The initiative will initially support 25 preschools for children aged three to six, including three special education institutions.
This year's Israel festival will focus on the Israel-Hamas war, centering around home, loss, and mourning.
With severe lapses in contingency planning and foresight by security experts, it is crucial to reevaluate current practices to prevent future tragedies.
"What do we have left other than just running out there ourselves to get them?" Gil Dickmann told The Jerusalem Post.
The families traveled down to Israel's south to speak to their captive loved ones in a convoy that left Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
Pesi Cohen's house was the last remaining testimony to the devastation of the neighborhood, left standing until now due to military investigations.
Israel's new program provides NIS 16m. to ag-tech start-ups, aiming to boost innovation and revitalize Gaza border communities.
Transportation Minister Miri Regev was tapped to lead the government's commemoration ceremony on Thursday.
"This strategic initiative is focused on fortifying physical defenses, enhancing local rapid-response teams, and integrating advanced technological defense solutions.”
The Eshkol Regional Council was one of the areas devastated on October 7, with many of its communities overrun by Hamas terrorists.