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
The Latest
-
Opinion How will the March for Israel measure up against history?
While the 1963 March on Washington was nation-changing, other mass gatherings have been far less successful
-
Fast Forward Vivian Silver, veteran Canadian-Israeli peace activist, declared dead in Hamas massacre
Until Monday, Silver, 74, was assumed to be among the more than 200 people held captive by Hamas
-
News As Europe’s Jews see a new era of antisemitism, governments struggle over how to respond
There is clear confusion in European governments and police departments about how to distinguish between the right to assemble at pro-Palestinian rallies and the crime of hate speech
-
Fast Forward Students and fellow educators on three continents say goodbye to Israeli reservist killed in tunnel blast
Yossi Hershkovitz taught at SAR Academy in the Bronx and Camp Moshava in Pennsylvania
-
Fast Forward Jewish students assaulted and Hillel targeted at Ohio State, prompting state to beef up police presence
Two Jewish students were punched in an apparent hate crime, while other students stole Israel flags from the campus Hillel
-
News Annual Chabad rabbis’ conference spotlights rise in Jewish engagement as attendees mourn Israel’s dead
The gala, which drew 6,500 people this year and is generally meant to be an uplifting celebration of Chabad’s Orthodox Jewish outreach work
-
News Israeli army surrounds main Gaza hospital it claims is a Hamas HQ as Biden calls for ‘less intrusive action’
Newborns and other patients are dying at the hospital, Palestinian and international health officials said
-
Fast Forward Planes, trains and bus caravans: Ahead of mass pro-Israel rally, tens of thousands of Jews are descending on Washington
“I have to do this, because I have to be there for the Jewish people,” said Danielle Werchowsky, a resident of Arlington, Virginia
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
- 2
Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
- 3
Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
- 4
Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
In Case You Missed It
-
Film & TV How Leonard Cohen — and a Yom Kippur prayer — inspired a coming-of-age epic
-
Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
-
Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
-
Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism