Nahal Oz

How a Torah scroll escaped Nazi Germany and found a home on Israel's Gaza border

Lost for decades, a Torah saved from Nazi Germany is dedicated in Nahal Oz, symbolizing resilience, memory, and hope.

Torah Dedication Ceremony: More than half of the Kahn family living in Israel surrounds the Torah scroll, which their family helped save close to a hundred years ago.
Burned out vehicles on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the aftermath of Hamas's October 7 massacre; illustrative.

'Security reality has not changed enough': Two kites from Gaza land in Kibbutz Nahal Oz

Fallen soldier and former swimmer Eden Nimri

Olympic Committee of Israel honors fallen swimmer Eden Nimri

VIEW OF a new water line building to transfer water between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Nirim, on the Israeli side of the Border with the Gaza Strip, September 4, 2019.

Gaza receiving over 70,000 cubic meters of water per day, COGAT claims


'You'll get married in Gaza': Hostage's sister receives chilling message from Hamas captivity

Despite her situation, Liri managed to send messages to her family via released hostages. She urged her sister not to cancel her post-army trip and humorously cautioned her not to touch her shoes.

 RAINDROPS FALL on a poster of hostage Liri Albag at a rally earlier this year in Yehud, near Tel Aviv.

Killed in two minutes: IDF eliminates terrorists, continues Gaza activity

Only two minutes had passed after the terrorist launched projectiles towards Kibbutz Nahal Oz before he was killed, the IDF said.

 IDF operating in the Gaza Strip on June 4, 2024

A plea to bring home the hostages and heal a shattered community - opinion

We have no other country. We love you, our homeland – please come back to us. Tsachi and Omri, hold on, we are all waiting for you, all of us at Nahal Oz.

 SIGNS CALL for the release of hostages Tsachi Idan

'I have friends in Palestine': The tragic irony of a peace activist held by Hamas - comment

Her dramatic and heart wrenching words, "I have friends in Palestine," should be a wake-up call: Hamas, as well as a majority of Palestinians, will never acknowledge Israel.

 Screenshot of video provided by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum of observers getting kidnapped to Gaza, May 22, 2024.

Video of Hamas kidnapping female IDF soldiers published by Hostages and Families Forum

The video, taken from Hamas terrorists' body cameras, is 3:10 minutes long and has been censored.  

 A screenshot from the video detailing kidanpping of IDF observers on October 7, 2023.

Gaza border communities struggling to recover six months after evacuation

There’s a sense the government has abandoned these communities, that there is a lack of caring for them, that there is no government here.

 On Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a community center has a large banner calling to bring the hostages home. Seven people were kidnapped from the community, and five have returned.

IDF general who saved son on October 7: This is Israel's mistake in the war

Major General (Res.) Noam Tibon, who fought against Hamas terrorists in Nahal Oz to save his son, harshly criticizes the IDF's conduct on October 7.

 Major General (Ret.) Noam Tibon speaks to thousands of Israeli left-wing activists during a rally in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, calling for talks with Palestinians and in support of the two-state solution, May 27, 2017.

IDF observer spotted October 7 infiltration moments before her murder, recording finds

Late Sergeant Roni Eshel of the Field Intelligence Corps was on duty at the time of Hamas's attack and saw all the events unfold in front of her eyes.

 Sergeant Roni Eshel, the IDF observer who detected initial Hamas movement on October 7, which would later develop into a large-scale attack.

IDF border posts on Gaza destroyed on October 7 have been rebuilt

It also became a symbol of the story of all the borderline outposts in the Gaza Division, which suffered for long hours from massive attacks by thousands of terrorists.

IDF soldiers drive near Sufa; illustrative.

Hamas hostages' families make desperate plea in UK's Daily Mail

The four girls have been in captivity for over three months since their abduction during the violent attack near the Gaza border.

Daily Mail writes about four female hostages who are still being held in Gaza