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 Hamas frees two additional hostages from Gaza as more than 200 remain
The release of Nurit Yitzhak and Yocheved Lifshitz comes after the terror group released two other hostages on Friday
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News US Jewish day schools are enrolling Israeli children who have been displaced by war
“Our parents are tripping over each other to try to make these families feel welcome,” one school leader said
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Fast Forward Former Maryland governor ditches Harvard gig, citing school’s tepid response to Israel war and antisemitism
"Harvard's failure to immediately and forcefully denounce the antisemitic vitriol from these students is in my opinion a moral stain on the university," wrote Larry Hogan.
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Forwarding the News Hostage number grows, Israel prepped to invade and the latest from the war front
Antisemitic graffiti discovered at schools in the U.S. and shuls in Spain, Republican Orthodox Jews embrace Biden for pro-Israel stance, and remembering a murdered synagogue president.
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Reporter's Notebook From a kabbalist’s grave to a destroyed kibbutz: Inside an IDF press tour
The stench of burned bodies stuck to my hair for two days, and I was uncomfortable parachuting in and out
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Fast Forward Thousands of Haredi men volunteer to serve in Israeli army amid war in Gaza
The group generally avoids military service, but has signed up for duty in the wake of historic attack
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Fast Forward More than half of House Democrats endorse Biden’s backing of Israel in Hamas war
Some of the letter’s signatories have been outspoken critics of Israel in the past
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Fast Forward Spain-Israel tensions flare and multiple Spanish synagogues are hit with anti-Israel graffiti
Ione Belarra, Spain’s acting social rights minister, called to “urgently suspend diplomatic relations with the state of Israel”
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