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 142 JULY 19,26 - 9TH NIGHT AMERICA GOES AFTER IRAN.
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)
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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)
Senior Iranian official threatens 'full-scale offensive'Iran said to tell Hezbollah, allies to prepare for wider conflict, which could rope in Israel-8 reported killed in overnight US strikes on Iran; IRGC says it targeted US aircraft, radar systems in Jordan and Qatar; Kuwait says water plant hit, troops hurt in drone attacks By Agencies and ToI Staff 17 July 2026, 6:07 pm
Iran has reportedly told its regional allies, including Hezbollah, to prepare for the possibility of a broader conflict amid military escalations with the United States, raising the prospect of Israel becoming directly involved in the fighting.Leaders of the Iran-backed regional “Axis of Resistance” told allies that the current period of waiting is nearing an end and that preparations for military scenarios have become a priority, Lebanon’s Nidaa Al Watan newspaper reported on Friday, citing information obtained from meetings held in Tehran on the sidelines of the recent funeral of former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed when the US and Israel launched the war with Iran at the end of February.Friday’s report came as fighting between the US and Iran has renewed a month after the signing of a preliminary deal that aimed to end the conflict.So far, Israel has not been involved in the latest escalation, and Tehran has not directly targeted the Jewish state. But that could change if Hezbollah, Iran’s Lebanese terror proxy, gets involved and resumes its attacks on Israeli territory.Hezbollah was reportedly instructed to be fully prepared for any escalation, with Iranian officials warning that any future conflict could be broader and more severe than previous fighting.Nidaa Al Watan also reported that Tehran still views Hezbollah as its most important regional asset following setbacks suffered by Iranian terror proxies in recent months. The terror group joined the wider regional conflict on March 2 by attacking Israel, and has objected to US-led diplomacy between Jerusalem and Beirut to solve the countries’ disputes.In response to the Hezbollah attacks, Israel hit Hezbollah with heavy airstrikes and took control of a buffer zone in southern Lebanon, meant to distance Hezbollah from the border. Israel also decimated Hezbollah’s leadership in a previous round of fighting in 2024.Another Iran-backed terror group, the Houthis in Yemen, has also previously attacked Israel.US strikes Iranian infrastructure;Iran fires at region-The US has struck Iran for six consecutive nights and has expanded its airstrike campaign by increasingly hitting bridges, part of US President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway for the global energy supply. Iran launched new missile attacks against US-allied nations in the Middle East and warned that its attacks would escalate.The American military confirmed on Friday destroying a surveillance tower at Iran’s Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman during strikes the night before.In a statement, the US Central Command said the site was “used for decades by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to track and target commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”“The destruction of the tower directly degrades IRGC’s ability to coordinate attacks on innocent civilian crew members,” CENTCOM said, adding that the strike also “protects freedom of navigation in regional waters for all vessels, except for ships attempting to violate the ongoing US naval blockade against Iran.”CENTCOM also released footage of the strike.On July 16, U.S. forces successfully destroyed the Chah Bahar Shahid Kalantari Port surveillance tower, part of a maritime surveillance network along Iran’s Gulf of Oman coastline used for decades by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to track and target commercial… pic.twitter.com/CgBNvgOFf9 Advertisement — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 17, 2026-Iranian state media reported Friday that overnight US strikes on infrastructure in southern and western Iran killed eight people, up from the earlier seven reported, and wounded 20 others.“Some infrastructure in several provinces of the country came under US military attack,” the IRNA news agency said, reporting that six bridges in the southern province of Hormozgan were targeted.Iran’s energy ministry called on citizens to reduce electricity use after the power grid came under strain following strikes on energy infrastructure in the south.Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, warned on Friday against US escalation or any attempt to seize Iranian territory.“If US strikes continue for several more days, we will move into a phase of full-scale offensive operations,” Rezaei, a former Revolutionary Guards top commander, told state television.In response to the US strikes, the IRGC said it struck US military aircraft stationed in Jordan with ballistic missiles and drones. Iran has fired on several Middle Eastern countries with a US troop presence in response to the American attacks.In a statement, the IRGC claimed to have destroyed “several US refueling aircraft and fighter jets” and caused “serious damage to many more.” It also called on Jordanians to target “the interests of the aggressive and anti-Islamic Americans” in their country.There was no immediate comment from Jordan or the US military regarding the IRGC’s claims.Earlier on Friday, Jordan said it intercepted three Iranian missiles targeting its territory, with no reports of injuries or damage.The IRGC also said it targeted US radar systems and military aircraft in Qatar to “punish the aggressor.” Additionally, Iran’s Tasnim news agency cited an informed source as saying that a Thai-flagged ship was targeted in the Strait of Hormuz after it allegedly ignored warnings and attempted to pass without permission from the IRGC. The source said the vessel was confronted by the IRGC navy and targeted.The commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force vowed that Tehran would not halt its attacks in the region until the US stopped striking Iran’s southern coastline and the Strait of Hormuz.In a social media post, Majid Mousavi said, “Tehran and the south are one and indivisible as Iran”, adding that “effective and targeted strikes from across Iran against the enemy will continue” until attacks on “the southern coastline and the Strait of Hormuz” cease.Additionally, Kuwait said that a power and water plant had been damaged by an Iranian attack.“One of the power and water distillation plants was the target of an attack as part of the Iranian aggression… resulting in a fire, damage and the impairment of several production units,” the Electricity Ministry said in a statement, urging users “to ration their electricity consumption during this exceptional period.”The country’s army also said that an Iranian drone attack wounded several military personnel in the Gulf state.The army’s chief of staff “visited several wounded members of the Kuwaiti land forces, who were injured after enemy drones targeted several army facilities and camps this morning, as part of the criminal Iranian aggression,” the army said in a social media post.Meanwhile, strikes in Iraq’s Kurdistan region killed eight members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group, the exiled party said, blaming the attack on Iran.Idriss Kohlwazi from the Komala party told AFP that “the Iranian regime attacked with drones and rockets a camp” belonging to the party near the city of Sulaimaniyah in the early morning, resulting in the “martyrdom of eight of our members and wounding others.”Earlier on Friday, Kurdish forces said they downed eight drones over Erbil, with no damage or casualties reported.Trump has returned in recent days to his threats to target Iranian power stations and bridges to try to compel Iran to loosen its hold on the strait, through which about a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once passed in peacetime. The US also reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports to halt its shipments of crude oil.Week-to-week cargo shipments through the strait dropped by almost a quarter at the beginning of the month, according to maritime data firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence, according to data from before the recent surge in violence.Given the risks, some oil shippers are transiting the strait with their location devices turned off, but many are just staying put, Lloyd’s said Thursday. A growing amount of the region’s energy is being shipped through pipelines, but not nearly enough to offset the decline in shipping through the strait.
