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

'You always looked after me': Brother eulogizes slain hostage Tsachi Idan at funeral

 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.

'Tip of the iceberg': Nahal Oz, October Council react to IDF Oct. 7 probe

 Agam Berger reunited with her family following her release from Hamas captivity. January 30, 2025.

'They valued me more because I was religious': Agam Berger on faith during Hamas captivity

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi met with released IDF observers Naama Levy, Agam Berger, Liri Albag, and Karina Ariev on February 14, 2025.

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi apologizes to released female observers for their time in Gaza

 Naama Levy and her father upon being reunited after nearly 500 days of captivity in Gaza.

Naama Levy’s father speaks out: ‘There is anger and a sense of betrayal over what happened’

 Shira Albag, mother of freed hostage Liri Albag, speaks at a demonstration demanding a hostage release deal, one week after her daughter appeared in a Hamas propaganda video, January 11, 2025.

'The girls suffered, but men suffer more': Shira Albag speaks about Liri's time in captivity

 IGNS CALL for the release of hostage Omri Miran of Kibbutz Nahal Oz.

Family of Gaza hostage Omri Miran receive sign of life

 Israeli military vehicles operate in Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel, February 9, 2025.

Footage shows Gazans close to border fence despite 700m buffer zone

 Agam Berger reunited with her family

‘We didn’t eat bread on Passover, tried to fast on Yom Kippur’: How ex-hostages clung to faith

 Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, Liri Albag and Karina Ariev.

The system betrayed our female surveillance soldiers

 The families of Daniella, Naama, Liri, and Karina made their first public statements following their release.

'To opponents of deal, I will never forgive': Families of ex-hostages give first public statements

 Tsachi Idan

Tsachi Idan's remains returned to Israel on Wednesday, family confirms

 Dikla Arava and Tomer Eliaz Arava

IDF: Dikla Arava and her son Tomer likely killed by IDF fire on Oct. 7

 Yagil Yaakov, 13, in a chilling reenactment of the video published by the Islamic Jihad in early November 2023

Ex-hostage Yagil Yaakov: Albag video gave me flashbacks to having rifle pointed at me

 Mourners gather at the Nova site on October 7, 2024

IDF to provide families of soldiers killed on Oct. 7 with recordings of slain loved ones