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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Forwarding the News Israel at war: The latest updates to start your day
Inside a hostage crisis center, U.S. raises travel advisory to Israel, France and UK report rise in antisemitic incidents since attack, Trump slams Israeli intelligence & young couple weds amid chaos.
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Fast Forward Trump slams Israel days after Hamas attacks: ‘I’ll never forget Bibi let us down’
The former president and Republican frontrunner criticized Israel's intelligence failures at a campaign rally
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Fast Forward With no speaker of the House, a congressional resolution supporting Israel has broad support and nowhere to go
Ninety percent of the House backed the resolution by Tuesday, but there was no way to vote for it
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Fast Forward EU members are locked in debates about whether to freeze aid to the Palestinians
Austria has fully suspended close to $20 million in aid, while Germany, the European Union body and others are reviewing their stances
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Fast Forward Biden: ‘I have not given up hope’ on rescuing hostages held by Hamas
Biden said he was deploying experts to assist Israel in hostage recovery
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News ‘He lived such a full life’: In a city on a hilltop, a family mourns its oldest son
Mitzpe Yericho, a settlement outside of Jerusalem, grieves a 19-year-old who loved music and Torah
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Fast Forward Weeks ago he was a Columbia University undergrad. Now this American leads an IDF squad near Gaza.
For about 30 minutes a day, David Ben-Naim gets phone time to update his family in California on his well-being
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News ‘It’s dire times on steroids’: She spent months organizing protests against Netanyahu. Now her activism has morphed.
'It will be very hard to dispute the fact that the work we’ve been doing wasn’t to weaken or dismantle the state of Israel, but out of a real commitment to the country we love,' said Esther Sperber
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