A new neighborhood in Kibbutz Be’eri, near the Gaza border, in southern Israel.
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The Gaza-border communities are being rebuilt: With government help, 92 percent of the original 65,000 residents have returned, plus five thousand new ones. A thousand days have passed since the October 7, 2023, massacre, in which 1,200 residents were slaughtered and 251 kidnapped to Gaza (Times of Israel, July 1, 2026).
With access to the Hormuz Strait being spotty, alternate routes for transporting oil from the Middle East to Europe and Asia are being developed. One proposal is to re-open a 700 km. (420 mi.) pipeline built jointly in 1968 by Iran and Israel when the Shah was in power (CNN 18 TV, India, July 29, 2026).
Close relations exist for the first time between Israel and Somaliland on the Horn of Africa. This will strengthen maritime security, counter Iranian expansion, and protect global trade routes (JCFA, July 20, 2026).
Amidst war, Israel still sent rescue crews to Venezuela after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes on June 24, in which over 6,000 persons perished. Israeli engineers inspected 1,300 buildings to determine if they can be saved or if they must be demolished (The Jerusalem Post, July 8, 2026).
Israel has signed a record-breaking $35 billion deal with Egypt to supply 8.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year (Israel Hayom, July 9, 2026).
Israeli judoka and Olympic bronze medalist Peter Paltchik sold his Olympic uniform to support children traumatized by terror attacks after October 7.
Greece, India and Israel have formed a strategic alliance, a Maritime Security Initiative for infrastructure along the Europe-Middle East-India corridor (Begin-Sadat Center [BESA], July 8, 2026).