WORLD AT WAR: 11.17.23 - PT 1

Sound The Alarm - By Daymond Duck - https://www.raptureready.com/2023/11/11/sound-the-alarm-by-daymond-duck/ This morning, as I was preparing to leave the restaurant where I usually eat breakfast, a long-time friend motioned to me and asked if I had been watching the news. A mansitting at the table with him said, �It is scary, isn�t it?� My friend recently told me he has been diagnosed with kidney failure, and he might not live very long. When he asked if I had been watching the news and the man sitting with him said it is scary, I replied, �It depends on how we look at it. The news is coming right out of theBible, and it could mean that we will soon have new bodies that will never get sick or die.� Concerning the news and Israel�s war with Hamas: on Oct. 23, 2023, highly respected expert Bible prophecy teacher Amir Tsarfati wrote, •�It is clear that time is short. The church age is near its end, and Jesus is coming for His bride soon.� •It is time to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for many to come to faith in Christ, for the end of all things is at hand. On Oct. 26, 2023, Joel Rosenberg, editor-in-chief of All Israel News and All Arab News, wrote that a former lieutenant colonel in IDF intelligence asked him, �Can you imagine how many Israelis will die if Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas get The Bomb?� Then, the former Israeli officer answered his own question, •�We are facing the End Times and the end of Israel if we don�t achieve a massive victory over the immense threats posed by Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas. On Oct. 27, 2023, Dr. David Jeremiah authored an article titled �It�s Time to Sound the Alarm: Prophecy Is Coming to Life Before Our Eyes.� Dr. Jeremiah wrote, •�I believe the Church, those who have placed their faith in Jesus as Savior, will be taken to heaven in the Rapture before the world is thrown into the thick of God�s judgment,known as the Apocalypse.� •�We cannot live by lies, or fear, or hatred. But we can no longer ignore the warnings or sleep in beds of ignorance. We must live by our biblical convictions.� Instead of letting the news scare you, rejoice and sound the alarm. We do not know the day or the hour that Jesus will come for His Church, but we can see it approaching andknow when it is near, and the events in Israel appear to indicate that it is near. Christians will soon see their deceased Christian loved ones; a multitude that no one can number will soon be saved; all Israel will be saved. Following the Apocalypse, therewill be one thousand years of peace, justice, and righteousness on earth, etc., so anticipate the soon fulfillment of God�s promises and sound the alarm that Jesus is coming soon. Here are more events that recently made the news that seem to indicate that the end of the Church Age is near: One, concerning natural disasters increasing in frequency andintensity at the end of the age: on Oct. 30, 2023, Hurricane Otis struck Acapulco, and a nearby weather station recorded a 205-mph wind gust. This was one of the highest wind gusts ever recorded on earth (the record is 253 mph); it killed more than forty people,injured many, and damaged or destroyed an estimated 274,000 houses and buildings. (More:A supervolcano in Italy has caused more than 2,500 earthquakes since September. The most powerful was 4.2. It did not cause any damage, but tens of thousands of citizens are constantly on edge and ready to evacuate.) (More:On Nov. 3, 2023, a 6.4 earthquake struck Nepal, killing more than 150 people and injuring more than 100.) Two, concerning the Biden administration�s claim that America�sborder with Mexico is secure: on Oct. 31, 2023, four U.S. Senators said they recently visited the border and were told that the U.S. Border Patrol has found explosive devices on some border crossers in recent days. Sen. John Barrasso, Chair of the Senate Republican Conference, said, �It is painfully clear that� our country is really at an increased threat for a terrorist attack.� Three, God said no weapon formed against Israel will prosper (Isa.54:17). Concerning the tunnels in Gaza: >On Nov 2, 2023, Walla News recently reported that Israel has started using robots and explosive devices to clear some of the tunnels. They added that a senior officer inthe southern command said, �We are going to collapse the entrances and the tunnels on them. It will become a death zone. They made a mistake; they chose to be in a place they could not escape from. They will die in the tunnels.� >Amir Tsarfati recently said, �The flaw in this tunnel system is that it needs gas for generators to power the ventilation system. So, while there is food and water in Gaza,as well as electricity in most areas, gas is very difficult to find. This is because the IDF has confiscated all the gas they can find. No gas, no ventilators. No ventilators, no air. No air, the terrorists will be forced to scurry out of their holes wherethey will surrender or be killed.