Bedouin Communities Forced to Build Makeshift Bomb Shelters Amid Government Neglect

In the rugged Negev Desert of southern Israel, alarm sirens signal an impending missile threat, sending families like that of Ahmad Abu Ganima scrambling not to official shelters but into a buried minibus repurposed as a makeshift bomb shelter. This grim reality illustrates a broader failure: tens of thousands of Israel's Bedouin citizens remain dangerously exposed because government authorities refuse permits for proper bomb shelter construction. Ahmad Abu Ganima, a mechanic by trade, obtained a discarded bus and buried it under three meters of earth to create a crude refuge for his family. But how much protection can such improvised...