Israel to Cut Funding For Hotel Stays of Thousands Displaced By Iranian Retaliation

According to Saednews, The regime’s Tax Authority informed the displaced that hotel stays paid by the regime would end on August 1, The Times of Israel online newspaper reported on Wednesday.

According to the body, only evacuees with specific circumstances, such as medical conditions or complex family needs, would qualify for continued hotel support beyond that date.

Officials alleged that the goal was to transition the displaced into “longer-term housing solutions.”

The announcement came after new admissions by Israeli military sources about the repercussions of Iran’s reprisal.

In remarks to the Reuters news agency on Tuesday, an unnamed official acknowledged that Iranian counterstrikes had hit multiple Israeli military sites.

Britain’s The Telegraph, citing satellite imagery reviewed by Oregon State University researchers, also recently reported that Iranian missiles had impacted five separate military installations in the north, center, and south of the occupied Palestinian territories. The daily identified two of the targets as an intelligence hub and a logistics base.

The disclosure has sparked debate over extensive wartime censorship by the regime, which has reportedly embarked on an extensive campaign aimed at preventing settlers from filming or documenting the aftermath of the retaliation.

Raviv Drucker, commentator for the regime’s Channel 13, recently revealed that police actively blocked him from filming certain strike sites, invoking “military censorship rules.”

“When I showed them my press card, they lowered their voices but said, ‘Filming is forbidden here; the military censor does not approve it,’” Drucker recounted.

He argued that censorship now primarily served to protect political narratives, calling it “propaganda” designed to uphold an “illusion of victory.”

The 12-day war erupted on June 13, when the regime launched a wave of strikes on Iran that led to the martyrdom of senior commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians.

Iran responded shortly, unleashing missiles and drones under Operation True Promise III, which battered Israeli military, intelligence, energy, and research sites.

On June 22, the conflict escalated further when American bombers struck three Iranian nuclear facilities, prompting the Islamic Republic to retaliate by hitting al-Udeid in Qatar, the US’s most critical regional airbase.

Just two days later, the Israeli regime unilaterally ended its aggression, faced with mounting costs and international concern.

Damage from the Iranian retaliation together with the war’s other costs, estimated by Tel Aviv, itself, to stand at around $12 billion, has, meanwhile, exposed longstanding questions about the regime’s emergency preparedness.