Kibbutz Nir Oz

Majority of residents have not returned to Kibbutz Nir Oz after October 7, chairman says

"I didn't think it would take so much time to recover," he said. "We're not giving up. Kibbutz Nir Oz will prosper so that new families will come."

A view of homes destroyed and burned in the Hamas October 7, 2023 massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israel-Gaza border, August 5, 2026.
Idan Raichel (left) and Sagui Dekel-Chen embrace on stage at the concert in Nor Oz on Monday night.

Released hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen performs songs written in captivity at Kibbutz Nir Oz concert

Argentine President Javier Milley and Yair Horn on July 17.

Argentinian President Milei meets former hostage Iair Horn at memorial cermeony for AMIA attack

DEGANYA ALEF & BET: Plowing a field, 1945.

After 100 years, Israel's kibbutzim are still adapting to war, change, and an uncertain future


Douglas Murray sets the record straight on Oct. 7, Israel-Hamas War - review

Rank hypocrisy is par for the course because double standards are as routinely applied to the Israeli-Arab conflict as Jews are labeled 'Zionists' so they can be safely demonized by their vilifiers.

 A toy lies in front of a house in Nir Oz ahead of the first demolition of a building since the October 7 massacre, to make way for the rebuilding and renewal of the kibbutz, in December

Former hostage Sagui Dekel Chen sings at Tel Aviv national memorial concert

The event was held at the Sportek in Ganei Yehoshua Park in Tel Aviv in the presence of Mayor Ron Huldai.

  Sagui Dekel Chen sends message to the remaining hostages, February 15, 2025.

Golani Brigade rescues dog kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7

Billy, a three-and-a-half-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was found near Rafah, and was revealed to be from Nir Oz when she was brought to Israel for treatment.

 Aviad Shapira, the Golani reservist who found Billy.

A stolen future: The children of Kibbutz Nir Oz were robbed of childhood by Hamas - opinion

For the children of Nir Oz, the nightmare never ended. This isn’t just grief – it’s a stolen future, a childhood lost to the kind of terror no child should ever know.

 Balloons are seen in a window at Kibbutz Nir Oz, still ravaged by the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas.

'Half-naked, terrified, surrounded by gunmen': Ex-hostage recalls abduction to Gaza - NYT

In order to protect herself from sexual abuse from the terrorists standing in front of her, she told them in English that she had her period.

 Released hostage Ilana Gritzewsky, 31, who is originally from Mexico, kidnapped with her boyfriend during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, speaks as supporters and relatives of hostages held in Gaza gather in front of the White House, ahead of a Trump-Netanyahu meeting, February 4, 2025.

'My world collapsed': Freed hostage Gadi Moses recounts Hamas psychological torture

Moses was taken captive from outside his home on October 7 when Kibbutz Nir Oz, where he lived, was invaded by Hamas terrorists. 

 A photo of Gadi Mozes, who was released from Israeli captivity on Thursday, Jan. 30, has gone viral in Israel.

'No choice but to commend Hamas for deceiving us, ' former IDF chief recorded saying

The recording was published after Halevi ended his position as Chief of Staff for the IDF earlier this month and was replaced by Eyal Zamir.

 Former IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi.

Protesters call for hostage deal, IDF strike in Gaza's Beit Lahiya kills nine

Hamas official to Al Jazeera: Israel demands 11 live hostages, 16 slain hostages • Adam Boehler withdraws candidacy as US hostage envoy

 Israelis at the protest tent set up by families of hostages, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, March 15, 2025

Kibbutz Nir Oz says results of Oct. 7 probe are 'harrowing, deeply unsettling'

The kibbutz and the regional council head called for the military and the gov't to conduct a true lesson-learning process so attacks do not occur again.

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

October 7 probe: IDF only arrived in Nir Oz after Hamas terrorists left because it was 'far away'

47 Israelis killed, 76 taken hostage by around 400 terrorists • All IDF commanders killed in the first wave, all but six houses damaged

 Israeli soldier around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023