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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Kfar aza | History Defined

A year after the Hamas attack shattered this Israeli community, going home still feels impossible

A year has passed since Hamas militants tore through the border fence separating Gaza from the small community of Kfar Aza, killing scores of civilians and taking over a dozen residents hostage

The Independent UK

OPINION - I peer through a bullet hole in the kibbutz toilet door. Five months ago someone died here, just where I'm sitting

“Welcome to what’s left of Kfar Aza,” says Zoha Shbak. He’s a lawyer, but looks straight out of the Israeli TV show Fauda, with his tanned stubbly pate, automatic weapon casually slung over his black military T-shirt.

Evening Standard

Rabbis offer pastoral care for those traumatized by Oct. 7 Hamas attack

The Oct. 7 attacks on Israel displaced tens of thousands of Israelis from their kibbutzim near Gaza. Since then, rabbis have been crisscrossing the country offering trauma-informed care to victims.

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‘I’ll never go back’: the Israelis displaced from homes by Hamas attack

Some of the 126,000 people now living in hotels tell of their trauma and how they feel they have nowhere to return to

The Guardian - UK

Family reveals heartbreak over son who dived on Hamas grenade to save his fiancée

Hamas killed 59 civilians in the Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Aza during their 7 October attack

The Independent UK

Four weeks on, horror lingers in Israel’s silent kibbutzim

Daily funerals bring little solace to a traumatised nation grieving for communities such as Kfar Aza, Ofakim and Sderot that took the brunt of the 7 October attack

The Guardian - UK

Briton killed in Hamas attack ‘while rescuing civilians’, says his family

Soldier Yosef Guedalia, 22, killed when militants attacked Kibbutz Kfar Aza on 7 October, it has been reported

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Israel’s response to this terror must be resolute. But it must remain consistent with international law

I went to Kfar Aza kibbutz when it was an oasis of tranquillity. We stand with Israel as it defends itself, and hope for peace, says Labour MP Margaret Hodge

The Guardian - UK

The universal rules of war that emerged after 1945 are being broken – and not just in the Middle East

The world’s agreement to protect civilians was never perfect. But that’s no excuse for leaders in Russia, the US and the UK to row back from it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Hamas gunmen ‘killed families in their beds’ at Kfar Aza kibbutz, say Israeli forces

Grim scene of ‘massacre’ at one of the first Israeli communities reached by militants during assault

The Guardian - UK

‘Horrific scenes’ as dozens of bodies found in Israel’s Kfar Aza near Gaza

The Israeli military starts removing bodies of Israeli civilians and Hamas fighters from the Kfar Aza kibbutz.

Al Jazeera

Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 5

Israel Defence Forces hit hundreds of targets in Gaza; reports of ‘massacre’ at Kfar Aza kibbutz

The Guardian - UK

Western media fell for ‘Hamas beheaded babies’. Did Indian media report it too?

The Kibbutz of Kfar Aza has been in the news as many media organisations have reported on the aftermath of the Hamas attack. The BBC described in detail how Israeli soldiers spent an entire day “in the ruins recovering bodies of civilians”. Reuters quoted an Israeli reserve soldier who said:…

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Israeli village near the Gaza border lies in ruin, filled with the bodies of residents and militants

An Israeli village that was attacked by militants lies in ruin, not far from the border with Gaza

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‘Kfar Aza smells of death’: Inside the Israeli border village where ‘babies were slaughtered’ in Hamas attack

Warning: Distressing content ‘When Hamas came they cut the heads of women and children,’ an Israeli major claims while making a chopping motion towards his neck, writes Bel Trew. The bodies are hidden so it’s impossible to verify, but it is clear much blood has been shed in the village…

Evening Standard

Babies killed in Hamas attack on Israeli kibbutz as Joe Biden blasts ‘act of sheer evil’

US President says America ‘has Israel’s back’ as death toll from Hamas attacks and Israeli strikes continues to climb

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