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Dikla Nasimi listens to her son Eliron at their home in Avdon on June 29, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
July 1, 2024, 2:03 pm
Israelis from town 2 miles from Lebanon forced to return home after running out of funds
After a hotel stay subsidized by a tapped-out Christian organization, Avdon’s 600 residents are refused state housing provided to others within the same distance from border
By Canaan Lidor
Members of the security team of Shomera hold a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers on May 12, 2024. (Courtesy of Shimon Vaknin)
May 13, 2024, 4:45 pm
In evacuated northern towns, a handful of defenders proudly commemorate the fallen
Local security team members say they welcome the ‘privilege’ of standing guard, but hope for radical change worthy of the casualties’ ultimate sacrifice
By Canaan Lidor
Lishai Miran, the wife of hostage Omri from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, speaks at a rally by returnees to the Sderot area at Sha'ar Hanegev Junction on April 6, 2024. The sign behind her reads: 'It's not Sha'ar Hanegev without them.' ( Tal Kamir)
April 7, 2024, 5:43 pm
6 months on, 70% of evacuees from the south are home, but thousands remain in hotels
Some 13 damaged or at-risk communities will take at least 18 months to repopulate; ‘a hotel is a good place to spend a vacation in, but a pretty dismal one to live long term’
By Canaan Lidor
Ori Gini listens to a friend speak at a gathering for evacuated students from Israel's north in Tel Aviv on March 26, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 30, 2024, 9:49 am
Evacuated by rocket fire, iconic Kiryat Shmona bar temporarily transplants to Tel Aviv
Founders and patrons of unique student hangout Patifon reunite for special events to preserve community spirit until they can get back home
By Canaan Lidor
Netanel Divker at the Royal Hotel near the Dead Sea on March 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 13, 2024, 2:38 pm
At Dead Sea hotels, lasting mental, physical traumas delay homecoming for some evacuees
Despite challenging conditions, some displaced have rejected government incentives to return, citing lingering security concerns, while others still have no homes to go back to
By Canaan Lidor
Aliza Avitan stands in the entrance to her home in Sderot after returning to it for the first time in nearly five months on February 29, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 3, 2024, 8:42 pm
No longer a ghost town, Sderot welcomes returnees and a renewed sense of normalcy
Traumatized but determined, thousands have moved back to a city scarred by rocket fire and full of painful memories, where they hope to rebuild their lives
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Evacuees from Shlomit return to their community on February 28, 2024. (Courtesy of the General Secretariat of Shlomit)
February 29, 2024, 12:56 am
500 evacuees stage a muted but joyous return to Shlomit, their village near Gaza
The ongoing war and the fact that Hamas still holds Israeli hostages prevent homecoming celebrations for the religious-Zionist community 6.5 kilometers from the border
By Canaan Lidor
Israelis load their belongings onto a bus as they evacuate from the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 22, 2024, 11:44 pm
Army okays return to many communities near Gaza, including some where Hamas attacked
IDF says no security impediment to evacuees going back home to 18 communities very close to the border with the Strip, and to all others 4-7 kilometers away
By Canaan Lidor and Emanuel Fabian
Evacuated residents return to Shokeda on February 8, 2024. (Nehorai Samimi)
February 10, 2024, 6:10 am
4 miles from war: In biggest homecoming yet, hundreds of evacuees return to Shokeda
As 80% of southern moshav’s 132 families come home, mayor says it’s ‘immensely joyous’ to return but ‘we know this fateful war isn’t over’
By Canaan Lidor
Students hold up signs reading 'Welcome Nir Oz' in Kiryat Gat on January 2, 2024. (Courtesy of the Municipality of Kiryat Gat)
January 4, 2024, 5:15 pm
Survivors of Kibbutz Nir Oz, a desert oasis, move into Kiryat Gat apartment towers
Locals from the growing southern city greet the traumatized newcomers with fanfare and a steady trickle of acts of goodwill
By Canaan Lidor
Guido Cohen. (Dafna Talmon)
December 30, 2023, 3:46 pm
Uprooted: Guido Cohen, 24, from Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha. This is his story
Guido Cohen, 24, from Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, immigrated from Argentina. A student at Ben-Gurion University, he was evacuated to Eilat ● This is his story
By Tamar Mor Sela
Nadav Tzabari of Kibbutz Nahal Oz walks past the Tama training center at Kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emek on December 6, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
December 26, 2023, 4:43 am
Kibbutz within a kibbutz: Nahal Oz evacuees find long-term haven at Mishmar Ha’emek
With shared values and a similar lifestyle, the traumatized Gaza border community is creating a new temporary normal at a northern paragon of Zionist socialism
By Canaan Lidor
Ami Rabin at the perimeter fence of his Kibbutz Nir Am, southern Israel, on November 30, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
December 24, 2023, 10:45 am
Drawing on memories from shattered lives, Gaza area evacuees endure long, uncertain wait
At hotels and housing complexes across Israel, tens of thousands struggle to sustain their uprooted communities, yearn for a speedy return
By Canaan Lidor
Yifat Sitbon at her temporary residence in Moshav Hatzeva (Photo: Dafna Talmon)
December 23, 2023, 2:35 am
Uprooted: Yifat Sitbon, 45, evacuated from Moshav Dekel. This is her story
Yifat Sitbon, 45, from Moshav Dekel. High school English teacher married to Ahi, a farmer, and mother of 4. Was evacuated to Hatzeva in the Arava ● This is her story
By Tamar Mor Sela
Yehudit Oliel Malca, right, and Elad Kalimi animate a belated Simhat Torah celebration for Sderot residents in Eilat, southern Israel on October 31, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
November 10, 2023, 6:19 pm
In Eilat, 10,000 evacuated residents of Sderot form a ‘city within a city’
Municipality of the rocket-battered border town continues to provide service to its 30,000 residents, a third of whom are staying in Eilat
By Canaan Lidor
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