Israel at War: The Day of the Lord is Near: October 7, 2024
Obadiah 1:15
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done (to Israel), it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
About 30 years ago, I begin to preach about the Day of the Lord is Near as found in the Book of Obadiah. In my best selling book As America Has Done to Israel, I included a chapter about the Day of the Lord. The Day of the Lord is a reference in the Bible to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Obadiah gives a clear indicator to the immanent Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The key event is when Israel enters into an all-out battle with the Palestinians in which none of them survive.
I believe the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war was the trigger for the battle described in Obadiah. This blog will keep you on the cutting edge of events leading to proving the Day of the Lord is Near and soon Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This can be proved by the Bible.
Obadiah 1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
Hamas even named the attack and war they started. It was call: Operation Al Aqsa Flood! This means the Temple Mount in Jerusalem! All the wars triggered by Hamas’ attack are heading towards Jerusalem where God will bring his final judgment on Islam. Incredible events are soon about to unfold, but if you understand Bible prophecy you know how it is going to end.
See my complete preaching and teaching about the Obadiah and the Day of the Lord is Near: McTteachingvideo.com Two of the videos follow:
Zechariah 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
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Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done (To Israel), it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
Netanyahu: No country would accept the attack from Iran, and neither will Israel
From article:”We have an obligation to respond to Iran – and we will,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded message broadcasted on Israeli media channels on Saturday night. “No country in the world would have accepted such an attack, and neither will Israel,” he added. “Twice already, Iran has fired, and we have intercepted hundreds of missiles from the largest ballistic missile attack in history. No country in the world would have accepted such an attack, and neither will Israel, and we will respond to these attacks,”
Israeli AIRSTRIKES Hit Hezbollah Intelligence HQ; TOP LEADERS Targeted (Video)
How Hezbollah turned Lebanon into a mafia state
From article:”There are those in Lebanon who will privately echo the assessments made by foreign think tanks and human rights groups, which have accused Hezbollah of state plunder, drug trafficking, organised crime and the killing of its critics. But, with the movement categorically denying all such allegations, they do so in a whisper.
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Gen. Jack Keane reacts to Israel targeting possible new Hezbollah leader in Lebanon: ‘Very close to Iran’ (Video)
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei defends missile barrage against Israel in rare sermon
From article:”Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared in a rare sermon Friday that his country’s ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier this week was “legal and legitimate” and that the “resistance in the region will not back down even with the killing of its leaders.” Khamenei said Iran will not “procrastinate nor act hastily to carry out its duty” in going after Israel, Reuters reports. The news agency cited him as saying that Tuesday’s barrage of nearly 200 missiles fired by Iran at Israel was “legal and legitimate” and the minimum punishment for Israel’s “crimes.”
Israel’s Miraculous Survival of the Iranian Missile Strike
From article:”Israel has three air defense systems, each one of them a technological wonder and that’s not me saying it. That’s Dr. Gold who basically invented the Iron Dome who told me that. The level and sophistication of the Iron Dome is simply unparalleled. But the Iron Dome only knows how to detonate short range rockets or missiles within a 70 km range, give or take. Then Israel has the David’s Sling system. That knows how to deal with mid range missiles up to approximately 300 km. Then we have the Arrow system that literally detonates missiles that can fly outside of the earth’s atmosphere. That has a range of about 2,400 km!! Last night, as Iran rained down ballistic missiles on Israel, all three defense systems were activated and implemented to perfection. The chances of all of these incredibly complex systems working in unison as flawlessly as they did last night, are basically non existent.”
Iranian Muslim Cleric Says Israelis Had Supernatural Help to Kill Hezbollah’s Nasrallah As the God of Israel manifests his power in defending Israel, the Muslims are going to say it is the power of satan!
