Current sectionIsrael NewsShare 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 formatSubscribeThe entrance to the Gaza Strip, 1956. "Everyone will line up on the way to the Gaza beach." Credit: Moshe Levin/Moshe Marlin Levin Archive/Meitar Collection/Pritzker Family National Photography Collection/National LibraryIn 1966, Roman Frister reported on a theft at a library and bored UN guards and the only war was between two neighboring kibbutzim. So why were Palestinians abducting people to Gaza?05:01 AM • July 11 2026 IDTThe librarian at Kibbutz Magen couldn't understand why thieves from the Gaza Strip had stolen her list of readers' names. The members of nearby Moshav Amioz raised an eyebrow when interlopers from Gaza simply ate the cholent straight from the oven and stole nothing else. And at Moshav Tkuma, people wondered why their neighbors from across the border were interested in a purple Torah-scroll covering, which they took back to the Strip.In the NewsIn the World of Jewish Translators, She Was Known as a Mentor and a GiantAOC Calls to Release Gaza Hospital Director Hussam Abu SafiyaGraham Platner Withdraws From Maine Senate Race, Signs Off With 'Free Palestine'Netanyahu Seeks to Block Personal Findings in Submarine Affair State InquiryGOP-led House Panels Probe New Israel Fund Over Alleged Electioneering in IsraelRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesAn Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelIsraeli Cop Filmed Throwing Stun Grenade Into Car, Trapping Palestinians Inside