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Israelis scarred by Oct. 7 struggle to see Gaza as anything other than a threat

Many Israelis struggle to see Palestinians as anything other than a threat, three years after the war in Gaza began

The Independent UK · Oct 6

‘My mother cries on the phone’: TV’s war spectacle leaves Indians in Israel calming frightened families

Mohan Chandpa has lived around a mile from the Gaza border for two months. The 40-year-old spray-painter, who works in Sderot, an industrial town in southern Israel, says the most distressing calls he receives aren't about missile alerts – they are from his mother.

Newslaundry · Mar 13

‘I can’t believe I have survived’: the day the Gaza ceasefire finally arrived

The deal has made it possible to hope that the nightmares of the Israeli hostages and the people of Gaza can begin to end

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025

Questions in rocket-hit Sderot over whether IDF can ever destroy Hamas

People in city bordering Gaza say Israel will never be safe while Hamas exists – but worry it cannot achieve its objective

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024

Israelis are returning to Sderot, the biggest city attacked by Hamas

Almost everyone fled Sderot after Hamas militants killed 50 residents and visitors on Oct. 7. Now most have returned, but soldiers are guarding schools and residents are traumatized and feel insecure.

WEKU · Apr 11, 2024

‘The memories are too much’: Sderot residents return six months after Hamas attack

Families are being offered grants to go home but some have stayed away and others are already thinking of leaving again

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2024

Dispatch From Israel: The Symphony at Sderot

Listening to the sounds of war at the site of the October 7 Hamas attack.

Reason · Feb 17, 2024

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 · Nov 4, 2023

'Empty streets and closed shops': On Israel's border with Gaza, Sderot becomes a ghost town

The Israeli city of Sderot near the border with Gaza is home to more than 30,000 people, but some 90 percent have already fled as rocket fire from Hamas rains down sporadically. A FRANCE 24 team on the ground met up with some of the residents who remain.

France 24 · Oct 16, 2023

Israelis and Palestinians stare death in the face as they wait for the invasion

A full-scale operation hangs over Gazan heads like the dust rising from homes turned to rubble, Kim Sengupta reports from Sderot

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2023