This is the Forward’s coverage of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza.
Rafah
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Opinion U.S. pause on weapons to Israel is just a signal. So is Israel’s Rafah incursion
Beyond quotidian events and troop movements on the ground, when it comes to the U.S. and Israel, there are four levels of engagement
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Fast Forward Israel announces Rafah invasion and Hamas accepts truce outline in key day of diplomacy and warfare
Israeli officials said the proposal Hamas accepted was different from the one Israel had agreed to
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Fast Forward With talks at an impasse, Hamas and Israel trade deadly fire as Israel signals it’s ready to invade Rafah
Warnings of an invasion sharpened as Israel marked its Holocaust memorial day, Yom HaShoah
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Looking Forward ‘I’m OK now’: How journalism helped one Gaza woman escape the war
With the generous help of Forward readers, Yasmine Ayyoub and her husband made it to Egypt
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Opinion She was 7 years old. She shared my name. In Gaza, she died an unthinkable death
Graphic images of Sidra Hassouna's death sent shockwaves across the internet. To me, they were personal
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Opinion What’s the right next move in this war — and why is it so hard to trust anyone’s answer?
Is Rafah an essential military target, or the latest victim of this government’s thirst for collective punishment?
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Fast Forward African Methodist Episcopal Church calls for end to all US aid to Israel
Leaders of the historic denomination called Israel's military campaign in Gaza 'mass genocide'
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Fast Forward Leading British rabbi warns against Rafah invasion: ‘If I said nothing, I couldn’t live with myself’
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, chief rabbi of Masorti Judaism in the U.K., is likely the highest-profile European Jewish leader to question the Israel-Hamas war
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