The Jerusalem Post newspaper said that the recent missile attack launched by Iran on Israel caused damage estimated at 200 billion shekels ($53 million) of private property, making it the costliest attack since the beginning of the war a year ago, and Israel has pledged to respond to it and discussed its options with the United States. United States in recent weeks.
Israel confirmed that it would respond to the Iranian attack and discussed its options with the United States in recent weeks. Indeed, the security cabinet was held last week but has not yet voted on Israel’s response. US President Joe Biden has asked Israel to refrain from attacking Iranian oil and nuclear facilities.
The newspaper explained – in a report written by Galit Altstein – that the Israeli Tax Authority announced the submission of about 2,500 claims for compensation in the two weeks following the October 1 attack, more than half of which were for damage to apartments and several companies near northern Tel Aviv, where they were damaged. More than 1,000 in the town of Hod Hasharon according to insurance claims.
Dozens of apartments and a restaurant in a commercial and residential complex near the coast north of Tel Aviv and others south of it were damaged. The amount of damage resulting from direct strikes and debris from missile interceptors was not determined, and the damage to the Israeli Air Force bases, Tel Nof and Nevatim, was not included in the calculations.
The Israeli Tax Authority said it has paid 1.5 billion shekels in compensation for damaged property since October 7, 2023, and estimates that there are payments of about another billion shekels pending, some of which have not yet been claimed, especially in northern Israel, where about 60,000 Israelis have left their homes. In the northern region during the past year.
The October 1 strikes were the second direct attack launched by Iran on Israel, and Israeli defense systems intercepted about 200 missiles during it – according to the newspaper – but the availability of shelters throughout the country helped reduce the death toll.
