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
The Latest
-
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
-
Fast Forward Jewish schools to colleges: Don’t recruit our students unless you can guarantee their safety
“The privilege is for these universities to educate our students, not the other way around,” one school leader told families
-
Opinion What the ‘genocide’ charge in this war gets right — and wrong
Genocide is an emotionally powerful word, but also a dangerous one
-
Culture The story of a mother whose sons were taken hostage by Hamas is now an animated film
Oscar-nominated animator Yoni Goodman’s 'Disaster' does not rely on sensationalism
-
Opinion The Israeli-Palestinian discourse on campus is even more terrifying than the Hamas attack
Fundamentalism has taken over the humanities. Curiosity has been replaced by closed-mindedness; creativity stifled by uniformity
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
- 2
Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
- 3
Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
- 4
Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Elected PA Jewish judge leaves Democratic party, citing ‘disturbingly common’ antisemitism
-
Fast Forward At Abraham Foxman’s funeral, an elegy for the last generation with direct ties to the Holocaust
-
Fast Forward Israeli report on ‘systematic’ Oct. 7 sexual violence seeks to shift debate from denial to accountability
-
News Mamdani supersizes NYC hate crimes office, as tensions simmer over synagogue protests