JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 44 APR 12,26 - NO DEAL WITH THE IRANIAN DEATH (MAHDI) CULT.GO GETEM USA,ISRAEL THE CHAMPS.
THE NEXT US-ISRAEL HIT ON IRAN SHOULD BE VERSE 37. ALL OFFENSIVE NUKE SITES MISSLES,DRONES,AND OF COURSE KHEMENI AND THE IRGC GUARDS.THEN AFTER IRANS REGIME CHANGE. MUSLIMS COME TO JESUS BY THE MILLIONS.
JEREMEIAH 49:32-39 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITES AND ALL OFENSIVE WEAPONS DESTROYED IN IRAN)
Jeremiah 49:32-39
32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
33 Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.(Location & Size: It was strategically located along the Via Maris (Way of the Sea), a major trade route connecting Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.)
34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(IRAN) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) the chief of their might.(MISSLES AND NUKE SITES)
36 On Elam (IRAN) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(SINCE 1979 IRANIANS HAVE GOTTIN OUT OF IRAN BECAUSE OF KHEMENI AND HIS APOCOPOLIPTIC DEATH CULT BELIEF-BLACK HATER 12ERS)
37 I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life;(ISRAEL THE LITTLE SATAN AND THE U.S THE BIG SATAN) and I will bring evil on them, (MISSLES) even my fierce anger,(FIRE) says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) until I have consumed them; (DESTROYED THEM ALL NUKE SITES,MISSLES ETC)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam,(IRAN WILL BECOME A CHRISTIAN NATION) and will destroy from there king (KHEMENI, ISLAM) and princes, says Yahweh.(IRANIAN ARMY GUARDS)
39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) says Yahweh.(WERE IN THE LATTER DAYS NOW)
WHEN ARE THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL IN THE SPRING TIME.(GET READY ISLAM TO BE BIRD SEED FOR THESE BIRDS)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m0bXU5Xqc5M
The 500 million migratory birds in Israel during the spring arrive from Africa and head toward Europe and Asia, with the peak migration occurring in March and April. While migration starts in late February, the most intense movements, particularly of birds of prey, storks, and pelicans, occur during the third week of March and continue into April.
Key Details on the Spring Migration
Peak Period: Mid-March through April.
Main Migration Route: The birds use the Great Rift Valley, which includes the Hula Valley and Eilat, acting as a "bottleneck" where millions of birds fly through the narrow land bridge.
Best Spots: The Hula Lake Park (Northern Israel) and the Eilat Birding Center (Southern Israel) are primary locations for observing the migration.
Key Species: Hundreds of thousands of white storks, along with black kites, raptors, and pelicans, pass through over these months.
uration: The spring migration runs from late February and continues into June, though the heaviest traffic is in March/April.
The 500 million migratory birds fly over Israel in the fall between late August and mid-December. The peak migration period for the autumn, when the highest volume of bird traffic occurs, is typically October and November.
Key Fall Migration Details
Location: The Hula Valley (Agamon Hula Park) in northern Israel is the premier spot to witness this phenomenon.
Timing: Migration starts as early as late June with some waders, but intensifies from mid-August through November.
Peak Festival: The "Annual Hula Valley Bird Festival" is usually held in November to align with the peak migration traffic.
Key Species: Many birds of prey (raptors), including honey buzzards and steppe eagles, cross during this time, along with massive flocks of storks and cranes.
While roughly 500 million birds pass through in the autumn on their way to Africa, the same number crosses again in the spring (mid-February to May) on their way back to Europe and Asia.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
Netanyahu says campaign against Iran ‘not over,’ touts ‘historic achievements’In 2nd recent statement, PM argues Iran would’ve had nukes if Israel and US didn’t attack; opposition heads say war goals unfulfilled: ‘When you win, you don’t need to declare it every few days’By Lazar Berman and Jeremy Sharon-Today, 4:13 am-APR 12,26
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contended in a video statement Saturday evening that the campaign against Iran “is not over,” in a video statement that repeated many of his previously stated arguments about the achievements in the recent US-Israeli war.The statement drew criticism from the opposition, whose leaders said the war had failed to achieve its stated objectives.Netanyahu claimed in his video that Iranian propaganda minimizing Israel’s achievements “is echoed in our media, and the propaganda of our political rivals is echoed in Iran.”Highlighting Israel’s “historic achievements” thus far and using a map of the Middle East with the Iranian axis highlighted in red as a prop, Netanyahu said that “they wanted to strangle us, and we are strangling them.”“We hit them, we still have more to do,” he said.Netanyahu said that Israel “broke the barrier of fear” by striking Iran last June.He obliquely criticized Israel’s intelligence agencies — and again sought to absolve himself of blame — over the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack, stressing that in June 2025, “this time, precise intelligence reached me on time.”The premier said he decided to go to the second war with Iran in February because the Islamic Republic “was very close to achieving a nuclear weapon” and to gaining the ability to produce thousands of missiles.If Israel hadn’t attacked Tehran “would already have a nuclear weapon,” he claimed, citing intelligence last year that Iran was preparing to turn its enriched uranium into a nuclear weapon.“The moment we received that intelligence, we went into action,” he said.Netanyahu added that only months later, he received new intelligence that Iran wanted to expand its missile and nuclear projects, and bury them deep underground.Israel killed eight nuclear scientists dealing with weaponization during the recent war, he said, adding that Israel also destroyed the heavy water reactor in Arak and Iran’s centrifuge production and uranium lines.“We succeeded in smashing its nuclear program, in smashing its missile program,” he asserted.Beyond “smashing” its nuclear and missile programs, Israel also wanted to “smash the Iranian regime,” he said, in order to bring it “to its weakest point” since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.He said Israel had “massive achievements” in Operation Roaring Lion, claiming that Iran was “begging for a ceasefire, there are internal disputes among the leadership… We see their growing difficulty in meeting citizens’ demands.”Turning to the fight against Iran’s terror proxies, Netanyahu boasted once again that Israel created security zones in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon.“We will deal with” Hamas in Gaza, he promised.Israel is also dealing with the missiles that Hezbollah still has, said Netanyahu.Hezbollah had allegedly planned for “thousands of Radwan terrorists to covertly reach the border, invade and conquer the Galilee.”“We are still fighting them, it’s not over,” he said.Netanyahu said that Lebanon had asked Israel several times over the past month to begin direct peace talks.“I approved it,” he said — following reports that he only did so under heavy international pressure, including from US President Donald Trump — adding that there are two conditions: disarming Hezbollah, and a “real peace agreement” that will last for generations.He asserted that other countries were also reaching out to Israel.Opposition leaders slammed the premier, asserting that he had failed to achieve the war aims he himself set out.“Netanyahu is under pressure, because he knows the goals of the war [against Iran] were not achieved,” wrote The Democrats party leader Yair Golan on X.“When you are victorious and win, you don’t need to declare every few days that you were victorious and won,” he quipped.Opposition Leader Yair Lapid made similar comments, stating that “Netanyahu once again is taking pride in the accomplishments of the army, so that we forget his total failure.”“He did not achieve any of the war aims that he himself defined,” added Lapid. “The entire people of Israel salutes our security services and is waiting for the moment when we will have leadership that is able to win wars and not steal money from Israeli citizens while they are in bomb shelters.”The latter part was a reference to hundreds of millions of shekels the government has allocated to ultra-Orthodox needs, which has drawn intense criticism as the community continues to oppose sending its men to military service.
