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Moshav Netiv Ha'asara

An Israeli soldier walks pas charred cars in Moshav Netiv HaAsara in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on November 17, 2023, in the aftermath of Hamas's October 7 terror onslaught (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
March 4, 2025, 7:25 pm
37 armed Israelis failed to stop 3 terrorists from murdering 17 in Netiv Ha’asara
Most of the 25-strong local security team remained in their homes; soldiers, who quickly reached moshav, did not follow IDF’s combat protocols
By Emanuel Fabian
Adi Baharav Rabinovitz (Courtesy)
February 19, 2025, 10:04 pm
Adi Baharav, 62: Longtime security officer set out to defend his town
Killed while battling the Hamas invasion of Netiv Ha’asara on October 7, 2023
By ToI Staff
Visitors enjoy anemone season in southern Israel, February 2024 (Courtesy)
February 1, 2025, 5:50 am
In battle-weary Gaza envelope, annual anemone event seeks to make region bloom again
A muted version of the flower pilgrimage in February will memorialize those killed and kidnapped on Oct. 7, and host the small businesses again cropping up after the tragedy
By Jessica Steinberg
Moira Dror looks out over Netiv Ha’asara, with northern Gaza just a few dozen yards behind her, January 30, 2025. (Jeremy Sharon / The Times of Israel)
January 31, 2025, 5:14 am
Trepidation and resilience in southern Israel as hostages, terrorists, Gazans go home
Residents of western Negev worry about security after ceasefire with Hamas but are defiant in their will to stay. ‘I’m not giving Hamas that victory,’ says Netiv Ha’asara resident
By Jeremy Sharon
Oren Stern (Courtesy)
November 18, 2024, 10:40 pm
Oren Stern, 49: Surfer and doting uncle was ‘the salt of the earth’
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of Netiv Ha’asara on October 7
By ToI Staff
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
Chava 'Chavik' Segal (Courtesy)
October 8, 2024, 9:19 pm
Chavik Segal, 78: Great-grandmother expressed love in ‘small gestures’
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Netiv Ha’asara on October 7
By ToI Staff
A ceremony at Netiv Ha'asara on October 6, 2024, commemorating the 20 residents who were slain by Hamas on October 7, 2023 (Shalom Yerushalmi / Times of Israel)
October 7, 2024, 1:09 pm
One year on, depths of despair and mountains of hope in the Gaza border communities
On the first anniversary of the October 7 massacre, residents of the ‘Gaza envelope’ mourn their dead while pledging to rebuild a better, safer home
By Shalom Yerushalmi
File: October 7 survivor Sabine Taasa poses for a picture at a home in Netanya, on January 28, 2024. (MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
September 4, 2024, 9:07 pm
Oct. 7 survivor tells UN to ‘stop blaming us’ for war, focus on harm to Israeli kids
Sabine Taasa, whose husband and son were murdered in Hamas onslaught, describes horrors of massacre to children’s rights panel, urges it to focus on Israeli youth, not just Gazan
By AFP and ToI Staff
Idit Dayan (center, wearing yellow), the principal of the Gil Rabin School in Sderot, southern Israel, welcomes children back for the new school year, on September 1, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
September 4, 2024, 2:48 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 4: Day 334 – School year starts in Sderot under shadow of war
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses IDF operation in West Bank, Hamas commander killed in Gaza; correspondent Sue Surkes reports from near the Gaza border
By ToI Staff
Ahmed Fawzi Nasser Muhammad Wadiyya, a Hamas Nukhba commander who led the massacre in moshav Netiv Ha'asara on October 7, 2023, is seen in CCTV footage from the attack that day. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 3, 2024, 11:45 am
IDF says it killed Hamas commander who murdered father in front of his kids on Oct. 7
Terrorist who led onslaught on moshav Netiv Ha’asara was filmed drinking Coca-Cola from fridge of family home, moments after killing Gil Taasa in front of his two youngest sons
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Bilha and Yakov Inon. (Courtesy)
August 31, 2024, 9:39 pm
Bilha & Yakov Inon, 75 & 78: Couple were ‘pillars of their community’
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in their home in Netiv Ha’asara on October 7
By ToI Staff
Bilha and Yakov Inon. (Courtesy)
August 6, 2024, 10:41 pm
Final unaccounted for October 7 victim died in onslaught, IDF confirms
Family long accepted that Bilha Inon was killed alongside her husband, Yakov, in Netiv Ha’asara; now military says ‘complex examination and investigation’ has verified her death
By Emanuel Fabian and Amy Spiro
Tal Keren (Courtesy)
July 23, 2024, 10:04 pm
Tal Keren, 17: High school student who loved to surf
Murdered by Hamas terrorists at Zikim Beach on October 7
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces at the scene of an attempted stabbing attack at the entrance to Netiv HaAsara, near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, July 22, 2024. (Photo by Flash90)
July 22, 2024, 1:40 pm
Canadian citizen attempts terror stabbing at moshav near Gaza, is shot dead
IDF notes attacker arrived at Netiv Ha’asara through Israel, not from the Strip; witnesses report assailant shouted in English, ‘You’re murdering people in Gaza!’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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