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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Fast Forward Israeli cabinet ministers heckled out of hospitals as they try to visit the wounded
Idit Silman, who toppled the previous ‘change’ government over hospital Passover food, was rushed out by a doctor angry at the current government
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News ‘We heard booms everywhere’: The massacre at the Israeli rave, in survivors’ words
An oral history of the killing fields at Kibbutz Reim’s nature party.
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Fast Forward Law firm rescinds job offer after NYU law student blames Hamas’ attack on Israel
The student may also lose their position as the head of NYU's Student Bar Association
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News How Biden condemned Hamas for rape before the IDF had evidence it happened
A close look at how social media and politics operate in the fog of war
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Fast Forward Sydney government apologizes for pro-Palestinian protest that included ‘gas the Jews’ chants
Officials have rejected protesters’ request for another rally this weekend
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Opinion Justifying Israeli deaths is antisemitic. Yet many of my progressive peers are doing just that
Across social media, responses to the Hamas attack on Israel have made me wonder if my friends see Jewish lives as meaningful
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Opinion How do we forge ahead after calamity? The Jewish way of mourning offers a roadmap.
Tradition understands the gradual, crooked path of recovering from tragedy, writes the cofounder of an Orthodox women’s yeshiva
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Opinion Michael Oren breaks down Biden’s ‘remarkable,’ ‘extraordinary,’ ‘historic’ speech on Israel
‘He’s of that generation that still has, as we say, Israel in his heart’
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Fast Forward Was the viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.
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Culture How my odious cousin Roy Cohn was responsible for creating Donald Trump — and me
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Culture New conspiracy theory just dropped — Jews are causing the hurricanes
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Culture How the closing of a website for Yom Kippur confessions explains the modern internet
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