Vance leaves Pakistan after impasse in negotiations with Iran-By AP Today, 5:56 am-APR 12,26
Vice President JD Vance boards his government plane at 7:08 a.m. local time in Islamabad, departing Pakistan after he said that Iran declined to back down on developing a nuclear weapon, preventing a deal.That’s according to a reporter traveling with Vance.The war with Iran started at the end of February and the extensive talks ended after 21 hours. The US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on April 7 for negotiations.
Pakistan calls on Iran and US to keep the ceasefire after Islamabad talks end without agreement-By AP-APR 12,26
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar calls on Iran and the United States to keep their commitment to maintain a ceasefire after the countries ended historic, face-to-face talks without an agreement.“It is imperative that the parties continue to uphold their commitment to ceasefire,” Dar says in remarks at the end of the talks, according to a statement released by his office.Pakistan will continue to play a mediating role and try to facilitate dialogue between Iran and the US in coming days, he says.
Iran foreign ministry: No one thought a deal could be reached in a single session-By AFP-APR 12,26
Iran’s foreign ministry says no one had held any expectation that talks with the United States could have reached an agreement within one session after the negotiations in Islamabad stalled.“Naturally, from the beginning we should not have expected to reach an agreement in a single session. No one had such an expectation,” ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says, according to state broadcaster IRIB.He says Tehran is “confident that contacts between us and Pakistan, as well as our other friends in the region, will continue.”
US-Iran talks extend into the night as Trump claims ‘no difference’ to him if deal reached-Tehran claims ‘serious disagreements’ remain after more than 15 hours of negotiations, as president insists Washington has won ‘regardless’ of outcome in Pakistan-By Agencies Today, 1:19 am-APR 12,26
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was not bothered about the outcome of US-Iran talks in Pakistan, insisting the United States had come out ahead from the war, even negotiations aimed at securing a deal to end the six-week war between the two countries before a two-week ceasefire expires continued into the night.The talks in Islamabad stretched into the early hours of Sunday morning following over 15 hours of marathon negotiations, even as Iran warned that Washington was making “excessive demands” over the Strait of Hormuz that could undermine Pakistan’s peacemaking efforts.Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said after 3 a.m. local time that the third round had ended, saying “serious disagreements” still remained. State TV reported that negotiations would continue on Sunday, and Tehran’s government said the negotiations would continue despite the remaining differences.However, a White House official briefed reporters around 5 a.m. Islamabad time that the talks were ongoing: “15 hours and counting.”The trilateral direct negotiations were taking place with host Pakistan in Islamabad, a senior White House official said, a departure from recent practice where both sides held talks via a mediator while seated in separate rooms.The US delegation was being led by Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, making it the highest level of American contact since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.The Iranian delegation, composed of more than 70 members, was being led by parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, joined by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.Security was tight in the Pakistani capital on Saturday, with a heavy police and paramilitary presence on the streets and road diversions around the “red zone” where government and diplomatic buildings are located.A Pakistani official told AFP that talks were “progressing in the right direction” after two rounds.“I can say that discussions are moving positively and the overall atmosphere is cordial,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.But as the third round began, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that it appeared to be the “last opportunity” to reach a common framework, due to the “excessive US demands.”Shortly after this assessment from the Iranian news outlet, Trump told reporters in the US that “whether we make a deal or not makes no difference to me.”“The reason is because we’ve won,” he said. “We’re in very deep negotiations with Iran. We win regardless. We’ve defeated them militarily.”‘Clearing out’The president also repeated his earlier statement that the US had started “clearing out” the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s crude passes in peacetime.The US military said earlier on Saturday that two US Navy warships had passed through the key waterway to begin clearing it of mines.“We have minesweepers out there. We’re sweeping the strait,” Trump said.“We’ll open up the strait even though we don’t use it, because we have a lot of other countries in the world that do use it that are either afraid or weak or cheap,” the US president said.The Iranian military denied that any American vessels had entered the waterway.The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing data by Lloyd’s List Intelligence, that 100 ships have crossed the strait over the past month. The outlet said, citing unnamed brokers and ship owners, that non-Iranian vessels have been negotiating toll payments with Iranian authorities that can go up to $2 million for a single ship.Iran has said that any agreement to end the war must include the unfreezing of sanctioned Iranian assets as well as an end to Israel’s war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, which Vance has said will not be up for discussion in Islamabad.Iranian state television’s correspondent at the talks said progress had been made on these issues, giving Iran the confidence to proceed. A US official denied reports that Washington had agreed to unfreeze Iran assets held in Qatar.Despite the purported progress, the warring parties made no attempt to hide their mutual suspicion.“Our experience in negotiating with the Americans has always been met with failure and broken promises,” Ghalibaf said, shortly after landing in Pakistan.The Iranian delegation arrived on Friday dressed in black in mourning for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei and others killed in the war. They carried shoes and bags of some students killed during the US bombing of a school next to a military compound, the Iranian government said.‘Make or break’Vance said before leaving the US that if the other side was “willing to negotiate in good faith, we’re certainly willing to extend the open hand.”But he said the negotiating team would not be receptive “if they’re going to try to play us,” he added.The ceasefire is already under strain, notably from Israel’s continued strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, which Iran and Pakistan insist is covered under the current truce, while Israel and the US saying otherwise.Lebanese authorities said Israeli strikes on the country’s south on Saturday killed 18 people, bringing the total death toll from Israeli strikes since the war broke out past 2,000, although they did not differentiate between combatants and civilians.Reflecting the high stakes, Tehran residents told the Associated Press they were skeptical yet hopeful about the talks after weeks of airstrikes left destruction across their country of some 93 million people.“Peace alone is not enough for our country because we’ve been hit very hard, there have been huge costs,” 62-year-old Amir Razzai Far said.A 30-year-old resident of the Iranian capital told AFP he was skeptical negotiations would be successful, describing most of what Trump says as “pure noise and nonsense.”The negotiations will be closely watched by other key regional players, with Egypt and Turkey having helped with mediation, along with China, the source said.
US says Navy destroyers working to de-mine Strait of Hormuz-CENTCOM says additional forces to join efforts in coming days; Iranian outlets dismiss ‘fake news’ after Trump says all of Iran’s mining boats are ‘lying at the bottom of the sea’By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies 11 April 2026, 10:41 pm
The US military said on Saturday that it had begun a mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz, with two US warships passing through the key waterway.In a post on X, the US Central Command said two US Navy missile destroyers, USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy, “transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf as part of a broader mission to ensure the strait is fully clear of sea mines previously laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.”Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, said in a statement: “Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon to encourage the free flow of commerce.”CENTCOM said that additional US forces, “including underwater drones, will join the clearance effort in the coming days.”Earlier on Saturday, US President Donald Trump posted on social media that the United States military has started to clear the strait, and that all of Iran’s minelaying ships had been sunk.“We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, adding that “all 28” of Iran’s “mine dropper boats are also lying at the bottom of the sea.”Trump’s comments were dismissed by Iran’s state-affiliated Nournews, which claimed that it was “fake news.”A Pakistani source also denied that any US vessel had passed through the waterway.Trump has repeatedly said that American forces have destroyed Iran’s navy and air force while crippling its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.But fear of Iranian attacks on shipping over the past several weeks has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a critical conduit for global oil supplies. Throttling the strait has disrupted global energy markets.US gasoline prices have spiked even though most of the oil that flows through the waterway does not go to the United States.Representatives from the US and Iran began talks hosted by Pakistan in Islamabad on Saturday amid a fragile ceasefire in the conflict.The direct talks on Saturday were held between US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Pakistan’s army chief was also present.Britain’s Financial Times newspaper reported that the talks briefly hit a stalemate over the status of the Strait of Hormuz, but Pakistani officials later said that the delegations had reconvened for a second round of negotiations later in the evening.
