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 ‘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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Opinion Hamas is guilty of inhuman violence. What about the Palestinians who cheered them on?
Palestinian society, and leadership, must speak out now
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Fast Forward Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemns Pro-Palestine rally in Times Square
The rally was promoted by the Democratic Socialists of America, whose New York chapter once called AOC their 'foremost socialist superstar'
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Fast Forward European countries increase synagogue security as Jews brace for antisemitism after Hamas attack
Police have increased surveillance around synagogues, Jewish schools and other institutions in Germany, Britain, France and Spain
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News Palestinian advocacy groups focus on ‘root cause’ of the Hamas attack. Here’s what they’re trying to convey.
The leading national Palestinian advocacy groups want lawmakers and the public to focus on the plight of Palestinians in their response to the attack by Hamas — and they’re using similar language to make their case
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Fast Forward Biden: Hamas attack is moment when ‘a pure, unadulterated evil is unleashed upon the world’
Biden said 14 Americans were killed in Hamas' invasion. Twenty U.S. citizens are missing
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