The 26-year-old's last communication with his older brother, also from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, was a heart emoji on WhatsApp
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Jerusalem's Beit Avi Chai cultural center is hosting free and online events for those evacuated from their homes in the north and south, along with local residents
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Channel 12 says Simcha Rothman shocked attendants of Knesset hearing with his words; he insists it never happened
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Tamir Idan of the Sdot Negev Regional Council calls on Likud Central Committee members to also leave the party
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21 Bedouins were killed and 6 were abducted; while families of some hostages have launched campaigns, Bedouins have no representative on world stage - and don’t seem to want one
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Yoni Goodman releases 'Disaster,' a 1:20 minute film about the Yaakov brothers, abducted by Hamas terrorists from their Kibbutz Nir Oz home
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Royal Dead Sea Hotel has lost 80% of its workers due to the war and its CEO says government payments barely cover room costs: 'Who is supposed to pay the electric bill?'
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Compilation previously shown in closed-door screenings to foreign press, ambassadors to Israel; 'hate the enemy, hate the monsters,' one lawmaker says
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Described by 929 founder Rabbi Benny Lau as 'the essence of good,' Ohayon, was murdered with his eldest son Eliad; also chaired board of Shaharit Institute
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Son of slain head of the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council was murdered in Kfar Aza, October 7
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