NYT: Hormuz still shut because Iran can't find own mines-US intel said to assess Iran can recover underground launchers, fire thousands of missiles-Officials concerned Iran will rebuild ballistic capabilities during truce, WSJ says; CNN reports that US intelligence indicates China preparing to ship air defense systems to Iran By ToI Staff 11 April 2026, 12:18 pm
US officials assess that Iran retains thousands of missiles it can fire by recovering launchers buried underground, and they are concerned Iran will work to rebuild its ballistic capabilities during the break in the fighting with the US and Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.An Israeli official cited by the Kan public broadcaster also said Iran was deploying bulldozers to repair entrances to underground missile storage facilities that had been struck by the Israel Defense Forces.The damage that the US and Israel have inflicted on Iran “is not irreparable, and in the absence of a significant agreement, the IDF will have to go back to [fight] Iran,” the unnamed Israeli official was quoted as saying.The US and Israel launched a bombing campaign on Iran on February 28 in a bid to destabilize its regime and destroy its ballistic missile and nuclear programs. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes across the region.US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters this week that the bombing campaign had “functionally destroyed” Iran’s missile program and rendered its military “combat ineffective for years to come.”However, US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal said Iran could dig out or fix many of the launchers that were damaged or buried underground in the US-Israeli bombing campaign.Iran also has thousands of medium- and short-range ballistic missiles that it can retrieve from storage spaces above and below ground, despite about half of its existing stockpile being used up or destroyed in strikes, according to US and Israeli officials cited by the Journal.Additionally, Iran still has a small stockpile of cruise missiles that it could fire at ships in the Persian Gulf or US troops who try to seize the Strait of Hormuz, said US officials cited by the Journal.Furthermore, US officials told the Journal, while over half of Iran’s drone stockpile has been used up or destroyed in strikes, it could buy more from Russia.According to the IDF, Israel destroyed about 200 of Iran’s estimated 470 ballistic missile launchers, and another 80 were deemed inoperable after the entrances to their underground storage facilities were struck.The IDF has said the most significant blow of the bombing campaign was to Iran’s weapons production industry, and that Iran cannot currently produce any more missiles.The Wall Street Journal said Iran will have to rely on Russia and China to rebuild its missile program.That assessment dovetailed with a CNN report that indicated China was working to ship air defense systems to Iran amid the two-week ceasefire with Israel and the US.Citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments, CNN reported Saturday that US intelligence indicates China is preparing to deliver to Iran shoulder-fired anti-air missile systems known as MANPADs.Two of the unnamed sources were cited saying China was working to route the shipments through third countries to mask their origin.In a statement to CNN, a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington denied the claims and said, “China has never provided weapons to any party to the conflict.”“We urge the US side to refrain from making baseless allegations,” said the spokesperson. “We hope that relevant parties will do more to help de-escalate tensions.”China is a major importer of Iranian oil and reportedly applied last-minute pressure to secure the two-week ceasefire in Iran.NYT: Iran can’t find and remove its mines in Hormuz-Iran cannot reopen the Strait of Hormuz for shipping because it’s unable to find and remove all the mines it placed in the waterway throughout the war, according to US officials cited by The New York Times on Saturday.Announcing the truce on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump had said it was conditioned on Iran reopening the strait, whose closure has choked off close to a fifth of the world’s oil shipments. Indirect US-Iran peace talks were set to begin in Islamabad on Saturday.US officials told the Times that apparent safe routes through the mines provided by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were limited due to Tehran’s careless mining of the strait.The report noted that both the US and Iran lack the capabilities to remove nautical mines. Some mines, according to the report, are also able to drift, while it is unclear whether Iran documented each mine it placed in the waterway.The US has claimed that the strait was opened up already on Wednesday, denying reports that Iran was holding up much of the traffic and charging a toll.Over the past few days, Trump appeared to acknowledge that Iran was in fact blocking ships from using the channel, with the president issuing a series of Truth Social posts threatening Iran.Tehran has pledged to continue blocking traffic until Israel stops striking its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah, which Iran and Pakistani mediators say was supposed to be part of the ceasefire. The US has said there was a “legitimate misunderstanding” on that issue, while insisting that it never agreed to include Lebanon in the truce.Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Reuters contributed to this report.
Iran’s supreme leader has disfiguring facial wounds and may have lost a leg, sources say-Individuals close to Mojtaba Khamenei’s inner circle say he’s mentally sharp, engaged in decision-making, meeting with officials via audio conferencing; US intel said to believe he lost limb on war’s 1st day-By Reuters 11 April 2026, 9:56 am
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed his father at the beginning of the war, three people close to his inner circle told Reuters.Khamenei’s face was disfigured in the attack on the supreme leader’s compound in central Tehran and he suffered a significant injury to one or both legs, all three sources said.The 56-year-old is nonetheless recovering from his wounds and remains mentally sharp, according to the people, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. He is taking part in meetings with senior officials via audio conferencing and is engaged in decision-making on major issues including the war and negotiations with Washington, two of them said.The question of whether Khamenei’s health allows him to run state affairs comes with high-stakes peace talks with the United States opening in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday.The accounts of the people close to Khamenei’s inner circle provide the most detailed description of the leader’s condition for weeks. Reuters couldn’t independently verify their descriptions.Khamenei’s whereabouts, condition and ability to rule still largely remain a mystery to the public, with no photo, video or audio recording of him published since the air attack and his subsequent appointment as his father’s replacement on March 8.Iran’s United Nations mission did not respond to Reuters questions about the extent of Khamenei’s injuries or the reason he has not yet appeared in any images or recordings.Khamenei was wounded on February 28, the first day of the war launched against the regime by the US and Israel, in the attack that killed his father and predecessor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled since 1989. Mojtaba Khamenei’s wife, brother-in-law and sister-in-law were among other members of his family killed in the strike.There has been no official Iranian statement on the extent of Khamenei’s injuries. However, a newsreader on state television described him as a “janbaz,” a term used for those badly wounded in war, after he was named supreme leader.The accounts of Khamenei’s injuries tally with a statement made by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on March 13 when he said that Khamenei was “wounded and likely disfigured.”A source familiar with US intelligence assessments told Reuters that Khamenei was believed to have lost a leg.The CIA declined to comment on Khamenei’s condition. The Israeli prime minister’s office didn’t respond to questions.Alex Vatanka, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, said that, regardless of the severity of his injuries, it was unlikely the new and inexperienced leader would be able to command the overarching power wielded by his father. While he is seen to represent continuity, it could take years for him to build up the same level of automatic authority, Vatanka added.