CANADA TRYS TO FORCE ISRAEL INTO A CEASE FIRE-YOU BETTER SHUT UP OR JUDGEMENT WILL COME UPON US IN CANADA.

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)

 CANADA TRYS TO FORCE ISRAEL INTO A CEASE FIRE-YOU BETTER SHUT UP OR JUDGEMENT WILL COME UPON US IN CANADA.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US THAT WE CAN BE SAVED FOREVER.AND DURING WW3 PEOPLES BLOOD WILL BE SHED AS A JUDGEMENT FOR HATING HIM AND ISRAEL.GOD IS NOT MOCKED.

ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2  I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3  I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15  So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16  When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17  So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)

ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire,(NUKES) and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 3 BILLION).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.

JOEL 2:3,30

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

REVELATION 9:18
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.(ATOMIC BOMBS)(RUSSIA CHINA DESTROYED BY ISRAELS ATOMIC BOMBS)

REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)

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)(50% OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE)
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.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)

EZEKIEL 32:18-29 (NOTICE ALL THE COUNTRIES LAND PROMISED ISRAEL BY GOD ARE IN THE JORDAN VALLEY BURIED)
18 “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
19 Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised! (IN HELL FIRES)
20 They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
21 Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
22 Assyria (SYRIA) is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
23 Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
24 Elam (IRAN) is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
25 Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
26 Meshech and Tubal (RUSSIA) are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
27 They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
28 But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.
29 Edom (JORDAN) is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.THIS IS RIGHT FROM 93:

SECOND ANGEL: MIDDLE EAST
Then I saw that the second angel had a sickle in his hand, such as is used in harvesting.The second angel said: "Harvest time has come in Israel and the countries all the way to Iran."I saw those countries in a few split seconds."All of Turkey and those [inaudible] countries that have refused me and refused my message of love shall hate each other and kill one another."I saw the angel raise the sickle and come down on all the Middle East countries. I saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of Georgia - Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor - full of blood. I saw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; Nuclear weapons used in many of those countries. Smoke rising from everywhere. Sudden destruction – men destroying one another. I heard these words:"Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come." The angel said, "The chosen, the church, the remnant, shall be purified. The Spirit of God shall prepare the children of God."I saw fires rising to heaven.The angel said: "This is the final judgment. My church shall be purified, protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from thirst. Water shall be scarce all over the Middle East. Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those countries."The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.

PSALMS 83:1-8 (GODS LAND PROMISED TO ISRAEL)
1 O God, do not remain silent;do not turn a deaf ear,do not stand aloof, O God.
2 See how your enemies growl,  how your foes rear their heads.
3 With cunning they (ARAB,MUSLIMS) conspire against your people;they plot against those you cherish.(ISRAELIS)
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
5 With one mind they plot together;(TREATIES) they form an alliance against you—
6 the tents of Edom (JORDAN)  and the Ishmaelites, (EGYPTIAN ARABS SO CALLED PALESTIANS) of Moab (JORDAN) and the Hagrites,(EGYPT)
7 Byblos,(HEZBOLLOH) Ammon (JORDAN) and Amalek,(SYRIAN ARABS IN THE SINAI) Philistia,(ARABS) with the people of Tyre (LEBANON).
8 Even Assyria (SYRIA) has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.

IDF has killed 500 terrorists in Lebanon since beginning of war, says senior officer-Figure given by Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin higher than ToI tally; military says Hezbollah hiding true number of fatalities among its ranks-By Emanuel Fabian-and ToI Staff 26 July 2024, 6:17 pm