From article:”Karami, however, sees it as a possibility. He states, “Considering the Zionists’ history of subjugating genies, they carry out many of their missions through this means, and demons are their secret army.” Hassan Nasrallah is by no means the first victim of these Zionist jinn: “They [the Jews] have had access to genies and cosmic science since the time of David and Solomon. Historically, they have always used genies, their documents and traditions proved that. They have used genies and demons for warfare and intelligence operations throughout history.” Well, that certainly does explain the stunning against-all-odds Israeli victories in 1948, 1967, and 1973.
Turkey’s Erdogan Asks U.N. to Override Security Council and Demand ‘Use of Force’ Against Israel
From article:”Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded on Monday the United Nations General Assembly use a 1950 resolution to override the Security Council and recommend action against Israel, including the “use of force.”
‘Declaration of war’: Israeli leaders react to massive Iranian assault
From article:”Israeli political leaders reacted to what they called a “declaration of war” by Iran on Tuesday night, as the Islamic Republic fired some 180 ballistic missiles into Israel as part of a massive aerial barrage. National Unity MK Benny Gantz said, “The state of Israel has capabilities that were developed for years to strike Iran, and the government has [our] full backing to act with force and determination.”
Head of Iranian unit countering Mossad was Israeli agent, says ex-president Ahmadinejad
From article:”Other Iranian officials have in the past remarked about Mossad’s penetration in Iran. A former Iranian minister who served as an adviser to former president Hassan Rouhani said in 2022 that senior officials in Tehran should be fearing for their lives due to the “infiltration” of Israel’s spy agency, according to the London-based Persian-language Manoto news site.”
Iran preparing imminent ballistic missile attack on Israel, US says
Hezbollah terrorists engaged in sex slavery, rape, mass murder of Syrians
From article:”Walid Phares, a leading expert on Hezbollah and Lebanon, told Fox News Digital that Hezbollah has “committed ethnic cleansing” in Syria. He said Hezbollah “was behind the uprooting of millions of Syrians, of all communities, mainly Sunni. They have perpetrated rape. They have perpetrated mass sexual abuse, including keeping sexual slaves.”
Hezbollah issues chilling warning as IDF ‘carry out raids in Lebanon’ This article has awesome pictures.
From article:”IDF tanks have massed on the northern border ahead of an anticipated incursion into Lebanon despite resounding pressure from Israel’s allies to de-escalate at once. Hezbollah today said its militants were braced and ‘ready’ for war, as Lebanon prepared to deploy its own army to the south, fearing a collapse into all out war. Israel maintains that its war is with Hezbollah, not the people of Lebanon, as it prepares to move north.”
Israel says ‘next phase’ beginning in Lebanon, amid global pleas against a ground op
From article:”Israel has repeatedly said over the past year, given Hezbollah’s daily attacks, that it would not accept anything less than the removal of Hezbollah’s forces from the entire border region so that the terror group cannot threaten Israel’s northern towns with an October 7-style attack.”
*IDF troops invade Lebanon, according to foreign reports This situation is very explosive. It could quickly ignite into war with Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
From article:”IDF soldiers entered southern Lebanon as part of a ground assault on Monday night as the conflict with Hezbollah continues to escalate, AFP reported. This is the first IDF ground operation in Lebanon since the Second Lebanon War in 2006. This follows earlier reports that Israel notified the US that it intends to launch a limited ground operation into Lebanon that could begin within hours, a US official confirmed to CBS on Monday. Other news sources have reported that an Israeli incursion could come within the coming days.”
As Hezbollah Pursued a Limited War, Israel Went for a Knockout
From article:”In deciding to lead Hezbollah into a new battle with Israel, Mr. Nasrallah appears to have assumed that the fighting could be contained, and that Israel’s exhaustion from its war in Gaza and fear of the damage that Hezbollah’s missiles and commandos could cause in Israel would keep it from responding with too much force. That strategy largely worked for many months, as Israel and Hezbollah bombed and shelled each other across the Lebanon-Israel border but largely avoided larger attacks. But in recent weeks, Israeli leaders, facing domestic pressure to find a way for tens of thousands of Israelis who had fled the country’s north to return home, swiftly escalated their attacks. The sustained effort has sown disarray inside Hezbollah and hobbled its ability to respond”
Egypt and Iran FMs discuss urgency of de-escalating ME tensions to avert regional war This article is interesting, but full of Arab propaganda.
