The organization is coordinating groups it anticipates will move to the Gaza border region, the Jordan Valley, the Galilee, and parts of the Negev.
Local elections postponed since October were held Tuesday in five southern Israeli communities near Gaza, with special polling arrangements for evacuees and soldiers.
Residents in the Gaza Envelope claimed to have spotted an aircraft cruising at low altitude on its way to the center.
The Knesset's Labor and Welfare Committee is set to meet soon to approve a government proposal for compensation for residents of the Gaza border communities.
This marks the launch of various ventures, including a festival project, a therapeutic space with therapy animals, and a holistic health program for women.
After a moving Simchat Torah, all the political talk of unity we hear cannot come close to the true unifier for the Jewish people: our Torah heritage.
However, trust in local leadership was high, with 95% expressing that they trust the leadership of their towns.
Over the past year, the return of the hostages, once a national consensus and top priority, now seems weighed against the security of the state and its citizens.
A year after October 7, some residents of the Gaza border area have returned to rebuild their lives on the ashes of the past, while others still long to return home.
"It is painful and incomprehensible that we have erected a 'hostage sukkah,' the purpose of which is to continue the fight to bring our loved ones back from Gaza," residents of the Kibbutz said.
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