Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean sea bordering Israel. Israel withdrew from the strip in 2005, ceding direct control to the Palestinian Authority, but it maintains strict indirect control.
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News Wartime wildflowers draw few visitors: ‘Now all their red makes me think of is blood’
Israelis flock to makeshift memorials for those killed at the Nova music festival instead
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Opinion After more than 100 Gazans died trying to access food, will the world finally address their starvation?
At least half a million Gazans are currently believed to be at direct risk of starvation
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Fast Forward Dozens die in Gaza aid stampede as war-induced humanitarian crisis worsens
The United Nations warns that more than a quarter of Gaza’s population is at risk of famine
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News ‘We know time is running out’: Meet the Israeli filmmakers working to free the hostages
The poignant #BringThemHomeNow videos, produced pro bono, have racked up 150 million views on social media
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News Will the US recognize a State of Palestine? The Biden-Netanyahu gap deepens over plans for Gaza’s future
It's unclear whether any plans are actually afoot for the United States to recognize a Palestinian state — but even the prospect of recognition is rattling the Israelis
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Fast Forward Israel returns to hostage talks as Netanyahu presents postwar plan for Gaza governance
Israeli media report Hamas continues to demand that any deal include the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, which Israel has rejected
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Opinion Almost 5 months after Oct. 7, my Israeli brother-in-law still wonders ‘what the hell happened?’
Far from recovered after the Hamas attack, the residents of the Negev are dealing with a 'post-post traumatic' new reality
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Opinion Why is the world not helping Gazans flee a war zone?
In most contemporary conflicts, global efforts are made to facilitate the evacuation of refugees. Gaza is proving to be the exception
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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