Kibbutz Be'eri

Where heroes fell, tulips now bring color and comfort

Red tulips planted by Dutch Christian supporters of Israel, bringing color, comfort, and renewed hope to Gaza border communities that are still healing from the October 7 massacre.

Dutch volunteers plant tulips with children in November, in the agricultural community of Mivtachim along the Gaza border.
Poster of hostage Yonatan Mordechai Samerano during demonstrations for the hostages still held in Gaza.

Family of slain hostage sues UNRWA for alleged role in October 7 kidnapping, murder

Eli Sharabi was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Be’eri during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack and survived 491 days in Hamas captivity.

Former Gaza hostage Eli Sharabi speaks on rebuilding life after losing his family, Hamas captivity

 Protesters in Sderot gather for the 'Gaza March,' May 14, 2024

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


Coffins of Bibas children reveal Hamas's ruthless ideology

There was nothing Hamas could do to hide these facts and images on Thursday, and at least for one day, almost the entire world remembered who is a terrorist and who is a victim. 

A drone view shows Palestinians and terrorists gathering around Red Cross vehicles on the day Hamas hands over the bodies of deceased hostages, including Oded Lifschitz, Kfir, and Ariel Bibas

Nukhba terrorists intended to reach Netivot, reached Nova festival by mistake - KAN

According to the investigation, the Nukhba terrorists who raided the Nova Music Festival were 120 terrorists from the Nuseirat Brigade.

 The area of ​​the Nova party where hundreds of Israelis were killed and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists who infiltrated to Israel, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, photo taken on October 12, 2023.

10-year-old freed hostage Emily Hand speaks out: 'How can we think of tomorrow?'

In the conversation, Hand explained how she did not wish to speak of the past, missing her kibbutz, her friends, and those she lost. 

 Thomas and Emily Hand.

The West is enabling Hamas’s propaganda and the hostages are paying the price - opinion

Hamas’s propaganda is fooling the West, whitewashing its brutality while Israeli hostages endure starvation and torture. The world must stop enabling their lies.

 HOSTAGE ELI SHARABI is released by Hamas terrorists this past Saturday. While comparisons to the Holocaust are often avoided, Holocaust survivors themselves have spoken out, drawing chilling parallels to concentration camps, the writer notes.

Ex-hostage Eli Sharabi learned of wife, daughters' October 7 murders upon release

Sharabi told Israeli forces he was looking forward to reuniting with his wife and daughters, unaware of their tragic fate for 491 days.

 Released hostage Eli Sharabi reunited with his family following his release from Gaza, February 8, 2025

Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, and Ohad Ben Ami freed from Hamas as part of hostage deal's fifth wave

Hamas had initially delayed providing the list of the three hostages they would release.

 Hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, and Ohad Ben Ami are scheduled to return from Gaza captivity Saturday, February 7, 2025 (illustration).

Yuval will make us proud at Eurovision - editorial

Like the incredible women who came before her (Neta Barzilai, Noa Kirel, and so on.), she will deal with just a little bit of the punches headed her way, her head still held high.

 Yuval Raphael is the winner of the Rising star 2025 finale and will represent Israel in the Eurovision.

Who is Tal Shoham, one of the hostages from Kibbutz Be’eri freed on Saturday?

Shoham’s wife and children were also taken captive by Hamas and held together but separately from Tal.

Freed hostage Tal Shoham reunited with his family after his return from Gaza, February 22, 2025

'We will begin again': Marla Buck brings healing through art

Artist Marla Buck believes that “behind an expression of any art form, there needs to be an emotive, even transformative, message.”

NECKLACE FROM Buck’s current collection, designed and created by Marla Buck and Shirley Zafir.

From kibbutz to canvas

Kislev, a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri, channels the trauma of the October 7 attack on his community into this series of paintings.

 HARAN KISLEV (left) with Yaron Haramati, curator and manager of Zemack Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv.