Kibbutz Nir Oz votes to rebuild following Oct. 7 destruction November 12, 2024Israeli soldier around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)(Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)Kibbutz Nir Oz votes to rebuild following Oct. 7 destructionIn December, Israel’s Cabinet approved the outline for a strategic five years and up to 18 billion shekel plan to rehabilitate and develop the Gaza-adjacent region and its population.By JNSA majority of Kibbutz Nir Oz members voted on Monday to return to their destroyed homes and rebuild.The kibbutz was among the hardest hit communities during Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of southern Israel.One in four residents was either killed or kidnapped, including the Bibas family, mother Shiri, husband Yarden and their two children, Ariel, 4, and Kfir, 9 months old.In a letter to the government, the kibbutz members stressed their expectations for a large-scale and generous construction plan, according to Israel’s Channel 12 News.In May, Israel Defense Forces Brig. Gen. Moshe Edri, the head of the government body overseeing the rehabilitation of the Gaza border region, said residents of Be’eri, Nir Oz and Kfar Aza would only be able to return home in two to three years.Edri said that residents of those communities would be set up in temporary housing until then.In December, Israel’s Cabinet approved the outline for a strategic multi-year plan to rehabilitate and develop the Gaza-adjacent region and its population.The plan comprises a broad budgetary framework for five years (2024-2028) of up to 18 billion shekels ($4.9 billion).Read WATCH: Israeli man wounded on Oct. 7th released from rehab after 400 daysFollowing the Oct. 7 massacre, all residents within seven kilometers of the Gaza border were evacuated.In January, the IDF Home Front Command allowed the partial return of some communities, including those of Kibbutz Bror Hayil, Kibbutz Dorot, Kibbutz Gvar’am, Moshav Mavki’im, Moshav Yakhini and Kibbutz Yad Mordechai. nir ozOct 7threbuilding