The Israel Defense Forces have killed more than 500 terror operatives in Lebanon in the past nine months of skirmishes, the chief of the military’s Northern Command said Friday.“We have already eliminated more than 500 terrorists in Lebanon, most of them from Hezbollah, and we have destroyed thousands of infrastructures,” Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin told troops of the Golani Brigade in northern Israel.Hezbollah has named 377 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. Another 68 operatives from other terror groups in Lebanon have also been killed, bringing the tally tracked by The Times of Israel to 445, a lower figure than the one given by Gordin.Israeli defense officials estimate that this figure is in fact higher, and Hezbollah is covering up the true number of fatalities among its ranks.One Lebanese soldier and dozens of Lebanese civilians have also been killed during the hostilities that began on October 8.“Our backs are the residents, our backs are the citizens, and our faces and our barrels are aimed at the enemy. When the moment comes and we launch an attack, it will be a decisive attack,” Gordin said.Gordin’s remarks followed comments made by an Israeli official briefing reporters in Washington earlier Friday who said Israel will not wait for the US to green-light any military activity it chooses to take to push Hezbollah away from the Israel-Lebanon border.The official said that the US knows Israel will not allow the situation on the northern border — where Hezbollah forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts on a near daily basis — to remain as it is.Hezbollah says it is attacking Israel to support Gaza amid the war against Hamas there. So far, their attacks have resulted in the deaths of 12 civilians in Israel, as well as the deaths of 18 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.Israel is hoping that a solution can be reached through diplomatic measures, the official stressed, but will not hesitate to take military action if this proves to be impossible, the official added.They also said Israel is not prepared to give up territory to restore calm in the north.Only once it is deemed safe for the tens of thousands of displaced people to return to their homes in northern Israel will the threat posed by Hezbollah be considered resolved, the official said.Hezbollah cell struck-A cell of Hezbollah operatives was struck on Friday in southern Lebanon’s Markaba, the IDF said. Hezbollah named two members killed in the strike.The military said the operatives were spotted by troops of the 869th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit entering a building used by the terror group, and a short while later, a fighter jet carried out an airstrike.Separately, overnight, the IDF said it struck another building used by Hezbollah in Ayta ash-Shab.Meanwhile, one rocket launched from Lebanon at the Upper Galilee was intercepted by air defenses, the IDF added.However an anti-tank guided missile struck a factory in the border community of Avivim, local authorities said.The Merom Hagalil Regional Council said damage was caused to the factory in the attack. Hezbollah took responsibility for the missile fire, saying it struck a building where IDF troops were gathered.

WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

The King of Jerusalem[1] was the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Crusader state founded by Christian princes in 1099 when the First Crusade took the city.Godfrey of Bouillon, the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, himself refused the title of king, and instead chose the title "Defender of the Holy Sepulchre". Thus, the title of king was only introduced for his successor, King Baldwin I in 1100. The city of Jerusalem was lost in 1187, but the Kingdom of Jerusalem survived (also known as the "Second Kingdom of Jerusalem"), moving its capital to Acre in 1191. The city of Jerusalem was re-captured in the Sixth Crusade, during 1229–39 and 1241–44. The Kingdom of Jerusalem was finally dissolved with the fall of Acre and the end of the Crusades in the Holy Land in 1291.After the Crusader States ceased to exist, the title of King of Jerusalem was claimed by a number of European noble houses descended from the kings of Cyprus or the kings of Naples. The (purely ceremonial) title of King of Jerusalem is currently used by Felipe VI of Spain. It was claimed by Otto von Habsburg as Habsburg pretender, and by the kings of Italy until 1946.

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

 1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
 
ISAIAH 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20  And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21  And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22  And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went
to enquire of the LORD.
23  And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24  And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25  And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26  And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)

MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)(50% OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE)
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.

DR SAMUEL DOCTORIANS VISION - SECOND ANGEL: MIDDLE EAST
Then I saw that the second angel had a sickle in his hand, such as is used in harvesting.The second angel said: "Harvest time has come in Israel and the countries all the way to Iran."I saw those countries in a few split seconds."All of Turkey and those [inaudible] countries that have refused me and refused my message of love shall hate each other and kill one another."I saw the angel raise the sickle and come down on all the Middle East countries. I saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of Georgia - Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor - full of blood. I saw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; Nuclear weapons used in many of those countries. Smoke rising from everywhere. Sudden destruction – men destroying one another. I heard these words:"Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come." The angel said, "The chosen, the church, the remnant, shall be purified. The Spirit of God shall prepare the children of God."I saw fires rising to heaven.The angel said: "This is the final judgment. My church shall be purified, protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from thirst. Water shall be scarce all over the Middle East. Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those countries."The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.