� (More:On Nov. 2, 2023, Israel claimed that it has already destroyed more than one hundred tunnels.) Four, concerning the Battle of Gog and Magog: on Nov. 2, 2023,Russia�s ambassador to the UN told the UN Security Council that Israel does not have the right to self-defense under international law in its fight against Hamas because Israel is an occupying state. He said this was confirmed by the UN International Courtin 2004. (More:For several years, it has been Israeli policy to notify Russia before Israel struck Iranian or Syrian targets in Syria. Israel did this to limit the possibility of accidentally killing Russian troops. On Nov. 3, 2023, it was reported that Israel has ceasedthat policy due to a deteriorating relationship between Russia and Israel.) Five, concerning false teachers: on Nov. 1, 2023, Pope Franciscalled for the two-state solution (division of Israel). The man just does not seem to care or know what the Bible says on many subjects (supports world government, world religion, putting RFID chips in people, supports the climate change agenda, protects gaypriests, serves communion to politicians that push abortion, etc., and now he wants to divide Israel). Six, concerning world government: on Nov. 2, 2023, it was reportedthat World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Ghebreyesus wants the nations to speed up their work on the International Pandemic Treaty (Accords). Control over the healthcare of everyone on earth during a pandemic is not enough for Ghebreyesus. Healso wants to control freedom of speech. As soon as possible, Ghebreyesus wants to control what people hear during a pandemic and to censor (silence) those that spread so-called false or misleading information (thosethat warn people about the dangers of vaccinations, wearing a mask, the climate change agenda, world government, etc.). The report did not say this; past reports reveal that he wants to control who can travel (by requiring digital passports), require people to have a digital ID, etc. (My opinion:Sound the alarm because a satanic world government is rising.) Seven, concerning Israel�s war with Hamas: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 >It was reported that Israel got into a battle with Hamas terrorists on the previous day, and the terrorists used about one hundred women and children as human shields. Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 >An Israeli official said Israel has broken through Hamas� front line of defense in the north part of the Gaza Strip, has penetrated deep into the Strip, and is now at thegates of Gaza City. >Israel reported that its troops have surrounded Gaza City; they are encountering landmines, booby traps, and hit-and-run attacks from tunnels, but they are advancing. >The U.S. reported that Sec. of State Blinken will visit Israel tomorrow to push for a temporary, localized pause in the fighting, but Netanyahu said, �We are advancing � Nothing will stop us.� >There was a sharp escalation of attacks and counterattacks between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel. >The Russian-paid Wagner Group of fighters announced plans to send air defense systems to Hezbollah in Lebanon. >Israel struck a convoy of ambulances that Israel said were being used to transport Hamas weapons and troops (using ambulances to transport weapons and troops is a war crime). Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 >Hezbollah has started using more powerful weapons against Israel. >Iranian-backed militias from Iraq and Syria have started moving forces into Lebanon to strengthen Hezbollah. >The Israeli military said it has troops deployed and ready in case Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah urges his forces to attack Israel. >Nasrallah said preventing a regional war depends on stopping Israel�s attacks on Gaza. >Netanyahu rejected U.S. Sec. of State Blinken�s call for a temporary cease-fire in Gaza. >Israel captured a Hamas stronghold in northern Gaza and seized a trove of intelligence information, including maps, orders for Hamas troops, personal information on commandersand troops, and more. >Israeli inspectors found oxygen concentrators used for aerating tunnels hidden in boxes of cookies supposedly destined for Palestinians in Gaza. Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 >Turkey�s Pres. Erdogan recalled his ambassador to Israel and severed ties with Israel�s Prime Min. Netanyahu (Israel had already recalled its ambassador to Turkey to protecthim from violent demonstrators). >Iran is trying to recruit suicide bombers to attack targets inside Israel. >The invasion of Gaza is extremely violent, and it could last months. >Some Hamas troops are pretending to be civilians and trying to sneak out of Gaza to avoid being killed by Israel. Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023 >Israel�s military gave the people in Gaza a 4-hour window today to leave Gaza City and move south in the Gaza Strip. (They asked people to get out so they will not be accidentallykilled by the fighting, stray bombs, etc.) >Israel�s military said they have cut Gaza in two (Gaza north and Gaza south). >Israeli troops found a large stash of rifles, grenades, explosives, suicide drones, and missiles in a home in northern Gaza (the house was more like a warehouse than a home). >Israel destroyed a weapons lab that made explosives near the house. >A nuclear-powered U.S. submarine armed with nuclear cruise missiles has arrived in the Middle East. Monday, Nov. 6, 2023 (Day 30 of the war) >About 30 rockets were fired out of Lebanon into Israel, and the IDF said it is responding with artillery fire in the direction the rockets are coming from. >Following intense fighting, Israel captured a Hamas compound, observation towers, training center, terrorist tunnels, and killed several terrorists, including several Hamascommanders. >Israeli troops had advanced deep into Gaza city. