As a result of this violent attack, at least four kibbutz security team members, four other residents, six Thai laborers and eight Israeli soldiers were killed, while at least four individuals were additionally abducted and taken to Gaza.

Another Palestinian militant group, the Maoist DFLP, also declared that its troops (organized as National Resistance Brigades) were fighting the IDF in Kissufim.

[5][6] A platoon from the 51st Battalion of the Golani Brigade arrived at the kibbutz in order to repel the militants, and became engaged in a battle that lasted several hours.

[7] The Israeli government declared the border towns in the Gaza envelope as active military zones after the 7 October attack, closing off Kissifum and evacuating its remaining residents.

[9][10] Five days after the attack, a militant who had survived the battle and hid in one of the houses opened fire on IDF troops, wounding three before being killed.