US launches 8th night of strikes on Iran to ‘punish’ IRGC for deadly Jordan attack-Iran reports strikes in south and in Strait of Hormuz; US bases in Kuwait come under fire, UAE threatened; Washington warns Iran-backed groups might target Americans abroad-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 9:57 am-JUL 19,26
The United States on Sunday said it had completed an eighth straight night of strikes against Iran, saying they were intended to “punish” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for a deadly strike that killed two US military personnel in Jordan and left another missing.Amid the spiraling conflict in the region, the US issued an alert to its citizens across the globe, warning they could be targeted by Iran and its allies.US Central Command said in a statement that the airstrikes began at 6 p.m. ET (2200 GMT) on Saturday, at the direction of US President Donald Trump.“The strikes are designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night,” the command said.CENTCOM did not provide any details on the retaliatory strike against IRGC forces or its results.But it said that airstrikes “successfully hit Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites to continue degrading Iranian military capabilities.”Iran’s Mehr news agency said the US carried out an attack near Sirik in southern Iran, adding that no casualties or damage to infrastructure have been reported.A location near Hajiabad, in the same province, was also targeted, and explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas, according to state-run IRNA.An area near Qeshm Island, inside the strait, was also targeted, according to Iran’s IRIB broadcaster.Iran targets US bases in Kuwait, drone hits near Erbil-The Iranian army then carried out a drone attack that targeted US military assets and equipment at Kuwait’s Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, Iran’s state TV reported early Sunday, citing a statement from the army.Both bases were targeted as part of Iran’s attacks against US assets and allies in the Gulf since last week.In neighboring Iraq, a base of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, an Iranian Kurdish dissident group, near Erbil was also struck by a drone early Sunday, wounding eight of its members, Rebaz Sharifi, a military official with the group, said.Residents of Erbil itself also heard explosions from air defenses.No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but in the past, both Iran and Iran-backed Iraqi militias have launched attacks in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, where both US troops and armed Kurdish Iranian dissident groups are present.After avoiding attacks on UAE, Iran issues threat-Nearly every Gulf Arab state has been targeted by Iran for retaliatory strikes, with a missile alert sounding Saturday in Saudi Arabia. However, the United Arab Emirates has yet to be targeted.The semiofficial Iranian news agency Fars, believed to be close to the Guard, issued a threat Saturday to the UAE.Quoting an anonymous official, Fars said continued strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure would mean that the “airports of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as well as the ports of Fujairah and Jebel Ali, must be immediately evacuated.”Apparently responding to the threat, the Emirates’ Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling “for exercising the utmost restraint in order to avoid dangerous repercussions, and the region being pulled into new levels of violence and instability.”“The UAE emphasized that the targeting of civilian infrastructure and civilian facilities in the region… constitute a flagrant and grave violation of the established principles and provisions of international law, and cannot, under any circumstances, be accepted or justified,” the statement added.US: Iran-backed groups could target Americans abroad-The US State Department, meanwhile, issued a Worldwide Caution alert for US citizens overnight Saturday, “due to heightened tensions in the Middle East.”It urged US citizens worldwide, and “especially in the Middle East,” to “follow the guidance in security alerts issued by the nearest US embassy or consulate.”“Flight cancellations and periodic airspace closures may cause travel disruptions. US diplomatic facilities, including outside the Middle East, have been targeted,” it said, without offering further details.It warned that “groups supportive of Iran may target other US interests overseas or locations associated with the United States” around the world.The US had already issued a travel warning for the Middle East in light of the escalated fighting with Iran, and the US Embassy in Jerusalem warned Americans to avoid traveling to northern Israel, Gaza, and the Egyptian border.Worldwide Caution: Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation. We remind Americans in the region of the continued need for caution and encourage them to monitor the news for breaking… pic.twitter.com/A3LKEQSRiO — TravelGov (@TravelGov) July 18, 2026-The US and Israel together launched a campaign against Iran on February 28 to degrade the regime’s military capabilities, distance threats posed by the country — including its nuclear and ballistic missile programs — and “create the conditions” for the Iranian people to topple the regime, the military and other Israeli leaders have said.Israel respected the US-Iran ceasefire that began April 8, and the government, while not included in the process of negotiating the US-Iran memorandum of understanding signed last month, did not object it even though it purported to bind both the US “and its allies.”Iran has refrained from attacking Israel amid the latest tit-for-tat fighting
US embassy issues travel warning for northern Israel-US strikes Iran for seventh night in a row; Iranian forces launch strikes across Gulf-US sending dozens of refueling jets back to Israel as Trump mulls renewing massive bombing campaign; Iran attacks Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq-By Agencies and ToI Staff 18 July 2026, 10:01 am
The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified, with the US shifting dozens of additional refueling aircraft to Israel, as US President Donald Trump weighs launching another massive bombing offensive against Iran.The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the strait. The collapse of an interim ceasefire leaves no clear end in sight for the war that the US and Israel began more than four months ago.The US Central Command said early Saturday that its seventh straight night of strikes had hit “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities.”Kuwait said Saturday it was intercepting Iranian missiles and drones, while Iraq said it had shot down attack drones over the city of Irbil. Saudi Arabia reported attacks for the first time in months. Jordan’s state-run Petra news agency said that the kingdom’s air defense systems had downed Iranian missiles, while air sirens sounded in Bahrain, according to the government there.Iranian officials say recent US strikes have killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds, with new casualties reported Friday, when the US military also acknowledged more injured service members.Both sides also took aim at shipping traffic, with the US saying it was enforcing a naval blockade while Iran said it targeted vessels that violated its rules on navigating the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway for one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.Iran effectively closed the strait to shipping traffic after the war started on February 28. That sent the price of oil soaring and gave Iran significant leverage in negotiations. The price of oil rose on Friday above $86 a barrel, close to its highest level in a month, as crossings through the strait fell to a three-week low, according to an international shipping tracker.In an address to the American public on Thursday evening, Trump insisted the war was going well. “We are likewise winning big in Iran, and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly,” he said.Before the war began, the US had been in talks with Iran over its nuclear program. Trump now faces political pressure to bring the war to a close and avoid the kind of prolonged Middle East conflict he had campaigned against.Refueling jets to return, US issues travel warning-In a sign that the US was looking to expand the campaign, the US military was gearing up to send dozens of additional refueling aircraft to be based in Israel, to be used in the campaign.The Axios news site reported Friday that the US had notified Israel that it was sending back the planes. The Israeli military on Saturday confirmed the report, and said that the incoming planes would be stationed at military bases, and not at Ben Gurion Airport, where space is limited and the presence of US military planes has complicated civilian flight arrangements.US and Israeli officials told the Axios news site that Trump could escalate the strikes against Iran in the coming days, following consecutive nights of American bombing campaigns of targets across Iran, after the breakdown of last month’s MOU.Israel was not a party to the MOU and has not been involved in the recent fighting.However, Iran has reportedly told its regional allies, including Hezbollah, to prepare for the possibility of a broader conflict amid military escalations with the United States, raising the prospect of Israel becoming directly involved in the fighting.In a further sign of fears of an expanded conflict, the US Embassy in Jerusalem issued a travel warning to American citizens late Friday, telling them to reconsider travel in the Middle East and to specifically avoid northern Israel, Gaza, and the Egyptian border.“Due to high tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation. We remind Americans in the region of the continued need for caution and encourage them to monitor the news for breaking developments,” the embassy wrote.“Americans traveling in or through the region should also check with their air carriers to make sure their flights are still scheduled. Americans should consider these factors when planning travel to Israel and the West Bank, and should not travel to Gaza, Northern Israel, and the Egyptian border except for the Taba crossing, and reconsider travel to/through the Middle East,” the alert added.There are currently 33 US aerial refueling tankers parked at Ben Gurion Airport, which has crowded out other planes used for commercial flights. Transportation Minister Miri Regev announced earlier this week that the number would drop to 20, as she tried to prevent summer flight disruptions.The Axios news site first said the US “notified” Israel of the planned arrival of additional refuelers, suggesting Jerusalem doesn’t have a say in the matter, but the report later said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have a final say on the issue.The decision to send the tankers to Israeli airbases was made by the US in coordination with the Israeli military, which allowed the Israeli Air Force to make preparations, the military said.The military said it was acting to enable the US’s deployment in Israel as much as possible while preserving Israel’s civilian aviation needs.Hebrew media reports said that five to eight planes were slated to arrive per day.Vigilant, lethal, and ready-The US military’s Central Command said Saturday it concluded its latest round of attacks by hitting surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage and maritime capabilities.“US forces employed fighter aircraft, aerial drones, and warships in addition to other assets,” Central Command said in a statement. “More than 50,000 American service members are operating across the Middle East and remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.”https://t.co/7V8iGAGbGh — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 18, 2026-Iranian media reported on Saturday that several missiles struck power facilities and desalination pumps in the southern Iranian city of Jask, citing a local official. The official said drinking water had been cut off in villages in Jask due to the attack.The US said its forces redirected four commercial vessels, disabled one, and boarded another to enforce its naval blockade of Iran.In turn Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said four vessels violating its rules on shipping traffic were stopped from going through the strait with a combined missile and drone operation.In addition, Iranian media, citing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, reported that two oil tankers exploded and caught fire after passing through a mined route south of the strait. The US military labelled that report as false.The US military’s Central Command said its targets included “military logistics infrastructure,” the first time it mentioned infrastructure in more than a week.Iranian media reported enemy strikes early on Saturday in coastal Hormozgan Province on the Iranian side of the Strait of Hormuz. State TV said three people were killed and eight wounded while two bridges and a road tunnel were damaged.Iranian media reported explosions heard or strikes carried out in Sirik, Ahvaz, Yazd, Jask and Khorramabad late Friday or early Saturday.On Friday, Iranian state media said at least five bridges were struck in the south in US attacks. Seven people were reported killed in attacks on bridges in the southern port of Bandar Khamir, where a train station was also hit. An airport was reported hit further east and away from the coast in Iranshahr, in a province bordering Pakistan.Iran acknowledged “attacks on power infrastructure” during the US airstrike campaign for the first time Friday when its Energy Ministry issued a call for people to use less power in southern provinces “experiencing extreme heat.” The ministry did not specify what was hit.Trump has threatened to launch broad-based air strikes on Iran’s infrastructure and has also declined to rule out a ground assault on Iran’s coast or islands. US officials have said attacks on southern Iran are designed in part to give Trump options.Such moves risk provoking Iran to attack the vital infrastructure of vulnerable Gulf states, or having its allies in Yemen further disrupt global energy supplies by attacking shipping from the Red Sea.Kuwait shuts airspace amid strikes-Iran announced attacks on Gulf countries that host US airbases, including Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan, in addition to a US vessel in the northern Indian Ocean. Saudi Arabia’s civil defense issued early warnings, the first in several months, in at least two places but had yet to report any damage. Earlier in the war, Iran hit some of the oil-rich kingdom’s energy facilities.Kuwait came under sustained attack, with Iranian forces saying they targeted an ammunition depot in the Al-Adiri camp, the headquarters buildings and ammunition depots in the Ali Al-Salem base and several communication bridges.Authorities in Kuwait said one of the country’s power generation and water desalination stations had been hit in an Iranian attack, causing damage, a fire and the disruption of a large number of electricity generation units.Iran does not claim, it acts. Iran will repel any aggression. Thick smoke plume in Kuwait after successful Iranian attacks ▪️ Kuwait announced that Iran had attacked a power plant and a desalination plant in the country. pic.twitter.com/LfY4MVzBae — nilofareaabi80 (@nilofareaabi57) July 18, 2026A desalination plant was also reportedly hit, and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation later said one of its oil facilities had been hit in “repeated Iranian attacks,” causing significant damage and some injuries, according to the state news agency.“The repeated targeting of these vital facilities reveals a systematic hostile approach targeting civilian sites and vital infrastructure that endangers the lives and safety of civilians,” Kuwait’s foreign ministry said.Kuwait Airways later said it had rescheduled most flights after the country temporarily suspended operations at Kuwait International Airport following Iranian missile and drone attacks.The airline had earlier said the rescheduling was due to the closure of Kuwaiti airspace.Saudi Arabia attacked for 1st time in 3 months-Iran also launched attacks on Saudi Arabia for the first time in about three months, according to two people familiar with the matter, triggering early warning alarms in Al-Kharj, east of the capital Riyadh, and at Yanbu on the kingdom’s Red Sea coast.The people said one attack had targeted the Prince Sultan Airbase in Al-Kharj, which hosts US forces.Saudi state media did not elaborate on what triggered the early warnings and the government media office did not respond to a request for comment. The IRGC made no mention of any attack on Saudi Arabia.In Jordan, fuel tanks at the Al-Azraq base were also targeted, the state broadcaster said on Telegram.The Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain was also targeted, the Iranian army said, adding that it “is “one of the most important operational and logistical centres” for the US military in the region.State news agency IRNA reported the Iranian navy fired a shore-to-sea cruise missile towards what it called a hostile US vessel in the northern Indian Ocean. Iran’s army said the missile launch caused “fear and panic” and forced the vessel to move out of range of Iran’s navy.Iranian authorities said at least 46 people have been killed and more than 400 wounded in recent US strikes, including eight killed in a strike on a bridge Friday.US officials acknowledged 13 additional US service members — 10 Army soldiers and three Navy sailors — had been injured since Monday, but offered no further details. Since the war began, 14 US service members have been killed and 427 wounded.
