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Members of Lior Rudaeff's family at his funeral on November 10, 2025 at Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, after his body was released by Hamas. (Uriel Even Sapir/Hostages Forum)
November 10, 2025, 5:17 pm
‘We fought for you, Dad’: Lior Rudaeff buried 2 years after he was killed on Oct. 7
Family pays final respects to Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak’s deputy security coordinator, whose body was returned from Gaza on Friday: ‘You’re here — you’re finally home’
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Lior Rudaeff (Courtesy)
November 8, 2025, 10:46 am
Body of Lior Rudaeff returned from Gaza; he died battling Islamic Jihad terrorists on Oct. 7
Rudaeff, 61, was deputy security coordinator at Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak and was part of its civil defense squad; family: ‘763 nightmarish days’ are over; 5 slain hostages still held
By Emanuel Fabian
Ela Haimi, right, and her eldest son at the October 22, 2025, funeral of her husband, Tal Haimi, whose body was returned from Gaza days earlier, in Kinnutz Nir Yitzhak. (Dana Reany/Hostages Forum)
October 22, 2025, 7:49 pm
Slain hostage Tal Haimi laid to rest, some 2 years after wife symbolically buried his helmet
At funeral in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, where Haimi was killed battling Hamas on Oct. 7, widow Ela says she planned this day ‘so many times,’ tells about raising a child born after Tal’s death
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Police officer Master Sgt. Ran Gvili.(Courtesy)
October 19, 2025, 3:05 pm
The only slain hostage whose body is still held in Gaza
The body of Ran Gvili is the last of 251 captives taken on October 7 remaining in the Strip
By ToI Staff
Lior Rudaeff (Courtesy)
October 13, 2025, 10:14 am
Lior Rudaeff, 61: Kibbutz mechanic expert and volunteer medic
Murdered in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7, his body kidnapped to Gaza and returned November 2025
By ToI Staff
Tal Haimi (Courtesy)
October 12, 2025, 5:32 pm
Tal Haimi, 41: Engineer and dad had ‘a smile that inspired confidence’
Slain on October 7 while defending Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, his body taken captive to Gaza and returned in October 2025
By ToI Staff
Placing a stone on the grave of the late Roi Munder, murdered on October 7, 2023, at Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Gaza border in southern Israel, October 6, 2025. (Ohad Shahar)
October 6, 2025, 8:01 pm
‘Missing you’: Memorial ceremonies along Gaza border mark two years since Hamas massacre
As teams from Israel, Hamas prepare to start negotiations on Trump’s plan to end the war, survivors and families of victims express incredulity that Hamas still holds hostages
By Sue Surkes
Ela Haimi and her baby, Lotan, the youngest of her four children, born after her husband Tal Haimi was killed defending their kibbutz on October 7, 2023 and his body taken hostage to Gaza. (David Janovic/IDFWO)
July 14, 2025, 9:06 am
Life swells alongside tragedy for the then-pregnant spouses of October 7 victims
Avital Dekel-Chen and Ela Haimi speak about giving birth after their husbands were killed or taken hostage and being single mothers during the traumatic months after the onslaught
By Jessica Steinberg
A child helps plant a new vineyard at Kibbutz Kerem Shalom in this undated promotional image (Courtesy/Kerem Shalom)
May 30, 2025, 8:35 am
Looking to slow life down and join a kibbutz? It’ll cost you
Once Zionist experiments in communal living, today’s kibbutz communities still have much to offer… for those with the right mindset and deep enough pockets
By Zev Stub
Cpt. Or Moses, who was killed on the Zikim base on October 7, 2023, . (IDF)
April 30, 2025, 1:03 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 30: Day 572 – IDF commanders who sacrificed themselves to save recruits
In a special Memorial Day episode, military reporter Emanuel Fabian discusses the harrowing IDF probes into the October 7 battles at the Zikim base, Ein Hashlosha and Nir Yitzhak
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Hamas terrorists abduct Gabriela Leimberg, 59, her daughter Mia, 17, from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7, 2023. (South First Responders)
April 25, 2025, 9:00 am
Nir Yitzhak security team resisted terrorists on Oct. 7, preventing murderous rampage
Well-armed squad fought dozens of terrorists during first and second waves of Hamas-led attack; IDF tank stationed on border eliminated over 100 terrorists heading toward kibbutz
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft flies over Haifa on September 24, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)
April 16, 2025, 8:29 am
IAF fighter jet accidentally drops bomb near Israeli border community; none hurt
Munition explodes on impact, causing large crater in open area of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak; IDF says it was result of ‘technical malfunction,’ will investigate further
By Emanuel Fabian
Four widows whose husbands' bodies are being held hostage in Gaza. From left, Hadas Adar, widow of Tamir Adar; Saphir Zohav Hamami, widow of Asaf Hamami; Yaffa Rudaeff, widow of Lior Rudaeff, Ela Haimi, widow of Tal Haimi in Tel Aviv on March 11, 2025. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/IDFWO)
March 19, 2025, 6:50 pm
With new Gaza fighting, 4 IDF widows worry the bodies of their fallen husbands won’t return
Women from the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization whose spouses are among the 35 dead hostages in Gaza call for ‘the immediate release of all hostages — living and dead’
By Diana Bletter
Udi Goren, whose cousin Tal Haimi was killed, his body taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, at the Hod Hasharon Eco Park on December 10, 2024. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 22, 2024, 5:57 am
Inside one man’s struggle to get his cousin’s body, taken on Oct. 7, back from Gaza
Tal Haimi’s remains are still being held by terrorists. Udi Goren has stepped up to represent the family as they beg for all the hostages, living and dead, to be returned home
By Jessica Steinberg
Former hostages Gabriela Leimberg, left, and her brother, Fernando Marman, at a September 2024 rally for the hostages, nearly a year after they were taken hostage to Gaza on October 7 (Courtesy)
November 25, 2024, 7:36 am
Former hostage reflects on life post-captivity, one year after her release
Gabriela Leimberg talks about the trauma of captivity, her bubble of family and friends, and the support she feels from the Israeli nation
By Jessica Steinberg
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