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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Kibbutz Kfar Aza

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
Tuval Haim, left, and Yotam Haim, before the tragedies of October 7 (Courtesy)
December 20, 2024, 11:17 am
After 6-month music hiatus, Tuval Haim releases ode to younger brother killed in Gaza
Brother and fellow drummer stopped playing after Yotam Haim was accidentally shot by IDF while trying to escape Hamas captivity; album features his first vocals and compositions
By Jessica Steinberg
A picture shows the inside of a destroyed house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza near the border with the Gaza Strip on September 12, 2024. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
November 19, 2024, 7:36 am
Government directorate budgets NIS 180 million to rebuild devastated Kfar Aza
Plan led by kibbutz members would rehabilitate 360 residential buildings, 40 public ones, and infrastructure damaged during Hamas rampage last year
By Sue Surkes
Maj. Or Yossef Ran (IDF)
November 17, 2024, 9:58 pm
Maj. Or Ran, 29: Elite unit commander loved his motorcycles and jeeps
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
Shachaf Bergshtein (IDF)
November 13, 2024, 11:15 pm
Shachaf Bergshtein, 33: Lifelong kibbutznik was a devoted runner
Local security team member killed battling the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
Model for building complex around Kibbutz Kfar Aza. (Courtesy of Elad Gutman)
November 13, 2024, 9:04 pm
Kibbutz Kfar Aza joins Reches Real Estate to build a new NIS 250m industrial site
The 42,000 square-meter industrial complex is expected to be rented out to offices, businesses and industry and will create jobs for returning residents of Gaza border communities
By Sharon Wrobel
Brothers Yossi, Sharon and Eli Sharabi before October 7, 2023 when Yossi and Eli were taken hostage to Gaza. Yossi died in captivity (Courtesy)
November 9, 2024, 9:33 am
Families of five pairs of sibling hostages held in Gaza mark 400 days of captivity
Relatives of brothers still in Strip left doubly bereft and brokenhearted after more than a year of the unknown: ‘I just want to go to Gaza and bring them out myself,’ says mother
By Jessica Steinberg
A plenum session on the appointment of Israel Katz as Defense Minister and Gideon Sa'ar as Foreign Minister at the assembly hall of the Knesset on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 8, 2024, 1:49 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 8: Day 399 – Knesset tightens coalition after Gallant ousted
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses latest in Knesset legislation, including Haredi draft bill, as reporter Sue Surkes reviews rebuilding in southern communities, COP 29
By ToI Staff
Volunteers work with donated building materials on November 5, 2024, as part of a Brothers and Sisters in Arms project to renovate 16 homes for young people damaged when Hamas terrorists invaded Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 6, 2024, 4:32 pm
Outpacing state, Brothers in Arms becomes 1st to renovate homes damaged on October 7
Nonprofit takes on project initiated by grandson of murdered Kibbutz Kfar Aza co-founder, who says ‘no need to wait for the state’ with volunteers lining up to help
By Sue Surkes
Eliyahu "Eliko" Raichenstein (Courtesy)
November 2, 2024, 10:24 pm
Eliko Raichenstein, 75: Papier-mache artist with ‘passion, enthusiasm’
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in his home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett arrives at the scene of a terror attack in Ra'anana on January 15, 2024. (Itai Ron/Flash90)
October 24, 2024, 5:39 pm
Bennett urges state commission of inquiry into Oct. 7, slams ‘pathetic’ leadership
Ex-PM, who is eyeing comeback, says IDF wasted vital hours gearing up for war instead of sending troops to south immediately as Hamas slaughtered; praises ‘lions’ who rushed to scene
By ToI Staff
Maj. Ilay Zisser (IDF)
October 13, 2024, 10:41 pm
Maj. Ilay Zisser, 27: Elite unit fighter who had ‘normal dreams’
Killed battling Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
The remains of a house in what used to be the young people's section of Kibbutz Kfar Aza are seen on September 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 7, 2024, 4:24 pm
Scattered by October 7, Kfar Aza’s residents wonder if they can ever go home again
Members of close-knit community, nearly empty after being shattered in Hamas terror onslaught, are still buffeted by vulnerability and anger: ‘Are we going to live in a memorial?’
By Julia Frankel
Aharon Ben Haroush, right, talks to IDF soldiers during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. (United Hatzalah)
October 7, 2024, 8:40 am
United Hatzalah first responder reveals harrowing experience on Oct. 7 ‘road of death’
‘It was like a terrifying train,’ says an EMT who treated casualties on Route 232, yet he tries to remember the good he and other volunteers did that day
By Diana Bletter
Yuval Buyum (Courtesy)
October 6, 2024, 10:23 pm
Yuval Buyum, 21: Talented pianist whose ‘soul was wrapped up in music’
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
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