Impact of The Attacks

One JNF UK project sadly affected by the attack is Kindergarten Tuot, a kindergarten we renovated a year ago, which has been completely destroyed. The kindergarten is in Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the communities hardest hit by the attacks on October 7th.

This video shows a JNF UK Renewal Day in Kibbutz Kerem Shalom, on the southernmost border with Gaza. A few years ago, JNF UK brought a group of 500 volunteers, to give the Kibbutz a makeover and offer vital support to the community. Having weathered a series of crises including wars, terrorist infiltrations and indiscriminate rocket attacks, Kibbutz Kerem Shalom

Tamar from Kibbutz Nir Oz is pictured here with her husband Jonny and their three beautiful children. All were viciously murdered, along with Jonny’s mother…

This was Kibbutz Sufa just a few months ago. The photo shows our volunteers helping to reinvigorate the kibbutz in order to attract more young people to live there. Fast forward three months and the whole community has been torn apart…

JNF UK’s footprint can be seen throughout the southern city of Ofakim with projects ranging from supporting a student village, building a public park with an outdoor theatre, and opening a bicycle club…

Sagui Dekel-Chen, a cherished member of our Israel team, has been unaccounted for since 7 October, in the wake of a brutal assault on his Kibbutz Nir Oz…