DANIEL CHAPTER 9:24-27 EXPLAINED.
24 Seventy weeks (70X7=490 YEARS) are determined upon thy people (ISRAEL) and upon thy holy city,(JERUSALEM) to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.(JESUS ANNOINTED WITH HOLY OIL AS KING OF JERUSALEM FOREVER).
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, (7X7=49 YEARS) and threescore and two weeks:(62X7=434 YEARS) the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.(490-49-434=7 YR PERIOD WERE GOD DEALS WITH ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM (NOT THE CHURCH-THE TRUE CHURCH IS IS IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS FOR THAT LAST 7 YEAR PERIOD.)(DANIEL 9:26-27 IS IN THE FUTURE WHEN GOD DEALS ON EARTH WITH ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM FOR THAT FINAL 7 TEAR PERIOD. WHEN ALL OF ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED BY MESSIAH JESUS.)(AT THE END OF IT)
26 And after threescore and two weeks (69X7=483 YEARS)(ONE 7 YEAR PERIOD UNTIL PROPHECY IS FULFILLED) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince (ROMANS) that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(2ND TEMPLE AND JERUSALEM) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(NOW THE FINAL ISRAEL-JERUSALEM COUNTDOWN FOR MESSIAH JESUS RETURN THE LAST 7 YEARS)
27 And he (HE WHO? HE HERE IS THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE LEADER THAT MAKES THE FINAL 7 YR CONTRACT WITH ISRAEL AND MANY MUSLIM COUNTRIES FOR A 7 YR PERIOD, AND THE EU WILL GUARENTEE ISRAELS SECURITY FOR THIS LAST PERIOD) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: (7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week (3 1/2 YEARS IN) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, (THIS FALSE MESSIAH OR ROMAN LEADER STOPS THE ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN THE 3RD TEMPLE AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE 7 YR DEAL. A JEW MURDERS HIM WITH A SWORD WOUND AND HE HAS A FALSE RESSURECTION-SATAN INCARNATES IN HIS BODY. AND BRINGS HIM BACK TO LIFE.AND HE THEN SITS IN THE 3RD TEMPLE CALLING HIMSELF GOD AS THE WORLD SAYS HES JESUS REINCARNATED. AND BY THIS FALSE RESURRECTION GOD SENDS THIS STRONG DELUTION ON THE EARTH THAT ALL THE LOST WILL WORSHIP THIS ROMAN LEADER AS GOD AND ACCEPT HIS NAME, NUMBER OR NUMBER OF HIS NAME IN THEIR MICROCHIP IMPLANT. THAT THEY MIGHT BE DOOMED, DAMNED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER. WHO WORSHIPS THIS ROMAN LEADER AS GOD.) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.(WARS NON STOP DURING THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR PERIOD. HAMAS DEATH CULT HOSTAGE RELEASE.

THESE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT NUTJOBS TRYING TO FORCE ISRAEL TO DO A CEASEFIRE. WILL BRING MORE JUDGEMENT ON US IN CANADA THEN THE JASPER, VANCOUVER, ALBERTA WILDFIRES. IT WOULD NOT SUPRISE ME IF OUR CANADA AS JUDGEMENT GETS AN 8.0 EARTHQUAKE ON US IN CANADA AS A RESULT. OF TRYING TO FORCE ISRAEL INTO A CEASEFIRE. GOD WILL DIVIDE CANADA WITH A GIGANTIC EARTHQUAKE. AND THE OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO FOR FORCING ISRAEL TO GET A CEASEFIRE. OR LOOK OUT FOR COCKROACH TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THESE COUNTRIES.

