Nirim

'If you need to stab a terrorist, you do': What we can learn from a former hostage - editorial

“I just spoke to him the way they deserve, like the sons of b***** they are,” Buchshtab-Kirscht told Ynet.

Rimon Buchshtab-Kirscht speaks to a Hamas terrorist as she is being released to the Red Cross in Gaza, November 28, 2023.
Raz Karni, Head of the Nirim Youth Village.

Nirim – Changing the lives of high-risk youth in Israel

Raz Karni, Head of Nirim Youth Village

Nirim Youth Village head discusses turning trauma into strength at 'Post' conference

Hostage families hold a picture of slain hostage Omer Neutra and yellow balloons on October 18, 2025.

Neutra, Daniel families urge PM to 'act with same determination' to return all slain hostages


'A miracle it ended with only minor wounds': IDF soldier wounded by accidental fire from Gaza

A bullet fired from the Gaza Strip lightly wounded an IDF soldier near the Sha’ar Hanegev Junction on Sunday.

 Damage to vehicle from stray fire from Gaza

Probe reveals Nirim deserted by IDF on Oct. 7, residents still feel betrayed by gov’t

IDF probe reveals failure to protect Nirim during Hamas attacks • Ten soldiers, five civilians killed • Eight soldiers, five hostages taken hostage.

 A house at Kibbutz Nirim burned on October 7 in the Hamas attack.

Education in times of crisis: Preparing Israel's youth for a future of uncertainty - editorial

Over 20,000 Israeli students, uprooted by conflict, face a disrupted school year. As they adapt, Israel's education system must instill resilience and a strong sense of Jewish identity.

 Israeli children in a religious primary school attend their first day of school on September 1, 2023.

October 7 state ceremony to proceed in Ofakim despite widespread opposition

Controversy surrounds the October 7 state memorial in Ofakim, with many victim families and kibbutzim rejecting government involvement.

Miri Regev (L) A house at Kibbutz Nirim burned on October 7 in the Hamas attack. (Illustration)

British Jews, officials pay tribute to slain Hamas hostage Popplewell

The Board of Deputies of British Jews offered its sympathies to the families, making special mention of 51 years old Nirim resident and Israeli-British citizen Nadav Popplewell.

 Nadav Popplewell

Israel recovers bodies of six hostages from Gaza Strip

The bodies of hostages Nadav Popplewell, Yagev Buchshtab, Yoram Metzger, Haim Peri, Alexander Dancyg and Avraham Munder were recovered from Gaza.

The bodies of hostages Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Haim Perry were recovered by the IDF from the Khan Yunis area in the Gaza Strip.

British-Israeli citizen Nadav Popplewell dies in Hamas captivity at 51 years old

 Nadav Popplewell

Released hostage: 'There was a picture of Gilad Schalit in my room'

Norlin Babdila, who was released from Hamas, claimed in an interview that her days in captivity were “like hell.”

KFAR AZA residents call for the release of the hostages, outside Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv yesterday.

New websites show firsthand tragic accounts of October 7 massacre

Israel's official X account recently shared www.hamas-massacre.net, a site with dozens of gruesome photos and videos of the slaughter.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 1, 2023

Life on the border with Gaza - opinion

My stomach does somersaults when faced with this kind of tension. I took off a kilo in the three days of this operation. Not a diet I would recommend.

 THE WRITER stands next to her safe room window, with the iron sleeve finally permitted to be open to let in the Negev light, at the beginning of this week.