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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News ‘I found a hostage!’: Inside the Tel Aviv war room where civilians locate the kidnapped
Over 1,500 Israeli tech experts volunteer around the clock to find kidnapped or missing civilians
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, a centrist rival, form emergency wartime government
The announcement reflects the country’s singular focus on waging war against Hamas — whose invasion of Israel on Saturday killed more than 1,200 Israelis and wounded thousands more — and other terror groups
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Fast Forward Death toll in Israel attack soars past 1,200 as catalog of Hamas horrors is revealed
“It’s not a war or a battlefield; it’s a massacre,” one Israeli commander said about what he saw at Kibbutz Kfar Aza
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Fast Forward In wake of attack on Israel, Biden will join WH roundtable with Jewish leaders to discuss Israel
The president decided to participate after Saturday's Hamas attacks on Israel
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Opinion The truth of Hamas is in its charter
A founding document extolls the killing of every Jew
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Fast Forward ‘Your fight is my fight’: Thousands rally alongside NY leadership to grieve and back Israel after Hamas invasion
The rally, coming days after dueling pro- and anti-Israel protests clashed in midtown, was surrounded by heavy security and police barricades
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News How Democrats are parsing their language to talk about Israel and Gaza
A close look at their words shows the increasing complexity of views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within the party that a large majority of American Jews identify with
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Fast Forward Where US Jews can donate to support Israel’s hospitals, troops, survivors and more
The news from Israel has inspired many American Jews to give
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Culture Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?
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News Ben Shapiro is mounting a last stand against right-wing antisemitism. It’s not going well.
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Fast Forward Vance says ‘religious liberty is a Christian concept.’ Where does that leave Jews?
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Opinion ‘Jesus is a Palestinian,’ claims a Times Square billboard. Um, not quite
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Fast Forward Israel becomes first country to recognize Somaliland, drawing condemnation from Egypt, Turkey and Somalia
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Opinion ‘Jesus is a Palestinian,’ claims a Times Square billboard. Um, not quite
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