Kibbutz Be'eri

Middle Israel: Remember October 7 by building a stronger western Negev - opinion

From destroyed kibbutzim to new memorials, Israel is grappling with how to commemorate October 7 while rebuilding the western Negev and ensuring its communities thrive.

NIR OZ decided to demolish all its 400 damaged buildings and build from scratch, preserving only sporadic reminders of the carnage, to be integrated in a memorial complex. Here, children of the kibbutz visit their destroyed home one last time before.
Photo of Amit Mann, killed on October 7, 2023.

Newly aired recordings of MDA paramedic renew push to let families access Oct. 7 records

Former Ra’anana Municipality director-general Michal Negri speaks to The Jerusalem Post, October 4, 2026.

Michal Negri to 'Post': My son took responsibility on Oct. 7, our leaders must too - interview

A woman cries at the Nova music festival memorial site on October 6, 2026.

Three years later, October 7 is still not in the past for Israelis - editorial


Yom Kippur War veteran, grandfather, soccer lover: Who was slain hostage Meny Godard? - explainer

His children describe him as “a family man who cared for everyone around him” and a “man of the sea.”

Deceased Gaza hostage Meny Godard.

Deceased hostage returned to Israel identified as Meny Godard, PMO confirms

Meny Godard, 73, from Kibbutz Be'eri, was murdered alongside his wife Ayelet on October 7, his remains taken into Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists.

Meny Godard, the Gaza hostage whose remains were returned to Israel on November 13, 2025.

Police locate Hamas guns used in Oct. 7 massacre at Be'eri kindergarten, two years after attacks

After being located, the weapons and radios were handed over to police for examination as part of the wider probe into the October 7 massacres in the Gaza border communities.

Israel Police discovers weapons used by Hamas Nukhba terrorists during the October 7 massacre at a closed kidnergarten in Kibbutz Be'eri, November 11, 2025.

Sahar Baruch, Amiram Cooper laid to rest after over two years of war in Gaza

"You were at the beginning of your life, and the thought of you breaks our hearts into a million pieces," Sahar Baruch's aunt Rebecca Manor said.

Mourners lay slain hostage Amiram Cooper to rest on November 2, 2025.

Who was Gaza hostage Sahar Baruch, killed during failed IDF rescue mission? - explainer

Baruch, a talented chess player and anime fan, lived in Kibbutz Be’eri and had just returned from his big trip to South America before the October 7 massacre.

Slain Gaza hostage Sahar Baruch

Yossi Sharabi laid to rest, One year since Iran retaliation - October 27, 2025

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A poster of Israeli hostage Yossi Sharabi, who was killed in Hamas captivity, and who's body was returned to Israel last night, October 15, 2025.

'Part of me died with you': Slain Gaza hostage Yossi Sharabi laid to rest in Kibbutz Be'eri

Released hostage Eli Sharabi stated that his slain brother "didn’t seek headlines, you just wanted to be good. And you were good, the best."

The funeral of Yossi Sharabi at Kibbutz Beeri.

Who was Sonthaya Oakkharasr, the Thai national kidnapped from kibbutz Be'eri? - explainer

Sonthaya Oakkharasr, a Thai national murdered by Hamas at Kibbutz Be’eri, had planned to return to Thailand after years of farm work in Israel.

Thai national Sonthaya Oakkharasr was murdered by Hamas terrorists at kibbutz Be'eri during the October 7 massacre in 2023, with his body taken into the Gaza Strip, where it has was held for over two years.

'We will never forget': Israel marks two years since October 7 in state ceremonies

A state ceremony commemorating the fallen soldiers in the Israel-Hamas War first took place, and it was followed by a ceremony to remember the civilian victims of October 7 and the war.

A VIEW of Kibbutz Be’eri shows a destroyed home from a world left behind on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists, Palestinian civilians, UNWRA workers, and media members infiltrated Gaza border communities and massacred 1,200 people.

'Make hummus, not war': How the Israeli-Palestinian owned hummus bar moves forward despite the war

In Berlin, their restaurant has been tested by tensions over the war. Both far-right and far-left factions have protested the “normalization” of an Israeli and a Palestinian working together.

The Israeli-Palestinian restaurant Kanaan in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, is an Israeli-Palestinian restaurant brand