Former residents of Gush Katif extended an offer to Jewish families from northern Israel to join them in their already snug caravan trailer homes (pictured above) set up by the government after they were forcibly evicted last summer. Residents of Haifa and Tiberias were extended the offer Sunday night and other threatened towns will be offered the hospitality in coming days.



The Shomron community of Kedumim, which housed scores of Gaza residents following the Disengagement, has opened its doors to any northern residents seeking refuge. The mayors’ office can be reached at: 057 761 4403 or 09 792 2073.



All number can be dialed from outside Israel by dialing Israel’s country code, 972, and leaving off the first “0” in the local number.



Two hundreds people from Moshav Bar-Yochai, near Meron, have sought refuge in the Gush Etzion community of Efrat. They will take up residence in the community’s Neve Shmuel school beginning Monday. Efrat residents have begun to bring towels, linens, cribs and snacks to the school’s office in preparation for the refugees’ arrival. The school’s number is 02 548 8430. For more information or to volunteer, call Yehuda at 050 636 6726.



Anyone in Israel (or outside Israel that owns property here) interested in hosting families from the north can sign up on a web site set up Thursday by volunteers for this purpose: http://www.tzafon.co.il (The web site is only active during certain hours of the day)



Hundreds of families signed up in the first hours after the site was set up. Families looking to be hosted, but who do not have Internet access can call Shlomy at 054 453 3604 to be set up with a compatible family.



More than 250 families from Ramat HaSharon have opened their homes to northern residents. Several other municipalities have opened hotlines for those interested in being matched with resident families.

Ramat HaSharon: 03 548 3819

Herzliya: 09 959 1520

Yavne: 08 943 3350

Beer Sheva: 08 646 3777



Lists of families thoughout Israel offering their homes to northern residents can be found by clicking here.





The Raanana municipality set up a section on its web site to match families and has also announced that residents of northern Israel may enter Park Raanana free of charge.



Anybody in Israel is asked to donate much-needed blood to their nearest blood bank. Hours and locations can be found by clicking here.



The Association for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa is offering free summer camps for 100 northern youths to take place in Tel Aviv, Jaffa and Bat Yam. Thirty community centers in other areas of Israel have also offered to incorporate northern youths into their day camps and summer activities. The hotline for the community centers is: 04 988 2848.



The Zaka organization has dispatched hundreds of volunteer medics in the north to provide immediate care wherever needed and to provide for the needs of families in bomb shelters.



The Meir Panim organization has been distributing basic foodstuffs to residents in the threatened areas, particularly to the elderly and infirm located in bomb shelters.



A group of dog-lovers in the Hadar Yosef section of Tel Aviv have offered to host up to 20 dogs whose owners are fleeing their homes. Alma, Alon, Yosef, Itai, Ruti, Neumit, Oren and Sammy can be reached at 050 741 2410.



A veterinarian named Sharon from Tel Aviv has offered to treat any injured or neglected pets free of charge. She can be reached at 052 829 2293.



The Ruach Tovah (Good Spirit) hotline was launched to enable residents to receive counseling and to dispatch volunteers to provide services as diverse as art classes and comedy performances in threatened areas. The hotline is: 1-700-505-202



The Natal organization is offering counseling in several languages spoken in Israel, including English, Spanish, French, Russian and Amharic. The hotline is: 1-800-363-363