Sderot

A house is not a home: The real test of new homes North and South - opinion

Will government ministries and local authorities treat this as a purely engineering project, or as a broader social-national mission?

 CONSTRUCTION OF new housing takes place in Safed, in June.
 AMIT Makif Sderot outdoor campus and play areas

From loneliness to leadership community drives economic resilience - opinion

Sderot is providing 24/7 monitoring for dozens of remote farms and open areas, aiming to cut response times to incidents that include theft, vandalism, arson and suspected infiltrations, according to the nonprofit behind the initiative.

Israeli nonprofit builds 24/7 operations room to protect isolated farms

 Protesters in Sderot gather for the 'Gaza March,' May 14, 2024

Population in Gaza border region surpasses pre-Oct. 7 levels, data show


Brave MDA paramedics drove into terrorist snipers’ line of fire 

Jerusalem paramedic Hadas Ehrlich urged wounded soldier not to give up – and he survived.

 MDA Paramedic at the hospital

An electoral reform could turn Sderot into Tel Aviv - opinion

With no regional or personal elements in voting, the current system may be hampering Israel's ability to address critical challenges.

 IDF SOLDIERS stand near the site of the old Sderot police station that was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7.

MDA team from Karnei Shomron sped to southern Israel on October 7 to save lives

MDA paramedic Zvi Tiber: “We fought tooth and nail to save each casualty”.

 Zvi Tiber

Sderot invests NIS 15 million in renewing older neighborhoods

A 15 million shekel budget has been approved to plan urban renewal in Sderot's older neighborhoods, aiming to reduce disparities with newer areas.

Illustration: New urban district in the area surrounding the train station in Sderot.

Sderot, Ofakim to join gov't Miri Regev-led Oct. 7 memorial event

Several Gaza border communities, as well as the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, have announced they will not participate in the event and will instead host their own. 

 IDF soldiers inspect the remains of a police station in Sderot, which was the site of a battle following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, on October 8.

Gov't calls for ag-tech projects, will offer funding up to NIS 16m.

Israel's new program provides NIS 16m. to ag-tech start-ups, aiming to boost innovation and revitalize Gaza border communities.

 Dozens of Bedouin students volunteer in agriculture in the Gaza Envelope.

Resilience in crisis: How Emunah and Israeli solidarity shine amid trauma - opinion

As we observe Tisha B’Av, a day that marks the breaking apart of the Jewish nation, we would do well to reflect on how our people today, under the darkest of circumstances, take care of one another. 

A DINNER HOSTED by the Emunah Netivot branch, headed by Debbie Nagar, takes place with women from Kiryat Shmona.

Linoy El Ezra of MDA Dispatch Center told children where to hide from terrorists

Dispatch teams gave life-saving medical treatment advice over the phone to hotline callers.

Linoy El-Ezra  at this year's Independence Day ceremony in the city of Hazor where she lit a torch

October 7 wrecked Israelis' college dreams: A scholarship can reignite them

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund has created a scholarship fund for students from the Gaza border communities.

 A group of students from Ben Gurion University who received a scholarship from KKL-JNF together with Doron Markel, KKL-JNF’s Chief Scientist.

This year's Israel Festival reckons with the reality of a post-October 7 country

The festival sets out “to do what art and creation know so well to do – to create a space where complexity, multifaceted thought, and imagination can coexist in unison,” artistic directors state.

 DIKLA AND Yasmeen Godder collaborate on Love Music (Now).