Gaza border communities

How foreign caregivers became Israel's lifelines during October 7 massacre

The bravery and compassion of  ‘the strangers within your gates’: Whose needs do we put first in this moment?

 PHILIPPINE CULTURAL Dancers group performs a traditional dance, ‘tinikling,’ depicting the swift leg movements of a ‘tikling’ bird eluding a farmer’s traps. Regarding October 7, 2023, caretaker Camille Jesalva said, ‘I ran through the glass doors like I was playing with Hamas.
 Israeli women and children from Kibbutz Nir after being rescued from Hamas terrorists by the Israel Border Police, October 7, 2023.

Kerem Shalom residents respond to IDF's Oct. 7 probe, call for state inquiry

 The Be'er Shema (Birsama) mosaic, discovered over 30 years ago near Kibbutz Urim, dates back approximately 1,600 years.

Stunning 1,600-year-old Byzantine mosaic unveiled in Western Negev

 The Eshkol Council Head Michal Uziel met on Sunday with the Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, May, 2025.

IDF chief to Eshkol council head: 'Hostages' return, community's security are top priorities'


'Died of a broken heart': Tamar Kutz, one of the founders of Kfar Aza, dies at 82

Tamar's husband, Benny, accompanied her until her last day. The two, veterans and leaders of the kibbutz, lived there their entire adult lives, and raised their children there.

 A photo of Tamar Kutz next to a picture of her son and his family that were brutally murdered in Kfar Aza on October 7.

The body remembers: On documenting trauma with care - opinion

Sharing testimonies is a form of storytelling that can help survivors make sense of their trauma.

 Irit Gazit (L) and Sharon Rapaport hear a testimony.

A memoir of courage and love: British-Israeli pioneer living on the Gaza border - review

Interviews with released hostages and families of victims illustrate how many of them were pioneers who made the Western Negev bloom.

 A barbed wire fence is seen on Zikim beach, in southern Israel near the border with Northern Gaza Strip, on April 5, 2016

IDF announces Warrant Officer Dejen Daniel Sahalo killed in car accident in Gaza border area

Warrant Officer Sahalo, 41, from Rehovot, served in the 5067th Engineering Battalion, Combat Engineering Corps.

 Warrant Officer Dejen Daniel Sahalo, killed in a car accident in the Gaza border area, May 5, 2025.

Food security crisis: How war has impacted Israel's food supply

As Israel moves forward, it must continue to balance technological innovation with sustainable agricultural practices while ensuring that all citizens have access to the resources they need.

 AN AERIAL view crop fields and moshav Kfar Ma’as, south of Petah Tikva.

IDF probe into Nir Yitzhak reveals army failed to protect kibbutz on Oct. 7

The probe found that only at 1:30 p.m. did the first IDF troop enter the kibbutz, just four minutes after the last terrorists left.

 A building is left destroyed after a rocket hit the building earlier in the week on October 25, 2023 in Nir Yitzhak, Israel. In the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that left an estimated 1,400 dead and 200 kidnapped, Israel launched a sustained bombardment of the Gaza Strip and threatened a gro

IDF Oct. 7 failure in Ein Hashlosha cost four lives, probe reveals

Only one terrorist was killed in the defense of the town, though dozens of Palestinian invaders were killed in the environs nearby the town.

 Palestinians break into the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border fence after Hamas terrorists infiltrated areas of southern Israel, October 7, 2023.

Gov't allocates billions of shekels to rehabilitate Israel's South after Hamas's Oct. 7 attack

"Affected communities will not only be rehabilitated but will flourish and thrive more than ever before," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023

IDF fighter jet accidentally drops munitions on grounds of Gaza border kibbutz

Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak said that the munitions did not land in the kibbutz but rather in the agricultural fields near the kibbutz.

 An Israeli F-16 fighter jet flies over an airbase in southern Israel, March 4, 2024.

Observers say IDF abandoned Gaza border outpost in 12-hour security lapse

60 observers at the post were left without any protection, and the base gate was open and unsupervised.

 IDF observers say military abandoned Gaza border outpost for 12 hours, April 3, 2025 (illustration).

Over 120 Hamas terrorists planned on invading Beersheba on October 7 - report

Security forces believe that since their plans were thwarted, they headed to Gaza border communities, overwhelming them in sheer number as a result.

Hamas terrorists and Gazans take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis, Oct. 7, 2023