Israel said bracing for uptick in fighting next week-US hits airport, bridges in Iran in escalation on 6th consecutive night of strikes-Tehran targets Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, while threatening to strike civilian infrastructure across region; 7 people killed in southern Iranian province, state TV reports-By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid-17 July 2026, 1:08 amUpdated at 5:51 am
The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf on Thursday, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war.The rekindled fighting came a month after the signing of a preliminary deal that aimed to end the conflict, which broke out in late February with massive US-Israeli strikes on Iran. So far Israel has not been involved in the latest escalation and Tehran has not directly targeted the Jewish state.In his speech on election security Thursday night, US President Donald Trump said the US is “winning big in Iran and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly.”The US expanded its airstrike campaign by increasingly hitting bridges, part of Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran launched new missile attacks against US-allied nations in the Middle East and warned that its attacks would escalate.In Qatar, authorities warned the public to take shelter as a barrage of Iranian missiles targeted the nation. People heard explosions overhead as air defenses fired to intercept the missiles. Iran earlier also targeted Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.The US military said its latest wave of strikes “hit dozens of Iranian military targets such as coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities,” according to the US Central Command.U.S. Air Force F-35A stealth fighter aircraft are refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker while flying patrols over the Middle East. pic.twitter.com/KSbmYTH2LT — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 16, 2026-The US airstrikes hit bridges overnight into Friday in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, killing at least seven people, Iranian state television reported. The attacks hit Bandar Khamir, a city on Iran’s coast on the Strait of Hormuz.On Thursday, Tehran warned it would target infrastructure across the region if Trump followed through on his threat to attack power plants and bridges in Iran — though the White House said the US president remained “open to diplomacy.”Earlier, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they struck a US airbase in Jordan with ballistic missiles in response to what they described as an American attack near a children’s cancer hospital in the Islamic Republic.Iranian state media said the hospital in Ahvaz, in the southwest, was evacuated following US airstrikes on the area that foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei slammed as “barbaric.”Hani, a 34-year-old teacher from Ahvaz, said the strikes were “very intense,” adding: “My hands are shaking. There were at least 11 or 12 explosions. My ears are exploding.”U.S. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a verification boarding aboard M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman, July 16. Advertisement As of today, American forces have redirected 3 commercial vessels trying to run the blockade, disabled 1 that didn’t comply, and boarded 1 to… pic.twitter.com/vbjArHuLaO — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 16, 2026-CENTCOM said its forces hit military targets in multiple locations to “degrade Iran’s ability to threaten innocent mariners” in the Strait of Hormuz.Iranian state news agency IRNA said a projectile struck parts of Semnan airport in the north, without injuring anyone. It also reported explosions elsewhere in the country, while air defenses were triggered in parts of Tehran.Soon after, US allies in the Gulf began responding to attacks, with Kuwait saying it intercepted Iranian drones and Bahrain sounding air raid sirens.Iranian news agencies later reported that the United States launched new strikes around the Gulf island of Qeshm near the Strait of Hormuz, as well as on the port city of Bandar Abbas.State TV reported two explosions in the city of Bushehr — home to Iran’s only civilian nuclear plant — in a “continuation of the American enemy aggression,” as well as a series of unattributed explosions in coastal Bandar Abbas.The official news agency IRNA also reported “American enemy attacks on areas around Ahvaz,” where fearful residents told AFP they had heard intense strikes for a second night in a row.A senior Iranian military spokesman later called for the US to withdraw from the region, saying “we will never back down over the Strait of Hormuz,” state TV reported.Channel 12 news reported on Thursday that Israel is preparing for a possible further escalation in the exchange of fire between the United States and Iran next week.According to the report, Israel believes the US may begin targeting more of Iran’s civilian infrastructure, in line with Trump’s recent comments. Until now, US strikes have been focused primarily on Iranian military infrastructure.Trump told Fox News in an interview that aired Tuesday night on “Special Report with Bret Baier”: “We’re going to hit them very hard tonight. We’re going to hit them very hard tomorrow night. We’re going to hit them very hard the night after, and then next week it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants. Next week comes the bridges. We’re going to knock out all their power plants. We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.”He added: “I’ll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we’ll hit energy targets.”Channel 12 also reported, citing two Arab diplomats, that Qatar has submitted a new proposal to Washington and Tehran aimed at resuming negotiations between the two countries and reducing tensions. According to the report, Iranian officials view the proposal as relatively favorable to their position, and attacks on Qatar have reportedly ceased since the proposal was presented.‘No reason to adhere’The Strait of Hormuz has been at the heart of the recent fighting and is crucial to global oil and gas flows.The strait was briefly reopened after the US-Iran deal in June, but Tehran said last week it would be closed again “until the US ends its aggression.”The United States has also reimposed a blockade of Iran’s ports.Pakistan’s foreign office spokesman, Tahir Andrabi, said Islamabad would “continue to encourage all sides to end violence and resume technical-level talks” under the memorandum of understanding it helped mediate last month.But Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that a deal “only has meaning when its clauses are valid and being implemented.”White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that Trump would hold Iran “accountable” for going back on its word, “but he is always open to diplomacy at the very same time.”“They have expressed that they still want to make a deal to the president. We’re talking to them, but again, the president is not going to allow them to fire on ships in the strait without paying a consequence for that,” she said.Trump previously threatened to hit Iranian power plants and bridges unless Tehran returned to the negotiating table.“Next week it gets really bad for them,” he told Fox News.On Thursday, the spokesman for Iran’s military headquarters said that if the US followed through on its threats, “all infrastructure in the region” would be “crushed.”‘Gesture of goodwill’Iran’s Guards said US forces had “used airbases located in Jordan to target” the Islamic Republic and that its aerospace force had responded by “launching two waves of missile strikes” on a base in the country.Iran’s military separately said it targeted US facilities in Jordan with drones.Earlier, the US military said one of its aircraft fired on and disabled an empty oil tanker that was trying to break the naval blockade of Iran’s ports.In Iraq, Kurdish forces said the US-led coalition downed eight explosive-laden drones over Erbil, the capital of the northern Kurdistan region, where AFP journalists heard explosions and saw smoke near the US consulate.Trump said Wednesday that an American citizen — identified by her lawyer as Dena Karari — had left Iran in “good condition” after being detained there since December 2024.He said the US appreciated “this gesture of goodwill by Iran.”Iran’s judiciary however said Thursday that no American prisoner had been released or exchanged from its prisons, Iranian state media reported. The judiciary said checks show no convicted American prisoner, person accused of spying for the United States matching Trump’s description, or any other American detainee has been released from Iranian prisons or exchanged.Since last week, renewed US attacks have killed at least 30 people in Iran, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said.
