Heartbroken Mother Dies 19 Months After Oct. 7 Massacre Claimed Son’s Family

Kfar Aza bids farewell to bereaved mother and beloved educator

Tamar Kutz (82), who lost her son Aviv, his wife Livnat, and their three children: Rotem, Yonatan, and Yiftach on October 7, dies of a heart attack.

Tamar Kutz dies at 82 after losing son and his entire family on Oct 7

Tamar's husband, Benny, accompanied her until her last day. The two, veterans and leaders of the kibbutz, lived there their entire adult lives, and raised their children there.

Heartbroken Mother Dies 19 Months After Oct. 7 Massacre Claimed Son’s Family

JERUSALEM – Tamar Kutz, a founding member of Kibbutz Kfar Aza and mother to one of the families murdered in the October 7 Hamas attack, died Monday at her assisted living residence. She was in her 70s. Her son Aviv, his wife Livnat, and their three children—Rotem, 18, Yonatan, 16, and Yiftach, 14—were killed in […]

Kutz, a veteran educator, lived in sheltered housing after being evacuated from the kibbutz following the massacre in which her son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren were murdered. Her husband, my son, accompanied her until her last day. In the village of Gaza, they mourned: "The loss is that of an entire generation"

Tamar Kutz, one of the founders of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, passed away after losing her son, daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren in the October 7 massacre. A beloved kindergarten teacher and educator who worked in education for decades, she was unable to recover from the devastating disaster that befell her family.

Tamar Kutz, one of the founders of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, whose son Aviv, his wife Livnat and their children Rotem, Yonatan and Yiftach were murdered in the Simchat Torah massacre on the kibbutz - passed away this week. Kutz, in her 70s, died in her bed, in the assisted living facility where she lived after being evacuated from the kibbutz. Tamar's husband, Benny, accompanied her until her last day. The two, veterans and leaders of the kibbutz, live…