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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

Rahat

Abed Ziyadne (Courtesy)
March 23, 2025, 10:57 pm
Abed Ziyadne, 26: Bedouin truck driver was planning his wedding
Murdered by Hamas terrorists on Zikim Beach on October 7
By ToI Staff
At the Rahat Film Festival, February 17, 2025. (courtesy)
February 27, 2025, 5:45 am
In Rahat, an Israeli Jew and a Bedouin mom of 7 have founded a local film festival
In its third year, the Rahat Film Festival is slowly gaining momentum by introducing audiences to such films as ‘Eid,’ the first Ophir award-winner by a Bedouin filmmaker
By Jessica Steinberg
Osama Abu Madiam (left) and Ghaliya Abu Madiam (Courtesy)
January 25, 2025, 9:34 pm
Osama Abu Madiam & Ghaliya Abu Madiam, 28: Cousins were in greenhouse
Murdered by Hamas terrorists at Moshav Mivtahim on October 7
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 12, 2025, 2:03 pm
Two men found shot dead in Nahariya; no terror motive suspected
Separately, cops reportedly assess fatal Rahat hit-and-run as accident amid brawl
By ToI Staff
Relatives and friends of Youssef Ziyadne and his son Hamza, gather at the family home in the southern Israel city of Rahat, on January 8, 2025, after the IDF said it had recovered Youssef's body and had 'grave concerns' for Hamza's life. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
January 9, 2025, 1:02 am
Family and friends mourn death of hostage Youssef Ziyadne, blame government inaction
Relatives say they had held out hope the 53-year-old father of 19 would be freed alive in an imminent deal; released hostage Farhan al-Qadi eulogizes his childhood friend
By ToI Staff
Released hostage Farhan al-Qadi, right, hugs a well-wisher as he arrives his home in the Bedouin village of Khirbet Karkur, near Rahat, southern Israel, August 28, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 7:06 pm
Rescued captive calls to ‘put an end’ to hostage saga as crowd cheers his return home
Brother of Farhan al-Qadi says terrorists shot him in leg before taking him to Gaza, where he was treated without anesthetic and held without sunlight for months
By ToI Staff and AP
Rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi at Beersheba's Soroka Hospital, on August 27, 2024. (Yossi Ifergan/GPO)
August 28, 2024, 4:45 am
Former Rahat mayor says rescued hostage told him another captive died by his side
Info can’t be immediately verified; Ata Abu Madighem says Farhan al-Qadi ‘has many [terrible] memories’ and that his captors ‘treated him as an Israeli in every respect’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car in Rishon Lezion on July 3, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 26, 2024, 4:54 pm
Woman stabbed to death in southern town of Rahat, allegedly by husband
Partner arrested, murder weapon seized as victim becomes 16th woman murdered this year, with most killed by their partners
By ToI Staff
Lamis al-Jaer, an Arab Israeli woman who was attacked after mistakenly driving into the illegal outpost of Givat Ronen in the West Bank on August 9 speaks to Channel 12, August 11, 2024. (Screen capture via N12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 11, 2024, 10:46 pm
Arab Israeli attacked by West Bank mob rejects far-right MK’s claim her car wasn’t Israeli
Husband of victim calls on Otzma Yehudit MK to apologize for justifying attack at Givat Ronen settlement outpost; Democrats MK calls incident ‘attempting lynching’
By ToI Staff
Ship drawings discovered in the Rahat church excavation. (Yoli Schwartz/IAA)
May 23, 2024, 11:22 am
Pilgrims’ first stop: 1,500-year-old Byzantine-era ship etchings found at Negev church
Site, just south of the Bedouin city of Rahat, was likely the first inland stop for Christian pilgrims touring the Holy Land after arriving by sea at Gaza
By Gavriel Fiske
Kaid Abu Latif (far right) with his youngest brother, Ahmad Abu Latif and their mother, Mansoura Abu Latif, before Ahmad was killed in Gaza on January 22, 2024 during combat as a reservist (Courtesy)
February 8, 2024, 12:05 pm
Bedouin filmmaker mourns soldier brother killed in Gaza combat as movie premieres
Kaid Abu Latif’s youngest sibling Ahmad fell while serving in the IDF weeks prior to film festival in their hometown Rahat
By Jessica Steinberg
Hamza Ziyadne (Courtesy)
January 20, 2024, 7:48 pm
Body of murdered Hamas hostage Hamza Ziyadne returned to Israel and identified
The Rahat resident was working in Kibbutz Holit when abducted on October 7 by terrorists. He and his father remained captive in Gaza after two siblings released November 30, 2023
By ToI Staff
Bilal Ziyadne, who was held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza for 50 days, December 10, 2023. (Channel 13 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 11, 2023, 10:24 am
Freed hostage Bilal Ziyadne: Hamas kidnapped us even though they knew we’re Arab
Bilal, freed with sister Aisha during truce, struggles to detail experiences; says family was kept together in Gaza, given ‘normal food,’ thought they were the only hostages
By ToI Staff
A view of the city of Rahat, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023 (Gianluca Pacchiani / Times of Israel)
November 29, 2023, 11:21 am
Man shot dead in Bedouin village, third murder in Arab community in past 24 hours
Police believe 221st killing in Arab community this year part of ongoing feud between crime families
By ToI Staff
A view of the city of Rahat, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023 (Gianluca Pacchiani / Times of Israel)
November 20, 2023, 8:28 pm
2 Gaza terrorists found in Rahat a month after October 7 assault
Shin Bet, Border Police troops captured Hamas terrorists two weeks ago from house in Bedouin city; no Israeli forces hurt in operation
By ToI Staff
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