From article:”Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi discussed on Saturday the urgency of de-escalating tensions in the Middle East to spare the region from descending into an all-out war that could shatter its security and stability.”
IDF may have already begun small raids on Hezbollah in south Lebanon
From article:”The Israel Defense Forces may have begun or is about to begin small operations across the Lebanon border to take out nearby Hezbollah positions, according to two US reports, which come amid a string of punishing Israeli attacks against the Iran-backed terror group that began amid the detonation on September 17 of thousands of pagers held by Hezbollah members.”
IDF hits Houthis with most powerful strike of war
From article:”The IDF hit Yemen’s Houthis with the most powerful counter-strike against them of the war on Sunday, even exceeding the massive strike on Hodeidah in July, sources told The Jerusalem Post and the IDF confirmed shortly thereafter. Dozens of Israeli aircraft participated in the operation, striking 1,800 kilometers from Israeli territory, after the Houthis fired three ballistic missiles on the Tel Aviv and central Israel areas in recent weeks, including one on Saturday.”
Israel has proved it has the most impressive military in the world
From article:”Whatever one’s views on Israeli operations in Gaza and Lebanon hitherto, from a military and a security perspective the operation to take down the Hezbollah command and control networks is singularly extraordinarily impressive. This is not some hastily-construed mission in the wake of the genocidal attacks by Hamas as witnessed in the immediate aftermath of October 7, but a highly sophisticated strike clearly coordinated with years of intricate and synchronised intelligence gathering – allowing Israel to map the terrorists from top to bottom.”
Egypt rejects any violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity: El-Sisi to PM Mikati Egypt is going to turn against Israel resulting in its annihilation!
Joel 3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
From article:”During the call, President El-Sisi stressed to PM Mikati that Cairo believes the international community must shoulder its responsibilities in stopping Israel’s aggression against the Palestinian territories and Lebanon. The failure of the international community to do so would risk the region descending into dangerous escalations that threaten regional and international peace and stability, stressed the Egyptian president. For his part, the Lebanese PM expressed gratitude for Egypt’s support for his country and the Lebanese state, according to the statement.”
Netanyahu: Nasrallah’s Death a Message to Enemies and to Allies
From article:”Netanyahu, speaking in Hebrew, said that Nasrallah was not just “a” terrorist, but “the” terrorist, responsible for the deaths not just of Israelis but also of many American and French citizens, among others. He said that the successful airstrike on Friday evening was a warning to Iran — the “regime of the ayatollah” — and repeated a warning he delivered in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. “Whoever strikes us, we will strike them. … And today you know how true that is.”
From article:”Confirming Hassan Nasrallah’s death today, Hezbollah pledged to keep fighting Israel – saying that the leader had ‘joined his fellow martyrs’. They said in a statement: ‘The leadership of Hezbollah pledges… to continue its jihad in confronting the enemy, supporting Gaza and Palestine, and defending Lebanon and its steadfast and honorable people.’ Iran’s Supreme Leader pledged that ‘all regional resistance forces’ would support Hezbollah, demanding a ‘strong’ response to the attack. Tensions etched up as it was reported that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ deputy commander Abbas Nilforoushan was also killed during the strikes in Beirut on Friday, per Iranian state media. Israel also continued its bombardment of Beirut through Saturday afternoon, striking the district where Nasrallah was killed a day prior.”
