Herzog and First Lady Host Kerem Shalom Survivors on 1,000th Day

Jerusalem Post published at 02:02 IDT that President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog hosted members and bereaved families from Kibbutz Kerem Shalom on the 1,000th day since the Hamas-led October 7 massacre. Israel National News and Times of Israel report the same core gathering, including the mother of Sgt. Yaron Zohar, who was killed defending the kibbutz, and testimony about war, evacuation, rebuilding and return home. Herzog said Israel's true victory is rebuilding and children filling communities again; Michal Herzog called the community's resilience a source of hope. Israel should answer Hamas's cruelty with memory, return, defense and renewed Jewish life in the Gaza envelope.