Current sectionIsrael NewsIsraeli CultureThe award was given for Tibon's memoir The Gates of Gaza, which tells, among other things, the story of his family's rescue from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7 by his fatherShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe08:15 PM • June 16 2026 IDTAmir Tibon, a writer and journalist at Haaretz, has been named this year's recipient of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for his book The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands. CommentsIn the NewsHaaretz's Amir Tibon Wins Major Jewish Literature Prize for October 7 MemoirHow pro-Palestinian Groups Are Using AIPAC's Playbook in New York and BeyondForeign Ministry Rejects Smotrich's Claim He Axed 1997 Hebron Accord With PAIsrael Armed Settlers With Thousands of Guns. Now It Can't Control ThemBen and Jerry's Israel Has a New Zionist Ice Cream Flavor: Milk and HoneyRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeTrump Just Dropped a Megaton Bomb on Netanyahu's Re-election Campaign'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelWhy Does the Jewish State Keep Deporting Diaspora Jews?The Fake Gaza Charity Linked to the Anti-left Disinformation Campaign in FranceTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel Ties