Ramat Hasharon's municipal council unanimously approved NIS 1 million in loans to residents for constructing shelters.

The Tel Aviv suburb will grant loans to residents living in private houses who do not have shelters or rooms with reinforced walls.

An approved committee will deliver its recommendations on criteria for loan approvals, giving preference to impoverished families.

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"The aim is not, heaven forbid, to sow panic in the public, but to take care of families in the town so they can sleep better at night and be ready for any event," Mayor Itzik Rochberger said.