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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Kibbutz Kissufim

Anucha 'Jackky' Sophakul (Courtesy)
December 9, 2024, 9:55 pm
Anucha ‘Jackky’ Sophakul, 27: Thai worker planned to farm back home
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7
By ToI Staff
Trucks loaded with aid drive down the Salaheddin road in the central town of Deir el-Balah in the Gaza Strip on November 5, 2024. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
November 8, 2024, 2:23 pm
US says Israel will open new Gaza aid crossing as Nov. 13 aid deadline approaches
State Department says Israel committed to opening Kissufim crossing and has made progress on aid delivery; Trump win may remove US leverage on arms support after Biden ultimatum
By Jacob Magid and AFP
Cpt. Ori Shani (IDF)
October 27, 2024, 10:23 pm
Cpt. Ori Shani, 22: Golani commander with ‘courage, strength, spirit’
Killed battling Hamas terrorists near the Kissufim IDF outpost on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
Sgt. Lavi Buchnik (Courtesy)
October 14, 2024, 8:59 pm
Sgt. Lavi Buchnik, 20: Paratrooper ‘put everyone ahead of himself’
Killed battling Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7
By ToI Staff
The main characters in 'Kissufim,' a Netflix movie set in late 1970s in the southern kibbutz (Courtesy)
September 27, 2024, 2:31 am
The way we were: Netflix’s ‘Kissufim’ an eerily prescient story of kibbutz next to Gaza
Film set in late 70s as Israel and Egypt sign historic peace treaty explores the tensions of those living in and around Gaza, and becomes a window into the kibbutz before October 7
By Jessica Steinberg
Staff Sgt. Omri Peretz (IDF)
September 23, 2024, 4:12 pm
Staff Sgt. Omri Peretz, 20: Squad commander ‘surrounded by friends’
Killed battling Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7
By ToI Staff
Volunteers work to restore Kibbutz Kissufim, summer 2024. (Noga Grosvirt)
July 13, 2024, 10:24 am
As volunteers step in for state, Gaza border towns begin rebuilding from Oct. 7 ashes
In the aftermath of the Hamas invasion and as war continues, official aid for affected communities is unpredictable – and so is manpower. But residents are determined to return
By Natan Galula
Naama Shaked. (Dafna Talmon)
June 8, 2024, 5:34 pm
Uprooted: Naama Shaked, 51, from Kibbutz Kissufim. This is her story
Naama Shaked, single mother from Kibbutz Kissufim, works as an academic development advisor, evacuated to the Dead Sea ● This is her story
By Tamar Mor Sela
Hostage Chaim Peri (left) and his grandson, Mai Albini, at an earlier Passover in Kibbutz Nir Oz. (Screenshot/Courtesy)
April 17, 2024, 10:04 pm
Grandchildren of hostages don’t feel like celebrating Passover’s message of freedom
Relatives of elderly captives Alex Danzig, Chaim Peri and Shlomo Mansour struggle to imagine marking the holiday next week without their family’s patriarchs
By Jessica Steinberg
Lishai Miran, the wife of hostage Omri from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, speaks at a rally by returnees to the Sderot area at Sha'ar Hanegev Junction on April 6, 2024. The sign behind her reads: "It's not Sha'ar Hanegev without them." ( Tal Kamir)
April 7, 2024, 5:43 pm
6 months on, 70% of evacuees from the south are home, but thousands remain in hotels
Some 13 damaged or at-risk communities will take at least 18 months to repopulate; ‘a hotel is a good place to spend a vacation in, but a pretty dismal one to live long term’
By Canaan Lidor
Netanel Divker at the Royal Hotel near the Dead Sea on March 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 13, 2024, 2:38 pm
At Dead Sea hotels, lasting mental, physical traumas delay homecoming for some evacuees
Despite challenging conditions, some displaced have rejected government incentives to return, citing lingering security concerns, while others still have no homes to go back to
By Canaan Lidor
Tom Godo (Facebook)
February 29, 2024, 6:01 pm
Tom Godo, 52: Musically talented Dad of three girls
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 8
By ToI Staff
Reuven Heinik (Courtesy)
February 21, 2024, 10:09 pm
Reuven Heinik, 56: Dairy farmer wouldn’t abandon his cows
Killed at the dairy farm in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 9
By ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Adi Tzur who was killed near Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, 2023. (IDF)
February 12, 2024, 9:22 pm
Staff Sgt. Adi Tzur, 20: Quietly assertive ‘hero’ soldier
Killed on October 7 battling Hamas near Kibbutz Kissufim
By ToI Staff
Sgt. Tomer Nagar who was killed near Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
January 16, 2024, 9:04 pm
Sgt. Tomer Nagar, 20: Golani ‘hero’ who refused to leave his post
Killed defending the Kissufim military base from a Hamas invasion on October 7
By ToI Staff
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