Reports: Israel readies to join the fray-Iranian strike kills 2 US troops in Jordan, 3rd is MIA, as Tehran vows ‘unforgettable lessons’CENTCOM says another four service members injured; Iran says it has suspended implementation of MOU; Washington said sending warplanes to Mideast By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Today, 12:02 am-JUL 19,26
The US military said on Saturday that two of its personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing after an Iranian attack, while Tehran said it had suspended adherence to its memorandum of understanding with Washington and published a message, purportedly from its supreme leader, saying the US would pay an “unforgettable” price for “seeking to incite war” amid daily tit-for-tat attacks.The US and Iran have intensified attacks since the interim ceasefire deal signed a month ago fell apart, raising the possibility of a return to all-out war. The US has struck Iran for seven consecutive nights now, and the Islamic Republic has responded each time with attacks it said targeted American bases in several Middle East countries, though it has thus far avoided firing at Israel.US Central Command said the two service members were killed in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Jordan on Friday. It said a third US service member was missing in action and four others were wounded.CENTCOM said the wounded soldiers were taken to Jordanian hospitals and later discharged, and “other personnel who were evaluated for minor injuries have returned to duty.”“Out of respect for the families, CENTCOM will withhold additional information, including the identities of the fallen warriors, until 24 hours after the next of kin have been notified,” the statement added.Since the war began, 16 US service members have been killed and over 430 wounded.US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X: “Godspeed, heroes. Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.”Iran, responding to US attacks on bridges, power facilities and other infrastructure, also struck US Gulf allies and appeared to target Saudi Arabia.In a written statement carried by the official social media accounts of Iran’s supreme leader and Iranian state media, Mojtaba Khamenei — who hasn’t been seen or heard in public since taking office — was quoted as saying that repeated US breaches of the interim deal had shown that US President Donald Trump’s signature was “utterly worthless and devoid of credibility.”“Now that the American enemy is seeking to escalate the conflict, thereby incurring even heavier costs and further humiliation, it should know that the noble nation of Iran and the axis of resistance have unforgettable lessons in store for it,” the statement said, referring to Iran’s terror proxies across the region.Khamenei’s whereabouts remain a mystery.Meanwhile, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Tehran had “suspended” commitments to the memorandum of understanding.“The US has violated and suspended all its commitments within the framework of the Islamabad MOU,” he said in a statement carried by the Revolutionary Guard-linked Fars news agency.“We have also suspended our commitments; we are not implementing them, and we are busy defending the country,” he said.The conflict — which began when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran at the end of February, killing supreme leader Ali Khamenei and reportedly wounding his son and successor Mojtaba — has led to major disruption to energy supplies, fears over global inflation and a battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz.Israel readies to potentially join the fray-As the US sent dozens of refueling jets back to Israel in anticipation of a possible further escalation, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported, citing an unnamed American official, that the US was also sending dozens of warplanes to the Middle East, bolstering its F-16 and F-35 fleets there.While the escalation has so far excluded Israel, Hebrew media reported Saturday night that Jerusalem has made and is continuing to make extensive preparations for potential Iranian attacks and a regional flare-up that could include new fronts.Israel estimates that Iran isn’t interested in attacking the Jewish state, due to the anticipated severity of the response, but may nevertheless carry out such an attack or order its regional proxies to attack, according to Channel 13 and the Ynet news site.Ynet and Channel 12 reported Saturday that Israel had asked to join the strikes on Iran, but that Washington had refused.Jerusalem has reportedly prepared a new list of targets focused on infrastructure, aimed at weakening the regime.Channel 12 and Ynet also reported that the security cabinet has discussed the option of banning the use of small multicopter drones throughout Israel, for fear that Iran and its proxies may start launching attack drones — similar to those currently used by Hezbollah in Lebanon — from neighboring countries, or that their use will even spread to the West Bank.The drone threat has posed a significant technological challenge, with air defenses struggling to prevent the attacks.Iranian strikes reported in Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia-On Saturday, Kuwait came under sustained attack, with the armed forces saying they had intercepted Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, and that a number of firefighters and oil sector workers had been injured while responding to the attacks.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had struck a US military support center at Kuwait’s Camp Arifjan and destroyed a radar facility at Ali Al Salem Air Base. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation later said one of its oil facilities had been hit in “repeated Iranian attacks,” causing significant damage and some injuries, according to the state news agency.As well as hitting Kuwait, the IRGC targeted a site in Bahrain where US combat aircraft were gathered at Sheikh Isa Air Base and an intelligence data center, Iranian media said.Saudi Arabia’s early warning system issued alerts early on Saturday urging residents of Al-Kharj and Yanbu to seek shelter. Al-Kharj, east of Riyadh, is home to a military base that hosts US troops, while Yanbu, on the Red Sea, has a key oil export terminal.Two people briefed on the matter said an Iranian missile attack, the first on Saudi Arabia in more than three months, had triggered the alerts. Saudi state media did not say what had prompted the alerts and the government media office did not respond to a request for comment.The IRGC made no mention of any attack on Saudi Arabia.The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned the Iranian attacks, saying strikes on civilian infrastructure amounted to “war crimes.”“Iran’s actions constitute a highly dangerous escalation, a grave violation of international law and the United Nations Charter, as well as war crimes requiring international accountability and prosecution, given the deliberate targeting of infrastructure and civilian facilities,” Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi said in a statement.Earlier, CENTCOM said it had completed its seventh consecutive day of strikes by hitting Iranian surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage and maritime capabilities.US airstrikes early on Saturday killed three people and wounded eight others in the southern Hormozgan province, which borders the Strait of Hormuz, while two bridges and a road tunnel were damaged, Iranian state TV reported.The US carried out further airstrikes in the same province on Saturday afternoon, Fars said, quoting provincial authorities, but there were no reports of civilian casualties.Iran’s Health Ministry said on Saturday that 50 people had been killed and more than 500 injured in US strikes on the country over the past three weeks. It did not say how many were members of its armed forces.Battle for control of the strait-The battle over the Strait of Hormuz has intensified in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the essential waterway that previously carried a fifth of the world’s crude oil. The strikes threaten civilians and infrastructure, including desalination plants for drinking water, while the global economy is again on alert.Iran effectively closed the strait to shipping traffic after the war started in late February. That sent the price of oil soaring and has given Tehran significant leverage in negotiations.Iran has asserted the strait must be under its sole control and that vessels should pay fees to Tehran, even though the world for decades has considered it an international waterway. It fired on ships on recent days, contributing to the escalation. Crossings through the strait fell to a three-week low, according to an international shipping tracker.Trump has resumed threats to target power stations and bridges to try to compel Iran to loosen its hold. The US in the past week reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports to halt its shipments of crude oil.A growing amount of the region’s energy is being shipped through pipelines, but not nearly enough to offset the decline in shipping.Oil prices rose more than 4 percent on Friday, to their highest level in more than a month, adding to political pressure on Trump as his Republican Party tries to hold on to power in November congressional elections.
