In 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?
The 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 Library
In 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 IDT
The 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.
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