Ofakim
!['Brothers in Arms' for Real and not as a Slogan | Rabbi Shachar Botschak](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2023/12/07/416ba070-950d-11ee-9208-61598e72061a__h331_w650.png)
These days, the same citizens who were in the demonstrations of both sides enter the same tank, the same squad of fighters, and fight for weeks when every moment they are shoulder to shoulder, and their lives depend on each other.
![The People of Israel are Excited: Welcoming the Abductees in Ofakim](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/26/22af4fa0-8c9e-11ee-8914-e3c659c1040a__h331_w650.png)
Welcoming the Abductees
The residents of Ofakim came out with joy and excitement to welcome the abductees who passed by in a convoy in the city that also suffered heavy losses on the day of the massacre. The residents cheered, sang and waved Israeli flags in front of the abductees who waved to them.
![A celebration of heroism among the tragedy.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/08/ad5b5570-7e0e-11ee-86b6-1123a72ebd00__h455_w797.png)
Israel-Gaza War, Rachel of Ofakim
Yesterday, a march marking the heroism of those who fought the bloody battles against Hamas on October 7, also passing by the home of Rachel of Ofakim. Watch:
![Smotrich Announced: Ofakim will be Included in the Benefits Plan of the Gaza Strip Envelope](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/25/c02e3c50-7344-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpeg)
Ofakim will be Included
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich informed the mayor of Ofakim, Itzik Danino, that the city will be included in the benefits plan for the Gaza Strip Envelope. "The city's residents will receive full compensation for direct and indirect damage."
![The Be'eri Medic's Final Note](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/20/be6665d0-6f2c-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War
Yarin Peled, a medic murdered during the Simchat Torah Massacre, left a note with a last request if she was killed. Reporter Almog Boker calls for people to heed it.
![A President visiting a local heroine.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/18/bea17fe0-6db4-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpg)
Jewish World
The President will meet with the woman held hostage for hours by terrorists, as well as with families of captives and missing.
![A welcoming sign to a changed city.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/18/0feea0c0-6db1-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpg)
News
The city marketed as a "city of people" will now be known as the "city of heroes." Watch.
![Barrage Towards Tel Aviv; Fear of Terrorist Infiltration in Ofakim](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/15/8547cb40-6b4e-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpg)
News
After a quiet night from the Gaza Strip, terrorists fired a barrage of rockets towards Tel Aviv. There are no reports of casualties at this time. Concurrently, following reports of a suspicious individual in Ofakim, residents were instructed to take shelter in protected spaces.
![During a diplomats' tour: Red Alert siren in Sderot | Watch](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/15/58251f00-6b44-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.png)
News
MK Danny Danon from the Likud brought a number of ambassadors on a tour to the cities of Ofakim and Sderot. The ambassadors criticized Hamas and called for its destruction. During the tour in Sderot, a Red Alert siren was activated, and the ambassadors fled. The Ambassador of Kosovo fell and was lightly injured.