“Mojtaba will be one voice but it will not be the decisive one,” he said. “He needs to prove himself as the credible, powerful, overriding voice. The regime as a whole has to make a decision in terms of where they are going to go.”One of the people close to Khamenei’s circle said images of the supreme leader could be expected to be released within one or two months and that he might even appear in public then, although all three sources stressed he would only emerge when his health and the security situation allowed.‘We don’t know much about his world view’In Iran’s theocratic system of rule, ultimate power is meant to be wielded by the supreme leader, a venerable Shi’ite Muslim cleric appointed by an assembly of 88 ayatollahs. The leader oversees the elected president while directly commanding parallel institutions including the Revolutionary Guards, a powerful political and military force.Iran’s first supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, enjoyed unquestioned authority as the charismatic leader of the revolution and the most learned cleric of his day.His successor, Ali Khamenei, was a less revered cleric but had served as Iran’s president. He spent decades cementing his authority after his appointment in 1989, partly through promoting the power of the Revolutionary Guards.His son Mojtaba does not command absolute power in the same way, senior Iranian sources have previously told Reuters. The Revolutionary Guards, who helped steer him into the top job after his father’s assassination, have emerged as the dominant voice on strategic decisions during the war. Iran’s UN mission didn’t respond to questions about the power wielded by the Guards and the new supreme leader.As an influential figure in his father’s office, Khamenei had previously spent years involved in exercising power at the top levels of the Islamic Republic, officials and insiders have said, building ties with senior Guards figures.While he is widely seen as likely to continue his father’s hardline approach due to his links to the Guards, we don’t know much about his world view, said Vatanka at the Middle East Institute.Khamenei’s first apparent communication with Iranians as supreme leader came on March 12, saying in a written statement read out by a television news presenter that the Strait of Hormuz should stay closed and warning regional countries to shut US bases.His office has since issued a few other brief written statements from him, including on March 20, when he welcomed in the Persian new year, which he named the “year of resistance.” Public statements of policy on Iran’s war stance, its approach towards diplomacy, neighbors, ceasefire negotiations and domestic unrest, have been made by other senior officials.‘Where is Mojtaba?’ memes circulate onlineKhamenei’s absence is widely discussed on Iranian social media and in messaging app groups, when the country’s patchy internet allows, with conspiracy theories widespread about his condition and who is running the country.One popular meme circulating online is a picture of an empty chair under a spotlight with the slogan “Where is Mojtaba?”However, some government supporters, including a senior member of the Basij militia, a volunteer paramilitary group run by the Revolutionary Guards, said that it was important for Khamenei to keep a low profile, given the threat posed by waves of US and Israeli airstrikes that have already wiped out much of the country’s leadership.A lower-ranking Basij member agreed.“Why should he appear in public? To become a target for these criminals?” Mohammad Hosseini, from the city of Qom, said in a text message.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH) (DO NOT EVER LISTEN TO ANYBODY THAT SAYS THE WORLD IS ENDING.ITS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN-4 BILLION WILL BE LEFT ON EARTH TO GO INTO JESUS" 1000 YEAR RULE)(THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD TO ANY ONE, DOES IT-NOT ME.THE EARTH IS JUST RENOVATED.NEVER ENDED.
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.(CAN YOU SAY TORNADOES,HURRICANES,VOLCANOES,EARTH QUAKES,LANDSLIDES,FLASH FLOODING,EXPLOSIONS,SNOW STORMS,THEN FINALLY NUKESAND ANY OTHER JUDGEMENTS THE EARTH CAN VOMIT THE SINNERS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.
Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.
As Turkey reportedly seeks to jail them, Israeli leaders blast Erdogan for ‘massacring Kurds’Netanyahu accuses Turkish president of accommodating Iran’s terror proxies; Katz calls him a ‘paper tiger’; Ben Gvir tells him: ‘F*** you’By Lazar Berman,ToI Staff and AFP Today, 5:43 am-APR 12,26
Israeli leaders lashed out Saturday at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after prosecutors in Turkey reportedly filed indictments against 35 top officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seeking a total of more than 4,500 years in prison.In response, Netanyahu accused Erdogan of massacring Kurds in his own country.
“Israel under my leadership will continue to fight Iran’s terror regime and its proxies, unlike Erdogan who accommodates them and massacred his own Kurdish citizens,” he wrote on X.According to reports in Turkey, prosecutors are seeking up to 4,596 years behind bars in total for officials including Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.They are accused of alleged crimes against humanity and genocide, as well as of stopping the Sumud flotilla from reaching Gaza in 2025 and abusing its participants.Katz also lashed out at Erdogan on X, calling him a “paper tiger.”“Erdogan, who did not respond to missile fire from Iran into Turkish territory and has proven to be a paper tiger, is now fleeing into the realm of antisemitism and calling for show trials in Turkey against Israel’s political and military leadership,” he said.“What an absurdity. A man of the Muslim Brotherhood, who massacred the Kurds, accuses Israel — defending itself against his Hamas allies — of genocide,” Katz added. “Israel will continue to defend itself with strength and determination — and he would do well to remain silent.”The ultranationalist Ben Gvir, known for his firebrand style, was more concise and less diplomatic.“Erdogan, do you understand English?” he tweeted in Hebrew, before adding, in English: “Fuck You.”Turkey’s Foreign Ministry replied to Netanyahu with a statement, calling the premier “the Hitler of our time.”Regarding the Social Media Post by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu https://t.co/CMg9hJzc1h pic.twitter.com/LOLDqOZpH3 — Turkish MFA (@MFATurkiye) April 11, 2026-Turkey, while a fierce critic of Israel, joined diplomatic efforts with Egypt and Pakistan to reach a ceasefire in the conflict.Shortly after the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire last week, Erdogan warned US President Donald Trump of “possible provocations and sabotage” that could undermine the agreement, without specifying who might threaten the deal.During his phone call with Trump, Erdogan also urged that the truce “not be compromised under any circumstances,” saying Ankara would offer its full support to ensure as much.
Soldiers destroyed bomb-making lab in West Bank’s Tulkarem, military says-By Emanuel Fabian-Today, 8:11 am-APR 12,26
IDF troops destroyed a bomb-making lab during a raid over the weekend in the West Bank’s Tulkarem camp, the military says.The IDF says troops raided the site on Friday following “intelligence indications.”The soldiers found some 200 pipe bombs and other improvised explosive devices made out of fire extinguishers, along with gas cylinders and some 50 kilograms of explosive material, according to the military.
IDF says it struck a locked and loaded Hezbollah rocket launcher in south Lebanon overnight-By Emanuel Fabian-APR 12,26
Overnight, the Israeli Air Force struck a primed Hezbollah rocket launcher in southern Lebanon, the military says.According to the IDF, the launcher in the Jouaiya area was ready for an attack on Israel, and was destroyed before Hezbollah could use it.
