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 ‘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
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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 truth of Hamas is in its charter
A founding document extolls the killing of every Jew
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News Palestinian advocacy groups focus on ‘root cause’ of the Hamas attack. Here’s what they’re trying to convey.
The leading national Palestinian advocacy groups want lawmakers and the public to focus on the plight of Palestinians in their response to the attack by Hamas — and they’re using similar language to make their case
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