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 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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Opinion Israel is at an existential pivot point. It never needed to go this far.
At every stage, decisions made in Israel cost Israeli and Palestinian lives — and kept Hamas in place
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Opinion Israel’s relationship with the US has never been worse. What comes next could surprise us all.
After the radical decline in the American public's support for Israel in the last two years, all is not lost
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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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Opinion There’s a biblical precedent for the rifts opened by Oct. 7 — it should alarm us all
Can we stop testing one another for ideological purity?
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Fast Forward 2 years after Oct. 7 shattered them, Israel’s border kibbutzim are drawing new dreamers
But some of the communities battered by the massacre remain largely empty
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News Two years in, some are asking if the war in Gaza is changing Judaism
Rabbis and pundits are warning that the war is shaking the beliefs and practices of Judaism itself
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News What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Childhood
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News An audiobook narrator told Zionists to kill themselves. A popular romance novelist hired him anyway.
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Opinion The dark message behind Tucker Carlson’s attempt to drum up drama in Israel
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Opinion The ‘Hymietown’ affair degraded Black-Jewish relations. Jesse Jackson wasn’t the real culprit
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Fast Forward At Berlin screening, former Israeli hostages see film about their captivity rewritten after redemption
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Fast Forward US soldier who protected Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor
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Fast Forward Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes’ overtime goal propels US to historic gold medal in Olympic hockey
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