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Footage from Kfar Aza

In the Heart of the Scene of Horror: Special Footage from the Youth Neighborhood of Kfar Aza

For the first time since that Black Sabbath and three months after Hamas's brutal murder spree in the youth neighborhood of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, the doors of the houses were opened to the Israeli media.

Kfar Aza youth neighborhood

Three months after the brutal terrorist attack carried out by Hamas on the residents of the Gaza Strip Envelope, today (Sunday) the houses of the youth neighborhood of Kibbutz Kfar Gaza were opened to the Israeli media for the first time. During the murder spree, the neighborhood lost about 12 of its residents, 7 were kidnapped, and 3 returned, with Alon Shimriz and Yotam Haim killed by IDF fire in the unfortunate incident during the ground maneuver.

As part of the special tour, opposite the burning Gaza, cameras entered the houses of the neighborhood for the first time, including that of Doron Steinbracher, who was kidnapped to Gaza on Saturday, October 7th. In special footage, you can see the great destruction left by the murderers. Her sister Yamit Ashkenazi painfully told about missing her sister and demanded her return home.

The front of the house of the abductee Doron Steinbracher
The front of the house of the abductee Doron Steinbracher (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
The destruction of Doron Steinbracher's home
The destruction of Doron Steinbracher's home (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
Yamit Ashkenazi, Doron's sister (Video: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)

Opposite Doron's house stands the house where the late Alon Shimriz lived, the burnt smells still linger in the noses of the visitors and testify to the young life that is no more.

The house of Alon Shimriz who was killed by IDF fire
The house of Alon Shimriz who was killed by IDF fire (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
The pogrom in the house of the Alon Shimriz, z"l
The pogrom in the house of the Alon Shimriz, z"l (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
The kitchen of the late Alon Shimriz's house, everything remains from that day
The kitchen of the late Alon Shimriz's house, everything remains from that day (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
Ido, brother of Alon Shimriz, z"l
Ido, brother of Alon Shimriz, z"l (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)

The houses in the youth neighborhood are still standing, but most of them are sooty and there is a lot of destruction everywhere, bedding thrown on the floor, refrigerators that have not been closed - if they could talk, they would tell about the inferno that the kibbutz experienced.

Silent testimony
Silent testimony (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
The house of Ofir Shoshani, who was murdered
The house of Ofir Shoshani, who was murdered (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
Tossed washing machine
Tossed washing machine (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
The burned neighborhood swing
The burned neighborhood swing (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
The smell is still in the air, sooty houses
The smell is still in the air, sooty houses (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
Shoe waiting for its owner
Shoe waiting for its owner (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
October 2023 pogrom
October 2023 pogrom (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
The home of Nitzan Libstein, the son of the head of the council Ofir Libstein, who was also murdered
The home of Nitzan Libstein, the son of the head of the council Ofir Libstein, who was also murdered (Photo: Liran Vainshtain, Srugim)
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