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 >Israel located Hamas terrorists in a building near one of the Gaza hospitals. The Israeli air force struck the building, and there were several large secondary explosions,indicating that Hamas was storing a lot of weapons and explosives near the hospital (storing weapons and explosives near a hospital is a violation of the Geneva Convention and other rules of war). >Israel discovered tunnel shafts at a children�s amusement park. >Netanyahu said there will be no general ceasefire in Gaza without the release of the hostages. >Terrorists are attacking inside Israel�s borders, requiring the IDF to attack them. >Israel�s Defense Min. said Israel is now fighting a multi-front war (my opinion: Psa. 83; Isa. 17; and Ezek. 38-39 may be shaping up). >Hezbollah threatened to escalate its attacks on Israel if Israel does not stop its attacks in the Gaza Strip. >In one hour, Hezbollah (and perhaps Hamas) fired 30 rockets from Lebanon into Israel (Israeli jets struck back). >Israeli troops have moved into the heart of Gaza City where they are searching for terrorists, their tunnels, weapons, and supplies. >Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Gazans are beginning to leave Gaza City. >Israel uncovered and destroyed tunnels underneath a home in a civilian community. Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023 >Terrorists in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 9,500 rockets into Israel since Oct. 7, 2023, that have injured more than 7,000 Israelis (51 seriously). >Israel opened an evacuation route for the third day in a row but said time is running out for people to leave (50,000 left today). FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born witha sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6). Finally, are you Rapture Ready? If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believethat Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this. duck_daymond@yahoo.com --------------------------- TinderboxEarth By Hal Lindsey The trigger on a gun need not be large for the gun to be deadly. The Gaza Strip is 25 miles long and only 7.5 miles wide at its widest point. The Gaza trigger has been pulled. We do not yet know the damage it will cause. Sofar, escalation seems to be the word of the hour. Gaza’s war has already escalated beyond the Middle East — drawing in Russia, China, Europe, and the United States. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6), and you will be praying for peace on earth. On Thursday, October 26th, three men met in Moscow. The least credentialed of the three was by far the most important, at least for now. He is Musa Abu Marzouk, an engineer educated in the United States, who became a key leaderof Hamas. If the terror group had a Secretary of State, it would be Marzouk. He met with the deputy foreign ministers of Russia and Iran. Their stated purpose was to discuss Hamas’s continuing war with Israel. According to Ezekiel 38, Russia and Iran will one day lead a coalition of nations in a massive assault against Israel. God will intervene on Israel’s behalf — not with iron dome missile interceptors, but with His own mightyhand. Until the Islamic revolution of 1978-79, Russia (then the Soviet Union) and Iran had been highly antagonistic. That began to change with the revolution. The relationship grew much stronger during this century with VladimirPutin in charge of Russia. As the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran has been the target of many sanctions from the United Nations, the United States, and others. But Putin’s Russia continued to trade with Iran, severely limiting the sanctions’ impact. Russia and Iran now maintain close military and economic ties. At the end of the meeting, Marzouk said of Hamas, “We look at Russia as our closest friend.” That same day in the Middle East, US F-16s struck two facilities in eastern Syria, a weapons depot and an ammunition storage site. The Americans went to great pains to make sure there would be no human casualties. The facilitiesare used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups. The affiliated groups had made 19 attacks against US military installations in the 10 days leading up to the US response. Administration officials made it clear that they see those who are attacking American forces as proxies of Iran. