Sderot

Population in Gaza border region surpasses pre-Oct. 7 levels, data show

Over 65,000 people now live in Israel’s Gaza border region, surpassing pre-October 7 figures, as communities rebuild and new residents arrive.

 Protesters in Sderot gather for the 'Gaza March,' May 14, 2024
Heads of the Gaza border communities' municipal councils protesting outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 4, 2025.

'Gov't continues to abandon us': Gaza border community heads protest funding cuts in Jerusalem

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Capitol Hill in July. Once again, the Americans try to redraw and impose unrealistic solutions on a map, while refusing to climb the hill and look at the terrain, the writer charges.

Palestinian state will be platform for Hamas, providing exactly what they need - opinion

Inauguration of Israir Call Center in Sderot.

Not leaving Sderot: Israir strengthens the south


Sderot invests NIS 15 million in renewing older neighborhoods

A 15 million shekel budget has been approved to plan urban renewal in Sderot's older neighborhoods, aiming to reduce disparities with newer areas.

Illustration: New urban district in the area surrounding the train station in Sderot.

Sderot, Ofakim to join gov't Miri Regev-led Oct. 7 memorial event

Several Gaza border communities, as well as the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, have announced they will not participate in the event and will instead host their own. 

 IDF soldiers inspect the remains of a police station in Sderot, which was the site of a battle following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, on October 8.

Gov't calls for ag-tech projects, will offer funding up to NIS 16m.

Israel's new program provides NIS 16m. to ag-tech start-ups, aiming to boost innovation and revitalize Gaza border communities.

 Dozens of Bedouin students volunteer in agriculture in the Gaza Envelope.

Resilience in crisis: How Emunah and Israeli solidarity shine amid trauma - opinion

As we observe Tisha B’Av, a day that marks the breaking apart of the Jewish nation, we would do well to reflect on how our people today, under the darkest of circumstances, take care of one another. 

A DINNER HOSTED by the Emunah Netivot branch, headed by Debbie Nagar, takes place with women from Kiryat Shmona.

Linoy El Ezra of MDA Dispatch Center told children where to hide from terrorists

Dispatch teams gave life-saving medical treatment advice over the phone to hotline callers.

Linoy El-Ezra  at this year's Independence Day ceremony in the city of Hazor where she lit a torch

October 7 wrecked Israelis' college dreams: A scholarship can reignite them

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund has created a scholarship fund for students from the Gaza border communities.

 A group of students from Ben Gurion University who received a scholarship from KKL-JNF together with Doron Markel, KKL-JNF’s Chief Scientist.

This year's Israel Festival reckons with the reality of a post-October 7 country

The festival sets out “to do what art and creation know so well to do – to create a space where complexity, multifaceted thought, and imagination can coexist in unison,” artistic directors state.

 DIKLA AND Yasmeen Godder collaborate on Love Music (Now).

The South on the tip of our tongue: Wolt's special peek to Gaza Envelope culinary world

Wolt's tour took them to businesses operating in the Gaza Envelope, Sderot, and Nativot.

 Avishai Schlesinger, the owner of "Hamburger HaBikta"

Wolt begins operations in Sderot, Netivot, and Gaza Envelope

Wolt expands to Sderot, Netivot, and 30 nearby communities, including Kibbutz Kfar Aza and Kibbutz Be'eri. Company executives met with local mayors and received their blessings.


Wolt launches operations in Sderot, Netivot, other Gaza border communities

Wolt now operates with over 8,000 businesses, including in 30 new communities near the Gaza border.

 Man serves burger and fries from fast food truck