Kibbutz Nir Oz

Argentinian President Milei meets former hostage Iair Horn at memorial cermeony for AMIA attack

The brief interaction preceded a ceremony marking 32 years since the suicide bombing attack on AMIA, a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, as Milei holds steady on condemning the IRGC.

Argentine President Javier Milley and Yair Horn on July 17.
DEGANYA ALEF & BET: Plowing a field, 1945.

After 100 years, Israel's kibbutzim are still adapting to war, change, and an uncertain future

EHUD DRIBBEN, co-founder of Magen 48, discusses the work his organization does to train Israeli communities to confront threats.

Community security: Nir Oz volunteers train to defend Israel's frontlines after Oct. 7

Members of the emergency standby squad in Nir Oz are seen training with Magen 48.

Kibbutz Nir Oz, devastated on October 7, trains emergency standby squads to secure community


Golani Brigade rescues dog kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7

Billy, a three-and-a-half-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was found near Rafah, and was revealed to be from Nir Oz when she was brought to Israel for treatment.

 Aviad Shapira, the Golani reservist who found Billy.

A stolen future: The children of Kibbutz Nir Oz were robbed of childhood by Hamas - opinion

For the children of Nir Oz, the nightmare never ended. This isn’t just grief – it’s a stolen future, a childhood lost to the kind of terror no child should ever know.

 Balloons are seen in a window at Kibbutz Nir Oz, still ravaged by the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas.

'Half-naked, terrified, surrounded by gunmen': Ex-hostage recalls abduction to Gaza - NYT

In order to protect herself from sexual abuse from the terrorists standing in front of her, she told them in English that she had her period.

 Released hostage Ilana Gritzewsky, 31, who is originally from Mexico, kidnapped with her boyfriend during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, speaks as supporters and relatives of hostages held in Gaza gather in front of the White House, ahead of a Trump-Netanyahu meeting, February 4, 2025.

'My world collapsed': Freed hostage Gadi Moses recounts Hamas psychological torture

Moses was taken captive from outside his home on October 7 when Kibbutz Nir Oz, where he lived, was invaded by Hamas terrorists. 

 A photo of Gadi Mozes, who was released from Israeli captivity on Thursday, Jan. 30, has gone viral in Israel.

'No choice but to commend Hamas for deceiving us, ' former IDF chief recorded saying

The recording was published after Halevi ended his position as Chief of Staff for the IDF earlier this month and was replaced by Eyal Zamir.

 Former IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi.

Protesters call for hostage deal, IDF strike in Gaza's Beit Lahiya kills nine

Hamas official to Al Jazeera: Israel demands 11 live hostages, 16 slain hostages • Adam Boehler withdraws candidacy as US hostage envoy

 Israelis at the protest tent set up by families of hostages, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, March 15, 2025

Kibbutz Nir Oz says results of Oct. 7 probe are 'harrowing, deeply unsettling'

The kibbutz and the regional council head called for the military and the gov't to conduct a true lesson-learning process so attacks do not occur again.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 19, 2023.

October 7 probe: IDF only arrived in Nir Oz after Hamas terrorists left because it was 'far away'

47 Israelis killed, 76 taken hostage by around 400 terrorists • All IDF commanders killed in the first wave, all but six houses damaged

 Israeli soldier around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023

Freed hostage held by Hamas Doron Katz-Asher gives birth to daughter

She initially wanted to have another child before the war broke out, and was tossing back and forth over if she still wanted to after captivity.

 Aviv Asher, 2.5 years old, her sister Raz Asher, 4.5 years old, and mother Doron, react as they step off an Israeli military helicopter, shortly after their arrival in Israel on November 24, after being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.

Jewish organizations failed hostages and the Jewish people, hostage's father tells 'Post'

"History will also not look kindly on some, not all, of the leaderships of major Jewish organizations, in North America certainly," Jonathan Dekel-Chen said.

 Jonathan Dekel-Chen.