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 More than 2,700 health workers signed a pro-ceasefire letter that excised a call to free Israeli hostages
One Jewish signatory said he'd signed by accident because he had gotten too many petitions
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Fast Forward As campus tensions over Israel flare, White House decries ‘grotesque sentiments’ against Jewish students
The statement came a day after pro Palestinian protesters banged on the locked door of the Cooper Union library where Jewish students were sheltering
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Fast Forward Signs showing a Star of David in a trash can are suddenly everywhere. Hamas used the image 10 years ago
‘Keep the world clean’ memes have been used to promote anti-littering, anti-fascism and anti-communism. Now they’re anti-Zionist
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Fast Forward Popular kids video game Roblox has become gathering space for pro-Palestinian protests
An Israeli parent warned that their child had seen a possible reenactment of Hamas' attack in the game
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News At a Dead Sea hotel, refugees from Kibbutz Be’eri count their dead and grieve
A conference room in the hotel is divided by black curtains into several separate shiva areas for families. More are being held outside on the hotel lawn
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Fast Forward Student senate that declined to condemn Hamas doesn’t speak for us, say 2 statements at Brandeis
'Failure to denounce these atrocities without reservation is a moral stain," says one letter signed by more than 1,000 Brandeis affiliates in less than a day
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Fast Forward 500 people attend ceremony for Argentine-Israeli Hamas victim
The somber religious gathering highlighted how Argentina’s sizable Jewish community has been deeply affected by the Oct. 7 attacks and their aftermath
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Fast Forward How to conduct a Jewish wedding when Israel is still burying its dead? These rabbis did it.
How do you celebrate when so many are still burying their dead?
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