On 7 October 2023, around 70 Hamas militants attacked Kfar Aza, a kibbutz about 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) from the border with the Gaza Strip, massacring residents and abducting several hostages. Kfar Aza had more than 700 residents prior to the attack, and it took two days for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to regain full control of the area. At ...

15 hours ago · Gonen was abducted from the Supernova music festival, while Damari and Steinbrecher were taken from their homes in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023, during the Hamas-led invasion of southern ...

Kfar Aza (Hebrew: כְּפַר עַזָּה, lit. 'Gaza Village') is a kibbutz in southern Israel . Located between Netivot and Sderot around five kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Gaza , it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council .

1 day ago · Freed hostage Emily Damari returned to her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza earlier today for the first time since she was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. “Today, I returned to my home ...

Oct 10, 2023 · In Kfar Aza, Israeli soldiers tell the BBC they have uncovered a massacre of civilians, including children and babies.

Oct 13, 2023 · Twenty-two-year-old Neta Portal had not spoken to her dad in six years, following her parents' divorce. But when Hamas gunmen broke into her house in the Jewish community of Kfar Aza and shot her...

Oct 10, 2023 · Bodies of Israeli residents and Hamas attackers lay outside burned-out homes in the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, days after the Palestinian militant group launched a large-scale surprise...

Jan 12, 2024 · Kfar Aza was the site of a pre-planned, pre-meditated slaughter of an entire village. It was not, as I had seen in the dumpsters of social media, civilians accidentally...

KFAR AZA, Israel, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A baby's crushed crib lying outside a burnt-out home. Corpses strewn on streets. Body bags lined up on an outdoor basketball court. The stench of death...

Oct 11, 2023 · Amid the palm trees and tidy lawns of southern Israel's Kfar Azar kibbutz, death and destruction are evident in all directions, the scene of a Hamas massacre.