Several Gazans said killed in IDF strikes; soldier seriously hurt in operational accident-Military says it struck operatives planning attacks against troops; soldier hospitalized following mishap-By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies 11 April 2026, 11:58 pm
At least 10 Palestinians were reported killed in Israeli strikes on Friday night and Saturday, with the Israel Defense Forces saying they included several terror operatives.Meanwhile, an Israeli soldier was severely wounded in an “operational accident” in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military announced. The incident occurred during bulldozing work in the area. The military said the soldier was taken to a hospital in serious condition and his family was notified.In southern Gaza, the IDF killed Mahmoud Barim, a member of the Mujahideen Brigades terror group, who the military said had been carrying out surveillance on troops and “possessed a large amount of weaponry.In northern Gaza, the IDF killed Ahmad Muhammad Saleh, a member of Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force, “who had advanced several terror attack plans against IDF troops,” the military said.The strike targeting Saleh also killed several more Hamas operatives, it added, saying: “The terrorists posed a real threat to IDF troops and were eliminated in precise strikes.”On Saturday, the IDF said troops stationed in northern Gaza killed a Palestinian terror operative who crossed the ceasefire line.The operative approached reservists of the 205th “Iron Fist” Armored Brigade “in a manner that posed an immediate threat,” the military said, adding that the troops “eliminated the terrorist to remove the threat.”Additionally, the Hamas-run Gaza civil defense service said that Israeli airstrikes in the Palestinian territory had killed seven people overnight into Saturday.Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the group, which operates under the authority of the Hamas terror group, said an Israeli drone had fired two missiles close to a police post in the Al-Bureij refugee camp.In addition to the seven dead, he said, several more people were wounded, four of them critically.The Al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza said Saturday that it had received six bodies and seven wounded, “including four in a critical condition because of direct impacts to the face, torso and other parts of the body.”The nearby al-Awda hospital said it had received one fatality and two wounded.The figures did not distinguish between combatants and civilians.In response to a query by The Times of Israel, the military said it had struck an armed cell of Hamas gunmen whose members had “approached the Yellow Line” and planned to carry out an “imminent” attack on Israeli forces stationed in the area.Hamas and Israel have traded blame for violations of the ceasefire agreed last October, which halted two years of full-blown war.The Gaza health ministry, which is controlled by Hamas, says Israeli fire has killed at least 700 people since the ceasefire began, though it does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. The figures cannot be independently verified.Four IDF soldiers have been killed in attacks by Gazans over the same period. A fifth soldier was killed in a friendly fire incident.
UK police arrest over 500 at London demonstration for Palestine Action support-Metropolitan Police return to mass arrest policy as government appeals court ruling against group’s ban; protesters defy order, say legal ‘flip-flop’ does not affect ‘morals’By Agencies 11 April 2026, 9:42 pmUpdated: Today, 4:17 am
LONDON — Police in London on Saturday arrested over 500 pro-Palestinian protesters at a demonstration in support of the banned anti-Israel group Palestine Action.Officers carried away activists, to cheers and clapping from other demonstrators who gathered for the sit-down demonstration in the capital’s Trafalgar Square.The protesters held placards in support of the banned group Palestine Action, making them liable for arrest.Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organization last July, making it a criminal offense to belong to or support the group, punishable by up to 14 years in prison. In subsequent protests, police arrested nearly 3,000 people for alleged support of the banned group.Palestine Action has carried out acts of “direct action” at military and industrial sites in the UK since the group’s formation in 2020, including breaking into facilities owned by Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems UK and damaging Royal Air Force planes at a base in England.Six Palestine Action activists are facing a retrial on a number of charges relating to a 2024 raid on Elbit’s UK factory, after they were acquitted of the charge of aggravated burglary earlier this month. The retrial will concern criminal charges on which the jury failed to reach verdicts. It is due to take place in February 2027.The initial verdict on the raid, in which a police officer’s spine was allegedly fractured in a filmed sledgehammer attack by an activist, drew criticism from police, lawmakers and Jewish communal groups.Officials say Palestine Action’s activities have caused millions of pounds in damage that affects national security.In mid-February, the High Court in London upheld a challenge to the ban, saying it had interfered with the right to freedom of speech.London’s Metropolitan Police paused arrests in the wake of the High Court ruling before announcing in late March that it would resume them after the government was allowed to appeal the decision.BREAKING: Mass arrests under the Terrorism Act in Trafalgar Square, as hundreds defy the ban on Palestine Action.The police are knowingly unlawfully arresting peaceful protestors for holding placards which say:"I oppose genocide – I support Palestine Action" pic.twitter.com/94jok20GG2 — Defend Our Juries (@DefendOurJuries) April 11, 2026-“It’s really important to continue to show up,” said Freya, 28, manager of a London environmental organization, one of those sitting towards the front of the crowd of protesters. “The government might flip-flop in their legal argument, but the morals of these people (here) do not change.”Posting on X, London’s Metropolitan Police said by early evening they had made 92 arrests of people aged between 27 and 82, with the protesters still in place.‘Misguided crackdown’Since the ban on Palestine Action was imposed, thousands have been arrested, mainly for carrying placards defending it. Hundreds of people are facing charges under the UK’s terrorism act.Another protester, Denis MacDermot, 73, from Edinburgh, said he had been arrested before and had no hesitation about turning out again.“I’m a supporter of these great people,” he said, waving towards other protesters, adding that if the court process was definitive, “there would be no need for all this.”Protest organizers Defend Our Juries said around 500 people had taken part in Saturday’s demonstration, protesting “the UK Government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the misguided crackdown on peaceful protest at home.”Police were “choosing to make arrests despite the government’s ban on the group being ruled unlawful by the High Court, and leading lawyers warning that any arrests would be unlawful,” it added in a statement.The ban, which put Palestine Action on a blacklist that also includes Islamic terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, has sparked a severe backlash.A judge has put on hold all trials of people charged with supporting Palestine Action, scheduling a blanket review of cases for July 30.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
IDF and Hezbollah trade strikes, rockets as Israel and Lebanon gear up for direct talks-Military says it struck over 200 targets in past day, with 2 soldiers wounded in south Lebanon combat; 10 Lebanese said killed in IDF strikes; Hezbollah blasts negotiations By Emanuel Fabian,Agencies and ToI Staff 11 April 2026, 7:28 pm
Israel and Hezbollah traded fire throughout Saturday, with the Israel Defense Forces striking hundreds of targets in Lebanon and the Iran-backed terror group launching dozens of rockets and drones at northern Israel.The fighting in Lebanon continued as Jerusalem and Beirut geared up for direct peace talks, which are slated for Tuesday in Washington.The Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the US, who will represent their respective sides during the talks, held a first direct phone conversation on Friday, during which the Israeli envoy said that Jerusalem is not prepared to cease fighting against Hezbollah, despite reported pressure from the US to do so.There were no reports of injuries as a result of Hezbollah’s rocket and drone fire on Israel on Saturday, which caused minor property damage.One Hezbollah drone struck a building in the northern border community of Shlomi. Several more drones were intercepted, the military said.More than 30 rockets were also launched, though most were intercepted, and some were allowed to hit open areas across the Galilee, including near the cities of Safed and Karmiel, the IDF said.Footage shows a Hezbollah drone being shot down over the Western Galilee earlier today. pic.twitter.com/BWerGhSCu5 — Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) April 11, 2026-According to the Israeli military, two soldiers were moderately wounded in combat with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on early Saturday morning.In Lebanon, 10 people, including three emergency workers, were killed by Israeli strikes on the south, according to the country’s health ministry.The ministry said three deadly strikes hit locations in the Nabatiyeh district, with the dead including a member of the Lebanese civil defense and two paramedics from the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee. It decried what it said was Israel’s “systematic” targeting of emergency workers.According to the IDF, the Israeli Air Force struck some 200 targets Friday night and Saturday. The targets included Hezbollah infrastructure and rocket launchers, the army said.