Kfar Aza

Choosing life: Three years after being taken hostage, former Gaza hostages savor each moment

"I feel that I’m not alone and that there's so much love in this world, and we need to keep it with both our hands," Aviva Siegel said. "I feel very, very lucky to be alive."

OCTOBER 5, 2026|ByREUTERS

Kite Festival of the Be’eri and Hatzerim Communities.

Kite festival tradition from Kfar Aza returns to Tel Aviv skies for Sukkot

The event, held in memory of the Kutz family who were murdered on October 7, will feature family activities, workshops, performances, and kite flying at Tzuk Beach.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2026|ByMEITAL SHARABI

Dr. Galia Melman Shalev will receive the World Small Animal Veterinary Association's 2026 Animal Welfare Award for her efforts to rescue and treat hundreds of pets following the October 7 massacre.

Negev Vet clinics founder Dr. Galia Melman Shalev to receive award for Oct. 7 animal rescue efforts

The chair of ICAVA congratulated Shalev on the award, calling her work “a reflection of the highest values of the veterinary profession: compassion, service, responsibility and courage.”

SEPTEMBER 18, 2026|ByMILLA WOLMAN

Nicole Tzedek works as a general correspondent for i24

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.

JULY 11, 2026|ByHOWARD BLAS

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.

MARCH 21, 2024ByALAN ROSENBAUM

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.

MARCH 20, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

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.

FEBRUARY 16, 2024ByANDREA SAMUELS

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.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024ByJONATHAN DAVIS

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.

JANUARY 20, 2024ByHADASSAH CHEN

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.

JANUARY 15, 2024ByREUTERS

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.

DECEMBER 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF