kibbutz

As their kibbutz was attacked, Emily sent a text message containing a single heart emoji.

It said the man had taken part in an attack on the kibbutz of Nir Oz, though added that it was "not possible to link the terrorist to a specific abduction attempt".

Mayor Kabesa was among the first Israeli soldiers who helped to clear the ravaged kibbutzim around the Gaza border in the early days after the attack.

They left the kibbutz on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel the day after Hamas’s deadly attack on southern Israel triggered the war in Gaza.

I was in Kfar Azza kibbutz when they were still recovering the bodies of dead Israelis, as soldiers checked buildings with bursts of gunfire.