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said, “Iran wants to hide its hand and deny its role in these attacks againstour forces. We will not let them.” The 19 attacks against US installations caused injuries and contributed to the “cardiac episode” of a US contractor that resulted in his death. The United States had to respond, but did so in the mildest way possible. The BidenAdministration seemed determined not to escalate the situation. Even so, the US attack in Syria did cause an escalation. Israel’s necessary ground incursion into Gaza will also provoke some level of escalation. Will Hezbollah — with its 100,000 troops and as many as 200,000 missiles — fully enter the fray from the north? Might Iran move directlyagainst Israel, the United States, or both? For years, the Iranians have been practicing and planning assaults against US aircraft carriers. With the Eisenhower carrier group headed for the Persian Gulf just off Iran’s coast, is it possible they might finallydust off those plans and give it a try? Planet Earth is armed to the teeth. Its leaders seethe with pride and anger. Pray. Do as the Bible says. “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.” --------------------- New Fighting Erupts Along Israel�s Northern Border As The U.S. Bombs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Targets For A 3rd Time- by Michael Snyder - http://endoftheamericandream.com/new-fighting-erupts-along-israels-northern-border-as-the-u-s-bombs-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-targets-for-a-3rd-time/ There have been some major developments in the war in the Middle East. Fighting is heating up along Israel�s northern border, and the Biden administration has decided to bombfacilities used by Iran�s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for a third time in retaliation for new attacks on U.S. forces in the region. This war threatens to spiral out of control at any moment, but there is no turning back now. On Sunday, the IDF continued to tighten the circle around the Hamas headquarters that is located directly beneath Gaza�s biggest hospital� Israeli ground forces on Sunday battled Hamas militants near Gaza�s largest hospital, where health officials said thousands of staff, patients and displaced people remaintrapped with no electricity, dwindling supplies and some gunfire coming inside. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed growing international calls for a cease-fire unless it includes the release of all the nearly 240 hostages kidnapped by Hamasin its bloody Oct. 7 rampage that triggered the war, saying Israel was bringing its �full force� with the aim of ending Hamas� 16-year rule in Gaza. The IDF has been making steady progress, and it is being reported that they have even killed the Hamas commander that was keeping staff and patients from leaving the hospital� Israeli forces on Saturday night claimed to have killed a Hamas commander who held 1,000 Gazans �hostage� in a hospital as human shields. The Israel Defense Forces said that Ahmed Siam, a leader in Hamas�s al-Furqan Brigade, had blocked civilians from evacuating the Al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City earlier thisweek. Meanwhile, fighting continues to intensify on the northern front. On Friday, Hezbollah admitted that seven more of their fighters had been killed, and that brings the grand total to 68 since the war started� Lebanon�s Hezbollah has issued a rare announcement Friday, saying that seven of its fighters have been killed, describing that they were �martyred on the road to Jerusalem�� which is code for fighting Israel. But it�s being widely reported that at least some of the slain Hezbollah members were killed inside Syria, after a new Friday Israeli airstrike on central Homs. In total onFriday, Hezbollah released seven death notices. Hezbollah as well as international sources have cited a death toll of at least 68 Hezbollah fighters since the Oct.7 conflict began, centered on southern Israel and Gaza. Then on Sunday, an IDF drone hit a target 40 kilometers inside the Lebanese border� Earlier this morning, Lebanese media outlets reported that an IDF drone struck a truck near the coastal village of al-Zahrani, some 40 kilometers from the Israeli border,just south of Sidon. There were no reports of injuries in the strike. The IDF had said it had carried out a strike on a site from which surface-to-air missiles were fired at military drones over the Israel-Lebanon border, without specifyingthe exact location. The fact that this strike happened so deep inside Lebanon has greatly infuriated the Islamic world. But if Hezbollah does not stand down, much worse is coming. On Saturday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant specifically warned Hezbollah that what the IDF has done to Gaza it can also do to Beirut� �If it (Hezbollah) makes this kind of mistake here, the ones who will pay the price will be first and foremost Lebanese citizens,� Gallant told soldiers on Israel�s northernborder in remarks relayed by his office. �What we�re doing in Gaza, we can also do in Beirut.� Needless to say, Damascus could potentially get flattened as well. In fact, IDF warplanes just hit �terror infrastructure in Syria� in response to rocket fire which had come over the northern border� Israeli warplanes struck terror infrastructure in Syria a short while ago, the Israel Defense Forces says. The IDF says this is in reaction to rocket fire several hours ago from Syria toward the Golan Heights. Of course this is just the beginning. During a major speech on Saturday, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made it abundantly clear that his forces are not going to stop hitting both the U.S. and Israel� The leader of Lebanon�s militant Hezbollah group said Saturday his fighters have introduced new weapons, including a missile with a heavy warhead in the ongoing fighting alongthe Lebanon-Israel border, adding that they will keep using the tense frontier to pressure Israel. