Gaza border communities

Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports

Data from the National Insurance Institute found that 2.8 million Israelis currently live with food insecurity, including over a million children.

An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.
High Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez arrives for a hearing on petitions calling to halt or substantially limit State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s investigations into the failures surrounding the Hamas's October 7 massacre, December 29, 2025; illustrative.

Gov’t tells High Court it lacks authority to order state inquiry into October 7 failures

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) and Lebanese military vehicles patrol in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, January 8, 2026

IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, citing repeated ceasefire violations

 Former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on the backdrop of hostage posters. (Illustrative)

'Cool!' Ex-hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen recount learning of Hamas leader Sinwar's death


'Tammuz 'celebrates Gaza Envelope agriculture in vibrant cookbook

The new cookbook ‘Tammuz’ is a product of Israeli food bloggers and journalists, and supports Gaza Envelope agriculture

‘TAMMUZ’ BRINGS together Israeli farms and some of the country’s leading culinary voices.

UJA-Federation pledges $1m for Gaza aid, citing ‘the Jewish imperative’ to act

UJA CEO Eric Goldstein condemned Hamas for holding hostages, obstructing aid and provoking the conflict, but said that the Jewish community is nevertheless compelled to help alleviate the suffering.

Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels as they raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on August 9, 2025.

How American Jews are helping Israel’s communities near Gaza rebuild and return to life

UJA-Federation’s Project Horizon provides vital support to Kibbutz Erez and nearby communities, aiding recovery and resilience in the wake of the October 7 attack.

Community leaders from Israel's Gaza envelope area meet with the the CEO of UJA-Federation of New York, Eric Goldstein, third from left, and Itzik Shmuli, the director general of UJA’s Israel office, second from left.

'Entire attack livestreamed on Facebook': Oct 7. victim relatives file lawsuit against Meta

Relatives of October 7 victims are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, for livestreams of Hamas's massacre, broadcasting footage of their relatives' murder.

 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

Nahal Oz petitions High Court against gov't decision to repopulate Gaza border communities

The June decision came following military estimates that “there is no immediate security threat” to civilians living so close to the Gaza Strip.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023.

Netanyahu: Cabinet to issue IDF new directives to achieve Gaza war goals

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also announced new plans to renovate Israel's southern Hamas-struck communities.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Christian Conference in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025.

Kibbutz Nir Oz launches first housing project since October 7 massacre

The new development is the first to be built in the kibbutz since the October 7 attacks. It will house residents who have chosen to return despite the kibbutz not yet being fully rehabilitated.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 19, 2023.

Has the war become unjust? - opinion

It is a very painful concept to consider. After all, there was no war on October 6. We did not invade Gaza to start this war, and we had no plans to do so.

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, July 17, 2025.

IDF reinforcements prevented 'more severe disaster' on Kibbutz Sufa, Oct. 7 probe finds

Civilians and security forces who fought in the kibbutz showed great bravery, including risking their lives, the probe noted.

IDF soldiers drive near Sufa; illustrative.

Finally seeing the site of the October 7 massacre with my own eyes - opinion

In the early months after October 7, 2023, the idea of going felt almost ghoulish – voyeuristic even. Who was I to tread on such sacred ground, soil soaked with blood and tears?

 VISITORS TO the site of the Nova massacre use music to memorialize those murdered. ‘I walked through the fields and tried to imagine the music, the laughter, the dancing feet, but all I could hear in my mind were the gunshots,’ says the writer.