Shea Levin — text status

Kiryat Shmona has petitioned Israel's High Court against the government and the Tax Authority, demanding that compensation keep flowing to businesses still reeling from the war with the Hezbollah terrorists, and that the state drop demands that owners return the aid. The Tax Authority ruled in July 2025 that the city's evacuation had ended on February 28, 2025, retroactively cutting businesses off the frontline compensation track. Of about 350 businesses that operated before the war, 54 went bankrupt. The state is seeking to recover 13.8 million shekels from Kiryat Shmona firms and has until January to respond.