Kibbutz Be'eri

Tekuma marks 1,000 days since Oct. 7 as final communities prepare to return

The Tekuma Administration, whose mandate ends in 2028, has advanced strategic projects with the aim of furthering long-term growth, the report read.

 Kfar Azza faces the task of rebuilding its community.
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026.

Smotrich says plans for northern Gaza settlements await Netanyahu's approval

Bezalel Smotrich.

Smotrich cancels visit to Kibbutz Be'eri following opposition by hostages' families, residents

 Magen 48 trains local security teams within the burnt ruins of Kibbutz Be’eri.

WATCH: In burned-out Be’eri homes, Magen 48 prepares local responders for future attacks


Helping hands: An inside view of life after Hamas captivity

Emily remains a textbook case of PTSD. “She’s living day to day, enjoying every day,” her father says with a dash of optimism.

 Irish-Israeli girl Emily Hand, who was abducted by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 massacre, meets her father Thomas Hand after being released as part of a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel amid a temporary truce, at an unknown location in Israel.

My Word: A trip of remembrance and resilience

“You can’t unsee the sights,” a reporter friend had warned me.

 BEN SHIMONI’S car, in which he carried out rescue missions until he was murdered on October 7, stands at the Tekuma memorial site.

An Israeli cafe chain launched by and for Oct. 7 survivors is expanding to more cities

The first branch opened as a pop-up in Tel Aviv’s glitzy Sarona complex, staffed by residents of Netiv Haasara, one of the communities targeted in the massacre.

 Reut Karp, whose ex-husband was murdered on Oct. 7, 2023, in front of their children, shows off art connected to the massacre at Cafe Otef, the Tel Aviv coffee shop she manages in his honor.

Body of hostage Itai Svirsky, killed in Hamas captivity, recovered by IDF in Gaza

On January 15, Hamas announced in a video that Itai Svirsky, 38, had been killed in an IDF airstrike. 

Itay Svirsky

Children's artwork captures hope and trauma in war zones worldwide

From Israel to Ukraine, children’s artwork shines a light on the realities of growing up in war.

 This drawing by Alla's 8- and 11-year-old daughters on the asphalt says “Against the war, against calamity, let the sun always shine."

KKL-JNF leads commemoration efforts at Re’im Recreation Site

KKL-JNF allocates NIS 4m. to upgrade, create memorial at Re'im Recreation Site in Be'eri Forest, where 384 people were murdered at Nova music festival on October 7.

 The October 7, 2023 Memorial Trail, at the Re'im Recreation Site in Be'eri Forest

'Sing and cry with him': Shlomo Artzi performs for evacuees of Kibbutz Be'eri

Artzi, with his vast experience performing for soldiers and civilians through Israel's wars, had said, "I've never seen pain like in this war."

 Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi during a rally calling for the release of Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, November 11, 2023.

'Collective failure': The Guardian apologizes for review that criticized October 7 documentary

"This was a collective failure of process and we apologise for any offence caused," the paper wrote in their apology.

 A tour with the families of the abductees in Kibbutz Beeri

'Bearing witness': ZAKA CEO shares the emotional toll of Oct. 7 and new digital memorial

CEO Duby Weissenstern on the Oct. 7 emotional toll and ZAKA’s mission to honor victims.

 ZAKA VOLUNTEERS clean bloodstains from the Oct. 7 massacre at a burnt home in Kibbutz Be’eri, Dec. 19, 2023.

October 7: Israel’s journey into rebuilding hope - in pictures

The Jerusalem Post and KKL-Jewish National Fund are proud to offer all Jpost’s readers the opportunity to mark the first anniversary since October 7 with a special photographic book.

 October 7 - Israel's Journey into Rebuilding Hope - KKL-JNF E-book