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


The state of Sderot

The IDF evacuated most of the city's residents in mid-October because of constant rocket attacks. They are presently staying in hotels in Eilat, Jerusalem, and the Dead Sea region.

 DIRECT ROCKET hit: In Sderot, Oct. 17.

Lights and Lifesavers - On Oct. 7, United Hatzalah was on the phone with children in the south

“Our Resilience Unit has been operating since 2016 to give emotional support to our volunteers and to the citizens,” explains Uriel Bulmas.

 Uriel Bulmas, United Hatzalah volunteer

DJ Raphi and evacuee children help to bring light in times of darkness

DJ Raphi contacted the Sderot municipality and got permission to organize this uplifting moment for the evacuee children from Southern Israel.

 DJ RAPHI (center) is known around the globe for his dance video tutorials.

Brothers in Arms group establishes 26 hotel kindergartens nationwide

Civil Military Police - Brothers in Arms set up 15 kindergartens in Tel Aviv hotels, adding to the existing 11 in the Dead Sea and more to come in Tiberias, for Sderot and Kiryat Shmona evacuees.

Volunteers from "Brothers in Arms" have established 15 children's kindergartens in hotels in Tel Aviv

For business owners in the Gaza border area, resilience is key

Despite the severe impact of the October 7 terror attacks, business leaders in the Gaza border area are determined to rebuild and move forward.

 Nirlat factory after October 7, Nir Lot.

Hamas and the Janjawid in Darfur are both genocidal in nature - opinion

One of the many victims of the October 7 massacre in Israel was Adam Barima, a Darfurian refugee who escaped Sudan and reached Israel about 15 years ago.

 Adam Barima was murdered in Sderot as he was walking in the street, shot by Hamas terrorists.

Palestinian UN exhibit of Gaza suffering uses photo of Israeli kid killed by Hamas

The Israeli delegation to Geneva immediately called for the exhibit to be taken down.

AN ISRAELI FLAG is pictured outside a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva earlier this year

The city of Sderot on the eve of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire - analysis

I went down to Sderot on the eve of the ceasefire to conduct interviews with an IDF unit.

 A journalist photographs fighting in Gaza from Sderot on November 22, 2023.

Israel Police officer rushed to Sderot on Oct. 7 as Hamas shot her leg

Israel Police officer Sapir Cohen defies Hamas terrorists' gunfire as she rushed to aid Sderot on October 7. Suffering a leg wound, she was saved by brave colleagues.

 Sapir Cohen

Sderot families fleeing Hamas find pop-up school at Jerusalem hotel

Within a span of 24 hours, Tzahi Lev-Ran set up a school for children from Sderot in Jerusalem’s Leonardo Hotel.

 SDEROT STUDENTS are provided with a creative outlet at the Leonardo Hotel.