The government has approved the plan to strengthen civil resilience and develop the city of Sderot and settlements surrounding Gaza for the years 2023-2024, worth NIS 1.7 billion.

At the Cabinet meeting in Sderot, where the plan was approved, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "The Gaza Strip is the Israel Strip, all parts of our people live here - religious and secular, traditional, immigrants and veterans, East and West - all of them. We will continue to develop the Strip settlements for the benefit of the entire State of Israel." .