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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

Kibbutz Sufa

Temporary homes in Omer, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, built for evacuees from Kibbutz Kissufim, near the Gaza border. (Tekuma Authority)
October 27, 2024, 8:20 pm
Post-Oct. 7 return home of 3 Gaza border towns further delayed by still-ongoing war
Residents of Sufa, Nir Yitzhak and Netiv Ha’asara are now scheduled to return at the end of the year; state will continue funding temporary accommodation
By Sue Surkes
Staff Sgt. Ofir Melman (IDF)
October 20, 2024, 11:48 pm
Staff Sgt. Ofir Melman, 21: Combat medic and Hapoel Tel Aviv superfan
Killed on October 7 by Hamas terrorists while treating soldiers at the Sufa outpost
By ToI Staff
This graphic released by the Israel Defense Forces on May 4, 2024, shows Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Iman Zareb, who the military and Shin Bet said was killed in a strike in Rafah. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 5, 2024, 3:31 am
Islamic Jihad commander who led Oct. 7 assault on Sufa killed in Rafah strike — IDF
Military and Shin Bet say Iman Zareb was preparing for looming Israeli offensive in southern Gaza city when hit by airstrike, had tried to carry out attacks inside Israel in past
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Maj. (res.) Ofir Erez who was killed by Hamas in Sufa on October 7, 2023. (IDF)
February 6, 2024, 8:12 pm
Ofir Erez, 57: Tour guide, ‘incredibly funny’ community theater actor
Killed on October 7 by Hamas terrorists at the gate of Kibbutz Sufa
By ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Hallel Shmuel Saadon who was killed in Gaza on November 2, 2023. (IDF)
January 22, 2024, 10:00 pm
Staff Sgt. Hallel Saadon, 21: Horse lover was former camp counselor
Killed battling Hamas terrorists near Sufa on October 7
By ToI Staff
Sergeant Tal Levy was killed on October 7, 2023, as he and his soldiers tried to defend the IDF outpost on Kibbutz Sufa from Hamas terrorists (Courtesy)
January 15, 2024, 9:59 pm
Staff Sgt. Tal Levy, 21: Brave commander who put his soldiers first
Killed battling Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Sufa on October 7
By ToI Staff
Bernard Cowan (Courtesy)
November 6, 2023, 4:47 pm
Bernard Cowan, 57: Scottish-Israeli lover of diving and traveling
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Sufa on October 7
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: a rocket fired from Gaza over Israel, July 9, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 12, 2019, 10:17 pm
2 rockets fired from Gaza toward southern Israel; no injuries reported
Alert heard in Nir Yitzhak and Sufa, sending residents rushing to bomb shelters; projectiles fired hours after IDF increases Iron Dome missile defense batteries in south of country
By ToI Staff
Simcha Goldin, whose son Hadar's remains have been held captive by the Hamas terrorist group since the 2014 Gaza war, speaks to candidates for a pre-army preparatory program named after him, in an undated photograph. (Defense Ministry)
February 2, 2018, 3:53 am
Pre-army program named for slain soldier gets final OK
Defense Ministry grants official recognition to ‘mechina’ in memory of Lt. Hadar Goldin, whose remains are held by Hamas
By Judah Ari Gross
Smoke billows over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip as IAF planes struck four Hamas military targets, May 5, 2016. (Screenshot/Shehab News Agency)
May 5, 2016, 6:25 pm
IAF strikes targets in Gaza as troops shelled near border
Military says 4 Hamas military posts hit in response to ongoing attacks against Israeli forces near the border fence
By Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli tank fires towards Gaza, near the Israel and Gaza border on the morning of Sunday, July 27, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
May 5, 2016, 3:52 pm
IDF troops shelled near Gaza border, tanks return fire
No injuries reported on either side; army declares area around Kibbutz Sufa a closed military zone
By Judah Ari Gross
A tunnel reaching from Gaza into Israel, seen in a photo released by the IDF on April 18, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
April 20, 2016, 3:51 am
IDF destroys Gaza tunnel that led into Israel
Explosions reported by residents of communities bordering Strip, later confirmed by Israel
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
A tunnel reaching from Gaza into Israel, seen in a photo released by the IDF on April 18, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
April 18, 2016, 11:41 pm
After Gaza tunnel uncovered by IDF, private firm may have found 2nd
Company hired by border community residents to search for Hamas-built tunnels reportedly detects hollow underground shaft
By Raoul Wootliff
Hamas security forces next to an Egyptian watch tower on the border between Egypt and Gaza, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, September 21, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 13, 2016, 9:41 pm
All’s quiet on the southern Gaza front — and that’s bad
While soldiers stationed near the north of the Strip face rocket fire and other attacks, in the south, Hamas keeps a lid on Salafists and prepares for next round of fighting
By Judah Ari Gross
A tunnel found in the northern Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces, August 3, 2014. (IDF spokesperson/Flash90)
December 19, 2014, 8:17 am
‘Cement for rebuilding Gaza diverted to terror tunnels’
Hamas bolstering its capabilities and coming up with new strategies in the wake of the war, reports say
By ToI Staff
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