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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Opinion I first met Netanyahu in 1988. Here’s how he became the most destructive leader in Israel’s history.
How a brilliant man became a national tragedy
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News ‘Whose seat is now empty’: Remembering Hersh Goldberg-Polin at his family’s Passover retreat
More than 200 gathered in the Georgia mountains to remember the Oct. 7 hostage killed by Hamas
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Opinion Israel just threw another wrench in the peace process — and possibly doomed the last hostages
Demanding a complete Hamas disarmament is a sure way to prolong the war, with awful human costs
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Fast Forward Dozens of members of UK’s largest Jewish group sign letter condemning war in Gaza
The letter reveals a divide within the Board of Deputies of British Jews
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Fast Forward Israelis can no longer enter the Maldives after Palestinian-solidarity ban goes into effect
'The Maldives reaffirms its resolute solidarity with the Palestinian cause,' said President Mohamed Muizzu
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Fast Forward Northwestern University defaced by anti-Israel graffiti during Passover
Northwestern faces $790 million in funding cuts from the Trump administration over allegations of campus antisemitism
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Fast Forward Is the Passover Seder Zionist?
Behind this annual debate is a deeper tension at the heart of Judaism
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Fast Forward Freed hostage Liri Albag responds to backlash over Netanyahu criticism: ‘I fear what we have become’
Some Netanyahu supporters told Albag to “go back to Gaza,” where she was held hostage for 477 days
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
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