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Kibbutz Kfar Aza

Idit Etinger of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, outside her temporary home in Kibbutz Ruhama, southern Israel, October 5, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
October 7, 2026, 6:52 pm
On the Gaza border, third anniversary of October 7 revives traumas of war and terror
With 90% of evacuated southern residents back home, they describe relying on strong communal ties amid continuing uncertainty and pain
By Sue Surkes
People mark the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted, near Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel, October 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 7, 2026, 4:55 pm
Israel marks 3 years since Oct. 7 with memorial ceremonies, anti-government protests
Bereaved families return to destroyed communities, sites of deadly battles; minute of silence held at noon; Dizengoff Square fountain dyed red; protesters gather at homes of ministers
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A photo obtained by the IDF that was shared by freed Hamas hostage Emily Damari on October 3, 2026, shows her at Gaza City's Shifa Hospital after she was abducted during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on southern Israel. (IDF via @emilydamari on Instagram)
October 3, 2026, 11:00 pm
Former hostage shares photos from captivity, as Hamas doctor operates on her injured hand
Emily Damari says pictures were taken just after her Oct. 7 abduction, recalls being surrounded by 10 armed terrorists at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital, with corpse lying nearby
By ToI Staff
Voices from the Gaza Border Communities, an exhibit through October 8, 2026 at Jaffa's Amiad Center (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
October 1, 2026, 5:46 pm
Exhibit highlights art from area invaded on October 7
‘Voices from the Gaza Border Communities,’ showing in Jaffa, presents works by 75 artists from the Western Negev — those who survived the Hamas-led attack, and those who didn’t
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen grab from video of Mira Shoshani, a senior Shin Bet agent whose daughter was murdered on October 7, 2023, during the Hamas-led attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, as she speaks to Channel 12 in an interview broadcast September 16, 2026. (Channel 12)
September 17, 2026, 4:43 pm
Shin Bet’s most senior female agent speaks of how she heard daughter die on Oct. 7
Mira Shoshani was in Kfar Aza when terrorists invaded, but to this day mourns being unable to save Ofir, an off-duty soldier who was murdered in her home in the kibbutz
By ToI Staff
Former hostage Emily Damari, right, marries Danielle Amit, center; Damari's mother, Mandy Damari, far left, on August 27, 2026 (Courtesy)
August 28, 2026, 2:40 pm
Former hostage Emily Damari marries food influencer Danielle Amit in emotional ceremony
Damari, who had to hide her sexual orientation from Hamas captors, was smiling broadly as she lowered the veil on her now-wife’s head
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli soldiers look around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
August 19, 2026, 2:20 pm
KKL-JNF to invest NIS 284 million in development of southern Israel
Sum includes NIS 110m for Gaza border area; NIS 15 million will help fund Kibbutz Kfar Aza memorial plan, where Heritage Ministry tried to condition a grant on approval and veto power
By Sue Surkes
Yotam Haim, left, and his mother, Iris Haim, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
July 5, 2026, 4:19 pm
Mother of hostage slain by IDF says workers are using his home as a ‘public restroom’
Human feces also reportedly found in another home of Oct. 7 victims from Kfar Aza’s young families’ section, whose fate is subject of dispute between the kibbutz and the government
By ToI Staff
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
Nirel Zini, left, and Niv Raviv in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
June 4, 2026, 6:13 am
Human bones found in Kfar Aza; family hopes they belong to son murdered on Oct. 7
During visit to site, bones, including skull, found by family members of Nirel Zini, whose head was cut off by terrorists during massacre; his body was buried without it
By ToI Staff
A joint memorial ceremony for bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families held in Tel Aviv in 2025, with the inscription saying both in Hebrew and in Arabic: 'We, who lost our dearest of all, choose to stand, mourn and remember together. And as we do every year, we call for the end of violence and the search for a diplomatic solution that will secure freedom, justice and safety for all.' (Gilli Getz)
April 21, 2026, 3:59 pm
‘Blood only begets blood’: Why these bereaved Oct. 7 families still choose coexistence
Despite facing a hostile public atmosphere, some relatives of Hamas victims battle alongside Palestinian peace activists for political change, finding solace in dialogue
By Omer Sharvit
Photographer Avishag Shaar-Yashuv. (Gilad Bar Shalev)
February 21, 2026, 10:39 am
After years documenting Oct.7, Israeli NYT photographer turns her lens on something sweeter
Avishag Shaar-Yashuv photographed funerals, devastation and hostage releases since losing loved ones in Hamas-led massacre. Now she’s revisiting a prewar project focused on pastry
By Jessica Steinberg
Screenshot of former hostages Gali (L) and Ziv Berman in an interview with Channel 12, aired January 3, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
January 4, 2026, 10:01 pm
‘Enough with the misery’: Hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman want to move on
In first major interview since their release, brothers describe strange beachside meal set up by Hamas’s Gaza leader; now reunited, they still won’t return to Kfar Aza
By Ethan Rubinson
From 'Stay Forte,' Doron Eran's movie about the three hostages accidentally slain by the IDF in Gaza on December 15, 2023. (Courtesy)
December 25, 2025, 6:12 am
Israeli director sees Oct. 7 drama ‘Stay Forte’ as his personal war against Hamas
Doron Eran says his fictionalized film about hostages Yotam Haim, Alon Shamriz and Samar Talalka, accidentally killed by the IDF, is his way of fighting denial of the terrorist atrocities
By Jessica Steinberg
Beersheba Deputy Mayor Shimon Tubul appears on a Channel 14 news broadcast on January 22, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
November 19, 2025, 2:15 am
Prosecutors set to indict Beersheba’s deputy mayor for assaulting Bedouin men
City official, apparently angered by Arabic music being played loudly in car, was caught on film beating gas station workers; will have chance to defend himself before charges filed
By Charlie Summers
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