The city's residents, who have experienced the most severe flooding in 50 years, are still collecting the fragments • Netanyahu to Moti's son Shabbat: "Be a great hero"

The floods in Nahariya, caused by the stormy weather and flooding of the Gushtun River, left their mark on the city's streets and its inhabitants. Even today (Sunday) days after the water has dropped, reminders of the natural disaster still seem conspicuous in the city, still engaging its residents, who are trying to recover.
The signs of floods and floods that caused victims of the soul and enormous damage to property, public buildings, educational vehicles and private homes that were flooded are still evident in the area. Many residents whose property has been hit by floods and floods claim to be at a loss when it comes to their entitlement to compensation: "Probably those who did proper insurance will compensate, but most residents, and business owners whose property is destroyed, are uninsured and all promises to help us pass like the rains and forget about us in the past - With the Katyushas that fell here like rain and exploded, causing huge damage to property, very few have been compensated, "he told Israel Today, sadly David Aloni, a resident of the city.

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"I'm sure Mayor Marley will work to get the city back on track very quickly. Unfortunately, the reason that the infrastructure here collapsed during the floods is due in part to poor maintenance and the price we all paid. It's a shame only there was someone who also paid his life and condolences to the late Mutti family." Aloni added.

"The city has not yet recovered," the resident of Shani Gold said. "Still constantly cleaning the entrance to a city full of mud, piles of filth in the central station, fences, railings and signs destroyed everywhere.

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"There is still no access to certain parts of the city. At the edge of the city toward the Palm Beach, people are now working to rebuild and redefine the area. Huge puddles that are hard to tell what is going on everywhere, just scary. All the residents still talk about this disaster. The entrances to the stores, ”Gold said.
Mayor Ronan Marley is also concerned about the situation in the city, and especially about the possibility of flooding last week over and over again. "The problem is the back of the mountain," Marley says, adding; "As long as the flow of streams from the back of the mountain is not treated, we in Nahariya will suffer the floods. I urge the prime minister and ministers to immediately approve the rainwater drainage treatment plan. "

According to Marley, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Ruby Rablin promised to assist the municipality and residents in restoring the damage caused to public infrastructure and buildings through the transfer of emergency budgets totaling NIS millions. But he stressed that "as long as no government plan is implemented to deal with the drainage of rainwater flowing from the mountains of the Western Galilee to the Ga'aton stream and its tributaries, such events will recur."

"Concrete and Destruction." Nahariya after the floods // Photo: Shani Gold

Netanyahu to the Ben Shabbat family: "Will always be in your heart"

The Prime Minister himself came on tour in the city, along with Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Minister of Construction and Housing Yifat Shasha Biton, and visited the family of the late Shabbat Moti, who was killed while participating in the Nahariya flood rescue efforts.

Netanyahu heard from his parents about Moti's special personality and his efforts to help and rescue a family in the Nahariya floods. Prime Minister Netanyahu told the family: "The late Moti was a great hero. He will always be in your heart, until the last day."

Netanyahu at the Ben Shabbat family // Photo: Kobi Gideon

Nahariya Initiative - Shopping Day to help businesses in the city

In recent days, an initiative by residents and business owners in Nahariya is calling for Israeli residents to come to the devastated city this Wednesday to do some shopping and help even the business owners who have had to deal with the flood damage, Gold said.

Among the hundreds of business owners in the city who had to close their businesses and deal with the damage of the floods and floods was also Ilan Oppenheimer, owner of the Penguin restaurant on downtown Gatton Street. The penguin is one of the oldest restaurants in Israel, and has been operating even before the establishment of the state: "Since it opened in 1940, it has not even been closed," says Oppenheimer, while washing the restaurant's key to the mud and debris that the floods brought with them through a water pipe.

"The restaurant always operated, even when there were wars and even during missile attacks on Nahariya. Penguin has always served the loyal public to our customers. But against the naturalists we are helpless. The Gushun River has overflowed and the city of Nahariya and the entire area have been under siege since the blockade. During the 1948 War of Independence, "Oppenheimer said," In any event, strong rains of rain are always preferred over the Katyusha barracks, but this time the weather has also taken a toll on our souls and we want to offer our condolences. "

Damage to the flood in Nahariya // Photo: Shani Gold

"It's the home of us all, we're all together"

In recent days, an initiative by residents and business owners in Nahariya is calling for Israeli residents to come to the devastated city this Wednesday to do some shopping and help even the business owners who have had to deal with the flood damage, Gold said

Among the hundreds of business owners in the city who had to close their businesses and deal with the damage of the floods and floods was also Ilan Oppenheimer, owner of the Penguin restaurant on downtown Gatton Street. The penguin is one of the oldest restaurants in Israel, and has been operating even before the establishment of the state: "Since it opened in 1940, it has not even been closed," says Oppenheimer, while washing the restaurant's key to the mud and debris that the floods brought with them through a water pipe.

"The restaurant always operated, even when there were wars and even during missile attacks on Nahariya. Penguin has always served the loyal public to our customers. But against the naturalists we are helpless. The Gushun River has overflowed and the city of Nahariya and the entire area have been under siege since the blockade. During the 1948 War of Independence, "Oppenheimer said," In any event, strong rains of rain are always preferred over the Katyusha barracks, but this time the weather has also taken a toll on our souls and we want to offer our condolences. "