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Nahal Oz

Nahal Oz is a kibbutz in southern Israel near the Gaza border. Founded in 1951, the community was hit hard by the October 7 massacre, with residents killed, wounded, and taken hostage by Hamas terrorists. The town had to be evacuated following the attack. 

The name Nahal Oz also refers to a nearby IDF base of the same name. 

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 IDF observers say military abandoned Gaza border outpost for 12 hours, April 3, 2025 (illustration).

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 Released footage from Matan Angrest's kidnapping on October 7, 2023.

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 Released hostage Daniella Gilboa returning to her home in Petah Tikva, February 5, 2025.

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 Members of the October Council attend a Knesset meeting and call for a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre, March 17, 2025.

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 A screenshot from the Hamas propaganda video showing Gaza hostage Matan Angrest, published on March 7, 2025

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 RELEASED HOSTAGE Liri Albag is reunited with loved ones at Bellinson Hospital in Petah Tikva on Saturday.

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 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023.

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 Israeli soldiers in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023

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The observation post of Nahal Oz, which was reopened in Camp Reim

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 Matan Angrest.

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 Destruction and kidnapping on the Nahal Oz base on October 7.

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Agam Berger and her mother visit Joseph's Tomb in Nablus alongside Yossi Dagan

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 A SCENE of destruction at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, after the Hamas attack on October 7. Due to a lack of critical thinking, the kibbutz underwent a slaughter that is almost too painful to comprehend, the writer asserts.

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 Tsachi Idan's funeral at the Einat Kibbutz cemetery, February 28, 2025.

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