“The Air Force continues to strike the infrastructure of the Hezbollah terror organization and to assist the activity of ground forces operating in southern Lebanon,” the IDF said in a statement.“In addition, the IDF continues to strike launchers to thwart fire toward Israeli civilians,” the military added.Notably, the IDF has not conducted any strikes against Hezbollah in Beirut since Wednesday night, amid reports of US pressure on Israel to limit attacks on the terror group as it attempts to advance negotiations with Tehran.Lebanese state media also reported on Israeli ground operations in more than a dozen locations in south Lebanon, where five IDF divisions are currently deployed.According to the IDF, two soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade were moderately wounded during a clash with Hezbollah gunmen in southern Lebanon on Saturday.The pair was hit by shrapnel amid an exchange of fire with Hezbollah gunmen. They were taken to a hospital and their families were notified, the army addedAccording to the IDF, the paratroopers had raided several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, and at one building, they encountered several Hezbollah operatives.The paratroopers directed an Israeli Air Force drone, which struck and killed at least two of the gunmen, the military said, publishing footage from the incident.The IDF said the troops later located weapons used by the operatives, and separately found another cache of Hezbollah weapons.Hezbollah MP: Direct talks a ‘blatant violation’ of law-As combat between Israel and Hezbollah continued, Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter told his Lebanese counterpart during their first-ever phone call on Saturday that Israel is not prepared to cease fighting against the Iran-backed group, even as it prepares to negotiate a potential peace deal with Beirut.The US is reportedly urging Israel to halt the fighting against Hezbollah before the first-ever public meeting between envoys from Jerusalem and Beirut on Tuesday. Lebanon has argued that a ceasefire should be a precondition of the meeting.Beirut is seeking the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanese territory, while Israel has framed the talks as a step towards formally establishing peace with Lebanon, with which it has technically been at war for decades.Reacting to the imminent talks, Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said the government’s decision to hold direct talks with Israel was “a blatant violation of the [national] pact, the constitution and Lebanese laws.”The move “exacerbates domestic divisions at a time when Lebanon most needs solidarity and internal unity to face Israel’s aggression and preserve civil peace,” he added in a statement.He went on to say the government “has failed to protect its people and cannot be trusted to safeguard national sovereignty.”Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, also chimed in on the talks, saying on X that Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam “should know that ignoring the unique role of the resistance and the heroic Hezbollah will expose Lebanon to irreparable security risks.”“Lebanon’s stability rests exclusively on cohesion between the government and the resistance,” he said.Grief in Lebanon as war drags on-In the coastal city of Sidon, meanwhile, hundreds of people attended a funeral procession on Saturday for 13 state security personnel who were killed the day before when Israeli strikes hit near their office in Nabatiyeh in the south.Loved ones grasped at the coffins, each bearing the Lebanese flag, while others wept inconsolably.“Who will bring my husband back? Who will give my children their father back?” screamed the wife of one of the dead.Addressing the authorities, another angry, grief-stricken mourner said: “You left them there to die, and now you’re holding ceremonies for them?”The IDF said late Friday that it was investigating the incident. The military said it had targeted buildings used by Hezbollah “for military activity,” and that it was aware of reports of casualties among Lebanon’s security forces.“The incident is under review,” the IDF added.Lebanon’s health ministry says Israeli attacks have killed over 1,800 people since hostilities escalated on March 2, in tolls that do not differentiate between fighters and civilians. According to IDF tallies released Friday, more than 1,400 Hezbollah operatives have been killed over the same period.
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Zephaniah 2:1-15
1 Gather together, yes, gather,O shameless nation,
2 before the decree takes effect[a] -before the day passes away like chaff—before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands;[b] seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.
6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows[c] for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of them and restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab (JORDAN) and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
9 Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever.The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.
12 You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria,(SYRIA) and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of beasts;[d] even the owl and the hedgehog[e] shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Sa'ar: No free meals; talks possible if more hostages freed Israel halts aid into Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce
Footnotes-a -Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth, b-Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his judgment, c-Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves, d-Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation, e-Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain
DANIEL 2:37-45
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
DANIEL 7:17-26
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
THE WORLD IN 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS LEAD BY THE EUROPEAN UNION THE WORLD LEADER, NOT AMERICA.I PREDICT.
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND REVIVED ROMAN WORLD GOVERNMENT
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17
First From Daniel Chapter 2
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES
Now From Daniel Chapter 7
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV 17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS. THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23, REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16
REVELATION 17:10-12
10 And there are seven kings (7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) five are fallen, (EGYPT, ASSYRIA, BABYLON,:MEDO-PERSIAN,GREECE and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS DAY-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh,(FUTURE-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE-EUROPEAN UNION TODAY) he must continue a short space.(7 YEARS OF WORLD DOMINATION-BUT 3 1/2 YEARS OF NEW WORLD ORDER OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT)
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS OR REGIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS-NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.
THE CLUB OF ROME FOUNDER AURELIO PECCEI WANTS THE WORLD IN 10 REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS.
REVELATION 16:1-2
1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
I KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.)
THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo
THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.
LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
HERES WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE (SINCE THERE WILL BE WORLD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE)-UPDATED VERSION (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
01 CANADA, U.S.A, MEXICO
02 EUROPEAN UNION,WESTERN EUROPE
03 JAPAN
04 AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ISRAEL AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
05 EASTERN EUROPE
06 SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAS
07 NORTH AFRICA, AND MIDEAST (MOSLEMS)
08 CENTRAL AFRICA
09 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
10 CENTRAL ASIA
THE CLUB OF ROME WANTS A WORLD CHARISMATIC DICTATOR (EITHER RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFICAL) TO HEAD THIS WORLD GOVERNMENT. REV 13:3,7-8, DAN 7:23-24
WORLD POWERS IN THE END TIME
NORTH - RUSSIA EZEK 38:1-2, 39:1-2
SOUTH - EGYPT DAN 11:42
EAST - CHINA DAN 11:44,REV 16:12
WEST - EUROPEAN UNION DAN 7:23-24 (NOT THE U.S.A)
http://israel7777777.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-one-world.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2006/09/how-eu-takes-world-control.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/05/one-world-religion-crislam.html
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
COUNCIL FOR EUROPE ON DEFENCE
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6d6f889c-e58d-4caa-8f3b-8b93154fe206_en?filename=SAFE%20Regulation.pdf
Hungarians vote in landmark election closely watched by EU, Russia, US, Israel-Orban, in power since 2010, faces voter discontent over stagnant economy; rival Magyar ahead in polls, but outcome up in the air; Israeli diplomat endorses Orban on X, then deletes post By Reuters and ToI Staff Today, 7:00 am-APR 12,24