Katz: Israel will react with 'full force' if Iran attacks-IDF fires interceptors over Eilat as Iranian missiles target nearby Aqaba in Jordan-Military says it shot down missile debris, while its interceptor fragments landed in open area near Eilat; Israeli source tells Saudi outlet that Mojtaba Khamenei is ‘not in Iran’By Emanuel Fabian,Lazar Berman and Agencies Today, 7:41 pm-JUL 19,26
Israel launched interceptors on Sunday after fragments from Iranian missiles fired at Jordan’s southern city of Aqaba potentially threatened the nearby city of Eilat, as the escalation in US-Iran fighting showed no signs of abating.The missiles were intercepted by American air defense systems, according to initial Israel Defense Forces assessments, while the military said it also launched Iron Dome interceptors amid the missile attack to shoot down fragments.No sirens sounded in Eilat, as the fragments were shot down. Interceptor fragments fell in an open area near the city, without causing any damage or injuries, the IDF said.The Jordanian military said three Iranian ballistic missiles were intercepted while a fourth hit an open area, according to a statement carried by the official Petra news agency.There were no reports of injuries in the attack.Iran launched fresh missile attacks against nations allied with Washington as the US has struck Iran for eight consecutive nights and has expanded its airstrike campaign by increasingly hitting civilian infrastructure. The operations followed US President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway for the global energy supply.IDF has identified missiles launched from Iran in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba. Explosions were heard in Eilat from an interception. The IDF warns the public that there may be debris that spills over. pic.twitter.com/DhPKZsqm9x — Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) July 19, 2026-So far, Israel has not been involved in the latest escalation, and Tehran has not directly targeted the Jewish state.Echoing similar comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that Israel would respond powerfully to any attack by Iran.“If Iran fires missiles at Israel, we will attack them with full force,” Katz said during a visit to a rescue service facility. “If the United States changes its policy, which is also something that could happen, we are prepared for both defensive and offensive” action against Tehran, he added.IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the military is “closely monitoring the developments in Iran and maintaining a high level of readiness.”“We monitored the launch toward the Aqaba area today, and our air defense array is on alert to protect the citizens of Israel,” Zamir said during a visit to the West Bank today, according to remarks provided by the military.“We are prepared to immediately resume fighting and will act with great force against anyone who harms us,” he added.The US said strikes overnight Saturday-Sunday were intended to “punish” the IRGC for a deadly strike that killed two US military personnel in Jordan and left another missing.Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization on Sunday condemned a US attack on the site of the nuclear power plant under construction in Darkhovin, saying the strike violated international law, Mehr news agency reported. It did not say when the strike occurred.Construction of the plant in southwestern Iran’s Khuzestan province began in 2022.In response to the latest strikes, Iran carried out a drone attack that targeted US military assets and equipment at Kuwait’s Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, Iranian state TV reported early on Sunday. Both bases have been targeted as part of Iran’s attacks against US assets and allies in the Gulf since last week.Kuwait’s Electricity Ministry said a desalination plant had been attacked for the second day running, causing a fire. Kuwait’s armed forces said earlier they had again intercepted Iranian missiles, after a sustained Iranian attack on Saturday.Bahrain’s air defenses also intercepted an Iranian attack on Sunday, its state TV reported.In recent days, both sides have taken aim at shipping traffic, with the US saying it is enforcing a naval blockade on Iran and Tehran saying it targets vessels violating its rules on navigating the Strait of Hormuz, which usually handles one-fifth of global oil supply.The IRGC said on Sunday that four vessels had attempted to transit the strait via an “unsafe route” with US backing after ignoring IRGC warnings. It said two had abandoned the attempt while the other two were involved in an “accident.” It did not elaborate.New supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly ‘not in Iran’An Israeli security source cited by the Saudi al-Hadath outlet on Sunday said Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei “is not in Iran.”Khamenei, who was appointed supreme leader shortly after his father was killed in US-Israeli strikes on February 28, which sparked the war, has only communicated via written statements since, and has made no public appearances.The source told al-Hadath that Khamenei’s messages are written by the new Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Ahmad Vahidi, and other members of the IRGC.“Iran’s internal divisions are deep and threaten the existence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” the source was cited as saying.The Israeli source also said that the US does not want Israel to participate in strikes on Iran, even if Tehran attacks Israel.Separately, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that an intelligence breach that allowed Israel to assassinate the senior Khamenei has likely not been patched.In a Persian-language interview, Araghchi said that he told President Masoud Pezeshkian on the morning of February 28 that “the atmosphere is war.” He said that he then met with Khamenei aide Ali Asghar Mir Hijazi at 9 a.m., shortly after which Israel carried out the deadly attack on a Tehran compound where Khamenei was having a high-level meeting.Araghchi said that at the time of the strike, Khamenei was in his office, the advisory Strategic Council for Foreign Relations was holding its weekly meeting, and the Defense Council had also convened.“Holding simultaneous meetings was not unusual in those days,” said Araghchi, “but the enemy’s knowledge of these meetings was the result of an information breach that probably still exists.”Araghchi also said that he has yet to meet with Mojtaba Khamenei in person: “Only a handful of people have met him,” he claimed.The US and Israel together launched a campaign against Iran on February 28 to degrade the regime’s military capabilities, distance threats posed by the country — including its nuclear and ballistic missile programs — and “create the conditions” for the Iranian people to topple the regime, the military and other Israeli leaders have said.Israel respected the US-Iran ceasefire that began April 8, and the government, while not included in the process of negotiating the US-Iran memorandum of understanding signed last month, did not object to it even though it purported to bind both the US “and its allies.”
Kuwait says air defenses engaging Iranian drones-By AFP-JUL 20,26
Kuwaiti air defenses are “engaging hostile drone attacks following Iranian aggression,” the army says.“The General Staff of the Army notes that any explosions heard are a result of air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks,” the Kuwait Army says in a post on its official X account.
42min ago-US military launches strikes on Iran for 9th consecutive night-JUL 20,26
The US military announces the launch of strikes against Iran for a ninth consecutive night, which it says are aimed at “degrading Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”
54min ago-Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim ‘surprise attack on enemy special ops command center’ in Syria By AFP-JUL 20,26
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it launched a “surprise attack” on an enemy command center in Syria, in a statement reported by state news agency IRNA.The IRGC announces “a surprise attack on the enemy special operations command center in the Al-Tanf region of Syria in revenge for the blood of martyred soldiers of Iranshahr,” a city in southeast Iran, in an IRNA statement posted on Telegram.
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.
LUKE 19:40
40 And He answered and said unto them, “I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
France commemorates 1942 roundup of Jews, after plaque honoring rescuers defaced-Deputy minister vows to restore memorial honoring family that saved 13-year-old from deportation when 13,152 Jews were rounded up at Vel d’Hiv and sent to Nazi camps By AP Today, 3:50 pm-JUL 19,26
PARIS — France on Sunday commemorated the Vel d’Hiv roundup, a mass arrest of Jews by French police in 1942, one of the most shameful acts undertaken by the country’s wartime government.French police rounded up thousands of Jews over two days in July 1942, wresting children from their mothers’ arms and dispatching everyone to Nazi death camps. At a time of rising antisemitism, France honors those victims every year as it tries to keep their memory alive.France is home to Europe’s largest Jewish population and has seen a surge in antisemitic acts, including threats, vandalism and physical violence, following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel and the ensuing war.A plaque in Paris honoring a couple and their daughter who saved a 13-year-old child during the roundup and were recognized by Israel as Righteous Among the Nations was vandalized ahead of the ceremony, French authorities said.“To attack the Righteous is to desecrate the entire universe,” said Alice Rufo, a deputy defense minister. “The plaque will be restored. Their memory remains undiminished. In the face of antisemitism, in all its forms, the Republic will not yield an inch.”Following the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, the country was ruled by a government commonly known as Vichy France, which collaborated with Nazi Germany.Vel d’Hiv derives from the name of the Winter Velodrome that many of the detainees were confined in before they were deported to concentration and extermination camps.On July 16 and 17, 1942, more than 4,500 police officers were mobilized and dozens of buses requisitioned. It was the largest roundup of Jews carried out in France during World War II. Arrests continued until July 20. A total of 13,152 people were deported, a third of them children.It took France’s leadership 50 years after World War II to officially acknowledge the state’s involvement in the Holocaust, when then-president Jacques Chirac apologized for the French authorities’ role in the Vel d’Hiv raids.
MAMDANI IS A CRUSIN FOR A HELL BOUND BRUSIN BY SOMEBODY.FOR WANTING TO BAN NETANYAHU FROM NEW YORK.MAMY IS A RADICAL DEATH CULT MUSLIM.
Israel's UN envoy says it's Mamdani who should be arrested-Mamdani: Netanyahu should be arrested if he visits NYC; I’m discussing it but won’t rewrite laws-New York mayor says he’s having ‘an active conversation’ with city’s legal department to see what steps he could take should the the PM attend UN General Assembly in September By ToI Staff 18 July 2026, 2:47 pm
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in an interview published Saturday that he believes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes if he visits the city in September for the United Nations General Assembly, but indicated that he would not try to amend laws to do so.Speaking to The New York Times, Mamdani was asked about his campaign pledge to arrest Netanyahu, who has been accused of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, following the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel.“I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague. He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court. And what you will find is that is an opinion that is held by many purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years,” Mamdani said.“I’ve also said that I will follow the laws that we have here in New York City because I believe that there is an importance in following the law as a leader who presides over our city,” he said, indicating that he would not seek to actively follow up on his threat.Pressed on his intentions, Mamdani said that “whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do, but we won’t be writing our own laws to that end.”Asked specifically what the laws allow, he said there was “an active conversation with our legal department.”Mamdani had vowed to send the New York Police Department to enforce arrest warrants against leaders wanted by the International Criminal Court, including Netanyahu or Russian President Vladimir Putin.Mamdani has in the past cited the ICC war crimes arrest warrant as grounds for arresting Netanyahu, but the court does not have jurisdiction in the US, and US federal law makes it illegal for local government to cooperate with the court. A separate federal law prohibits imprisonment and obstruction of foreign officials, including heads of state.Also, last year, New York Governor Kathy Hochul stated that “The New YorkCity mayor does not have the power to do that.”Legal experts have also said Mamdani’s threat to arrest Netanyahu is baseless.The Hague-based ICC in 2024 said it had reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu was responsible for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza following the unprecedented October 7, 2023, attack.Israel vociferously denies the allegations and accusations of genocide in Gaza.Since the arrest warrants were issued in November 2024, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has been suspended following a probe into accusations of sexual harassment made against him.New York is home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel, as well as the United Nations, where Netanyahu has regularly attended the annual General Assembly. Netanyahu has said he does not intend to be deterred from attending by Mamdani’s threats.Responding to Mamdani’s comments, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, said Mamdani, not Netanyahu, should be arrested.“Mamdani is failing to govern New York. Instead of focusing on his responsibilities as mayor and confronting the rising wave of antisemitism in his city, he has chosen to incite hostility and generate headlines by attacking the State of Israel,” Danon charged.“Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will come to New York, address the United Nations General Assembly with pride, and stand before the world to state Israel’s truth and its unwavering right to defend its citizens,” Danon promised. “And if anyone should be arrested, it is NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.”In the wide-ranging interview, Mamdani was also asked about the centrality of his anti-Israel policies to his worldview and his refusal to support pro-Israel candidates in the Democratic Party.“I think what we have seen from New Yorkers, what we’ve seen from Americans, when we talk about this hunger for a new kind of politics, it’s a hunger to move beyond the bankruptcy that characterizes a lot of politics today. And it is hard to find a more bankrupt policy approach than what our country has done to Gaza and to Palestine and how it hasn’t been specific to any one party,” Mamdani said.Asked if a politician’s views on Gaza and a willingness to call it a genocide would be a litmus test for him, Mamdani replied: “I think it’s an important part. I wouldn’t say that there’s a specific litmus test as to creating a cookie cutter of a person that I would endorse in any one seat. What I would say is that you have to have a clear vision of being able to describe things as they are, and being able to fight for that which working people have been denied.”Asked if he would back former vice president Kamala Harris in another run for the presidency, Mamdani said he would only do so if she changed her support for military assistance to Israel.“I think that the first step for anyone looking to run is to be honest about what we see today and what it would take to change that. And when I say what it will take, one of the common features between all of the people that I endorsed for Congress was that each one of these candidates spoke about how they would sign on to the Block the Bombs legislation [which would restrict the sale or transfer of specific weapons to Israel]. It speaks about an unwillingness to continue to be complicit in a genocide,” he said.“And we’re talking about billions of dollars in material support. So I think the first step for any presidential candidate looking to earn the trust of people across the country is a recognition of what our policy has wrought and what a different policy would deliver,” Mamdani said.However, Mamdani indicated that he would still accept pro-Israel Democrats in the party.“My point is that the importance of a big tent; it’s critical that we can work with those with whom we might not have agreement on every single issue. And you can even see in the administration that I’ve put together, it’s not an administration where at every job interview I ask someone, ‘What are your thoughts about Israel and Palestine?’” he said.
