Welcome to 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.
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Film & TV How an intimate and sensitive film about a hostage family’s grief triumphed in Berlin
In chronicling the story of the Beinin family, 'Holding Liat' grapples with personal and national trauma
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Opinion Hidden in the IDF’s damning report on its Oct. 7 failures, a stark story of political disarray
Military leaders have taken accountability. When will political leaders do the same?
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News A congregational rabbi said there were no innocents in Gaza. The blowback was fierce.
Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham's Facebook post upset some congregants. But others shared his sentiment.
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Opinion Yarden Bibas’s eulogy for his family should be a prayer for us all
After an outpouring of Jewish unity, now what?
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Fast Forward Hamas returns bodies of 4 hostages killed in Gaza
They are the final group of hostages to be released under the first phase of a ceasefire that began last month
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Opinion The AI-fueled fever dream of ‘Trump Gaza’ is gaudy and abhorrent. But it identifies a real problem
There are meaningful reasons that so many in Israel dream of a simple end to the tangle of problems posed by Gaza
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Fast Forward ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you all,’ Yarden Bibas tells his sons and wife at their funeral
Thousands of Israelis lined the streets as Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were killed in Hamas captivity, were buried
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Opinion Students were expelled for protesting my Columbia class on Israel. Here’s what they taught me
Israeli and American Jews understand this kind of incident through very different frameworks
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Opinion Gaza and Trump have left the Jewish community at war with itself — and me with a bad case of alienation
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Fast Forward Trump administration restores student visas, but impact on pro-Palestinian protesters is unclear
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