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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News Camping, crafts and Zionism: How an Israeli-American scouting program has changed since Oct. 7
In 26 chapters across the U.S., Israeli and Israeli-American scouts say they have a place to be themselves
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Fast Forward Only remaining teen hostages and Mia Shem, seen in Hamas hostage video, among 8 released on Thursday
The release means that Kfir and Ariel Bibas are the only Israeli children still known to be in Gaza. Their fate remains uncertain
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Opinion How Oct. 7 is reshaping the Zionist — and anti-Zionist — left in the US
The Zionist left is reengaging to broaden the establishment’s big tent — and the anti-Zionist left is staying far outside
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Culture Debate rages over whether a letter from an Israeli hostage to her Hamas captors is a fake. But does it matter?
Danielle Aloni's letter describing her captors' kindness is only the latest in a debate over morality in the war
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Opinion It’s time for Israel’s far right to go
America’s support for Israel must have limits, and the demands of Jewish extremists for Gaza go beyond them
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Opinion I was shouted down in Oakland for condemning Hamas. The councilmembers did nothing to stop it
City leaders utterly failed to condemn rampant disinformation and antisemitic rhetoric
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Fast Forward Protesters brandish swastikas at pro-Palestinian rally outside Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting
One protester carried a sign depicting a blood-spattered swastika intertwined with a Star of David and the words, “The irony of becoming what you once hated"
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Fast Forward Hamas claims Jerusalem shooting attack that kills 3 as Gaza truce is narrowly extended
The attack occurred shortly after Israel’s 7 a.m. ceasefire deadline with Hamas was narrowly extended for another day
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Culture You can buy Sukkot gift boxes that say ‘tuchus’ on Amazon
In Case You Missed It
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Oct. 7: One Year Later Helpless and horrified: An oral history of 5 Jews in America on Oct. 7, 2023
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Opinion I study the relationship between Zionism and Judaism. Oct. 7 may have changed it forever
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Fast Forward Shofars blown along Ukrainian frontlines as part of Rosh Hashanah initiative for soldiers
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Fast Forward 8 Israeli troops killed in Lebanon in first Israeli casualties of ground invasion
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