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Kibbutz Be'eri

A new neighborhood in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Gaza border, in southern Israel. (Kibbutz Be'eri)
July 1, 2026, 5:48 pm
Gaza border communities attract 5,000 new residents amid post-Oct. 7 rehabilitation
With 92% of Kibbutz Kissufim residents returning this week, Tekuma Directorate marks 1,000 days since deadly Hamas invasion, says over 1,000 projects completed across region
By Sue Surkes
L-R Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in Jerusalem, June 15, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and Nitzan Alon at the Herzliya Conference at the Reichman University, July 1, 2026 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 1, 2026, 1:29 pm
Disputing Smotrich, ex-hostage pointman says more captives could have come home alive
Nitzan Alon says the war could have ended at least a year earlier, but ‘cabinet refused earlier comprehensive deals in the name of total victory, which is a falsehood’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 29, 2026, 2:05 pm
Smotrich takes credit for return of all hostages; former captive decries ‘gaslighting propaganda’
‘I think it is thanks to me,’ the far-right minister asserts, despite having opposed various deals throughout the Gaza war that would have seen hostages released sooner
By ToI Staff
Former hostage Gadi Mozes releases doves into the Kibbutz NIr Oz fields as a sign of peace during the May 22, 2026 Shavuot holiday celebrations. (Courtesy)
May 26, 2026, 5:21 pm
Gaza border kibbutzim mark first Shavuot without hostages
Nir Oz, Nahal Oz and Be’eri share images and moments of celebration from the harvest holiday festivities
By Jessica Steinberg
Demolishing the Gat family home in Kibbutz Be'eri, southern Israel, April 12, 2026. (Courtesy, Kibbutz Be'eri)
April 12, 2026, 8:30 pm
Be’eri begins demolishing homes destroyed on October 7, choosing life over ruins
Gaza-border kibbutz, which lost more than 100 residents, tears down two shattered neighborhoods, starting with house belonging to Gat family, to move on from trauma
By Sue Surkes
The Dymshits family at Kibbutz Be'erot Yitzhak in central Israel. From left: Lavi on Anat's lap, Michael hugging Gefen, Ofek, and Shani. (Courtesy)
March 24, 2026, 8:04 am
Families uprooted from the Gaza border now find themselves in Iranian crosshairs
As many members of communities affected by the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities are still in temporary living situations, constant missile fire from the Iran war compounds trauma
By Sue Surkes
Magen David Adom paramedic and paramedic course instructor Amit Mann was murdered by Hamas terrorists who stormed the clinic in Kibbutz Be'eri where she was treating the wounded on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy of MDA)
February 7, 2026, 5:30 am
Murdered medic’s family calls for audio database of Oct. 7 victims’ calls
Over two years after massacre, Amit Mann’s sister says she received three recordings she had never heard before of paramedic’s phone calls from Kibbutz Be’eri to MDA hotline
By ToI Staff
People walk past a poster by artist TVBOY depicting President Donald Trump wearing a construction worker outfit and holding a placard reading in Spanish: My Gaza is your Gaza, is posted on a street in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Gregorio Borgia/AP PHOTO)
January 15, 2026, 3:17 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 15: Day 832 – Trump wills Gaza plan forward, despite Hamas noncompliance
Zman Yisrael founding editor Biranit Goren discusses the US vis-a-vis Iran and Gaza; reporter Sue Surkes brings a Kibbutz Be’eri update, and looks at the use of feces as cattle feed
By Jessica Steinberg, Biranit Goren and Sue Surkes
The Dvori family home in Kibbutz Be'eri, southern Israel, January 13, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
January 15, 2026, 10:17 am
Kibbutz Be’eri chooses single burned-out house to bear testimony to October 7
Home on community’s periphery belongs to the Dvori family, who were overseas when Hamas went on killing spree; other wrecked structures scheduled for demolition
By Sue Surkes
Former hostage Eli Sharabi pictured in Herzliya, on October 20, 2025. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)
January 4, 2026, 8:47 am
Eli Sharabi: Lawmakers’ ‘terrible’ comments on legal gatekeepers could lead to violence
Former hostage says elected officials will bear responsibility if someone ‘takes the law into their own hands’; says he has not fully integrated back into Kibbutz Be’eri community
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers walk past houses destroyed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Be'eri, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
December 11, 2025, 4:52 pm
Minister may preserve Be’eri homes gutted on Oct. 7 despite kibbutz vote for demolition
Amichay Eliyahu says he’s considering designating buildings as heritage sites as ‘last resort’ at behest of bereaved families; many kibbutz members say they want to move on
By Sam Sokol
New housing is built on the site of slain resident Pessi Cohen's home at Kibbutz Be'eri, which was shelled by IDF tanks on October 7, 2023, as the army battled Hamas terrorists who had taken 15 hostages and barricaded themselves inside. (Kibbutz Be'eri spokesperson's office)
December 9, 2025, 10:34 am
Kibbutz Be’eri votes to demolish all homes damaged in Oct. 7 Hamas assault, bar one
After months of debate, community decides to preserve a single house for testimony; community director, says, ‘We rebuild, remember, commemorate — and continue to live’
By Sue Surkes
The family of Dror Or, whose body was released by Hamas, buries him at Kibbutz Be'eri on November 30, 2025 (Dana Reany/Hostages Forum)
November 30, 2025, 6:35 pm
Dror Or of Kibbutz Be’eri, beloved father and cheesemaker, buried alongside his wife
Family eulogizes couple as ‘people of freedom and light, of spirit and creativity,’ assails political leadership for evading responsibility for October 7 attack
By Jessica Steinberg
Itzik and Talik Gvili, parents of deceased hostage Ran Gvili, on November 22, 2025, at a Hostages Forum rally. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages Forum)
November 29, 2025, 12:02 am
Father of Ran Gvili, one of two remaining hostages, to speak at possible final Tel Aviv rally
Hostages forum indicates Saturday event may be last as it narrows activities to support 2 families, says rallies don’t serve current situation of terror groups searching for bodies
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Dror Or (Courtesy)
November 26, 2025, 11:36 am
Body of Dror Or, devoted father and Be’eri cheesemaker, returned to Israel from Gaza
Remains of captive, whose wife was slain on October 7, handed over exactly two years after two of his children, Noam and Alma, were freed from Hamas captivity; 2 slain hostages still held
By Emanuel Fabian and Amy Spiro
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