Netanyahu: Mamdani trying to distract from failed policies by seeking to arrest me-Statement from PM’s office says NYC mayor ‘should focus on fixing the damage his policies have caused New York’; US senator calls Mamdani ‘a clown’ for his suggestion By ToI Staff Today, 11:40 pm-JUL 19,26
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office hit back on Sunday after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a recent interview that he was reviewing ways to arrest the Israeli leader if he comes to New York.In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office called the International Criminal Court — which issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 2024 over the war in Gaza — “a kangaroo court that has no jurisdiction over Americans or Israelis,” and accused Mamdani of seeking to distract the public from his own failed policies.The ICC’s “bogus arrest warrant against Prime Minister Netanyahu was issued by a disgraced former ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, a few days before allegations of sexual misconduct against him became public,” Netanyahu’s office continued. “It was a clear attempt by Khan to divert public attention and seek protection from scrutiny.”Israel, said the PMO, “has taken unprecedented wartime measures to minimize harm to civilians while confronting Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization that uses Palestinians as human shields and deliberately targets innocent Israeli civilians.”“Instead of backing Khan’s criminal behavior, Mr. Mamdani should focus on fixing the damage his policies have caused New York,” the statement continued.“Like Karim Khan, Mamdani appears interested in diverting public attention from his follies and attacking the leader of the Jewish state and the only democracy in the Middle East,” it said of the ICC chief prosecutor who filed the charges against Netanyahu and then-defense minister Yoav Gallant.Since the arrest warrants were issued in November 2024, the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, was suspended, following a probe into accusations of sexual harassment made against him. A full vote by member states on his dismissal is slated for this week.Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman on Sunday called Mamdani a “clown” for suggesting he would seek to have Netanyahu arrested.“He has no way to do that,” Fetterman asserted during an interview with “Sunday Morning Futures” on Fox News. “America’s not even part of that corrupt court,” he said of the ICC.Fetterman, a staunch Israel supporter, said Mamdani is “just a clown to even say that, so he won’t try that.”“Just sit down and focus” on New York problems, “that’s really not your purview. You and I know that. Sit down,” the senator added.Speaking to The New York Times in an interview published Saturday, Mamdani was asked about his campaign pledge to arrest Netanyahu.Mamdani said, “I will follow the laws that we have here in New York City” and that “whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do, but we won’t be writing our own laws to that end.” Asked specifically what the laws allow, he said that there was “an active conversation with our legal department.”Mamdani had vowed to send the New York Police Department to enforce arrest warrants against leaders wanted by the International Criminal Court, including Netanyahu or Russian President Vladimir Putin.Mamdani has, in the past, cited the ICC war crimes arrest warrant as grounds for arresting Netanyahu, but the court does not have jurisdiction in the US, and US federal law makes it illegal for local governments to cooperate with the court. A separate federal law prohibits imprisonment and obstruction of foreign officials, including heads of state.Also, last year, New York Governor Kathy Hochul stated that “the New York City mayor does not have the power to do that.”Legal experts have also said Mamdani’s threat to arrest Netanyahu is baseless.The Hague-based ICC in 2024 said it had reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu was responsible for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza following the unprecedented October 7, 2023, attack.Israel vociferously denies the allegations and accusations of genocide in Gaza.New York is home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel, as well as the United Nations, where Netanyahu has regularly attended the annual General Assembly, which is slated for September. Netanyahu has said he will not be deterred from attending by Mamdani’s threats.
At meeting in DC, Rubio lauds Lebanon president’s ongoing push to disarm Hezbollah-Aoun says Beirut and Washington must align on achieving initial Israeli withdrawal from negotiated ‘pilot zones,’ ahead of his scheduled meeting with Trump on Tuesday-By Lazar Berman and AFP Today, 10:49 pm-JUL 19,26
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s efforts to disarm the Hezbollah terror group during their meeting in Washington, DC, on Sunday.It was the first trip to the US capital by a Lebanese head of state since Michel Sleiman was received by Barack Obama in 2009. Aoun is slated to meet with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday.Rubio “commended the courage of the government of Lebanon, under President Aoun’s leadership, for their determined effort to reclaim Lebanon’s sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah and dismantle its terrorist infrastructure, and move towards peace,” according to a US State Department readout.Hezbollah pulled Lebanon into the Middle East war on March 2, when it began striking Israel in support of its backer, Iran.Israel responded with airstrikes and a ground invasion, and, despite a ceasefire, it continues sporadic attacks while IDF troops remain stationed in several areas in the south, in what Israel describes as a security zone.Israel and Lebanon — which do not have formal diplomatic relations — began US-sponsored negotiations in April aimed at reaching a peace deal and permanently ending the Israel-Hezbollah war.On June 26, they reached a framework agreement in Washington under which the Israeli military is to withdraw from southern Lebanon and the Lebanese army is to deploy, starting with two “pilot zones.”But the agreement is contingent on the disarmament of the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, which has flatly rejected both the deal and the Israel-Lebanon negotiations that underpin it.At Sunday’s talks, the Lebanese president stressed that Lebanon and the US must “align… regarding the implementation of the tripartite framework, through achieving the first Israeli withdrawal from the first pilot zone.”The State Department added Sunday that Washington was committed to the framework and to backing “Lebanon’s efforts to deliver peace.”US-brokered talks between Israel and Lebanon were held in Rome last week, without an exact timeline for when Israel will fulfill its pledge to withdraw from the two pilot zones, though officials described the dialogue as “positive.”According to Lebanon’s Al Jadeed TV channel, Israeli and Lebanese officials discussed during their meeting on Wednesday how to verify that pilot zones under Lebanese army control are free of Hezbollah weapons and fighters.A third party will verify disarmament, according to the report. No final decision has been reached, though United Nations forces have been brought up as a possibility.The first pilot zone will include the villages Zatar El-Gharbiyeh, Zatar El-Sharqiya, Ghandouriyeh, Froun, Srifa, and Burj Qalaouiyah, which sit on both the northern and southern banks of the Litani River.Israel agreed to withdraw from two pilot zones as part of the framework deal inked with Lebanon last month. Jerusalem described the withdrawals as a very minor concession, given that the pilot zones are located in areas beyond the original buffer zone that the IDF had established in southern Lebanon.IDF officials have said that while they are ready to implement the withdrawal, they have yet to receive a directive from the political leadership.On Friday, local media outlets reported that the Lebanese army had redeployed forces to the southern towns of Froun and Burj Qalaouiyah.Both towns are located outside of the IDF’s south Lebanon buffer zone, meaning that no Israeli soldiers withdrew from the area for the Lebanese army to enter.Israeli forces are, however, currently stationed in the Zatar al-Sharqiya area, and will be required to withdraw as the deal progresses.
AFTER 3 DAYS OF HORSE RACES BEING CANCELLED.SUNDAY NIGHT WAS BACK TO ACTION.THE AIR QUALITY HAS IMPROVED A BIT.
