This is 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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Fast Forward War Turns Gaza Fruit Basket Into Wasteland
(Reuters) — The stench of rotting animal carcasses was in the air as 10-year-old Ahmed al-Kafarna picked through the debris of his Gaza home after a ceasefire began on Tuesday, looking for his toys. “Mine was the middle room, I found it, I mean the rubble,” he said. “Those are the photos of me, with…
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Fast Forward ‘Bomb Gaza’ Apps Yanked From Google Store
Google removed from its app store a mobile game that simulates Israeli attacks on Gaza. “Bomb Gaza,” which invites users to “drop bombs and avoid killing civilians,” was removed Monday from the Google Play after a public backlash, the Guardian newspaper reported. In the game, developed by PlayFTW, players drop bombs from a fighter jet…
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Fast Forward First British Muslim Minister Sayeeda Warsi Quits Over Gaza
Sayeeda Warsi resigned from her position as a senior minister in Britain’s Foreign Office on Tuesday, saying she could no longer support the government’s policy on the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Warsi, a baroness who sits in Britain’s upper house of parliament, became Britain’s first Muslim to serve in Cabinet in 2010 but was…
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Fast Forward Israel Pulls Troops From Gaza — 3-Day Truce Starts
Israel pulled its ground forces out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step towards negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war. Minutes before the truce began at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT), Hamas launched a salvo of rockets, calling them…
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Opinion 4 Things About the Times of Israel ‘Genocide’ Blunder
So the blogosphere and social media were aflutter late last week over a post by a blogger at the Times of Israel which raised the possibility that Israel is justified in committing genocide against Hamas. Here are my four take-aways: It’s best to first read the thing you are railing against. The post, by Yochanan…
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Fast Forward Condolence Letters From Netanyahu, Peres, to Max Steinberg’s Family Released
Condolence letters from Israeli leaders sent to the family of lone soldier Max Steinberg, who died fighting in Gaza, were published by a Jewish Journal reporter. Photos of the letters first posted Sunday on Twitter by Jared Sichel were from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-President Shimon Peres, as well as New England Patriots owner…
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Fast Forward Three-Week-Old Gaza Twin Boy Killed by Israeli Strike — Brother Critically Hurt
A three-week-old Gaza twin baby boy was killed and his brother critically injured when an Israeli missile struck a home, killing nine other family members, Ma’an News Agency reported. The identical twins — whose births were hailed as a ‘door of light and happiness’ — were both members of the extended al-Ghoul family, which was…
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Fast Forward Israel Faces Rising Criticism Over Gaza War Tactics After U.N. School Bombings
(JTA) — Shortly after dawn on July 30, a bomb hit a United Nations school sheltering thousands of civilians displaced by the fighting in Gaza, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens. The attack on the Jabalia Elementary Girls School was the fifth attack on U.N. facilities in Gaza since fighting broke out July…
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