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 Israeli minister: Gaza ‘must be smaller at the end of the war’
'Whoever starts a war against Israel must lose territory,' said Minister Gideon Sa'ar
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Opinion 50 years ago, like today, Israel’s failure to anticipate a major attack rewrote the playbook for an entire region
1973 and 2023 — two massive Israeli government failures, and two moments when the Mideast's future changed forever
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News ‘No safety to be found’: Americans with family in Gaza watch and worry
Palestinian Americans say support for Gaza civilians is at an all-time low as Israeli airstrikes continue to pummel the enclave’s residents
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Opinion What does Jewish law say about the war between Israel and Hamas? Depends where you look.
For both hawks and doves, there's a lot that's troubling about the Jewish law of war
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News ‘At least we know that she’s alive’: The family of a young woman captured by Hamas insists on hope
Inbar Haiman, 28, was captured by Hamas at the Nova music festival
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News How Biden condemned Hamas for rape before the IDF had evidence it happened
A close look at how social media and politics operate in the fog of war
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Opinion Michael Oren breaks down Biden’s ‘remarkable,’ ‘extraordinary,’ ‘historic’ speech on Israel
‘He’s of that generation that still has, as we say, Israel in his heart’
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Opinion How Netanyahu exploited the politics of fear in a country that now fears for its survival
The catastrophic events have befallen an Israel that was divided, distracted and demoralized
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Opinion The biggest impediment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians has little to do with Gaza
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Sports An attack on Israeli soccer fans last year was dubbed a ‘pogrom.’ Could it happen again?
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Yiddish קורס וועגן ייִדיש אין אוקראַיִנע במשך דעם 20סטן יאָרהונדערטCourse on Yiddish in Ukraine in the 20th century
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