(live here) – Following Iran's massive missile fire at Israel in the recent security campaign, significant damage was caused to civilian property across the country - primarily hundreds of thousands of shattered windows. In order to support the reconstruction process, a large-scale logistical operation is currently underway at the Port of Haifa to unload glass and transport it for rapid renovation of the damaged apartments and buildings.
Extensive damage to windows following rocket fire
During the attacks carried out by Iran on Israeli territory, hundreds of surface-to-surface missiles were launched, damaging both infrastructure and civilian areas. Among the most significant damages was a widespread phenomenon of broken windows in buildings, mainly due to the shock waves. This is a national event: hundreds of buildings with broken windows, most of them in the northern and central regions of the country, which created an emergency demand for raw materials – primarily glass.
Haifa Port is involved in a national project
In light of the urgent need for glass, the Port of Haifa has become a major logistics hub. "Phoenixia," a prominent glass importer, was given special priority to unload a cargo of glass, and received full cooperation from the Shipping and Ports Authority. The unloading took place today, 23/6/25, when huge quantities of glass panels were carefully unloaded from a general cargo ship and transferred directly to processing and transportation facilities for installation purposes.
Strict caution in dismantling and moving
This is a particularly sensitive process: the huge panes of glass arrive packed in a kind of "wooden envelopes", one on top of the other, with any imprecise movement liable to cause breakage. Teams of particularly experienced lifters were assigned to this task, alongside highly skilled lifters in the belly of the ship who delicately tied the glass panels to the cranes. After unloading, the "cassettes" are transferred to the installations that hold the panels on the platform - and from there they continue to the assembly and installation plants.
Logistical priority due to national emergency
The importer Finicia received special operational priority from the state – an unusual and extraordinary move that illustrates the urgency. The Israel Shipping and Ports Authority (RSPA) allowed the unloading to be prioritized over other cargo, due to the importance of the cargo for the restoration of civilian life. The cargo included approximately 1,230 boxes with a total weight of approximately 2,800 tons – an unprecedented quantity in a short time. The goal: to ensure that the window repair process progresses as quickly as possible throughout the country.
We need to move to ground-level, spacious, mostly underground construction. Huge towers with damage in the hundreds of millions from a drone or missile strike are something that must now be addressed.