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 With ceasefire deal teetering, Trump says Hamas must release all hostages or ‘all bets are off’
Hostage families and their advocates have increasingly appealed to Trump to get their loved ones freed
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Fast Forward Hamas says that it will delay next hostage release
Hamas’ statement adds more instability to an already tenuous truce
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Fast Forward 3 hostages released on Saturday as images of their poor health shock Israel
The wife and daughters of one hostage freed on Saturday were killed on Oct. 7. Another lost his wife that day as well
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Opinion Yes, Trump’s Gaza plan is outrageous. It could also be just what the Middle East needs
After a century of Palestinian leaders rejecting a two-state-solution, Trump’s proposal could be a wakeup call that peace is the only solution
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Looking Forward Take Trump’s Gaza-a-Lago plan seriously, not literally
Forget all the reasons turning the Palestinian enclave into the "Riviera of the Middle East" seem impossible (and illegal). It's what underlies the president's wacko proposal that matters.
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Fast Forward Hostages Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben-Ami and Or Levy to be released Saturday
The hostages to be released were abducted from Kibbutz Beeri and the Nova music festival
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Opinion How the American media failed — and is still failing — in its coverage of Israel and Gaza
If you want to know the truth about what's happening in the Middle East, you won't find it on PBS or NPR
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Opinion Trump’s plans for Gaza could undermine the ceasefire. The hostages will pay the tragic price
Yes, we need a long-term plan for Gaza. But it must enable the hostages to come home
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Opinion Elon Musk is doing everything conspiracy theorists accuse George Soros of
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Fast Forward ‘Modern-day Mein Kampf’: NYC Mayor Adams under fire for Hitler reference as calls for his resignation mount
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Opinion Why does Trump’s Gaza plan sound so familiar? Because the Nazis tried it first
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Music Critics say Kendrick Lamar was too loud and hard to understand — they said the same thing about Bob Dylan in Newport
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Fast Forward At a Jaffa community center and beyond, confusion, mourning and rage surface upon news of the Bibas family’s tragic fate
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Culture Military schools removed a book on Ruth Bader Ginsburg because of ‘equity ideology’
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Film & TV How seven siblings survived the Holocaust — and how the next generation is telling their story
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Opinion Trump wants to control the AP. I covered the Middle East for them — here’s what he’s got wrong
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