It must end’: Australia, New Zealand, Canada call for immediate Gaza ceasefire-Countries’ leaders say in joint statement civilians can’t ‘be made to pay the price of defeating Hamas,’ demand Israel ‘respond substantively’ to ICJ ruling on West Bank presence-By Reuters and ToI Staff 26 July 2024, 4:40 pm

 Australia, New Zealand and Canada on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and asked Israel to respond to a United Nations court that last week ruled that the West Bank settlements and Israel’s military rule there are illegal.“Israel must listen to the concerns of the international community,” the leaders of the three countries said in a joint statement.“The protection of civilians is paramount and a requirement under international humanitarian law. Palestinian civilians cannot be made to pay the price of defeating Hamas. It must end,” the leaders said, adding that they “remain unequivocal in our condemnation of Hamas.”The leaders also said Israel needed to hold extremist settlers accountable for ongoing acts of violence against Palestinians, reverse its settlement program in the West Bank, and work toward a two-state solution.Israel’s Embassy in Australia on Thursday said it condemned acts of violence against Palestinian communities.Last Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and its settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible, its strongest findings to date on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.The leaders of Australia, Canada and New Zealand called on Israel to “respond substantively” to the July 19 ruling of the ICJ about the illegality of Israel’s military control over the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.The Foreign Ministry rejected the ICJ opinion as “fundamentally wrong” and one-sided, and repeated its stance that a political settlement in the region can only be reached by negotiations.Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem — areas the Palestinians now want for a state — from Jordan and Egypt in the 1967 Six Day War.The United Nations and most of the international community regard the areas as illegally occupied. Israel rejects the argument, saying its settlements are on disputed land.Ottawa’s, Canberra’s and Wellington’s joint statement, the second since February, expressed concern about escalating violence with Hezbollah on Israel’s border with Lebanon, and said the risk of a wider regional war made a ceasefire in Gaza all the more urgent.The Iran-backed terror group began shelling mostly evacuated communities in northern Israel on October 8, a day after Hamas’s thousands-strong shock assault on southern Israel that left nearly 1,200 people dead and saw 251 taken hostage, sparking the war in Gaza.The leaders’ statement came hours after US Vice President Kamala Harris urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal that would ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians and free the remaining hostages, striking a somewhat tougher tone than US President Joe Biden has.On Thursday, Canberra announced sanctions on seven extremist settlers whom Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong accused of violent attacks on Palestinians, including “beatings, sexual assault and torture of Palestinians resulting in serious injury and in some cases, death.”

Hamas said to reject proposal for hostage-ceasefire deal before receiving it-Israeli official says terror group’s response ‘bizarre’ given that plan not yet sent; Hamas reportedly objects to demands over Philadelphi Corridor, return of Gazans to north Strip-By Agencies and ToI Staff 26 July 2024, 4:40 pm

The Hamas terror group preemptively rejected the terms of an Israeli proposal for a hostage-ceasefire deal on Thursday night, according to Reuters, in what a senior Israeli official called “bizarre” messages, given that “nobody has read [the proposal] yet.”A senior Israeli official said Hamas had not yet seen the latest proposal, which was expected to go out “in the coming hours.”“We haven’t sent it yet, nobody has read it yet. Even the negotiators haven’t got it yet. They will read it before transferring it to Hamas for their reaction,” said the official, presumably referring to the Arab intermediaries facilitating the talks.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, the White House, and Egypt’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.Families of American-Israeli hostages who met with US President Joe Biden and Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday said they were told Israel would submit an updated deal proposal to Hamas within days. “The leaders and their staff… are working as we speak to put together an updated Israeli proposal that will be sent back to Hamas,” Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui is held hostage, told The Times of Israel after their meeting. “It is all within the framework of that three-stage proposed deal that the President announced at the end of May.”Hamas reportedly objected to an expected demand that Israel be allowed to screen Palestinians returning to the north of the Gaza Strip after fleeing south earlier in the war.Israel has agreed to allow civilians to return home, but seeks a means to prevent Hamas fighters from returning with them. Earlier this month, Netanyahu listed as a “nonnegotiable” that “the return of thousands of armed terrorists to the northern Gaza Strip will not be possible.”Israel and Hamas are in ongoing negotiations, mediated by Qatar and Egypt and the US, for a potential ceasefire deal that would see the release of 111 hostages still held in Gaza after they were abducted from Israel during the October 7 attack, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists invaded southern Israel from Gaza, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, starting the ongoing war between Israel and the terror group. Dozens of the hostages still held are presumed to be dead.Egyptian sources that spoke to Reuters also cited the issue of Israeli military control over the Philadelphi Corridor, the roughly 14-kilometer (9-mile) stretch separating Gaza from Egypt, as a sticking point in negotiations.A senior Israeli official told The Times of Israel this week that Cairo was privately moving toward allowing Israeli troops to remain there, explaining, “They too don’t want Hamas to resume smuggling on the border.”Israeli negotiators since May had been discussing withdrawing from the corridor, with the US leading trilateral discussions with Israel and Egypt about the creation of an underground wall along the corridor and the installation of a surveillance system to thwart any weapons smuggling into Gaza, US officials have said.But seeking to capitalize off a boosted position on the battlefield earlier this month, Netanyahu shifted course and declared that the IDF remaining in Philadelphi was nonnegotiable, alongside his demand that armed combatants not be able to return to northern Gaza.The demand to remain in Philadelphi appeared to contradict the framework approved in May, which envisioned Israel withdrawing from the entirety of the Gaza Strip during the second of the deal’s three six-week phases.A member of Israel’s negotiating team, along with an Arab mediator, had expressed concern to The Times of Israel earlier this month that the new demands from Netanyahu risked jeopardizing the talks.US President Joe Biden publicly presented a framework for a deal that would see a staged release of hostages in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners and a ceasefire that, initially temporary, would then become permanent in the second stage of the deal.Jacob Magid contributed to this report.

