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
-
Fast Forward Jewish Democrats accuse House Republicans of conditioning aid to Israel
Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Democratic opposition to ‘poison pill’ Israel aid bill, but for a different reason
-
Fast Forward Hamas opens border crossing with Egypt as death toll rises amid heavy fighting in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes killed a senior Hamas official in the Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City, an area that is a stronghold of the terror group. Hamas said the strike killed dozens of people
-
News The Israeli flags outside his Greek diner prompted a boycott. Then Jewish eaters came to his rescue.
Business at the Golden Dolphin had dropped precipitously after its owner posted pictures of the hostages and flew Israeli flags outside the diner
-
Fast Forward Dramatic decline in Arab American support for Biden could benefit Trump, new poll shows
Support for Biden’s reelection among Arab Americans has dropped to 17% in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, a poll from the Arab American Institute showed
-
Fast Forward In a first for any country, Bolivia severs ties with Israel over war in Gaza
Bolivia and Israel had restored relations in 2020, after 11 years without ties
-
Fast Forward Arrest made over threats to kill Jews at Cornell as New York State announces new measures to combat antisemitism
“I’m committed to combating hate and bias wherever it rears its ugly head,” Gov. Hochul said Tuesday
-
Fast Forward Senate confirms Jack Lew as US ambassador to Israel
Both sides of Jack Lew’s nomination cited the urgency of the moment, with Israel at war with Hamas, in making their cases
-
Fast Forward New website documents Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas with chilling interactive map
Every murder and kidnapping is pinpointed with a red or black dot on oct7map.com
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 This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
- 4
Fast Forward Meet Lev Kreitman, who brought down Tel Aviv shooter and survived Nova music festival on Oct. 7
In Case You Missed It
-
Oct. 7: One Year Later On the eve of this grim anniversary, what we can — and cannot — control
-
Fast Forward Antisemitism hits record high in the U.S.; new report shows most-ever incidents in single year
-
Culture He founded the Harlem Globetrotters and is the shortest man in the basketball hall of fame. A new book tells his story.
-
Oct. 7: One Year Later One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism