In the Ruins of Be’eri, Israel Trains for the Next October 7

Days before Passover, with missiles still falling from Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen, heads of local security teams from across southern Israel gathered in Be’eri—one of the communities most devastated on October 7,—for an advanced training session with Magen 48.

Amid devastation, Herzog reopens Kibbutz Be’eri printing factory

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Kibbutz Be'eri in the western Negev on Oct. 15, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

As southern Israel continues to sort through the destruction of a Hamas assault, Israeli President Isaac Herzog inaugurated the opening of the Be’eri printing factory—the nation’s oldest printing house—in a move symbolic of the kibbutz’s determination to rebuild.