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also blasted the United States over the Israel-Hamas war, saying it is the only country that can stop Israel�s wide offensive on the Gaza Strip butdoesn�t do so. He said attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria, that Washington says have reached more than 40 rockets and suicide drone attacks, will continue until the war in Gaza comes to an end. So the clashes between Israel and Hezbollah will continue. And the clashes between the U.S. and Hezbollah will continue too. On Saturday morning, more suicide drones targeted U.S. troops in Syria� Armed suicide drones have targeted US forces in Syria, in the latest sign that Iranian-backed militias in the region could try to widen the Israel-Hamas war by striking Americantroops. A Pentagon official told DailyMail.com that �multiple one-way drones� were launched on Saturday morning against US and coalition forces stationed at Rumalyn Landing Zone innorthern Syria. In response, the U.S. has bombed two facilities in Syria that are used by Iran�s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This was the third such attack since October 27th� The U.S. military retaliated over recent attacks on American bases by bombing two facilities in eastern Syria, a senior U.S. official tells Fox News. Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stations in the Middle East were hit on Sunday night. One was an IRGC training facility, while the other was used by IRGC proxyforces. Sunday night�s airstrikes were the third set of retaliatory attacks against Iranian proxies on behalf of the U.S. since October 27. The U.S. is already at war with both Iran and Hezbollah. Most Americans don�t realize this, because the Biden administration doesn�t want to admit it and the mainstream media doesn�t want to admit it. But if someone attacks your troops dozens of times and you keep bombing them in response, you are at war with them. This war is going to get extremely intense, and it is setting the stage for some really bad things that will happen after the war is over. We really have reached one of the most important turning points in the entire history of the Middle East, and nothing will ever be the same again from this point forward. ------------------------- Planet Earth Is Armed to The Teeth� And The Word Of The Day Is �Escalation�� By Hal Lindsey - https://harbingersdaily.com/planet-earth-is-armed-to-the-teeth-and-the-word-of-the-day-is-escalation/ The trigger on a gun need not be large for the gun to be deadly. The Gaza Strip is 25 miles long and only 7.5 miles wide at its widest point. The Gaza trigger has been pulled.We do not yet know the damage it will cause. So far, escalation seems to be the word of the hour. Gaza�s war has already escalated beyond the Middle East � drawing in Russia, China, Europe, and the United States. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6),and you will be praying for peace on earth. On Thursday, October 26th, three men met in Moscow. The least credentialed of the three was by far the most important, at least for now. He is Musa Abu Marzouk, an engineereducated in the United States, who became a key leader of Hamas. If the terror group had a Secretary of State, it would be Marzouk. He met with the deputy foreign ministers of Russia and Iran. Their stated purpose was to discuss Hamas�s continuing war withIsrael. According to Ezekiel 38, Russia and Iran will one day lead a coalition of nations in a massive assault against Israel. God will intervene on Israel�s behalf � not with irondome missile interceptors, but with His own mighty hand. Until the Islamic revolution of 1978-79, Russia (then the Soviet Union) and Iran had been highly antagonistic. That began to change with the revolution. The relationship grewmuch stronger during this century with Vladimir Putin in charge of Russia. As the world�s leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran has been the target of many sanctions from the United Nations, the United States, and others. But Putin�s Russia continued totrade with Iran, severely limiting the sanctions� impact. Russia and Iran now maintain close military and economic ties. At the end of the meeting, Marzouk said of Hamas, �We look at Russia as our closest friend.� That same day in the Middle East, US F-16s struck two facilities in eastern Syria, a weapons depot and an ammunition storage site. The Americans went to great pains to makesure there would be no human casualties. The facilities are used by Iran�s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups. The affiliated groups had made 19 attacks against US military installations in the 10 days leading up to the US response. Administration officials made it clear that they see those who are attacking American forces as proxies of Iran. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said, �Iran wants to hideits hand and deny its role in these attacks against our forces. We will not let them.