Kfar Aza

Grapevine, May 15, 2026: Ah, Jerusalem

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AVIVA SIEGEL reads an excerpt from her book to President Isaac Herzog.
Noam Shilian enjoys a private visit with Hapoel Tel Aviv players

Noam Shilian’s inspiring journey back to sport

Former hostage Emily Damari and her girlfriend, social media influencer Danielle Amit.

Emily Damari proposes to girlfriend Danielle Amit at event marking a year since release from Hamas

Alon Futterman ,Director of the Kfar Azza Foundation and Keith Siegel, Former Hostage

Kfar Aza Foundation head appears together with former hostage Keith Siegel at Miami Summit


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

Additional launches were detected toward IDF soldiers in the Shejaiya area of the northern Gaza Strip. No soldiers were reported injured, and the launchers were destroyed.

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

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

Beyond the Headlines: A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

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

The names behind the numbers

The Jewish Agency’s Fund for Victims of Terror acts as a conduit of love and care for civilian terror victims.

 Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin (at right) and Vered Libstein

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

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: This kibbutz has been on the frontline in other wars. However, nothing like October 7 ever happened before.

 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.

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

It is not a tourist attraction – and shouldn’t become one. 

 A VISITOR walks through the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza.

Reichman students from Kfar Aza recount their escape - opinion

Sixty-two people were killed on this kibbutz. That’s out of a population of around 900. Nineteen were taken hostage.

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

Reflections on the October 7 massacre - opinion

Kfar Aza, the Supernova music festival, the soldiers, the heroes, the hostages – all have become an integral part of me.

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

Israeli couple returns to kibbutz ravaged by Hamas attack

Three months on, signs of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks remain everywhere in Kibbutz Kfar Aza.

 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

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

The couple arrived in the Jewish State earlier that morning in a move to express solidarity with the country as it wages a war against Gaza-based Hamas.

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

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

Agam was kidnapped on October 7 along with her mother, Chen Almog-Goldstein, 48, and two brothers, Gal, 11, and Tal, 9.

 Agam Almog-Goldstein