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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 567

Kibbutz Kfar Aza

Palestinians attend Eid prayers in Khan Yuni in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 2:25 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 31: Day 542 – IDF tells Gazans to leave Rafah, Trump threatens Iran
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses Gaza, Iran and the rise in rhetoric, as reporter Sue Surkes describes challenges facing Kibbutz Kfar Aza residents
By Jessica Steinberg, David Horovitz and Sue Surkes
Members of Zaka walk through the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, as they collect the dead bodies, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Edi Israel/ Flash90)
March 26, 2025, 8:22 am
‘A murder in every corner’: 60-year resident writes book on Kfar Aza challenges post-Oct. 7
Ami Cahana, author of ‘Journey Back to the House of Betrayal,’ reflects on his reeling community where 64 were slaughtered by Hamas. Revival will depend on newcomers, he says
By Sue Surkes
Architect Zvika Pasternak with some of the metal bands on which the signatures of the 64 residents murdered at Kibbutz Kfar Aza by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, are inscribed. (Zvika Pasternak)
March 23, 2025, 8:21 am
Kfar Aza Oct. 7 memorial forms unforeseen stop on trail envisioned by murdered Ofir Libstein
The Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council head had opened the tourist route 10 days before he was killed by terrorists; station includes carved signatures of murdered residents
By Sue Surkes
Maor Rafael Shalom (Shin Bet)
March 11, 2025, 10:30 pm
Maor Shalom, 46: Retired Shin Bet agent who wrote his own eulogy
Killed on October 7 battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza
By ToI Staff
Members of Zaka walk through the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, as they collect the dead bodies, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Edi Israel/ Flash90)
March 4, 2025, 3:41 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 4: Day 515 – Devastating IDF Oct. 7 probes depict years of misconceptions
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian delves deep into the IDF’s findings of real-time failures and a culture of intelligence ‘superiority’ that saw the Hamas attacks as ‘impossible’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers remove bodies of Israeli civilians killed by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 3, 2025, 6:03 pm
Terrorists took Kfar Aza in an hour. Recapturing it took the IDF days, probe finds
First soldiers only arrived at kibbutz 2 hours into October 7 onslaught, failed to reach ‘young generation’ neighborhood before all kidnappings were carried out
By Emanuel Fabian
Maj. Ben Bronshtein (Courtesy)
February 21, 2025, 6:04 pm
Maj. Ben Bronshtein, 24: Elite unit commander lived ‘an abnormal life’
Killed on October 7 battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza
By ToI Staff
Brigadier General Yisrael Shomer (courtesy)
February 11, 2025, 11:37 pm
The general armed with only a knife who set out to regain control of his kibbutz on Oct. 7
IDF investigators reportedly moved to tears by testimony of Brig. Gen. Yisrael Shomer, a resident of Kfar Aza
By ToI Staff
Shlomo Mantzur (Courtesy)
February 11, 2025, 12:12 pm
Hostage Shlomo Mantzur, 85, was slain on Oct. 7, his body is held in Gaza, says IDF
Family of hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman says it has received word they are alive and being held separately; brothers of hostage Omri Miran say released captive saw him in July
By Amy Spiro and Emanuel Fabian
Reunited siblings Lee Siegel, left, David Siegel, Lucy Siegel and released hostage Keith Siegel, right, on February 9, 2025 (Courtesy)
February 9, 2025, 9:01 pm
Released hostage Keith Siegel’s siblings say their brother tracked calendar to stay sane
Siegel’s family have spent past week together, reminiscing and listening to his harrowing details of the last 15 months
By Jessica Steinberg
Family members of released hostage Yarden Bibas and hostages Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas hold a press conference at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on February 3, 2025. (From left) Eli Bibas, Ofri Bibas Levy, Dana Silberman Sitton, Jimmy Miller. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 4, 2025, 12:58 am
Family of freed hostage Yarden Bibas: He asks about wife and sons, we have no answers
‘Where are Shiri and the children? We won’t accept this uncertainty any longer,’ says Shiri’s sister; Keith Siegel’s daughter says he was uplifted by rallies, dismayed by discord
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Emily Damari at the ruined home from where she was abducted by terrorists on October 7, 2023, seen during a visit to the site, February 2, 2025. (Emily Damari/Instagram)
February 3, 2025, 8:37 am
Hamas captivity survivor Emily Damari returns to spot of her abduction in Kfar Aza
Freed hostage posts ‘I’m back’ along with photo of herself sitting among ruins of apartment from where terrorists abducted her in October 2023; urges freeing all hostages
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Amichai Yaacov Vanino (Courtesy)
January 27, 2025, 8:56 pm
Staff Sgt. Amichai Vanino, 22: Warrior, Torah scholar had a ‘noble soul’
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
The reunification of the Brodutch family, with father Avihai embracing his children who were held by terrorists in Gaza for 51 days, November 27, 2023. (Schneider Medical Center)
January 19, 2025, 7:31 pm
Father and husband of hostages freed in Nov. 2023 on what lies ahead for the newly released
Avihai Brodutch, who sat outside Defense Ministry demanding return of his family, says the 3 hostages freed after 471 days, 2 of whom are from his kibbutz, will ‘live it their whole lives’
By Jessica Steinberg
Cpt. Eily Adany (IDF)
December 24, 2024, 9:57 pm
Cpt. Eily Adany, 21: Platoon commander ‘gave everything to his soldiers’
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
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