BUDAPEST — Hungarians vote on Sunday in an election that could end Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year hold on power, rattle Russia and send shockwaves through right-wing circles across the West, including US President Donald Trump’s White House and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Orban, a eurosceptic nationalist, has carved out a model of an “illiberal democracy” seen as a blueprint by Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement and its admirers in Europe.But many Hungarians have grown increasingly weary of Orban, 62, after three years of economic stagnation and soaring living costs as well as reports of oligarchs close to the government amassing more wealth.Opinion polls over the last two weeks have shown Orban’s Fidesz party trailing Peter Magyar’s upstart center-right opposition Tisza party by 7-9 percentage points, with Tisza at around 38-41 percent.Voting in the election for the 199-seat parliament started at 6 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) and is due to close at 7 p.m.The vote is being closely watched in Brussels, with many EU peers criticizing Orban, a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a close Trump ally, over what they say is an erosion of Hungary’s democratic rule, media freedom and minority rights.For Hungary’s eastern neighbor Ukraine, an Orban defeat could mean the unblocking of a 90-billion-euro ($105 billion) European Union loan vital for Kyiv’s war effort. It would also deprive Russia of its closest ally in the EU.But Trump and Netanyahu are hoping for a win for their ally, with the Israeli leader heaping praise on Orban last month, and the US president saying Friday that he is ready to take steps to strengthen Hungary’s economy if Orban wins.In a highly unusual move, Israel’s Ambassador to Singapore Eli Vered Hazan openly endorsed Orban in a post on X on Saturday, wishing him luck in the election and highlighting his support for Israel “unlike decadent European politicians,” Trump’s support for him, and his “saving Europe from itself.”After the post drew much criticism, Vered Hazan deleted it.Orban has cast the election as a choice between “war and peace.” During campaigning, the government blanketed the country with signs warning that Tisza leader Magyar would drag Hungary into Russia’s war with Ukraine, something he strongly denies.“I am looking forward to Sunday’s election with the best hope,” Orban told supporters in his birthplace Szekesfehervar.“If we know ourselves well, if we know our country well and if we know our own people well, then I must say Hungarians will vote for safety on Sunday,” he added.Public discontent-Orban has won public endorsements from the Trump administration — culminating in a visit to Budapest by US Vice President JD Vance last week — as well as from the Kremlin and far-right leaders in Europe.But his campaign has been shaken by media reports alleging that his government colluded with Moscow. Orban, who denies any wrongdoing, says his goal is to protect Hungary’s national identity and traditional Christian values within the EU and its security in a dangerous world.Meanwhile, former Orban loyalist Magyar, 45, has tapped into discontent over alleged state corruption and falling living standards, with young voters particularly eager for change.“I am very excited but also very scared,” said Kriszta Tokes, a 24-year-old who sells postcards and trinkets in Budapest. “I know that my future depends on this,” she said, adding that she plans to leave Hungary if Orban wins.While Orban’s party has done good things “on paper,” Tokes said, referring to massive fiscal handouts he has provided to shore up support, she believed young people were struggling more than the government realized.To address a popularity rating of just 8% among under-30s, Orban has scrapped income tax for the youngest workers and launched a subsidized mortgage scheme to help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder amid the EU’s steepest rise in house prices under his rule.But Magyar’s offer of change appears to resonate more.In a final push in the eastern town of Miskolc on Friday, Magyar said: “This will be a referendum… about our country’s place and our country’s future.”Analysts caution that the outcome of the vote remains uncertain, citing the number of undecided voters, a redrawing of the electoral map in favor of Fidesz and a high proportion of ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries, who mostly support the ruling party.They say anything from a Tisza supermajority — able to change the constitution — to a Fidesz majority is possible.If Tisza does win, unwinding the legal and institutional changes Orban has made may prove a daunting task for a new government if it has a simple majority in parliament.
'Five children out of seven died before they turned four'2,500-year-old infant mass grave cracks open enigma of biblical-era baby burials-Archaeologists found the remains of dozens of children under the age of two deposited in a water reservoir of the ancient Judean town, a new study has revealed By Rossella Tercatin-11 April 2026, 11:25 am
It was like a scene from a horror film: Archaeologists excavating an ancient biblical site uncovered a two-meter deep cache of human bones. Noting their small size, however, they realized that this must be a mass grave for children. Cue the sinister soundtrack.Prof. Oded Lipschits of Tel Aviv University and his team had been excavating at the ancient site of Tel Azekah for about two years when, in 2013, they came across the ancient water reservoir.At the deeper, more ancient levels, the archaeologists found what is to be expected in such structures — pottery vessels used to draw water. But closer to the surface, they were stunned to find hundreds of small human bones.“We excavated very carefully and very slowly, we collected every piece of bone and every item, we documented every centimeter of the area, but we didn’t really understand what we found,” Lipschits told The Times of Israel over the telephone. “It took me some years to be brave enough to investigate this discovery.”Located in the Shephelah (or Judean Lowlands), some 30 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem, Tel Azekah presents rich remains that attest to its occupation for thousands of years, dating back to the Early Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago. It is also mentioned in the Bible as the location of the iconic battle between David and the Philistine giant Goliath (Samuel I 17:1).With plenty of less gruesome finds to investigate, the researchers did not return to examine the bone trove until 2020. After several years, the mass grave has been revealed to the public for the first time in a study published in the Palestine Exploration Quarterly journal at the end of last month.In the study, the authors documented a minimum of 68 and up to 89 individuals, 90% of whom were under five years old and 70% under two years old. The bodies were deposited there over a period of about 100 years, between the 6th and the 5th centuries BCE, at the beginning of the Persian period, when Tel Azekah was a Judean town.According to Lipschits, the infant mass grave, the first of this kind uncovered in Israel, sheds unprecedented light on possible burial practices for young children who, given their age and the high mortality rate, might not have been considered eligible for an individual grave.“[Archaeologists] who have excavated cemeteries from the Iron Age [1200-586 BCE] and the Persian period [586-333 BCE], have usually not found babies,” said Lipschits. “Now, we might have found the solution [to this enigma].”A century of baby burials-Hila May, an expert in Anatomy and Anthropology at TAU who joined the research and co-authored the paper, said she had never seen an assemblage of so many bodies together.“We estimated the number of individuals and their age by counting the bones and measuring their size,” she told The Times of Israel over the telephone.While the bodies are assumed to have been deposited (or possibly thrown) in the cistern intact, the bones were scattered and were not preserved as intact or partially intact skeletons.According to May, it is normal for bones to disarticulate, even in more organized graves, especially in young children, whose skeletons have more cartilage and therefore tend to disarticulate more easily.Asked whether the remains presented any sign to decipher the cause of death, May said they did not.“When you see a mass grave, there are several possible reasons for many individuals in one burial,” she explained.“It could be that a disease killed a lot of people at once, and it won’t show in the bones,” she added. “However, here I doubt it was a disease, because from the archeological work, we know that this hole was used for a century, suggesting it was not a specific disease killing many at once.”May also explained that it was unlikely that the children died of a violent death or in a massacre, as it would likely show in at least some of the bones.Both Lipschits and May said that the most likely explanation lies in the high mortality rate among young children, for whom any cold or wound could represent a possible cause for death at the time.Biblical insights into parental love-Lipschits pointed out that the Bible, as well as sources and archaeological evidence from other ancient cultures, indicate that children who were not yet weaned were not considered full people, likely because of the low chance of surviving infancy.“Four or five children out of seven died before they turned four,” Lipschits said.Lipschits explained that the fact that infants died so frequently or that, if their hypothesis is correct, they were deposited in a mass grave as opposed to being carefully buried, does not mean that parents did not love them.The expert recalled the story of the prophet Samuel as narrated at the beginning of the biblical book named after him.Childless Hannah prays for a son, vowing to devote his life to God if she were given one. God listens to her prayer, Hannah gets pregnant, and gives birth to a boy. The mother then keeps little Samuel with her until he is weaned and only then, after a big celebration, brings the boy to the sanctuary in Shiloh (Samuel I 1:22-25).