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 Jared Armstrong’s season was supposed to start on Oct. 7. Now he’s using basketball to help Israeli children escape the realities of war.
Armstrong, who plays professionally in Israel’s second-tier basketball league, is running free clinics for children in Ashkelon
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Fast Forward Israel returns to hostage talks as Netanyahu presents postwar plan for Gaza governance
Israeli media report Hamas continues to demand that any deal include the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, which Israel has rejected
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Opinion Instead of vetoing ceasefire resolutions, the US must start conditioning support for Israel
This week the United States vetoed for the third time a resolution for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza
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Fast Forward Tiffany Haddish goes to Israel, visits Hostage Square and pledges to see Gaza
‘I’m going to go see with my own eyes,’ says the comedian, who learned that a 'lot of people were kidnapped'
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Fast Forward 1 killed, 11 wounded in shooting attack on West Bank security checkpoint line
The attack comes less than a week after two Israelis were killed in a terror attack on Friday, Feb. 16 at a junction in southern Israel
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Fast Forward New report details extent of Hamas sexual assaults on Oct. 7
Both male and female victims found by search teams showed evidence of being assaulted
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Fast Forward How Jewish journalist Ruth Elkrief wound up in the middle of France’s debate over antisemitism and Islamophobia
A far-left leader called the 30-year broadcast veteran Islamophobic for asking tough questions of a pro-Palestinian lawmaker
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Opinion Almost 5 months after Oct. 7, my Israeli brother-in-law still wonders ‘what the hell happened?’
Far from recovered after the Hamas attack, the residents of the Negev are dealing with a 'post-post traumatic' new reality
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.