Marchers do not appear to succeed in crossing into Gaza-Ministers join settler activists on march through closed military zone to Gaza border-Security forces do little to stop thousands of marchers from breaching IDF checkpoints while demonstrating for the reestablishment of settlements in the Strip; no arrests reported-By Charlie Summers-20 July 2026, 2:34 am
Government ministers on Sunday joined thousands of settler activists in a march through a closed military zone to the Gaza border, flouting the orders of IDF officers at the scene in a show of support for Jewish settlement of the territory.The “March of Thousands,” marking 21 years since Israel’s evacuation of its Gush Katif settlement bloc inside the Gaza Strip, drew leading politicians from the religious Zionist camp, such as National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, as well as politicians from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.According to event organizers in the Nachala settler group, a total of 28 ministers and coalition lawmakers attended the event. A spokeswoman called the support from more mainstream elements of the Israeli right “very significant”relative to previous attempted marches into the Strip.The marchers did not appear to succeed in crossing into Gaza.The Israel Defense Forces declared the area surrounding Gaza a closed military zone ahead of the march, from Sunday at 8 a.m. until the same time on Monday.Despite the order — and the hundreds of police officers and IDF soldiers dispatched to the scene — the marchers gathered at 5 p.m. near Zikim Beach, and within less than ten minutes, managed to pass the first army roadblock.When marchers began to cross past the checkpoint, soldiers appeared visibly agitated but refrained from making arrests, and retreated to a point further down the route, erecting another roadblock.This pattern repeated itself before marchers reached the Gaza border fence, with The Times of Israel witnessing participants skirt at least four roadblocks erected by the army as they inched closer and closer to the Strip, with some nearing the frontier in an anarchic procession southward.Younger and more agile marchers initially traipsed up sand dunes, through brush and over barbed wire to reach their destination, as army jeeps and ATVs were blocking the roads. As security forces let their guard down, larger families began to proceed down the paved road without interference.Religious Zionist marchers sang and chanted gleefully during the procession. Many wore stickers reading, “Gaza is ours forever,” and held flags calling to build a Third Temple. Some participants attended alone, but the vast majority came with their families.Nachala claimed shortly before the march set out that organizers had reached an agreement with the army permitting them to gather at the entrance to Zikim Beach, though several IDF officers at the scene insisted no such permit was given for the march to proceed.“Thank you to the tens of thousands that came as close as possible to our Gaza region with a clear call: we are settling Gaza now!” read a statement from Nachala.According to organizers, the march was aimed at pressuring the government to sign off on the reestablishment of three evacuated settlements in northern Gaza — Elei Sinai, Dugit and Nisanit.The official endpoint was atop a hill with a view of what was once Elei Sinai. Many of the marchers made it to the site, where they erected an Israeli flag. Nachala’s founder, Daniella Weiss, went back and forth down the road, urging participants to complete the march’s final leg.Ben Gvir, meanwhile, commended the marchers and expressed his wish for Jewish settlement throughout Gaza. “If they had said three years ago that we would control 70% of the territory of the Gaza Strip, no one would have believed it,” he said.“I say from here: There will be Jewish settlement in all of Gaza. Encourage voluntary immigration [of Palestinians to other countries], send those who need it to their countries. And we return home. Gaza is ours,” he continued.Speaking about a kilometer from the border, Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi of Likud also expressed his support for Jewish settlement in Gaza, calling to “settle in all the regions of land granted to our forefathers, to show our enemies that it’s not worth messing with us, to show a meaningful picture of victory.”Karhi went on to urge Israelis to “plant deep roots in every land granted to our forefathers, including the Gaza region.”Smotrich was seen shaking hands with and offering his support to the marchers near the beginning of the route. “God forbid, if the left comes to power, this whole thing could go down the drain, and we will march here again to prevent evictions and destruction,” he said.Thousands attended the march, though exact estimates varied. Police told the Ynet outlet that some 5,000 people joined in the procession, while organizers insisted the number was closer to 15,000.
HOMOSEXUALS.(SODOMITE RAINBOW GROUPERS)
LEVITICUS 20:13
13 If a man also lie with mankind,(ANOTHER MAN) as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
LEVITICUS 18:22
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind,(ANOTHER MAN) as with womankind: it is abomination.
2 TIMOTHY 3:3
3 Without natural affection,(HOMOSEXUALS) trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9,
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,(HARDENED SODOMITE RAINBOW GROUPERRS) nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
PSALMS 14:1
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
ROMANS 1:18-32
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:(HOMOSEXUALITY,AND ALL SEX SINS)
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:(LESBIENS)
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly,(SODOMITES) and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.(AIDS ETC)
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
GOD CREATED THEM MALE AND FEMALE IN MARRIAGE
GENESIS 1:27-28
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,(HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN) and replenish the earth,(HOMOSEXUALS CAN NOT REPLENISH THE EARTH WITH CHILDREN)(BY HAVING SEX WITH EACH OTHER) and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
GENESIS 2:21-24
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
MATTHEW 19:4-6
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Inside story 'Life is hard here, but its still better than being killed'-Study of gay Palestinians who fled West Bank finds persecution by both PA and Israel-HIAS report says Palestinian cities are distributing flyers instructing residents to report, beat LGBTQ individuals, while Israeli authorities are making it harder for them to find refuge or lead normal lives-By Nurit Yohanan-Today, 1:28 pm-JUL 18,26
Mahmoud, a Palestinian man from the West Bank, has been living in Israel for the past seven years, since fleeing there after his father caught him being intimate with another man in the family’s home.In an interview with The Times of Israel, Mahmoud, a pseudonym, recalled how his father beat him and his partner after finding the two together. Sending the partner to his own family, the father then summoned other relatives to beat up Mahmoud as well.Afterward, Mahmoud said, his family locked him inside the house, starving and beating him while telling him they would eventually kill him.After a week of captivity, he managed to escape through a hole in the roof while his relatives were asleep. Eventually, he contacted an Israeli woman he knew, who helped him reach Israel.Like other gay Palestinians, Israel had allowed Mahmoud refuge with a temporary residency permit. However, his permit has not been renewed since September and he faces deportation to the West Bank, an outcome he is now fighting a legal battle to avoid.“I’m in Israel because I have nowhere else to escape my family,” Mahmoud said. “I hope I never have to return to the West Bank, because if my family finds me, I’ll die.”For Mahmoud, however, the danger extends beyond encountering his family should he be forced back to the West Bank, where discrimination against gays is both institutionalized and deeply ingrained in society, according to a rare new study on Palestinian members of the LGBTQ community who fled to Israel.The study, which focuses on individuals born in the West Bank, describes persecution faced under the Palestinian Authority and the hardships they continue to experience after arriving in Israel.According to researchers who produced the report, conditions for gay Palestinians in Israel have worsened since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, with tighter restrictions on residency permits and growing hostility from segments of Israeli society and state authorities.The report was commissioned by HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which assists Palestinian LGBTQ asylum seekers, among other types of refugees.It is the first such study from the group in seven years. Unlike reports from the other non-governmental organizations or the United Nations, the HIAS study relies on first-hand testimonies from those fleeing to Israel and those aiding them.Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with eight LGBTQ Palestinians who fled the West Bank for Israel, and included accounts from four Israeli activists who have collectively assisted hundreds of gay Palestinians seeking asylum.Daniella Danial, who authored the study, told The Times of Israel that many in Israel do not recognize the systemic nature of homophobia in the West Bank, viewing those who flee to Israel as doing so for increased comfort rather than threats to their life.“Israel strongly resists acknowledging that there is persecution in the Palestinian territories,” she said. “Israel says, ‘They come here to live a liberal lifestyle,’ as if it’s like someone moving from Bnei Brak to Tel Aviv. It acknowledges that there are individual cases [of danger], but there needs to be recognition that there is a broader problem.”Danial, an Israeli citizen who identifies as Palestinian, argued that Israel cannot avoid addressing that reality.“I’ve worked with many vulnerable populations,” she said. “In my view, this is the most marginalized group within Israel’s borders.”From family abuse to institutional persecution-Although Palestinian Authority law does not criminalize same-sex relations, a rare statement issued in 2019 highlighted the systematic persecution of LGBTQ people.The statement, issued by the Palestinian police, announced a ban on all organized activities and gatherings organized by Al Qaws (“The Rainbow” in Arabic), a Palestinian LGBTQ advocacy group founded roughly a decade earlier that focused on promoting tolerance through online outreach. Those who took part in the groups’ events would be arrested, police said.The police later deleted the statement from its official platforms, a move the study says reflected an attempt by the PA to avoid projecting an image of intolerance to Western audiences.Al Qaws has significantly curtailed public activities since then, though it continues to publish educational content on social media.In 2022, the plight of gay Palestinians briefly drew international attention after the brutal beheading of a West Bank man who had been living under asylum in Israel but returned to the territory under unclear circumstances.Palestinian police opened an investigation at the time but did not determine that the killing was motivated by homophobia, and the perpetrator has never been arrested.The new study argues that although the PA has largely remained silent on the issue since 2019, severe persecution of LGBTQ Palestinians — both within their families and by public institutions — has continued, in some cases escalating to attempted murder.Manar, a 25-year-old lesbian from a West Bank village, recalled that “when my father discovered I was attracted to women after searching my phone and finding intimate messages, he started beating me all the time.”As with all interviewees cited in the report, her identifying details have been altered for her protection.Manar said her family forced her into marriage with a man following her father’s discovery.Ahead of the wedding, Manar filed a complaint with PA officials over her father’s violence, she said. Police arrested her father, but he was released without charges or even a warning after investigators learned that his actions stemmed from his daughter’s sexual orientation, she claimed.The PA did not respond to a request for comment on Manar’s claims or regarding the wider allegation of systematic persecution of gays.Yaman, a 23-year-old gay man from Nablus, described how his family failed to protect him after he was abducted and beaten because of his sexual orientation.