IDF Continues Attacks on Hezbollah After Warning Civilians
From article:”His full statement was as follows:As part of the extensive aerial operation to degrade Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure and capabilities, we are preparing to conduct strikes on strategic assets that Hezbollah has hidden underground beneath three buildings in the heart of the Dahieh in Beirut. Over the years, Hezbollah has developed an anti-ship missile arsenal, supplied by Iran. Hezbollah has both threatened and, in the past, carried out attacks on maritime global shipping routes. Hezbollah has also carried out attacks on Israeli civilian and military shipping vessels. During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Hezbollah fired an anti-ship missile that hit the INS Hanit, killing four soldiers. Another missile struck an Egyptian merchant ship, called M.V. Moonlight, sinking it. Hassan Nasrallah himself has threatened critical strategic facilities of the State of Israel, both at sea and on land. In recent days, we have exposed how Hezbollah hides its weapons in homes and villages across southern Lebanon and in the Beqaa Valley. Now, we will reveal how they store strategic weapons under civilian buildings in the heart of the Dahieh in Beirut. In the heart of the Dahieh in Beirut, Hezbollah constructed three buildings with designated underground spaces for storing strategic weapons, with the buildings above acting as a shield. Here you can see one of the buildings in the heart of Dahieh. When entering and descending to the parking level, there is a storage facility for strategic weapons. Hezbollah has stored these strategic weapons beneath civilian populations. The way the missiles are stored in these buildings allows them to be moved and launched outside of the buildings within minutes.
This possesses a real and immediate threat to global shipping routes and Israel’s critical strategic infrastructure. In the last hour, we have contacted the residents of the three buildings in the Dahieh—these residents are above and near Hezbollah’s strategic assets and must evacuate immediately for their safety and security. Residents of the following buildings in the Hadath neighborhood —building complex “Al Salam”, “Laylaki”” neighborhood, building “Monir Shadid,” and in the “Elhadad” neighborhood, building “Sheit”—must move as far away from the buildings as possible before the strike. In a short time, we will attack the weapons stored beneath the buildings. The explosion, because of the missiles, may damage the structures and could potentially cause them to collapse. Hezbollah exploits and endangers Lebanese civilians, using them as a human shield for its weapons. We will not allow such a threat to be directed at Israeli civilians, global shipping routes, and vital facilities, which any other sovereign state would never permit.”
US warships come under attack in Red Sea as nearly two dozen incoming missiles and drones shot down
From article:”Three U.S. warships came under attack Friday off the coast of Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have disrupted commercial shipping in the region, but no one was hurt, officials said. The warships shot down nearly two dozen incoming missiles and drones while transiting a narrow entrance into the Red Sea. None of the vessels was hit, and no sailors on board were hurt,”
Israel targets Nasrallah in bombing of Hezbollah HQ; increasingly believes it killed him
From article:”The Israeli Air Force carried out massive targeted airstrikes in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday evening, with the military saying it had struck Hezbollah’s main headquarters. An Israeli official confirmed to The Times of Israel that the strikes targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was believed to be at the command center at the time.“It’s very hard to imagine him coming out alive from a strike like that,” said the official, as multiple Hebrew media reports cited a growing Israeli assessment that Nasrallah was killed in the strike on the underground headquarters.”
Iran’s Khamenei said to convene emergency meeting after strike targeting Nasrallah
From article:”Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the strikes as a “flagrant war crime” that “has revealed once again the nature of this regime’s state terrorism. Ali Larijani, adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said Israel “is crossing Tehran’s red lines, and the situation is becoming serious.” “Assassinations will not solve Israel’s problem… With the assassination of resistance leaders, others will take their place,” Larijani told Iran’s state TV, amid speculation that Nasrallah had been killed.”
“The resistance has strong commanders and cadres, and every commander who is martyred will have a replacement,” he said. “With the assassination of the resistance leaders, other people will replace them. Israel’s problem is not solved by terror. Rather, the people of Lebanon are becoming more determined to confront the Zionists.”
