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 The U.S. has been too weak in seeking a hostage deal. Could Trump really change things?
Hamas, Israel and the U.S. are all to blame for the fact that the remaining hostages have spent nearly 500 days in captivity
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Fast Forward Some Israeli soldiers traveling abroad are facing war crimes inquiries over their Gaza service
Anti-Israel activists have built cases against scores of soldiers based on their social media posts
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Fast Forward List of hostages for potential release circulates as pressure mounts for ceasefire deal
Israel cautioned that the list did not reflect any agreement with Hamas
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Fast Forward In exit interview, Secretary of State Blinken reflects on U.S.-Israel tensions and the struggle for a ceasefire in Gaza
‘Hamas, when they saw Israel under pressure publicly, they pulled back,’ Blinken said
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Opinion My grandmother fled Hitler in 1938. She’d be skeptical of panic over antisemitism today
Yes, antisemitism is on the rise — but that doesn't always mean what we might think
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Fast Forward Rutgers is latest university to settle Dept. of Education antisemitism investigation
Agreement includes anti-harassment training following hundreds of discrimination complaints from Jewish, Arab and Muslim students
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Opinion Why ‘Israel’ was the 2024 word of the year
No term shaped public discourse this past year quite like the name of the Jewish state
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Fast Forward Yuval Shoham, 22, soldier who searched for his captive friend Hersh Goldberg-Polin, dies in Gaza
Shoham is at least the ninth graduate of his Jerusalem high school to die in the war
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Sports First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?
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Fast Forward After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim
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News Christians are displaying menorahs in their windows post-Bondi Beach attack. Why some Jews object
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Politics This politician refused to say ‘Happy Hanukkah,’ then blamed ‘political correctness’ for the backlash
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Fast Forward Pennsylvania principal to be fired over antisemitic voicemail: ‘They control the banks’
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News Jews mobilized for Darfur 20 years ago. As violence surges again, where are they now?
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Culture Righteous gentiles in the Holocaust were no ‘ordinary thing’
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Letters My childhood echoes in newly released Shoah recordings
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