stay at home. I don't understand why they don't put shields here, there are large yards here, there is enough space."

"The state needs to respond to the residents"

Shahar Morg, who lives on the second Aliya street in Bat Galim, thinks that the state is the one that should provide an answer to the residents: "We have no technical protection. It is important for me to say that the municipality is not the authority on the matter, and the one who was supposed to solve this problem in the last 20 years is the state. To the state We have the budgets and authority, unlike the municipality, when there is an alarm we go to the ground floor."

Haifa Municipality's response:

The protection policy of the Home Front Command provides an answer to residents who do not have a shelter or a shelter in their home according to the rules of "the most protected there is". These rules, which have been proven to save lives, are detailed inHaifa municipality's emergency preparedness website.
Meanwhile, it should be noted that the municipality has located underground parking lots that have been approved for use by the Home Front Command "as mass shelters". These shelters are intended for residents who do not have a shelter in their home or near their home. The parking lots will be opened to the public if the security situation escalates and residents are required to stay in shelters for a long time.

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  1. Thank you for providing important information to Hezbollah again. Say did you fall on your head? What do you reveal the percentage of buildings without a shelter or dimension?

  2. In the meantime, most of the missiles that hit the Haifa area are Katyushas, ​​which during the explosion cause a spray of small balls, which the stairwells effectively protect. The problem will be a direct hit by a ground-to-ground missile, even a MMD will not help.

  3. Did you forget Kiryat Eliezer???? There the situation is not different, similar, all the old houses the residents on the stairs during an alarm.

  4. It is very interesting that the Kiryat Eliezer neighborhood is not mentioned in your articles, ninety percent of the apartments in Kiryat Eliezer do not have a protected space, including the street where I live, Avraham Leshin Street, apart from the new buildings that were built in the area that was vacated by the ball field, a foot in size in all the apartments in the neighborhood
    For your attention, Honorable Mayor Mr. Yona Yahav.

  5. Public shelters are only good for those on the street. This does not solve the problem of the lack of shelters or shelters in residential buildings.

  6. What a miserable city….. since 2014 (ten years) yes yes during the previous term of office of the elected Yahav…. There is still no approval for the evacuation of a building that would have allowed a measure for dozens of families...... The same Yona Yahav even then did not approve the plans..
    And instead of worrying about the citizens... Doing PR for himself... And they chose him again.
    A city without a past and certainly without a future with such wretched elected officials.... and that the citizen will take care of himself....

  7. The residents of Haifa are mainly busy fighting among themselves
    They are very weak against the municipality. We saw in the case of the pigs and Klish.
    The civil tools and lawsuits against the municipality are very few.
    Organization and neighborhood witnesses - almost non-existent or greatly weakened.
    The Vad Neve Shanan was disbanded, and the Kiryat Chaim Board is not functioning.
    The municipality does what it wants. The residents quarrel with each other.

  8. In our building in Kiryat Yam, even the stairwell is not safe because it is inlaid with such hollow bricks. As if it is a surprise that there is a war. Really scary and unpleasant.

  9. Great responses, only instead of ranting here you should have contacted the state auditor to check what happened to the money and what the state and the municipality are doing to solve the problem that exists

  10. At least 50% of Haifa's residents do not have a medical center or a shelter that can be reached within a minute - but for the mayor, Yona Yahav, it is more important to pay hired killers, so that they will shoot pigs every night at the marker that you are in the stairwell.
    These are his twisted priorities.

  11. lie! There is no protection in Kiryat Haim! We all go out like sheep into stairwells and cover ourselves with fluff to prevent shrapnel from hitting us.
    Enough with feelings of inferiority at the expense of others, it's pathetic.

  12. Our mayor has priorities.
    He prefers to pay the hunters, who shoot from passing vehicles under the windows of our house (even at such a sensitive time.)
    And not really invest in what is needed..!

  13. Absolutely not the country! But the municipality should take care of its residents and give them an answer!! But what can you expect from someone who murders every night for months. A bad man doesn't care about anyone but himself! (It is doubtful that even his family is of interest to him).

  14. A response from the municipality
    Delicious
    That's why the city looks like this. And this will not change as long as they continue to be in key positions from her city

  15. Dear friends, a proper class action lawsuit will be signed by all residents of Haifa
    This is the only solution
    to the stupidity of the Haifa municipality
    And to the chubby mayor of Dania
    which you chose.