“One day I was just walking down the street when about 20 men attacked me. They strung me up inside an abandoned building and started beating me. Then they called my family and told them, ‘Your son is [gay],'” he said.Instead of defending him, Yaman said, his family blamed him. According to Yaman, police initially opened an investigation into his kidnapping, but quickly closed the case because “no one cared about the gay guy who had been kidnapped.”“I realized no one was willing to protect me, and that I had to flee Nablus if I wanted to stay alive.”While conducting research for the report, Danial said she obtained flyers bearing official stamps of Palestinian municipalities that allegedly identified LGBTQ individuals by name and encouraged local residents to locate, report and attack them. The report cites the flyers as evidence that persecution extends beyond families to public institutions.Because the flyers include the victims’ full identifying details, they were not reproduced in the report. The Times of Israel could not corroborate claims about the flyers.Danial, who has spent years providing legal and psychological assistance to Palestinian LGBTQ individuals and other asylum seekers in Israel, said seeing the documents firsthand had a profound impact.“Seeing the official municipal stamps and instructions telling people what to do to them was terrifying and shocking,” she said.The flyers, which are shared between authorities in different parts of the West Bank, are one of several factors making it nearly impossible for LGBTQ Palestinians to relocate within the West Bank.As a result, many feel they have no choice but to flee to Israel.Mahmoud told The Times of Israel that his family spread information about him among his extended family across the West Bank, making it impossible for him to hide anywhere in Palestinian-controlled areas.According to Danial, the interviews also revealed what she described as a pattern of systematic persecution by Palestinian Authority institutions, including arbitrary detention and fabricated criminal charges.Because there is no law criminalizing same-sex relations in the West Bank, LGBTQ Palestinians are sometimes accused of unrelated offenses, including collaborating with Israel, she said, citing the interviews.Amjad, a gay man who fled to Israel and has since been resettled in a third country, described how police officers searched him on the street and found intimate messages exchanged with his partner. He was immediately arrested and held for three weeks, during which he was threatened, starved and physically assaulted. He was released without being charged and fled directly to Israel.Not refugees-Israel is a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention that prohibits states from returning people to countries where they face persecution on the basis of religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group.Although Israel never incorporated the convention into domestic legislation, asylum seekers from countries such as Eritrea and Sudan have been able to apply for refuge through the Population and Immigration Authority at the Interior Ministry. Though asylum is rarely granted, and the process can take years, those with open applications are permitted to remain in Israel while awaiting a decision and are afforded various rights.However, Israel does not allow Palestinians to submit asylum applications through the Interior Ministry, in line with its longstanding claim that the Refugee Convention does not apply to Palestinians.In 2014, an interministerial team created a pathway for Palestinians fleeing to Israel to apply for “welfare residency permits” through the Civil Administration, the Defense Ministry body responsible for civilian affairs in the West Bank. The process is open to gay Palestinians as well as those seeking protection for other reasons, such as domestic violence or collaboration accusations.The permits are valid for periods ranging from one month to one year, but can be renewed.However, they come with significantly fewer rights. Until 2022, welfare residency permit holders were not even allowed to work legally, a policy that changed only after human rights organizations successfully petitioned the High Court of Justice.Permit holders are ineligible for unemployment benefits or disability payments, which are open to other asylum seekers, according to attorney Adi Lustigman, who represents Palestinian LGBTQ asylum seekers.They also have no access to health insurance, which can create significant bureaucratic obstacles when attempting to secure employment.Amir, a 28-year-old gay man from a major West Bank city, recalled in the study that he arrived in Israel with NIS 3,000 ($1,000) he had saved for an emergency.“Once the money ran out, it became very difficult to find work. Everything had to be documented, and no one wanted to hire me… You need a bank account, an ID card,” documents he had difficulty obtaining because of his temporary permit.Danial said many Palestinians who flee to Israel — including from middle-class backgrounds — end up on the street, turning to prostitution or criminal activity to get by. Some are exposed to drugs for the first time.One interviewee had been pursuing a physics degree when they fled, turning their ambitions upside down, Danial said.“Why would he [otherwise] be hanging around transgender women looking for Johns?” she asked. “They’re exposed to these worlds, and that’s how they deteriorate here. It’s a sensitive point — because if life is so difficult here, why would they come? Because it’s still better than being killed. But they arrive here and suddenly they’re using drugs.”Tighter restrictions since October 7-According to the report, Israel has sharply reduced the entry of Palestinians from the West Bank since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, including those fleeing persecution because of their sexual orientation.Before the war, roughly 90 percent of applicants seeking welfare residency permits due to persecution received temporary permits. Since the war began, that figure has dropped to around 60 percent, according to the study, which cited interviews with permit-seekers.According to Lustigman, before the war, those seeking protection could obtain a short-term entry permit, allowing them to remain in Israel legally while they waited for an interview with a Civil Administration representative to make their case for a welfare residency permit.Following October 7, she said, that practice ended without any formal announcement, forcing Palestinians fleeing the West Bank to risk living in Israel illegally for months until an aid organization can arrange an interview on their behalf.The attorney cited anecdotal evidence from her own clients indicating that the Civil Administration was now more likely to issue permits valid only for a month or two. She also said officials have increasingly required applicants to repeatedly produce fresh evidence that they remain under threat in the West Bank.“They constantly demand that people prove they’re still being threatened,” she said. “Someone may have had their application approved two years ago, but now every time they renew their permit, they’re asked to show new threats. There aren’t always new threats. So they end up calling a relative, hearing them scream, ‘Don’t come back,’ ‘They’ll kill you,’ recording the call or taking screenshots of threatening messages, and submitting them. Otherwise, the permit won’t be renewed. They’re constantly being forced to relive the trauma.”Mahmoud said that the Civil Administration had demanded new evidence of recent threats when he applied for his permit to be renewed in September, something which had not occurred in previous years.After his request was denied, Mahmoud appealed the decision to Israel’s Administrative Affairs Court.In March, the court ordered that he not be deported but also declined to grant him legal status, meaning he can stay in Israel but not work. The court did not provide an explanation for the decision, which it has since appealed.The Civil Administration did not respond to The Times of Israel’s request for comment.Growing hostility toward Palestinians-Beyond the bureaucratic hurdles, interviewees described what they said was growing hostility from Israeli police toward Palestinians since the October 7 attack.According to the study, several Palestinian asylum seekers holding valid residency permits were nevertheless deported from Israel after police officers or soldiers allegedly told them that “it doesn’t matter — there are no permits for Palestinians anymore.”Issam, a gay man from the West Bank, said he was detained by police while taking out the trash outside his home because he was not carrying identification or his wallet.Although he tried to explain that he held a valid residency permit, he was deported to the West Bank. Only after his attorney intervened was he allowed to return to Israel.Upon his return, while on his way to catch a bus home, Issam said he was stopped again by a police officer and beaten by several officers. He was once again taken to a checkpoint, and only a second legal intervention prevented him from being deported again.The Israel Police did not respond to The Times of Israel’s request for comment.Danial said the problem extends beyond interactions with law enforcement to broader public attitudes that, she argued, have hardened during the war.“Suddenly, employers don’t want to pay their Palestinian workers,” she said. “We heard many cases of economic exploitation. People work 10-hour shifts washing dishes, and at the end of the month, they simply aren’t paid.”For many LGBTQ Palestinians fleeing the West Bank, Israel is just a stopping point on the way to refuge in a third country. Until recently, an average of 15 LGBTQ asylum seekers a year were resettled from Israel to third countries through a program administered by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.However, officials say that the effort has been curtailed since 2025 due to funding cuts by US President Donald Trump’s administration, part of Washington’s broader pullback from foreign assistance.According to Danial, the number of Palestinian LGBTQ asylum seekers who can now be resettled has fallen to just two people a year.“If there are 300 Palestinian LGBTQ people here, even by the most conservative estimate, it’ll take another 150 years for everyone to leave,” Danial said sarcastically. “In the past, Israel could say: ‘You can stay here temporarily until you’re resettled in a third country.’ When 15 people were leaving every year, that was a bit more realistic. Today, it’s a dead end.”