Netanyahu is dragging region into war and must be stopped, Jordan says
From article:”Jordan’s foreign minister said on Friday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be stopped because he was driving the region to a full-fledged war. “It is time to face the truth, and the truth is, unless Netanyahu is stopped, unless this government is stopped, war will encompass all of us,” Ayman Safadi told reporters ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on Gaza. Earlier on Friday, Israeli airstrikes shook Beirut, with the Israeli military saying it had targeted Hezbollah’s central headquarters in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said ahead of the Security Council meeting that the airstrikes had increased the risk of the situation spiraling out of control. “We believe very, very, very strongly that a ceasefire is necessary, that the guns are not going to solve anything, that we need to move towards a peace in our region, and that peace is firmly rooted in addressing the Palestinian issue,” bin Farhan said.”
‘Hard to imagine Nasrallah survived attack,’ Israeli official says
From article:”Israeli officials have speculated that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the targeted IDF attack on the terror group’s central headquarters in Beirut on Friday. “Hard to believe he [Nasrallah] got out of it alive,” an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post, adding that Nasrallah had been one of the targets of the strike. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized the strike before addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday morning.”
Netanyahu to Iran at UN — ‘If you strike us, we will strike you’
From article:”“If you strike us, we will strike you,” Netanyahu said. “There is no place in Iran where the long arm of Israel can not reach,” Netanyahu said. “Far from being lambs led to the slaughter, Israel will fight back,” Netanyahu said, adding, “We are winning.”
The UN’s Desire to Get Rid of the State of Israel
From article:”The UN has taken a keen interest in Israel, with more resolutions directed against this country than pretty much all others combined. The UN has a three-point program to get rid of Israel as a nation-state:
1. Inflate the number of Palestinian refugees to overwhelm the number of Jews living in Israel.
2. Provide all forms of support to Palestinian terror groups to help them inflict destruction on Israelis.
3. Rally the countries of the world against the Jewish state.”
IDF intercepts cruise missiles, drones fired from Iraq at north and south There is NO doubt that Iraq will enter the war against Israel and will be destroyed!
From article:”“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq targeted on Sunday morning a strategic location in the occupied territories using drones,” said the Iraqi coalition in a statement on Telegram, referring to Israel, and adding it was carried out “in support of our people in Gaza.” The same Iraqi group has claimed to have launched numerous drones at Israel amid the war in the Gaza Strip, most of which failed to cross Israel’s border or were downed by air defenses.”
UN General Assembly Votes to Make Old Jerusalem Jew-Free – Orders Jews Out of the Old City The UN and Muslim nations are heading for a huge confrontation with over his everlasting covenant he made with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants over Jerusalem and the nation of Israel!
Zechariah 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
From article:”The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to hand over half of Jerusalem, the Wailing Wall, The Temple Mount, Old Jerusalem, and the tomb of Jesus Christ to the Palestinians. The vote was 124-14. The UN voted to turn over the Jewish Quarter, the Christian Quarter, the Chuch of the Holy Sepulchre, several synagogues, numerous Christian holy sites, the Wailing Wall, Solomon’s Throne, the Via Dolorosa, and much more to the Palestinian Muslims. The UN ordered the Jews out of the Old City.”
*Israel’s War Cabinet Greenlights Offensive War Against Hezbollah, Sends Elite Brigade North There is no stopping the progression of the war. Right now the situation looks like Psalm 83 which will end with:
Psalm 83:17,18 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
From article:”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, IDF chief Herzi Halevi and other officials all issued statements Wednesday evening which appeared to suggest a full-on war with Hezbollah was brewing, hours after a wave of explosions of walkie-talkies and other communications devices used by Hezbollah members across Lebanon caused widespread casualties, echoing a similar attack a day earlier that targeted Hezbollah-issued pagers. The IDF also announced Wednesday that it was redeploying its 98th Division to northern Israel, after months of operations in the Gaza Strip under the Southern Command.”
