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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News ‘It never goes away’: A former hostage describes the paradox of freedom for Israelis who returned home from Gaza
Barry Rosen, a survivor of the Iran hostage crisis, reflects on life as a free man decades after his captivity
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Fast Forward How phase one of the Gaza peace plan is beginning to fray
The return of living hostages to Israel was met with joy, but the failure to deliver more deceased hostages is cascading to create delays in aid to Gaza
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News Trump heralds ‘the historic dawn of a new Middle East’ in speech to Israeli parliament after hostages returned
Trump became the fourth US president to address the Israeli Parliament
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Fast Forward All 20 living hostages back in Israel, 2 years after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack
Scenes of joyful reunions played out in public and private
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Fast Forward Trump plans Israel trip as IDF withdrawal in Gaza triggers 72-hour clock for hostage release
Trump has reportedly given assurances that Israel will not resume fighting as it did after a March ceasefire
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Fast Forward Israel and Hamas have agreed to hostage release deal as part of phased peace plan
Hostages could be released as soon as this weekend
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Fast Forward On Paramount+, Apple TV, HBO and more, Oct. 7 emerges as a cinematic subgenre
At least a dozen movies and TV shows have hit screens two years after Hamas’ attack on Israel
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Fast Forward Poll: 40% of American Jews believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
A majority of American Jews also expressed a negative opinion about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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