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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Opinion Jews shaken by the attacks must remember that oppression and hate have never ended
'I always feel like there’s a bright pink fluorescent target on my back'
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News American hostages released by Hamas: This is their story
Judith and Natalie Raanan visited their mother and grandmother for her 85th birthday on kibbutz Nahal Oz, which Hamas attacked on Oct. 7
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News Cornell professor apologizes for saying he was ‘exhilarated’ by Hamas attack, as campus Israel battles continue
A professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago also apologized for writing, "Israelis are pigs. Savages," on social media this week
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Reporter's Notebook Your Israel and Hamas takes offend me — not as a Jew, but as a journalist
My colleagues and I are striving for balance. Sensationalist takes on social media are exhausting us
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News What’s happening in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza? The latest and what could come next, explained
A recap and a look ahead
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Looking Forward ‘The entire country is in post-traumatic disorder’: Etgar Keret, Israel’s bard, on life after
WATCH: Mandy Patinkin on war, peace, and playing Tevye — in Hebrew.
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Opinion An Israeli airstrike just destroyed my family home in Gaza. I refuse to be consumed by hate and revenge
Two peoples with past traumas and an intertwined fate: Why coexistence, justice and peace are the only way forward
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Fast Forward Hamas releases two American hostages to Israel
Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie are from Evanston, Illinois
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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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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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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Fast Forward Meet Lev Kreitman, who brought down Tel Aviv shooter and survived Nova music festival on Oct. 7
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Opinion A two-state solution may seem like a distant dream. Here’s why it shouldn’t be
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Opinion I’m a Holocaust survivor. Here’s why I celebrated my 80th birthday protesting at an Israeli prison
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Fast Forward Hurricane Milton forces Florida Jews to rethink Yom Kippur plans
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