The Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the Israel Land Authority have signed an agreement to move 11 IDF bases from urban areas and high-demand areas in the center of the country.
The following will be transferred: the base of military colleges in Glilot (will be transferred to Jerusalem); maintenance and repair bases in Tzrifin, Tel Hashomer and Haifa; Dotan Recruit Training Base (Base 80); part of the headquarters of the Logistics Command at the Rehavam base; Tira logistics base in Tirat HaCarmel; the remaining parts of the Tsrifin complex are a unit of the Communications Directorate, a regional medical center, a commander training base for young fighter courses, a command school, and an Air Force unit.
The total area of the 11 bases is about 2,300 dunams. According to the ministries, the liberation of the bases will allow the construction of about 19 thousand residential units, about a million square meters. m of industrial and business space and about 1000 hotel rooms.
In addition, an agreement was reached to create a joint headquarters of the Ministry of Defense and the IDF to study the possibility of moving the HaQiriya General Staff base from Tel Aviv.