FM seeks international support for Israeli action in Lebanon-Hezbollah will pay ‘heavy price,’ PM vows after strike on Druze town kills 12 youngsters-Netanyahu says murder of Druze children won’t ‘pass in silence’ as security officials meet to discuss best options; Gallant tells Druze leaders Israel ‘will strike the enemy hard’By Lazar Berman,Emanuel Fabian,ToI Staff and Sam Sokol-Today, 3:43 am-JUL 27,24

Israel will not let the murderous attack in Majdal Shams “pass in silence,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Saturday afternoon, as senior security officials held consultations in the wake of a deadly Hezbollah rocket attack that left at least 12 young people dead in the northern Druze town.The attack was the single deadliest Hezbollah attack since the fighting on the Israel-Lebanon border began on October 8, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Saturday evening, and all the victims were aged between 10 and 20 years old.Following the deadly strike, Netanyahu spoke to the spiritual leader of Israel’s Druze community Sheikh Muafak Tarif, the Prime Minister’s Office said, and vowed that Israel would not sit idly by.“Prime Minister Netanyahu made clear that Israel will not allow the murderous attack to simply pass on by, and that Hezbollah will pay a heavy price for this that it has not paid until this point,” his office said.The prime minister, who was still in the United States at the time of the attack but cut short his trip by several hours and was expected to land back in Israel early Sunday afternoon, repeated the sentiment in a video message released shortly after.“Among the murdered were small children who were playing soccer,” he said, “and others were also murdered. Our hearts are all broken by these sights.”He pledged that Israel would “not let this pass in silence,” and said the whole nation stood together with the Druze community “in its difficult time, which is also our difficult time.”Israel’s decision-making security cabinet was set to convene on Sunday afternoon.In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was briefed by top military and security officials on Israel’s options “for action against Hezbollah.”The meeting was attended by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar and Mossad chief David Barnea, among other officials.On X, Gallant said he had spoken to Tarif “to share the heavy sorrow that befell the Druze community and the entire Israeli nation.”He said that in his call with the Druze spiritual leader, he had promised that Israel “will strike the enemy hard.”Like Netanyahu, security officials have vowed not to go easy on Hezbollah after the deadly attack, which was carried out with an Iranian-made rocket, and have signaled that the 10-month-long deadly confrontation on the Israel-Lebanon border could not be tolerated much longer.Visiting the scene of the attack on Saturday night, Halevi told community leaders that the terror group, which does not “distinguish between killing Druze or Jews,” would be met with a “very, very significant response” from Israel.But when Israel does retaliate, he warned, “Hezbollah may shoot more here, and caution must be taken to follow the Home Front Command and Northern Command’s instructions.“We want to deliver a hard blow to Hezbollah, without having any more casualties here,” he added.Calls for Israel to respond forcibly to Hezbollah were echoed across the political echelon as well, with some going so far as to demand Israel launch a full-scale military offensive against the Iran-backed terror group, even as an unnamed Israeli security source told Sky News Arabic that Israel does not “intend to spark a war.”Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Israel was seeking international “support and legitimacy” to act against Hezbollah after the terror group “crossed all red lines” in Saturday’s rocket strike.The Foreign Ministry was preparing for an international campaign that would work to “obtain support and legitimacy for Israeli action in Lebanon, and to point the finger directly at Iran,” Katz said.Israel is “approaching the moment of an all-out war against Hezbollah and Lebanon,” he warned, pledging that the terror group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah would be destroyed and that Lebanon would be severely damaged.