  16. Insolence Insolence My father lives in Neve David on King Solomon Street. I appeal to the mayor, go see where your residents live Nasrallah, you don't need to hurt them, you hurt them. Father was in all Israel's wars, Kippur, the six days, the Chinese farm, the first Lebanon. He and his partner are abandoned at the age of 86. Nasrallah should not hurt them, you the mayor is hurting them, go there today, see where your townspeople live, offer help, listen to them

  17. To all the people who are complaining here and rightfully so: 1. Why don't you do demonstrations in front of the municipality, etc. and raise awareness about it, there was enough time to enter the municipality / government since the Second Lebanon. 2. Really sue her with an organized lawyer who will represent everyone, it's also much more Cheap.. 3. They don't bring it to the municipal committees while the representatives in the parties care and apply pressure to speed it up. 4. They don't give it as an investigation to the media about the exploits of the municipality that didn't even bother to make a noise about it and that they will come to its aid with funding, etc. in suing and complying with the request for help from the Treasury regarding protection to this day ?????

  18. The response of the Haifa municipality is outrageous! We opened parking lots ???? How exactly do you want us to reach the parking lot with an alarm? We live in Remez, except for the new houses, no one has a medical center and certainly not a shelter! The mayor had years to build shelters or spread shelters and he chooses to plant flowers on the main boulevards. But we deserve it!! Re-elect him so we have to shut up.

  19. Really "rolling" with laughter, what did the residents of the south do and are doing to this day?? You still go to stairwells, the difference between you is that in the south it's a round every two months, with you it's a round every 20 years...

  20. The Haifa municipality claimed that it is not their responsibility to use shelters. We have moldy shelters here with gooks, no running water, no toilets, as far as they are concerned, we will die!

  21. Really outraged... what did they do 11 months after the outbreak of the war? They could have built many shelters in all the neighborhoods in parallel works and furthermore provide shelters... although the rest of the neighborhoods are not called Kiryat Haim... but these are neighborhoods that are wider than anywhere else in Haifa because of the proximity to the naval bases... they had to give priority and immediately place shelters or build shelters near the houses accordingly For distance shielding time.
    Nice one hour before and immediately provide protection until anger passes

    • Futz Madania was the mayor of the city for 13 years since the Second Lebanon War.
      He did not promote the construction of even one public shelter.
      Think about this madness:
      Haifa and the Gulf absorbed hundreds of missiles in the Second Lebanon War. You are the mayor at the end of the war. You know that Hezbollah is rearming. Then from 2006 to 2018 you were the mayor for 12 years and you did not build even one new public shelter in Haifa.
      You return to power a year ago in the midst of the Gaza war after the 7.10/XNUMX massacre. You already know what happens on the northern border every day. And yet for a whole year you don't build a single new public shelter, and only scatter a few small shelters.
      You understand that this is not an omission, it is not stupidity, it is not a lack of knowledge. It is simply a failed and bad management by a failed and destructive mayor for the city. This is the bottom line in everything in Haifa.
      Not even Klish built a single public shelter!! At least she managed to introduce remote opening of all receivers.

    • A mayor after a war when his city was hit by hundreds of missiles and he has not built a single public shelter for 12 years. Then choose this failure again and again.
      Just a suicidal city.

  22. good evening,
    A class action lawsuit should be organized against the Haifa municipality which makes it difficult for the residents who want to build a shelter. The mayor must initiate measures for relief and not just talk about the readiness of the public shelters that serve only a small percentage of the residents.

  23. I live in Neve David, Honorable Mayor, can you temporarily put shields between the old houses on the street where we live. King Yehuash Street, people who live here, most of them are adults, as soon as there is a shelter in the middle between 2 buildings and there is a place to put it, we will be more protected and safer than being on stairs that are not safe at all. Yesterday we experienced it. I am disabled, I live alone, I had to run away from home.

  24. I have lived near Eliezer for over fifty years
    In the entire Kiryat Eliezer neighborhood, apart from the new buildings that were built on the site of the soccer field, there is no metered apartment in any apartment except for a shelter that was built sixty years ago without uniforms all the time and it is said that only the tenants from the middle entrance cleaned it
    can go down to it although I think it is not safe. So a little consideration on the part of the municipality to bring some dictionaries to Lisin Street.

  25. The most hallucinatory is that there are schools like near the Lynn Center in Kiryat Eliezer that do not open the shelter there for residents. At 106 they told me that they would only open when the situation warms up. The residents of Kiryat Eliezer Bat Galim do not have shelters in their homes and the municipality does not open all the shelters. Yona Yahav Bazion

  26. A month ago, a fire truck from the station on Haina Street stopped at the entrance to Carmelia in Zafarir because they were parked there in such a way that a large vehicle could not pass
    The fire engine waited with a traffic jam behind it until they found someone parked in the road for 5 minutes.
    If it was an ambulance, or a fire from a falling missile they simply couldn't come in and save lives.
    Hundreds of complaints are being called to the municipality about what is happening at the Zafarir intersection because of 20-minute parking spaces that leak and block the entrance.
    nothing. We won't do anything.
    Isn't this also the responsibility of the municipality?!
    you are tired A dysfunctional municipality.

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