Kibbutz Nir Oz announces: Aryeh Zalmanovich, one of the founders of the kibbutz, died hostage in Gaza, and his body is being held by Hamas.

'Giving Gaza to Abbas is a dangerous fantasy that has cost us too much.'

Kibbutz Nir Oz announces murder of Maya Goren, 56, following her abduction to Gaza.

<p>Elma Avraham, an elderly woman who was released from Hamas captivity in serious condition, is now out of danger, but her condition is not good, Soroka Medical Center reported.</p>

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Sirens sound in Sa'ad and Kfar Aza, on the Gaza border.

For 2000 years the land of Israel was in suspension, as a wife impatiently awaits the return of her beloved husband who was called away.