� The 19 attacks against US installations caused injuries and contributed to the �cardiac episode� of a US contractor that resulted in his death. The United States had to respond,but did so in the mildest way possible. The Biden Administration seemed determined not to escalate the situation. Even so, the US attack in Syria did cause an escalation. Israel�s necessary ground incursion [currently taking place] in Gaza will also provoke some level of escalation. Will Hezbollah � with its 100,000 troops and as many as 200,000missiles � fully enter the fray from the north? Might Iran move directly against Israel, the United States, or both? For years, the Iranians have been practicing and planning assaults against US aircraft carriers. With the Eisenhower carrier group [in theMiddle East], is it possible they might finally dust off those plans and give it a try? Planet Earth is armed to the teeth. Its leaders seethe with pride and anger. Pray. Do as the Bible says. �Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.� -------------------------- Erdogan Claims That Israel Is �Threatening People With Atomic Bombs� As Hezbollah Ramps Up Their Attacks From The North- by Michael Snyder - http://endoftheamericandream.com/erdogan-claims-that-israel-is-threatening-people-with-atomic-bombs-as-hezbollah-ramps-up-their-attacks-from-the-north/ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is doing his best to inflame tensions in the Middle East. We all knew that he was a lunatic, but the inflammatory rhetoric that is comingout of him now is the sort of thing that we would expect to hear from leaders of Hamas or Hezbollah. During a �fiery speech� on Wednesday, Erdogan accused Israel of being a �terror state�, and he boldly declared that Israel�s leaders must be held accountableas war criminals in international courts� Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan today said Israel was a �terror state� committing war crimes and violating international law in Gaza, while repeating his view that Hamasgunmen are not terrorists but a �political party elected by Palestinians�. In a fiery speech to members of his party, Erdogan said Turkey would work to ensure that Israel�s political and military leaders are recognised as �terrorists� and broughtto trial in international courts. If all of that wasn�t bad enough, Erdogan also accused Israel of �threatening people with atomic bombs�� �They [Israel] have been speaking about murdering all those people using nuclear weapons, so let me call on Benjamin Netanyahu � do you have nuclear weapons or not? Explainthis, if you have the courage.� �You are threatening people with atomic bombs, nuclear bombs. It does not matter what you have, you are a goner,� he said. When Erdogan said �you are a goner�, was he referring to Netanyahu or the nation of Israel as a whole? Someone really needs to ask him that question. I think that Erdogan is tempted to intervene directly in this war, but Turkey�s membership in NATO will hopefully prevent him from doing that. Of course Erdogan is right about one thing. Israel does possess nuclear weapons, and if the Israelis get pushed into a corner they will use them. So let us hope that this war does not spiral out of control. Unfortunately, there have been more clashes along the northern front. On Tuesday, the IDF hit a number of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon� The IDF said it struck terrorist infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon and a terrorist cell which attempted to fire anti-tank missiles at Israel on Tuesday afternoon. The IDF added that terrorists fired anti-tank missiles and mortars toward IDF posts near Margaliot, Arab al-Aramshe, Yiftah, Shomera, and Matat on Tuesday. These IDF strikes were in response to �multiple attacks� by Hezbollah� Within 48 hours, Hezbollah forces launched multiple attacks against Israeli targets in the areas of Al-Malikiah, �Barkat Risha, Duviv, Yiftah Qadesh and Ramot Naftali. According to information and videos, Hezbollah forces hit IDF positions and forces with Russian-made anti-tank systems 9M133-1 Kornet-E, 9M113 �Konkurs�, 9M131M �Metis-M1�, with Iranian ATGMs �Dehlavieh� and �Toophan� ( reverse-engineered BGM-71 TOW) and Chinese 107mm Type 63-2 Fadjr-1, 122mm 9M22U/Arash and 333mm �Falagh-2 high-explosive rockets. There are fears that Hezbollah has also acquired the EM version of the Kornet which doubles the range to 8-10 km as a video shows a 1PN79M-3 thermal targeting system. Additionally in another video, Hezbollah forces have been equipped with 9K32(M) Strela-2(M) MANPADS, RPO-A Shmel portable thermobaric missiles and Chinese W85 machine guns. Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed terror groups are extremely angry about what is going on in Gaza. The IDF is absolutely crushing Hamas, and at this point �a number of Hamas governmental sites in the heart of Gaza City� have been captured� The IDF on Tuesday announced that it had captured a number of Hamas governmental sites in the heart of Gaza City as its troops engaged in fierce battles with Hamas gunmenin the city, while continuing to enable humanitarian corridors to allow for civilians to evacuate to the southern part of the Strip. Meanwhile, the IDF has been storming the largest hospital in Gaza, and Israeli forces have recovered a large number of weapons that Hamas had stored there� The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released video early Wednesday showing weapons found inside the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. �IDF troops are continuing the precise and targeted operation against Hamas in the Shifa Hospital complex, in which the troops are conducting searches for Hamas terroristinfrastructure and assets,� the IDF said in a statement. �As the soldiers entered the hospital complex, they engaged with a number of terrorists and killed them,� the statement added. �Following this, during searches in one of thedepartments of the hospital, the troops located a room with technological assets, along with military and combat equipment used by the Hamas terrorist organization.