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Kfar Aza

 destroyed houses from the October 7 massacre six months ago, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, April 7, 2024

'My house turned into an emergency room'

 A messy and clan home side by side.

What I learned about keeping a clean home from the Hamas massacre ruins

By MIRIAM GOLD
IDF soldiers from the Nahal Brigade operate in the central Gaza Strip, April 10, 2024

Israel Air Force destroys Hamas launchers that fired rockets at Kibbutz Kfar Aza

 Elai Berger, brother of kidnapped IDF soldier Agam Berger, is also seen here celebrating his bar mitzvah.

Rabbi who lost son in Gaza: 'Hamas wanted to destroy us, but they strengthened us'

 Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin (at right) and Vered Libstein

The names behind the numbers

 RUBBLE IN Kibbutz Kfar Aza following the October 7 attack: The terrorists hoped to spark a wider insurrection, and just as in extreme cults, they were instructed to fight to the death, say the writers.

Looking into Kfar Aza, five months after the October 7 massacre

 A VISITOR walks through the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza.

Tours of October 7 massacre sites: Tourist attraction or solidarity mission?

 ROTEM KOREN’S family home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza was destroyed by Hamas terrorists on October 7.

Reichman students from Kfar Aza recount their escape

By JONATHAN DAVIS 
 KFAR AZA: ‘This is not a war zone; it is not a concentration camp.’

Reflections on the October 7 massacre - opinion

By HADASSAH CHEN
 Ayelet Khon and Shar Shnurman walk past the remains of a home that was destroyed following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, January 13, 2024

Israeli couple returns to kibbutz ravaged by Hamas attack

By REUTERS
 Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner visit Kfar Aza, December 21, 2023.

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner visit decimated Kibbutz in Israel's South

 Agam Almog-Goldstein

'They're going to rape me,' Gaza hostage told mother on Hamas captivity

 The writer holds his newborn son in the delivery room at Shaare Zedek hospital.

From frontlines to fatherhood - feature

By AVI KAHN
 Gaza hostage Yotam Haim (left), mother Iris Haim (right).

IDF mistakenly kills three hostages in Gaza

THE MOMENTUM MOBILIZES campaign has brought more than 200 mothers - and some father soo - to Israel during this precarious time, so that when they return home, they can advocate for the country, says the writer.

We must be thankful for the light, even when it shines on hard times - opinion

By LORI PALATNIK
 The aftermath of Hamas attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, one of the hardest-hit communities in the October 7 onslaught by Hamas, on October 27, 2023.

‘We will choose a new path’: How Israel’s peace activists are responding to the war in Gaza

By JTA/Eliyahu Freedman
 Yahav Winner was an award-winning filmmaker who was killed by Hamas terrorists on October 7th at Kibbutz Kfar Aza.

Killed by Hamas, Israeli filmmaker was inspired by border horrors

By REUTERS
 Ruby Chen, the American father of a hostage held by Hamas shows a dog tag with the words "Bring them home" on it to the former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, at Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) in Tel Aviv, Israel November 12, 2023

Presidential candidate Chris Christie visits Israel, vows to share atrocities witnessed