On the morning of October 7, Hamas fighters streamed into the quiet lanes of kibbutz Alumim, setting off on a rampage of killing and destruction. But most of their victims in the community weren’t ...

The small, quiet enclaves have long thrived on leftist ideas about collective living. Those located near Gaza suffered some of the worst of the... Some of the worst violence from this week's Hamas ...

Warning: Some images may contain graphic content. SHEFAYIM KIBBUTZ, Israel − From thousands of miles above, Kfar Aza kibbutz looks like a misshapen stop sign filled with a patchwork of modest homes ...

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Some of the worst violence from this week's Hamas attacks in Israel took place in small Israeli communities near Gaza called kibbutzim. Kfar Aza, Be'eri, Nahal Oz, Magen — all of them small, sleepy ...