This is the Forward’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, which began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel and massacred civilians, prompting Israel to invade the Gaza Strip.
Israel-Hamas War
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Fast Forward IDF official says 71,000 killed in Gaza war, matching Gaza Health Ministry estimate
Some pro-Israel advocates have accused Hamas of inflating the numbers. Some pro-Palestinian sources say the total is higher
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Fast Forward Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor
Jonathan Dekel-Chen’s appointment follows an antisemitism task force’s call for Columbia to hire more faculty who are not anti-Zionist
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Fast Forward Jewish world marks first day with no hostages in Gaza by shedding their symbols of support
Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin said they were taking off their famous masking tape
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Opinion The last hostage returned. Can Israel finally exhale?
The return of Ran Gvili closes one chapter of the war. A more complicated one remains painfully unresolved
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Fast Forward Remains of final hostage Ran Gvili on way back to Israel after being located in Gaza
“Rani is a hero of Israel. He went in first, he came out last. He came back,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner presents plan for ‘New Gaza’ at Davos as Trump launches Board of Peace with Israel absent
Kushner said the White House decided to “plan for catastrophic success"
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Opinion Is the ‘Board of Peace’ just another Trump scheme, or a real move toward Middle East peace?
As Netanyahu joins, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of the board — and only one to be hopeful
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Fast Forward Netanyahu joins Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ despite misgivings about Qatari, Turkish participation
Some European countries have turned down their invitations, citing potential competition with the United Nations
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Opinion In Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE protest song, a nod to Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan
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Fast Forward After Minneapolis shooting, local Jewish service channels a city’s grief and resolve
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Holy Ground A millennial rabbi built a synagogue where others have closed. Her maverick ideas are becoming a model.
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Culture ‘The Pitt’ tackled the trauma of the Tree of Life attack. Here’s how survivors of the synagogue shooting reacted to the episode.
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Fast Forward ADL appoints former head of embattled Gaza aid foundation to its board
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News Iranian Jews caught between frustration and hope as US debates intervention
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