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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

Kibbutz Nir Oz

Aryeh Zalmanovich. (Courtesy)
August 29, 2024, 4:47 pm
Son says Aryeh Zalmanovich, 86, ‘was murdered’ in Gaza hospital next to Farhan al-Qadi
Rescued hostage updated Nir Oz resident’s son upon return to Israel, said two forged ‘special bond’ when held together in hospital; son says dad didn’t get medicine, care he needed
By ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Yagev Buchshtav at the cemetery in Kibbutz Nirim, on August 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 22, 2024, 5:34 am
3 recovered hostages laid to rest in Israel, 10 months after they were taken alive
Families of Yagev Buchstav, Nadav Popplewell and Avraham Munder mourn missed chances for deal that could have saved their loved ones, at funerals in Nirim and Nir Oz
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Yagev Buchshtab at the Cemetery in Kibbutz Nirim, on August 21, 2024, Yagev Buchshtab was kidnapped to the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, his body was recently brought back to Israel in an Israeli military operation. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 21, 2024, 8:15 pm
Hostage families, Gaza border towns join growing boycott of Oct. 7 state memorial
Residents of kibbutzim targeted by Hamas, Hostages and Missing Families Forum all blast event as politicized; Gantz tells Netanyahu that ceremony is ‘not yours, it’s theirs’
By ToI Staff
Ravid Katz (Courtesy)
August 14, 2024, 10:23 pm
Ravid Katz, 51: Lifelong educator and devoted father of three
Killed fighting the Hamas invasion of Kibbutz Nir Oz, his body kidnapped to Gaza and retrieved by the IDF on July 24
By ToI Staff
Ariel Bibas, abducted with his baby brother Kfir and parents from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, turns five on August 5, 2024. (Courtesy)
August 5, 2024, 5:00 pm
As Ariel Bibas turns 5 in Gaza captivity, his grandmother dreams of seeing him again
Marking birthday, Pnina Bibas writes letter asking grandson if he is aware of ‘big day,’ hopes he will still want to play piggyback when he returns
By ToI Staff
Ariel Bibas, abducted with his baby brother Kfir and parents from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, turns five on August 5, 2024. (Courtesy)
August 3, 2024, 2:01 pm
Ariel Bibas will turn five in Gaza captivity on Monday
Family say that instead of a birthday party, they will hold a march on Aug. 5 to call for the release of the Bibas family and all the hostages still held by Hamas
By Jessica Steinberg
Judih Weinstein at an open mic evening at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York in 2003. (Courtesy: Caryn Suiters)
August 1, 2024, 7:24 pm
Poets publish chapbook in memory of Judih Weinstein, killed on October 7
The haiku writer was murdered by Hamas terrorists with her husband, Gad Haggai, outside Kibbutz Nir Oz
By Jessica Steinberg
Former hostage Adina Moshe speaking during an interview on Channel 12, July 26, 2024. (Screenshot)
July 27, 2024, 12:24 am
Ex-hostage: Slain captive said Netanyahu won’t work to free us because we’re leftists
Adina Moshe says Chaim Peri told her in Gaza tunnel they weren’t priority for PM; says while she was protesting with other ex-captives, a man yelled ‘whores, shame they freed you’
By ToI Staff
IDF troops are seen at the entrance to a tunnel in southern Gaza's Khan Younis where the bodies of five Israeli hostages were held, July 24, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)
July 25, 2024, 8:15 pm
Bodies of 5 hostages were found in tunnel in Gaza’s Israeli-designated humanitarian zone
IDF had adjusted zone in Khan Younis, ordering civilians to evacuate area where tunnel found; soldier dies, 2 others badly hurt in Gaza, apparently after inhaling toxic fumes
By Emanuel Fabian
Hostages recovered by the IDF from southern Gaza's Khan Younis on July 25, 2024: top L-R Oren Goldin, Maya Goren, Ravid Katz; bottom: L-R Sgt. Kiril Brodski and Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas (Courtesy)
July 25, 2024, 4:52 am
Bodies of 5 Israelis slain on Oct. 7 recovered by IDF from Gaza, brought home
Remains of Ravid Katz, Oren Goldin, Maya Goren, Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas and Sgt. Kiril Brodski were held hostage in Khan Younis tunnel
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A group of Israelis on an educational tour visit a house that was torched by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack on Israel in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on June 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
July 21, 2024, 8:45 am
IDF probe finds it failed to properly respond to Oct. 7 Nir Oz invasion – report
Forces reportedly headed toward southern community in multiple instances, battled with terrorists, were then redirected elsewhere before entering kibbutz
By ToI Staff
Dagan Peleg (left), Tom Carbone and Yaakov Benacot (right) of Be'eri Dairy on June 27, 2024, still in recovery from October 7 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 17, 2024, 5:01 am
Be’eri’s boutique cheesemakers carry on, without Dror Or’s ‘golden hands’
Dairy originally established to make yogurt and labneh for kibbutz eventually became accomplished in artisanal cheeses, only to be decimated by the Hamas attack
By Jessica Steinberg
Bullet holes cover the bedroom wall of hostage Ariel Bibas, 4, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, June 21, 2024. The name 'Ariel' appears on the wall in the top-right corner. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
July 12, 2024, 5:26 pm
‘This was a place of joy’: Time stands still in empty bedrooms of hostages held in Gaza
Families reflect on significance of captives’ inner sanctums, some of which bear witness to October 7 onslaught, while others exude an untouched tranquility
By Oded Balilty and Melanie Lidman
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
A group of Israelis on an educational tour visit the home of the Siman Tov family in Kibbutz Nir Oz on Friday, June 21, 2024. The parents and three children were killed and their home was torched by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
June 24, 2024, 11:01 am
Sites of devastation from Oct. 7 attack new essential stop for Israel’s visitors
Politicians visit kibbutzim as show of solidarity; hundreds of soldiers participate daily in virtual reality tours; Birthright sends nearly all participants to Nova massacre site
By AP
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