UN General Assembly demands Israeli pullout from Palestinian areas within 12 months
From article:”The resolution called for Israel to “end without delay its unlawful presence” in “Occupied Palestinian Territory” within 12 months, including all soldiers and civilians. The resolution welcomed a July ruling by the International Court of Justice that said Israel’s control of Palestinian territories and settlements is illegal and should be withdrawn. The advisory by the highest United Nations court, also known as the World Court, said this should be done “as rapidly as possible,” while the General Assembly resolution imposed a 12-month deadline.”
Israeli Strike Decimates Hezbollah Military Leadership
From article:”Israel’s airstrike on a building in southern Beirut didn’t just kill a top Hezbollah commander—it took out an entire class of senior leaders of the militant group’s most elite fighting force, as the two foes lurch closer to all-out war. Hezbollah on Saturday raised the death toll among its fighters from Friday’s airstrike to 16, including top military commander Ibrahim Aqil and many of the senior commanders of the elite Radwan force. The strike on top leadership followed a pair of broad attacks on the group’s rank and file, when thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies that had been rigged with explosives blew up roughly simultaneously across the country.”
Israel’s war front shifts dramatically to north against Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists
From article:”Israel Defense Forces (IDF) re-deployed its elite and battle-tested 98th Division from the southern war theater in Gaza against Hamas to the north, in a possible prelude to what some say could be a ground invasion to root out Hezbollah terrorists”
Netanyahu firm on new phase of Hezbollah war as UN warns of catastrophe
From article:”Israel on Friday stood firm on the need for a new and expanded phase of its almost year-long war with Hezbollah as the UN warned of catastrophe and the US called for diplomacy. “Our goals are clear, our actions speak for themselves,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also underscored that point, explaining, “We will continue pursuing our enemies in order to defend our citizens – even in the Dahieh in Beirut. “The series of operations in the new phase of the war will continue until we achieve our goal: ensuring the safe return of Israel’s northern communities to their homes,” Gallant stated.”
Hezbollah confirms Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqil killed by IDF strike in Beirut
Lebanon warns Israeli invasion will be ‘doomsday’ Remember this war is over Jerusalem and Gaza. It appears this is the beginning of God’s judgment on the Gentile nations surrounding Israel. I also believe it is the time for God’s judgment on Islam.
From article:”“We are facing all the risks of an all-out regional conflict and that’s what we have been tirelessly trying to avoid,” he said, adding that Hezbollah had become a “formidable fighting force” in recent years and Israel should learn from history and its past “humiliating” defeats, such as an inconclusive month-long war it fought with the Shia group in 2006.“
Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after two rounds of device explosions
From article:”Israel launched a series of overnight strikes on sites in Lebanon where the Israeli military says Hezbollah terrorists operated. The strikes follow two waves of deadly electronic device explosions across Lebanon. The Israeli strikes targeted infrastructure sites in southern Lebanon, including the areas of Chihine, Tayibe, Blida, Meiss El Jabal, Aitaroun and Kfarkela, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday. Israel also struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in Khiam. “The IDF will continue to operate against the threat of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in order to defend the State of Israel,”
Hezbollah’s pager op losses could lead to new phase of war
From article:”Hezbollah has condemned Israel for the strike, claiming “the treacherous and criminal enemy will definitely see retaliation for this sinful aggression,” talking up a “heavy price” that it says Israel will pay for the pager attack. Hezbollah and Iranian media characterized it as a “terrorist” attack. Al-Manar, the Hezbollah media arm, said the attack will “double our determination for jihad,” and Hezbollah itself added, “We will continue to support Gaza and its resistance and defend Lebanon, its nation, and its sovereignty.” THE FACT THAT the attack has affected so many Hezbollah men, including a member of Lebanon’s parliament and Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, will put pressure on Iran and Hezbollah to respond, which could lead to a new phase of the war with Israel.”
Gallant compliments Mossad as devices explode across Lebanon
From article:”Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, in a speech about the situation in the North, explicitly complimented the Mossad, along with the entire defense establishment, for “great achievements” just as the region continued to convulse with news of devices exploding across Lebanon. Gallant did not take explicit credit, and Israel has been careful not to take public credit for the exploding beepers on Tuesday or the exploding devices on Wednesday, but the timing and juxtaposition of his rare mention of the Mossad along with the new round of explosions was striking.”
