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 Prosecutors charge teen accused of attacking Israeli Columbia University student with hate crimes
The victim was hanging posters of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas when he was allegedly attacked by the 19-year-old
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Fast Forward Updates on the 8th day of war as Israel prepares for ground invasion of Gaza
Here is the latest from Ha'aretz, the Forward's news partner in Israel
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Fast Forward At New Hampshire event, Republican presidential candidates point to Iran and Biden in aftermath of Hamas attack
The spotlight was on Israel at an event in the state that will be the first to vote in the primary elections early in 2024
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Culture I volunteered, transporting sick Palestinian children to hospitals — it hardly seems possible anymore
A volunteer wonders if her dream of coexistence has been destroyed forever
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Fast Forward Israeli minister: Gaza ‘must be smaller at the end of the war’
'Whoever starts a war against Israel must lose territory,' said Minister Gideon Sa'ar
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Forwarding the News Israel pushes for Gaza escape routes as humanitarian crisis escalates — what to know this wartime Shabbat
Gaza has begun to run out of clean water, as many Israeli Jews marked their first Shabbat without a loved one
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News How relatives of Israel’s missing are making sure their loved ones aren’t forgotten
The family members of missing Israelis have formed their own battalion of sorts, organizing via group text and, within days, getting the attention of the world and the president of the United States
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Opinion 50 years ago, like today, Israel’s failure to anticipate a major attack rewrote the playbook for an entire region
1973 and 2023 — two massive Israeli government failures, and two moments when the Mideast's future changed forever
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Opinion An abominable new Israeli law is a death warrant for democracy
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
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Culture Gene Shalit, a mensch with a personality as big as his mustache, turns 100
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