Welcome to 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 Top Hamas official assassinated in Beirut, reportedly by Israel
Saleh Al-Arouri, the deputy chair of Hamas’ political bureau, was released from Israeli prison in 2010 and took up a role leading the group from abroad
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Fast Forward Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary
The decision could catapult Israel into a constitutional and political crisis during a time of war
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Opinion ‘Proving’ rape is hard. Denialism makes it impossible
An obsessive focus on the particulars of how victims were violated on Oct. 7 misses the larger point
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Culture ‘Israeled,’ a new Urban Dictionary word, becomes proxy battleground in Middle East conflict
Users have contributed several entries for a new verb — ‘Israeled’ — since Oct. 7
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Fast Forward New Jersey man inspired by Hamas attacks tried to join Somali terror group, prosecutors say
Karrem Nasr was “prepared to kill and be killed to support the jihadist cause,” a federal U.S. attorney said
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News The big issues dividing the US and Israel as the Gaza war bleeds into 2024
Both Biden and Netanyahu, at odds with each other, are facing mounting political pressures at home
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Opinion Will anything make the world take Hamas’ sexual violence seriously?
In a worldview reduced to victim and oppressor, there is simply no space for Israeli suffering
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News ‘This is our tribe’: In a makeshift tent, survivors of the Nova Music Festival massacre strive for healing
'Connecting with other survivors helps us open up and move forward in our healing,' one survivor said
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