SDEROT, Israel — The biggest Israeli city that Hamas attacked on Oct. 7 almost completely emptied when the war began. Most of Sderot's 39,000 residents were evacuated to hotels across the country.

A recent attack against Israeli soldiers in Gaza highlights a Hamas shift to guerilla-stye tactics as the militant group, ...

Almost all of Sderot's 30,000 residents have cleared out to state-funded hotel rooms elsewhere in Israel, but some 10% are standing their ground, urging the IDF to finish off Hamas ...

Israel's offensive in Gaza largely stopped the Hamas rocket fire. But residents are reluctant to let down their guard.

Sderot’s mayor said the city’s evacuated residents would not comply with a government decision to start sending them back home early next month. Mayor Alon Davidi presented on Sunday a list of ...

Sderot, Israel, was practically a ghost town a year ago, as daily rocket attacks from Gaza drove residents away. Today, it's rebuilding and its residents are looking toward 2010 with some hope.

SDEROT, Israel, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The deadly Hamas attack of Oct. 7 has not scared Avi Barssessat away from his factory in Sderot, an Israeli town near the Gaza war zone that has long borne the ...

T he Israel Defense Forces said Friday that the Ashkelon-Sderot train line was safe to reopen on February 1, nearly two years after the vital route was scrapped amid persistent rocket fire from Gaza.

Israel. Dispatch From Israel: The Symphony at Sderot Listening to the sounds of war at the site of the October 7 Hamas attack. Nancy Rommelmann | 2.17.2024 7:00 AM ...

Mr. Davidi is the mayor of Sderot, Israel. Until the morning of Oct. 7, the town of Sderot in southern Israel was a parable of hope and success. Less than a mile from the Gaza border, it emerged a ...

Children play at Alon Sciences Elementary School in Sderot, Israel, on March 20. Maya Levin / Maya Levin for NPR. The biggest Israeli city that Hamas attacked on Oct. 7 almost completely emptied ...