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.
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News A leading Religious Zionist rabbi says Israelis have reconnected with Judaism after Oct. 7. He hopes it will stick.
Rabbi David Stav says Jewish Israelis who are not observant have been turning to their religion and marshaling it to create a sense of solidarity during the fighting
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Fast Forward Israel and Hamas set to resume indirect talks as fallout continues from IDF killing of 3 hostages
The fallen hostages, according to reports, were waving a white cloth and yelling in Hebrew, and a photograph from the area shows a wall graffitied in Hebrew with the message “Help, 3 hostages”
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Fast Forward UK joins US in announcing travel ban on extremist Israeli settlers
"Extremist settlers, by targeting and killing Palestinian civilians, are undermining security and stability for both Israelis and Palestinians," British Foreign Secretary David Cameron wrote on X
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Culture Masha Gessen will receive Hannah Arendt Prize after all, following controversy over Gaza essay
One critic claimed that Gessen’s New Yorker essay, in which they quoted Arendt, “is in clear contrast” to the philosopher
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Fast Forward Israeli forces mistakenly kill 3 hostages during fighting in Gaza, IDF says
The soldiers mistakenly identified the hostages as a threat during fighting on Friday in Shejaiya, a neighborhood that is a Hamas stronghold in the Gaza City area
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News Rachel Goldberg doesn’t know if what she’s doing will bring her son Hersh home. But she won’t stop trying.
In trying to free her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin and other hostages, Goldberg has spoken to the pope, Elon Musk, Joe Biden and more
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Film & TV This documentary about American Jews and Israel has been canceled (and uncanceled) four times — and counting
'Israelism,' a documentary about young Jews critical of Israel, has landed at the center of campus antisemitism debates
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Opinion Young Israelis and Palestinians are giving up on peace. It’s on all of us to fix that
Millennial Jews and Palestinians have all but given up on a two-state solution. We fail to reckon with this reality at our own peril.
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Fast Forward 8 Israeli troops killed in Lebanon in first Israeli casualties of ground invasion
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