Kfar Aza

Nicole Zedeck: Making aliyah from Colorado to Israel's front lines

A Colorado journalist arrived in Israel to pursue a dream; months later, she was among the first reporters inside Kfar Aza after October 7.

Nicole Tzedek works as a general correspondent for i24
Iris Haim with son Yotam z”l, who was mistakenly shot by IDF soldiers in Dec. 2023.

After the IDF mistakenly killed her son in Gaza, Yotam Haim's mother chose forgiveness and hope

 Kfar Azza faces the task of rebuilding its community.

Tekuma marks 1,000 days since Oct. 7 as final communities prepare to return

 Israeli soldiers and journalists walk around the destruction caused by Hamas in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, November 2, 2023

Human bones discovered in Kibbutz Kfar Aza neighborhood devastated in October 7 massacre


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

From frontlines to fatherhood - feature

I had one day left in Gaza before leaving for the birth of my firstborn son and I wanted to accomplish as much as possible...

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

IDF mistakenly kills three hostages in Gaza

Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka, and Alon Shamriz killed by IDF fire • IDF launches probe into incident

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

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

Seeing can be painful, but would we rather look away or be blind? Overnight, the existential crisis of October 7 compelled all Jews to come together and drop our differences to help.

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

In addition, incitement toward Palestinians, including Israeli Arabs, appears to be on the rise.

 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.

Killed by Hamas, Israeli filmmaker was inspired by border horrors

Atary is still in the midst of editing "Kibbutz Legend," Winner's fifth and final film, which they completed shooting shortly before his death.

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