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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Kibbutz Nahal Oz

Released hostage Judith Raanan, left, meets with US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida, December 10, 2024. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
December 11, 2024, 12:08 pm
1st hostage to return from Gaza meets Trump, urges him to do all he can to free captives
Judith Raanan, taken with teen daughter while visiting Nahal Oz and released two weeks later, gives US president-elect a painting and tells him about her time in captivity
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Yossi Hoffman stands near the 'wall of cars' memorial at Tekuma. (Hadas Kuznits)
December 1, 2024, 10:14 am
Scarred by October 7, first responder copes with his trauma by BBQing for soldiers
Struggling to deal with what he saw while recovering bodies of Hamas victims, ZAKA’s Yossi Hoffman seeks solace by offering tours of affected sites, using funds for cookouts for troops
By Hadas Kuznits
Hostage father Dani Miran, far right, with a long beard grown while his son is held hostage, works with other volunteers at a pizza dinner he organized at the Hostages Forum in November 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 30, 2024, 12:12 pm
For hostage’s dad, cooking dinners for other families offers brief respite
Dani Miran, father of captive Omri Miran, hasn’t lived at home since Oct. 7: ‘Most of the time everything feels black, and if I can chop and sauté a little, that’s better’
By Jessica Steinberg
Yael Eshel (right), whose sister Roni was killed by Hamas terrorists at the IDF's Nahal Oz base on October 7, 2023, and Yuval Marciano (left), whose sister Noa was kidnapped and murdered in Gaza in November 2023, meet at the military's recruitment base at Tel Hashomer, November 4, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 5, 2024, 9:00 am
Younger sisters of two female soldiers killed by Hamas begin their IDF service
Yael Eshel, whose sister Roni was killed in attack on Nahal Oz base, and Yuval Marciano, whose sister Noa was kidnapped to Gaza and murdered, meet at recruitment base
By ToI Staff
Cpt. Iftah Yavetz (Courtesy)
October 19, 2024, 10:36 pm
Cpt. Iftah Yavetz, 23: Elite unit commander with ‘a poetic soul’
Killed while battling Hamas terrorists outside Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7
By ToI Staff
Masada Bochris, right, with her brother, Chen Bochris who was killed battling Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
October 14, 2024, 11:44 pm
‘Overlooked’ grief: October 7 massacre left 2,185 bereft siblings, first study shows
Hebrew University researcher says there’s a ‘hierarchy of grief’; urges government to give mourning siblings the same benefits as widows, parents and children of terror victims
By Diana Bletter
Former IDF surveillance soldier Margaret Weinstein testifying before an independent civilian commission investigating the events leading up to the October 7 Hamas invasion and slaughter in southern Israel, September 17, 2024. (Screenshot)
September 17, 2024, 10:41 pm
IDF surveillance troops testify to glitches, neglect, no warfare training before Oct. 7
They had no weapons, no directives in case of base being overrun, says father of Noa Price, killed at Nahal Oz; ex-soldier at base describes broken cameras, malfunctioning balloons
By Sam Sokol
Memorial candles line the charred desks in the destroyed command center of Nahal Oz base, February 23, 2024. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2024, 10:39 pm
Bereaved family members fume over demolition of massacre site at Nahal Oz base
Father of slain surveillance soldier says parents were promised buildings would be preserved as a memorial; IDF says it is pausing construction in favor of further dialogue
By ToI Staff
Meirav Berger, mother of hostage Agam Berger, marking her daughter's 20th birthday in captivity on August 23, 2024 at Tel Aviv's Anu Museum (Courtesy Anu)
August 25, 2024, 8:35 pm
Family marks 20th birthday of hostage Agam Berger with music and song
The budding violinist had only just begun her IDF service as a surveillance soldier at the Nahal Oz army base when she was taken captive to Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
Lior Golan and Oriana ben Aba Golan, evacuees from Kibbutz Nir Am near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, return to their home 10 months after the October 7 Hamas massacre. August 15, 2024. (Dor Pazuelo-FLASH90)
August 15, 2024, 8:31 pm
Thousands of residents return to homes near Gaza as state ends hotel funding for some
Around 3,700 Israelis go back to towns they left on October 7; residents of 10 communities badly damaged in Hamas attack have housing for at least another year
By Canaan Lidor
Noam Elyakim (Courtesy)
July 23, 2024, 10:01 pm
Noam Elyakim, 46: Devoted family man who loved to sing
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7
By ToI Staff
Families of Israeli observation soldiers who were killed by Hamas terrorists at the Nahal Oz surveillance outpost on October 7, speak to the press after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 17, 2024, 10:39 am
Netanyahu pleads ignorance in meeting with families of slain surveillance soldiers
In recordings, PM heard saying he didn’t know the female troops at Nahal Oz base raised alarms before October 7, had no idea they were unarmed; refuses to commit to state inquiry
By ToI Staff
An undated picture of four IDF surveillance soldiers held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, that was made public by their families on July 16, 2024. Behind them is a framed picture of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. From left: Liri Albag, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa, and Karina Ariev. (Courtesy)
July 16, 2024, 4:21 pm
Hostage families release photos of 5 female soldiers from early days of captivity
Relatives of IDF observation troops kidnapped from Nahal Oz base on October 7 beg Netanyahu not to depart for Washington before signing a hostage release deal
By ToI Staff
Sgt. First Class Tal Lahat, of the IDF's Maglan commando unit, who was killed during fighting in central Gaza on July 9, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 10, 2024, 11:17 am
IDF commando killed in fresh Gaza City op; Gallant: 60% of Hamas terrorists killed
Sgt. First Class Tal Lahat, 21, was among those who rescued Nahal Oz residents on Oct. 7; troops raid UNRWA HQ as military says dozens of gunmen killed in Shejaiya
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A photograph by Oren Ziv, from 'Southern Album,' an exhibit that opened June 21, 2024 at the Petach Tikva Museum of Art. (Courtesy)
June 29, 2024, 7:16 am
‘A wounded landscape’: New photo exhibit captures life in Israel’s south, then and now
Historian and photographer Dana Arieli created ‘The Photographer of Things — Southern Album,’ a new exhibit at Petah Tikva Museum of Art that tells the story of the south
By Jessica Steinberg
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