77-year-old hermit decided to kick out of his cave (8 photos)

A hermit from Israel received a government notification from a demand to be evicted from the cave where he had lived for over 50 years, and refused to leave her.





In 1973, Nissim Kahlon, now 77 years old, settled in a small cave on the Mediterranean coast near the city of Herzliya. At first he lived in a tent on the beach and hollowed out sandstone, expanding space for a future home.



For half a century, an Israeli has turned the cave into a unique home with complex underground labyrinth, mosaic floor and stairs. dwelling men became a place of attraction for inquisitive locals and tourists.










For the first time, they decided to kick Kahlon out of the cave back in 1974, but he ignored the eviction order. He claims that from then until As of 2022, there were no complaints from the authorities about his house. Moreover, although the Israeli never received a building permit, several decades ago, the city council connected his cave to electrical networks.






Now Israeli Ministry of Environment declared that the construction of the hermitage was illegal and harmful to nature. Elderly the man said he would fight for his right to stay.

“I won't leave here. I'm ready to be buried here. I have nowhere to go, I have no other home,” he said.