� No matter what Erdogan might say, nothing can change the fact that Hamas is a terrorist organization. They kill children, rape women and kidnap the elderly. But right now we are seeing a tremendous outpouring of support for Hamas all over the world, and that even includes institutions of higher learning in the United States suchas Harvard. WATCH: https://twitter.com/i/status/1724090601463800001 After what Hamas did on October 7th, Israel has no other choice. Hamas terrorists must be wiped out. But if it looks like Hamas is on the verge of being totally defeated, that makes it much more likely that Hezbollah will decide that all-out war is necessary. And needless to say, that would truly be a nightmare scenario. None of us should want to see death and destruction on a massive scale. But death and destruction on a massive scale is coming anyway. What we have witnessed so far is just the beginning. Much worse is coming. ------------------------------- Hamas� most effective propaganda arm: The media - Bill Wilson � www.dailyjot.com Associated Press (AP) was among the first to report that Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken wants Israel to halt military operations against Hamas because �Far too manyPalestinians have been killed.� AP was also among the first to send pictures of the Hamas-conducted holocaust against Israeli Jews on October 7. AP keeps repeating Hamas Health Ministry estimates that over 11,000 people in Gaza have been killed while over1400 Israelis were killed on October 7, �mainly in the initial Hamas attack.� AP didn�t reveal that its reporters were with Hamas in that attack, nor does it report that the Health Ministry is a propaganda arm of Hamas. And its comparison of death tolls isnot subtle. But it is outrageous. Here�s why. Honest Reporting, a media watchdog, blew the whistle on AP and Reuters for having embedded journalists with Hamas on October 7. Honest Reporting said, �On October 7, Hamasterrorists were not the only ones who documented the war crimes they had committed during their deadly rampage across southern Israel. Some of their atrocities were captured by Gaza-based photojournalists working for the Associated Press and Reuters news agencieswhose early morning presence at the breached border area raises serious ethical questions.� It sure does as these so-called �journalists� were in plain clothes without outward press identification. They had to know in advance, but didn�t warn authorities ofthe attack. This means that these news organizations could well have supported, aided and abetted the atrocities of October 7. But it is much deeper. It�s long been the terrorists� strategy to interweave their operations among civilian organizations and the news media so that when retaliation for their attacks commences,innocents are harmed or killed. Then, instead of terrorists being blamed, there is international outrage about how the poor �Palestinians� are being murdered by evil Israelis. The evil actions of the terrorists are then essentially justified. The media iscomplicit. On May 12, 2021, Israel flattened the building that housed AP, al Jazeera and other news reporting organizations in Gaza. On cue, the media started shaping the narrative that the terrible Israelis bombed the building causing journalists to run fortheir lives. AP�s story claimed total innocence of any knowledge that the building was used as a headquarters for Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Journalists covering these terrorists cannot reasonably claim they didn�t know the terrorists plans�they are headquartered in the same building! That the media were sharingquarters with Hamas explains the anti-Israel news bias emanating from these news outlets. These terrorists are evil. They use children, women, journalists, whoever, to hide behind while they do their evil deeds. And when someone gets hurt, there is an internationaloutcry while the terrorists get little criticism from the media. And when the media are caught, they say, �I didn�t know that.� Yes, they did. There is blood on their hands. These media should be blackballed and their credentials revoked. Isaiah 5:20 says, �Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil.� That includes the media, politicians who are complicit with them, and those demonstrating in the streets for Hamas. Sources: https://honestreporting.com/photographers-without-borders-ap-reuters-pictures-of-hamas-atrocities-raise-ethical-questions/ https://apnews.com/article/blinken-israel-gaza-hamas-850cf28c13d8df087f75c0536462b604 https://www.dailywire.com/news/mainstream-outlets-had-photographers-embedded-with-hamas-as-terror-attack-unfolded-report ------------------------------------