Visiting Kibbutz Kfar Aza

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I want to welcome you to Kibbutz Paraza. It was full of young couples and children who were running around here. 950 people lived here on October 6. On October 7, 63 were murdered, 18 were kidnapped, and six were severely injured. But we need to remember that it was really a horror reality. But it was a reality.

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Now we need to remember, as long as we go, that we are 110 days in. We won't see the body parts or the blood that was here, and the smell is no longer here, even the birds came back. It will look really strange for you, because it is green, because the nature never stops.

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It's a quick security briefing, maybe, before we're heading into the kibbutz. It's still a war zone, so you'll hear a lot of war sounds, explosions, and artillery to not be afraid. That's OK. If there is a red alert, it's a dome. We'll have less than 10 seconds to find a safe place. Just lay on the ground,

Visiting Kibbutz Kfar Aza | FP in Israel

November 12, 2024

The Free Press

Earlier this year, Bari Weiss and a team of Free Press journalists visited Israel. The result was a series of films, podcasts and written articles called “FP in Israel.”

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Bari visited Kfar Aza, a kibbutz two kilometers from the Gaza border, which bore the full force of the October 7, 2023, attack. Months after the massacre, the trees and the birds have returned, but the residents have not. Sixty-three residents were murdered, eighteen were kidnapped, and six were severely injured.

This is part one of our three-part video series: The Kibbutz.

The film includes graphic content.

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