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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Opinion I supported Israel’s actions in Gaza in October 2023 — not anymore
Critics were wrong that Israel’s 2023 actions constituted genocide — but they are right in 2025
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Fast Forward Trump says only 21 hostages remain alive in Gaza: ‘3 have died’
'They said, well, only 24 are living, but now it’s 21. That was a week ago,' the president said
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Fast Forward Explainer: What the Israeli occupation of Gaza would mean for Israelis and Palestinians
Hostage families worry Netanyahu’s change of course spells doom for their loved ones
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Fast Forward Mosab Abu Toha, Palestinian writer targeted by far-right pro-Israel activists, wins Pulitzer for commentary
A play about campus Israel tensions was a finalist for another prize
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Opinion Is Israel really going to reoccupy Gaza? Ask Trump
With the president about to visit the Middle East, Netanyahu is testing his pacifist instincts
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Fast Forward Israel adopts plan to conquer and occupy Gaza, in a shift for war’s goals
Israeli military leaders say the plan could threaten the lives of the remaining hostages
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Opinion Gaza and Trump have left the Jewish community at war with itself — and me with a bad case of alienation
These days, opposing Israel’s Gaza incursion can get you called a traitor — or maybe even deported
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Fast Forward Israeli army fires deputy commander after finding ‘operational errors’ in killing of 15 Gazans
The army rejected the idea the bodies of those killed in the March 23 incident had been mishandled.
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