Three years after the battle at Kibbutz Re'im: 10 new housing units inaugurated on the site of the clash
Three years after the fierce battle at the entrance to Kibbutz Re'im, ten new housing units were inaugurated this past week on the very ground where police officers fought terrorists heading into the kibbutz. 54 plots were prepared for construction. The Director General of the Ministry for the Negev, Galilee and National Resilience, Yohanan Mally, stated that the homes are part of a broader plan to build about 1,000 apartments in the communities of the Gaza envelope. The project includes grants of approximately 300,000 shekels per unit, with an expected population increase of about 5,000 residents in the region compared to October 2023.
Three years after the fierce battle at the entrance to Kibbutz Re'im, ten new housing units were inaugurated this past week on the very ground where the clash between police officers and terrorists heading into the kibbutz took place. 54 plots were prepared for construction. The Director General of the Ministry for the Negev, Galilee and National Resilience, Yohanan Mally, who is concluding a tenure of just over two years in his position, stated that the homes are part of a construction project of 1,000 housing units in various communities in the Gaza envelope. According to him, the ministry believed that each community should be allowed to manage its own population growth, while providing grant budgets totaling approximately 300,000 shekels per unit. According to ministry and 'Tekuma' directorate data, the number of residents in the region is expected to grow by about 5,000 people compared to their number in October 2023. The grants amount to 216 million shekels, with state funding under various conditions. With the assistance of the 'Rothschild Foundation', a mechanism was built to prepare plans for each community individually, with an investment of hundreds of millions of shekels. The plan includes the establishment of student villages, seminaries, and bringing young families to the region. 326 million shekels were allocated to the quality of life project, which includes projects such as the 'Ofir Tech' technological innovation center named after the murdered council head Ofir Libstein, a conservatory on the Ashkelon coast, a technological school in Sdot Negev, and a fortified conference center in Sderot. The ten houses in Re'im are part of an additional thousand apartments that will be built in the region's communities. On the eve of the attack, the area's population numbered 62,000 residents, and now it numbers 65,000. The completion of hundreds of apartments will contribute to a growth of 3,500 to 4,000 residents. Soon, a program will be activated to invest 180 million shekels in economic growth anchors in the region.