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‘The loss is everywhere’: Nir Oz rebuilds three years after Oct. 7 catastrophe

Three years after a third of Nir Oz’s residents were murdered or kidnapped, 120 people now sleep in the kibbutz each night and more than 220 homes are planned, but burned houses, memorials and painful debates over return and remembrance remain

Roni Green Shaulov | 10.07.26

After 53 years behind the wheel, Nir Oz ambulance driver returns to rebuild his shattered kibbutz

Giora Zehavi heard desperate rescue calls from Nir Oz while trapped in a safe room on Oct. 7, knowing he could not reach them; after months away he has returned home, resumed volunteering with MDA and is helping rebuild the kibbutz’s emergency response network

ynet Global | 10.06.26

ד' מלמדת חניכות בקורס חובשות כלליות במהלך תרגול טיפול בפצוע

Her parents were killed on Oct. 7. Three years later, Nir Oz resident trains IDF medics to save lives

After surviving the October 7 attack on Nir Oz and losing both parents, 21-year-old Dekel Goren has found purpose in the IDF, where she now trains combat medics; She now shares her story of loss, resilience and the meaning of home

Eitan Gefen | 10.05.26

טקס פרידה והריסה שמסמל את תחילת ההקמה מחדש של קיבוץ ניר עוז

'We don’t want to live in Auschwitz': Nir Oz wrestles with scars of Oct. 7

As Nir Oz rebuilds, residents face a painful choice: preserve homes where families were killed and abducted as testimony to Oct. 7 or clear the ruins to make way for life anew

Roni Green Shaulov | 09.10.26

Cannabis company InterCure to receive 230M shekels in compensation for October 7 damages

Its main cultivation and production facility in Nir Oz was severely damaged on October 7 and had to be shut down; several company employees were also harmed during the terrorist attack, and two employees of its Canndoc subsidiary were abducted to Gaza

Almog Ezer/Calcalist | 08.25.26

Silvia Cunio got her sons back from Gaza; now motherhood means a quieter battle of 'giving them space'

At ynet’s Women of the State conference, Silvia Cunio told Michal Herzog she does not press her sons to revisit captivity, but waits for them to open up: ‘They need healing, and so do we’

ynet | 04.27.26

דלית רם אהרון עם שירי ביבס ז"ל, בתמונה שנוצרה באמצעות ChatGPT

Festimama returns in Memory of slain Nir Oz mother Shiri Bibas

Nearly a year after Shiri Bibas and her two sons were laid to rest, her friend Dalit Ram Aharon is reviving 'Festimama' near Nir Oz to honor Bibas’ spirit and empower women from Gaza border communities

Alexandra Lukash, Ofir Hauzman | 02.16.26

Cunio brothers at last Nir Oz hostage rally: 'Didn’t know if we would ever return home’

Nir Oz was among the hardest-hit communities in the Oct. 7 attack, in which 65 residents were killed and 76 abducted; after the attack, surviving residents were evacuated first to Eilat and later to temporary housing in Karmi Gat

Roni Green Shaulov | 01.31.26

בקריאה נואשת לשחרור בנה החטוף מתן צנגאוקר עטתה עינב צנגאוקר הינומה שחורה במהלך טקס חתונה מבוים שנערך בכיכר החטופים בהשתתפות בת זוגו של מתן, שורדת השבי אילנה גריצ'ווסקי. תל אביב, 17 באוגוסט 2025

Israel’s defining year captured through the lens

'Local Testimony 2025,' Israel’s top photojournalism exhibition, opens at the Eretz Israel Museum, showcasing powerful images from a year marked by war with Iran, hostage returns, civil unrest, and moments of resilience and humanity

ynet | 12.05.25

סיור עצוב בניר עוז, אחד מכל ארבעה חברים נרצח, נחטף או נעדר

755 days after October 7 massacre, Nir Oz closes painful chapter as last hostage's body returns

The southern Israeli kibbutz marks a somber milestone with the return of Amiram Cooper’s remains; Be’eri and other communities continue to await closure amid slow recovery and ongoing trauma

Roni Green Shaulov | 10.31.25

Arie Zalmanowicz laid to rest in Nir Oz:'Maybe there’s a small comfort in that'

Hundreds gathered in Nir Oz to bid farewell to Arie Zalmanowicz, 85, a founding member of the kibbutz who was kidnapped on October 7 and killed in Hamas captivity; 'You’ve returned to the land you loved,' mourners said.

Roni Green Shaulov | 10.24.25

'Returned to kibbutz that was his life’s landscape': slain hostage Tamir Adar laid to rest

More than 1,000 people attended the funeral at Nir Oz; eulogy ceremony was held on the lawn outside the kibbutz dining hall, with President Issac Herzog and former IDF chief Herzi Halevi in attendance

Roni Green Shaulov | 10.23.25

Son of slain hostage Arie Zalmanowicz: 'dad is home, but 13 families still wait'

After his father Arie Zalmanowicz’s body was returned from Gaza, Boaz Zalmanowicz said relief was mixed with grief; he vowed to keep fighting until the 13 murdered hostages still held by Hamas terrorists are brought back to Israel

Alexandra Lukash, Roni Green Shaulov | 10.22.25

Arie Zalmanowicz helped build Nir Oz, Tamir Adar fought to defend it

Arie Zalmanowicz, 85, was abducted from his home and killed in Hamas captivity; Tamir Adar, 38, a reservist and Nir Oz defender, was slain in battle; both left behind families rooted in the kibbutz they helped build and protect

Roi Rubinstein | 10.22.25

Slain hostage Ronen Engel laid to rest; daughter who survived captivity: 'I died on Oct. 7—only you stopped breathing'

In a heartbreaking funeral at Kibbutz Nir Oz, Mika Engel, who survived 52 days in Hamas captivity, bid farewell to her father Ronen, returned from Gaza for burial: 'Life is empty without you. I’ll live for you.'

Roni Green Shaulov | 10.21.25

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