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FILE- Mourners attend the funeral of the Kotz family in Gan Yavne, Israel, on Oct. 17, 2023. The Israeli family of five was killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 at their house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

FILE- Mourners attend the funeral of the Kotz family in Gan Yavne, Israel, on Oct. 17, 2023. The Israeli family of five was killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 at their house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Visitors tour a bullet-ridden house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza a year after Hamas militants attacked the border community in southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Visitors tour a bullet-ridden house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza a year after Hamas militants attacked the border community in southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Construction workers build temporary homes where former residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a community partially destroyed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, will live in Kibbutz Ruhama, southern Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Construction workers build temporary homes where former residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a community partially destroyed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, will live in Kibbutz Ruhama, southern Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Liora Eilon, right, walks through her home that was destroyed by an Israeli tank on Oct. 7, with her daughter, Hadas Eilon-Carmi, left, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Liora Eilon, right, walks through her home that was destroyed by an Israeli tank on Oct. 7, with her daughter, Hadas Eilon-Carmi, left, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are visible from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are visible from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Nearly a year after the deadly Hamas attack Oct. 7, the neighborhood where young people of Kibbutz Kfar Aza used to live remains heavily damaged in the southern Israel border community, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Nearly a year after the deadly Hamas attack Oct. 7, the neighborhood where young people of Kibbutz Kfar Aza used to live remains heavily damaged in the southern Israel border community, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

FILE- Israeli soldiers carry bodies of Israelis in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

FILE- Israeli soldiers carry bodies of Israelis in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

A resident of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, repairs a freight cart nearly a year after a deadly Hamas onslaught on the kibbutz, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A resident of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, repairs a freight cart nearly a year after a deadly Hamas onslaught on the kibbutz, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

House in the part of Kibbutz Kfar Aza where young people used to live is destroyed in the southern border community, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

House in the part of Kibbutz Kfar Aza where young people used to live is destroyed in the southern border community, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

FILE- Mourners gather around the five coffins of the Kotz family during their funeral in Gan Yavne, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. The family was killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 at their house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza near the border with the Gaza Strip,. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

FILE- Mourners gather around the five coffins of the Kotz family during their funeral in Gan Yavne, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. The family was killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 at their house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza near the border with the Gaza Strip,. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

FILE- Israeli soldiers deploy in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

FILE- Israeli soldiers deploy in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

A picture of Niv Raviv, 27 and Nirel Zini, 31, a couple killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, hangs on a wall of their old home nearly a year after their killing in the southern border community, Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A picture of Niv Raviv, 27 and Nirel Zini, 31, a couple killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, hangs on a wall of their old home nearly a year after their killing in the southern border community, Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Former residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a community partially destroyed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, visit the construction site where workers build them temporary housing in Kibbutz Ruhama, southern Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Former residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a community partially destroyed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, visit the construction site where workers build them temporary housing in Kibbutz Ruhama, southern Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A sink in a house burnt by Hamas militants remains singed and blackened a year after the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A sink in a house burnt by Hamas militants remains singed and blackened a year after the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli police officers guard a tour of visitors viewing the damage wrought by the Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg

Israeli police officers guard a tour of visitors viewing the damage wrought by the Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg

Memorial plaque commemorating the men from the civilian defense squad of Kfar Aza who were killed by Hamas militants in the Oct. 7 attack on the kibbutz in southern Israel, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Memorial plaque commemorating the men from the civilian defense squad of Kfar Aza who were killed by Hamas militants in the Oct. 7 attack on the kibbutz in southern Israel, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A reservist guarding the entrance gate to Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, takes avocados grown inside the kibbutz from a tractor, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A reservist guarding the entrance gate to Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, takes avocados grown inside the kibbutz from a tractor, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Liora Eilon, whose son, Tal Eilon, was killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, poses in her blasted-out home with her daughter Hadas Eilon-Carmi, left, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Liora Eilon, whose son, Tal Eilon, was killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, poses in her blasted-out home with her daughter Hadas Eilon-Carmi, left, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

An Israeli flag is hung on a destroyed house nearly a year after the deadly Hamas attack on Oct. 7, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

An Israeli flag is hung on a destroyed house nearly a year after the deadly Hamas attack on Oct. 7, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Residents who live in the near-empty kibbutz of Kfar Aza almost a year after the deadly Hamas onslaught eat lunch together in the community in southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Residents who live in the near-empty kibbutz of Kfar Aza almost a year after the deadly Hamas onslaught eat lunch together in the community in southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Simona Steinbrecher, whose daughter, Doron Steinbrecher, was kidnapped by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, from Kibbutz Kfar Aza poses for a portrait in Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Simona Steinbrecher, whose daughter, Doron Steinbrecher, was kidnapped by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, from Kibbutz Kfar Aza poses for a portrait in Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A member of Kibbutz Kfar Aza civilian defense squad with his family at their home in the near-empty kibbutz, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A member of Kibbutz Kfar Aza civilian defense squad with his family at their home in the near-empty kibbutz, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)