Background on the Pioneering community along the Gaza border
Kibbutz Nahal Oz is located only 0. 5 miles from the Gaza border. Founded in 1953, with 450 residents the kibbutz, a symbol of Israeli resilience and agricultural settlement, is a small and agricultural pioneering community. The community relies on a dairy farm, chicken breeding farm and crop-growing fields, fulfilling the mission of thriving life and livelihood along the southern border.

Facing unprecedented loss, trauma, and destruction
On Saturday, October 7th, 2023, the day of the Kibbutz’s 70th-anniversary celebration, Nahal Oz woke up to the horrific attack, with over 250 terrorists that crossed the fence, brutally torturing, murdering, abducting, and massacring families, destroying the dairy farm and infrastructure, looting and halting life as we know it. 16 members were murdered, 8 kidnapped of whom one hostage is still held in Gaza.

The Nahal Oz Community Today
Nahal Oz community remains displaced, split into four locations through southern, central, and northern Israel, away from our beloved kibbutz. Facing communal trauma and a prolonged period of uncertainty, we invest much planning and resources in building our small community's resilience and facilitating continuity, aiming to return to Nahal Oz as soon as the security situation permits.