Additional Hezbollah devices explode across Lebanon
From article:”The Lebanese Civil Defense later stated it was operating to extinguish the fires that had broken out following the explosions in some 60 shops and homes, 15 vehicles, motorcycles, and two fingerprint devices. It added that ambulances were transferring the wounded to hospitals throughout the country…If true, this would be the second consecutive day of potential sabotage and explosions in Lebanon after around 3,000 mostly members of Hezbollah were wounded by exploding beepers on Tuesday. According to the reports, the explosions occurred at and in parallel to the funeral of four Hezbollah members in Lebanon. The funeral was live-streamed on X but ended abruptly. Unofficial reports claimed that iPhones, video cameras, IC-V82 radios, and other devices also detonated.”
$1 million offered to hold LGBTQ parade in Gaza
From article:”The New Tolerance Campaign (NTC), a U.S.-based watchdog organization, announced on Monday a $1 million offer to “Queers for Palestine” or any U.S. LGBTQ advocacy organization to host a Gay Pride Parade in Gaza or Judea and Samaria. “This isn’t a joke. It’s not a publicity stunt. Our offer is real,” NTC President Gregory T. Angelo, who is gay and the former president of Log Cabin Republicans, said in a statement on the organization’s website.”
*Report: Iran Moving Hamas, Houthis into Iraq as Biden Admin Helplessly Watches
From article:”The Houthis, as a Shiite terrorist organization, has reportedly received an especially “warm” welcome from the Shiite terrorist coalition known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), which became an official arm of the Iraqi armed forces during the war against the Sunni Islamic State “caliphate.” “Iraqi government officials quietly allowed both Iranian-backed armed groups [Hamas and the Houthis] to establish a more permanent presence in Baghdad early this summer,” the Times reported, claiming that “Iraqi officials deny publicly” this has occurred.”
Did Israel retaliate against Hezbollah for attempted assassination of ex-defense chief?
From article:”Dozens of members of Hezbollah were seriously wounded on Tuesday in Lebanon’s south and the southern suburbs of Beirut when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, security sources told Reuters…According to reports, the pagers were called before the explosion for some period of seconds to increase the chance that whoever received the call would pick it up and be maximally wounded. Shortly before the explosions, there were reports of a special meeting between Mossad Director David Barnea and Netanyahu. The news comes only hours after the Shin Bet revealed that Hezbollah recently attempted to assassinate a top former Israeli defense official in Tel Aviv.”
From article:”Palestinian journalist Majdi Abd Al-Wahhab called on Jordan’s King Abdullah II to “strike with an Iron fist” all the Islamic and Palestinian organizations that use Jordan’s territory to act against Israel and thereby endanger the kingdom of Jordan. The attack that took place last week (on September 8, 2024) at the Israel-Jordan border crossing, in which three Israeli civilians were killed, he said, as well as the rising strength of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) party in Jordan, as indicated by the results of the recent parliamentary elections there,[1] and the reports on the smuggling of weapons from Jordan into the West Bank, require the kingdom to take steps against the Palestinian and Islamic organizations that jeopardize its security”
Iran’s New Plan: Lost Gaza, So Take West Bank
From article:”The main objective of Israel’s operation is to thwart Iran’s intention, with the help of the armed groups, to turn not only Gaza, but also the West Bank into another terror base to be used as part of the Islamists’ Jihad (holy war) to destroy Israel. The PA should applaud Israel’s security forces for pursuing the terrorists, rather than criticizing them. These armed groups, which refer to themselves to as “battalions,” pose a direct threat not only to Israel, but the PA as well. The gunmen have created their own state within a state in the areas under PA administration, openly contesting the PA’s legitimacy and making a mockery of its security forces.”
Iran using Houthis’ Yemen as weapons ‘testing ground’
