Tel Aviv, Aug. 31 -- The government approved today (Sunday) the extension of the benefit of free travel on public transportation for an additional two months until the end of October for evacuees from the localities affected by Operation "Rising Lion." The extension will cover the upcoming three-week Jewish holiday period, which starts on September 22.

The benefit, which was supposed to end at the end of August and was extended for an additional two months, will also apply to residents of the localities who are still defined as evacuees by the Reconstruction Administration as part of the "Iron Swords" war - i.e. people who live near Gaza and the border with Lebanon who were evacuated from their homes for their own safety.

Minister of Tr...