Kibbutz Be'eri

Former hostage Eli Sharabi, actress Shani Cohen to host October 7 remembrance ceremony

The independent ceremony, called the National Memorial Ceremony of October 7 Families, is organized by Kumu, an Israeli movement dedicated to ensuring the lessons of October 7 are not forgotten.

An illustration of Israelis attending a memorial service for the October 7 massacre in Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv.
Freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, gesture, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025

Palestinian rejectionism, not poverty, remains the main obstacle for peace with Israel - opinion

Cafe Chico in Sderot, July 20, 2026

Population booming three years after Oct. 7, Sderot looks to show visitors city's resiliency

 Kfar Azza faces the task of rebuilding its community.

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


'Stay on the line and hear them die': Recordings reveal horror of Hamas hostage crisis in Be'eri

Pessi Cohen's house became a symbol for the battles that went on in Be'eri, and the fight there lasted for about six hours.

Destroyed house in Be'eri

'The Post's' Chen Schimmel wins top photojournalism award for Kibbutz Be'eri photo

Jerusalem Post photojournalist Chen Schimmel won the top prize of the Eretz Israel Museum's prestigious Local Testimony 2024 competition, for her photo of a ZAKA volunteer in Be'eri post-Oct. 7.

 A ZAKA volunteer is seen collecting human remains from where an elderly man was murdered by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 massacre, taken at Kibbutz Be'eri on Nov. 5, 2023. This photo has won the Picture of the Year at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv's Local Testimony 2024 contest.

Eurovision 2025: Bereaved survivor and Arab Israeli singer perform moving duet

Golan’s version of the song is a tough act to follow, but Hamati and Weiss, on a night in which the competitors were paired off to perform duets, proved that they were up to the task.

 Valerie Hamati and Daniel Weiss on HaKochav Haba.

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.