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70 Percent of Israeli Evacuees from Gaza Area Are Home
(Times of Israel) Canaan Lidor - Six months after the Hamas onslaught on Israel, 70% of Israelis who evacuated the area near Gaza have returned home, including 23,000 from Sderot, the government said Sunday. Amid a still-ongoing military operation against Hamas in Gaza, many view the rehabilitation of Israel's border area as a crucial mission not only for the economy - the area is a main agricultural and industrial asset - but also as a symbol and test of Israeli society's resilience. Kibbutz Kissufim, along with Be'eri, Kfar Aza, Netiv Ha'asara, and Nir Oz, are among 13 locales that were either too severely damaged or are too risky to be repopulated for the time being. Groundwork is underway in Omer, a municipality near Beersheba, for a new neighborhood of temporary homes to house Kissufim's population until the kibbutz is rebuilt sometime in 2025.