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A year later, Israeli survivors reflect on the lingering toll of Oct. 7

One year after the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel by Hamas militants, survivors reflect on that day's lingering toll

The Independent UK

How grief tourism is drawing celebrities to Israel since Hamas’ October 7 attack

Jerry Seinfeld, Elon Musk, Michael Douglas, and Ivanka Trump are a few who have visited and posed for photos

The Independent UK

Israel Shuts Down Associated Press Live Video Feed Of Gaza

Israel said it had shut down an Associated Press live video feed of war-torn Gaza on Tuesday, sparking a protest from the US news agency and concern from the White House.

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Far-Right Protesters In Israel Call For Gaza Settlements

Far-right protesters in Sderot, Israel rally for Gaza settlements, citing past mistakes and Oslo Accords.

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Questions in rocket-hit Sderot over whether IDF can ever destroy Hamas

People in city bordering Gaza say Israel will never be safe while Hamas exists – but worry it cannot achieve its objective

The Guardian - UK

Israelis are returning to Sderot, the biggest city attacked by Hamas

Almost everyone fled Sderot after Hamas militants killed 50 residents and visitors on Oct. 7. Now most have returned, but soldiers are guarding schools and residents are traumatized and feel insecure.

WEKU

‘The memories are too much’: Sderot residents return six months after Hamas attack

Families are being offered grants to go home but some have stayed away and others are already thinking of leaving again

The Guardian - UK

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Dispatch From Israel: The Symphony at Sderot

Listening to the sounds of war at the site of the October 7 Hamas attack.

Reason

Four weeks on, horror lingers in Israel’s silent kibbutzim

Daily funerals bring little solace to a traumatised nation grieving for communities such as Kfar Aza, Ofakim and Sderot that took the brunt of the 7 October attack

The Guardian - UK

'Empty streets and closed shops': On Israel's border with Gaza, Sderot becomes a ghost town

The Israeli city of Sderot near the border with Gaza is home to more than 30,000 people, but some 90 percent have already fled as rocket fire from Hamas rains down sporadically. A FRANCE 24 team on the ground met up with some of the residents who remain.

France 24

Israelis and Palestinians stare death in the face as they wait for the invasion

A full-scale operation hangs over Gazan heads like the dust rising from homes turned to rubble, Kim Sengupta reports from Sderot

The Independent UK

Left behind, in an assaulted Israeli town

In the Israeli town of Sderot, less than a mile from the Gaza Strip, there are remnants and recollections of carnage from Hamas' ongoing attack.

WEKU

How Hamas’s attack unfolded in Israel’s southern border towns

Rabbi Pizam’s story of survival is one of many. On Shmini Atzeret, the Jewish people were saved from a massacre, but the war was far from over. On Shmini Atzeret, Rabbi Pizam was saved from a massacre in Sderot, a town near Gaza. Over 1,000 militants breached the hi-tech fence…

The Hindu

Western media fell for ‘Hamas beheaded babies’. Did Indian media report it too?

The Kibbutz of Kfar Aza has been in the news as many media organisations have reported on the aftermath of the Hamas attack. The BBC described in detail how Israeli soldiers spent an entire day “in the ruins recovering bodies of civilians”. Reuters quoted an Israeli reserve soldier who said:…

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The Guardian - US

‘Emphasis is on damage, not accuracy’: ground offensive into Gaza seems imminent

Surrounded by evidence of heavy fighting and with air raid sirens still sounding, Road 232 is the new frontline between Israel and the enclave

The Guardian - AU

Netanyahu says Israel’s siege ‘just getting started’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Israel and Hamas at war after surprise attacks from Gaza Strip

Twenty-two Israelis confirmed dead so far and 545 injured, with death toll likely to rise, after aerial and ground attack

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Says It Intercepted Rocket Fired from Gaza Strip

Sirens sounded in southern Israel and a rocket was intercepted from Gaza on Wednesday, the Israeli army said, as tensions soared between Palestinians and the country's new ultranationalist government. The army said in a statement that sirens sounded in the city of Sderot and in the area surrounding the Gaza…

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