“Hannah gets permission from her husband to continue breastfeeding Samuel and keeps him with her until he is weaned, only then she brings him to the temple, and he can stay there,” Lipschits. “He did not have his own identity before that.”Lipschits noted that, in ancient times, children were breastfed for longer than in the modern era. It was not uncommon to breastfeed a child until age three.The professor recalled that in Genesis, Abraham also organizes a large celebration after his son Isaac is weaned, indicating the importance of the step (Genesis 21:8).Lipschits also excluded the possibility that the children in Tel Azekah were intentionally buried as human sacrifice, a practice that was common among the Phoenicians and other populations at the time.“Usually, [in child sacrifice] the bones were burned and put in a jar,” he said. “In this case, the bodies were untouched.”May largely agreed, explaining that usually the practice entailed more elaborate burials than just depositing a body somewhere.Clear dating and cultural context-While many unresolved mysteries surrounding the mass grave remain, Lipschits said the dating is very clear.“The water reservoir was probably in use in the Middle Bronze Age, around the middle of the 2nd millennium BCE, and remained in use until the end of the Iron Age,” he explained. “We know it because at the bottom of the reservoir, we found about half a meter of broken vessels from the late Iron Age. Usually, the cistern would be cleaned once every two years or so, but in this case, it was not, and this is a sign that it went out of use.”Above the pottery, the archaeologists uncovered a layer of some 20 centimeters of dirt, which suggests that the reservoir was abandoned for a few decades, and on top of that, two meters of remains from the Persian period, including the bones, more pottery, stone objects, and jewelry.“The [cistern] was sealed in the Hellenistic period [333-63 BCE], so the dating is quite clear,” Lipschits said.Radiocarbon dating was also used on samples from the structure, according to the archaeologist. The analysis confirmed the assessments based on pottery and stratigraphy. According to Lipschits, there is no doubt that the settlement in Tel Azekah at the time was Judean.“The material culture is very much the same as that in Jerusalem,” he said, referring to the objects and architecture testifying to daily life at Tel Azekah.Lipschits explained that his team has uncovered many remains from the Persian period at the site, including houses, agricultural installations, animal bones, and more.Hauling dirt out of the excavation site at Tel Azekah before dawn in an undated picture. (Shmuel Bar-Am)-In 586 BCE, the Babylonians conquered Judah, destroying Jerusalem and the First Temple. According to the Bible, the Judeans who were not killed were driven into exile.“Nowadays, we know most of Judeans continue to live in Judah, even during the exilic period,” said Lipschits. “I assume that those [in Tel Azekah] were Judeans who continued to live in the area.”Judean DNA on the way? According to May, only the DNA tests they are currently performing will provide conclusive evidence of the bodies’ ethnicity.“As a biologist, I feel that only when we have the DNA results will we be able to say who these people were,” she said.May explained that nowadays, several laboratories worldwide, including in Israel, hold DNA samples from different populations, allowing researchers to compare test results and thereby determine the origin of the individuals tested.In Israel, extracting DNA from ancient remains has traditionally been very challenging, given the deterioration of the remains due to weather, but in recent years, technological advances have increasingly enabled scientists to obtain DNA from early sites, according to May.In Tel Azekah, the researchers managed to extract DNA from several individuals.“We cannot say how many exactly yet, but we have a good number of samples,” May said.“We have many other open questions that we need to answer, such as what the children’s gender was and whether they were part of the same extended family,” May said.The scientists are also looking into the few adult individuals found in the cistern and whether they were related to the children or belonged to a separate ethnic group, possibly buried there as a sign of lower status.According to Lipschits, the discovery of the mass grave opens new avenues for investigating infant burials.“We have a mystery regarding what happened to babies who died in the Iron Age, and from my perspective, this is only the beginning of new research,” he said. “Archaeologists, anthropologists, and biblical scholars can now continue to work on it.”For their part, the team at Tel Azekah is working to find the cemetery or burial area for the rest of the settlement’s population during the Persian period.“Burials are one of the [subjects] we are focusing on now,” Lipschits said. “Usually, burials were located outside of the sites. So now we are expanding our [area of] research to find them.”
A perfect mission’: NASA celebrates as Artemis II astronauts return to Earth-All four crewmembers capable of walking unassisted when they reach recovery ship after splashdown; space agency hopes to put boots on the lunar surface as soon as 2028 By AFP 11 April 2026, 3:02 pm
An elated NASA late Friday was celebrating its successful voyage around the Moon, after four astronauts safely returned to Earth having completed the first lunar flyby in more than 50 years.The NASA spacecraft carrying four astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — splashed down without a hitch off the California coast, capping the US space agency’s crewed test mission that returned with spectacular images of the Moon.“What a journey,” said mission commander Reid Wiseman, who reported that the crewmembers — himself along with Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen — were “stable” and “green.”“They’re in great condition, that’s what that means,” said Rob Navias, the NASA public affairs official who narrated their return on the agency’s livestream.Following an expected but nerve-wracking communications blackout during their high-stakes re-entry, Wiseman’s voice triggered relief that the astronauts were well on their way back home.“We have you loud and clear,” he said following a voice check from mission control in Houston.NASA personnel and the US military helped extract the astronauts from the bobbing capsule — to the applause of those watching from mission control.By late Friday, helicopters had lifted the astronauts to a recovery ship off the Pacific coast near San Diego, where they all proved capable of walking unassisted.NASA administrator Jared Isaacman called the voyage “a perfect mission.”“We’re back in the business of sending astronauts to the Moon,” he said, and “this is just the beginning.”‘A great day’As the astronauts returned to Earth, their spacecraft reached maximum speeds more than 30 times the speed of sound, and faced searing temperatures around half as hot as the surface of the Sun.It was a key test of their heat shield, which in an earlier trial uncrewed mission had faced complications that they attempted to mitigate this time around by shifting the return trajectory.“If you didn’t have anxiety bringing this spacecraft home, you probably didn’t have a pulse,” said flight director Rick Henfling.But the Artemis II re-entry was smooth sailing.The Orion capsule will now be painstakingly examined to assess how it fared.US President Donald Trump praised the astronauts for their “spectacular” trip and said he “could not be more proud” — while wasting no time in looking ahead to the eventual goal of sending missions even further into space.“Next step, Mars!” he wrote on social media.Artemis II was the inaugural crewed mission of NASA’s program aiming to install a sustained presence on the Moon, including the eventual construction of a base that could be used for further exploration, including to Mars.‘Fresh confidence’From liftoff to splashdown, the trip clocked in at nine days, one hour, 31 minutes and 35 seconds — though NASA rounds up and calls it a 10-day mission.It began with a dramatic launch from Florida on April 1, and was studded with firsts, records and extraordinary moments.The four astronauts become the first humans to travel furthest away from the Earth, at 252,756 miles (406,771 kilometers).NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, left, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, are seen sitting on a Navy MH-60 Seahawk on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California (NASA/Bill Ingalls)-While hurtling through deep space and zipping around the Moon, they took thousands of photographs, amassing a stunning portfolio of images that captivated people on Earth.They also witnessed a solar eclipse along with extraordinary meteorite strikes on the lunar surface.Several achievements added to the voyage’s historic nature: Glover was the first person of color to fly around the Moon, Koch was the first woman and Canadian Hansen the first non-American.Astronomer Derek Buzasi of the University of Chicago called the mission “an almost flawless success.”“I admit to having had my doubts about the Artemis program, but now I have fresh confidence in our next steps as we go back to the Moon to stay,” he told AFP.‘Eye on the prize’NASA is hoping it can put boots on the lunar surface as soon as 2028 — the final full year of Trump’s second White House term.Experts, however, have voiced skepticism that the lunar landers being developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin, companies owned by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, respectively, will be ready in time.China, meanwhile, is forging ahead with its own effort targeting 2030 to put astronauts on the Moon.In the meantime, NASA is hoping to capitalize on the Artemis II mission’s success to drum up excitement about space exploration.Clayton Swope, a space policy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told AFP that the mission stands as “proof that when America keeps its eye on the prize, it can still do very great things.”
