Israel Hamas War 2023

On Oct. 7, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel that killed over 1,200 Israelis. Follow this page for all of our coverage.

Hezbollah leader promises retaliation against Israel for killing of Hamas chief in Beirut

A senior U.S. official said Saleh El Arouri was “held accountable”.

A Tel Aviv exhibit recreates the Nova massacre site in exacting detail, with healing as an aim

The exhibit comes amid both a wave of initiatives to support Nova survivors as well as mounting concerns about whether they are getting all the help they desperately need.

Biden administration, Reform Jewish leader slam Smotrich and Ben Gvir for calling for Palestinians’ removal from Gaza

Bezalel Smotrich said he hoped Gaza’s Palestinian population would drop by at least 90 percent.

Obituaries

Israeli soldier Amichai Oster, son of former JTA writer and editor, is killed in Gaza

Israel

Top Hamas official assassinated in Beirut, reportedly by Israel

An NYPD vehicles sits outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on February 4, 2019. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

New Jersey man inspired by Hamas attacks tried to join Somali terror group, prosecutors say

Politics

The big issues dividing the US and Israel as the Gaza war bleeds into 2024

Judi Weinstein, left, and Gadi Haggai, right, in an undated photo. (Courtesy/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Israel

2 Israeli-Americans missing since Oct. 7 confirmed killed in Hamas attack

Israeli leftists in New York chart their own path with calls for a ceasefire

Israel

Destroy Hamas, deradicalize the Palestinians: Netanyahu lays out preconditions for peace in Wall Street Journal op-ed

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