“This is not an army against an army,” Katz said of Hezbollah. “It is an Iranian terrorist organization against civilians and children.”Calling for the world to impose heavy sanctions on Hezbollah, Katz said the group must be stopped “before it is too late.”Meanwhile, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir accused the government of having intentionally avoided “acknowledging that we are in a battle against Hezbollah for ten months.”“Today, no one, in any forum, including the defense minister who strived only to contain Hezbollah, can avoid the bloody reality — we are at war,” the ultranationalist minister said. “I call on the prime minister to immediately convene the cabinet, [even] by encrypted phone, to make the decision that I have been demanding for a long time – war in the north now!”MK Yitzhak Kreuzer, of Ben Gvir’s far-right Otzma Yehudit party, echoed the call for all-out war in a video filmed in Majdal Shams.“The blood of the children of the Golan is not cheap,” he said, calling on the government “to go to war, to destroy Hezbollah, to hit the state of Lebanon from which came the rocket that hit here and caused this severe disaster.”The call for Israel to retaliate in a meaningful way was echoed across the political spectrum, albeit with fewer references to a desire to launch a war in Lebanon.In an English-language statement on X, centrist National Unity chairman Benny Gantz pledged that his party would provide “wide support from outside the government for any determined and effective response that will restore security to the citizens of the north.”The former defense minister also visited Majdal Shams hours after the attack and as the death toll continued to rise, to pay his condolences to the Druze community leaders.He was accompanied by National Unity MK Michael Biton, former MK and Druze politician Mufid Mari, and Golan Regional Council head Uri Kellner.Reiterating the commitments he laid out in his social media post, Gantz told Mayor Dolan Abu Saleh that the situation in northern Israel had “gone on for too long,” and pledged that he would do everything possible to allow for residents of northern Israel to feel safe in their own homes once more.Knesset whip Ofir Katz of Likud said too that “a difficult and painful response is required” while Labor MK Merav Michaeli wrote on social media that “whoever launched these rockets must pay a heavy price.”Right-wing New Hope MK Mishel Buskila took a more blunt approach, and called on the government to “tear apart Beirut” in the wake of the attack.

DC official fears all-out war as US condemns ‘horrific’ rocket attack on Majdal Shams-After Hezbollah hit kills 12 people aged 10-20 at a soccer field in Druze village, EU foreign policy chief calls for int’l probe of ‘bloodbath’; Beirut urges end to hostilities-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 2:24 am

The United States condemned a rocket attack Saturday on a soccer field in the Golan Heights that killed a dozen people, mostly children and teens, calling the strike “horrific.”A Biden administration official expressed concern that the deadly Hezbollah strike could spark an all-out war between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group. “What happened today could be the trigger we have been worried about and tried to avoid for 10 months,” the official told Axios.It was the single deadliest Hezbollah attack on northern Israel since fighting there began in October.The European Union called for an international probe of the “bloodbath” in the northern Druze town of Majdal Shams.The US, which has been leading diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalating the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border, denounced the attack and said US support for Israel’s security was “iron-clad and unwavering against all Iranian-backed terrorist groups, including Lebanese Hezbollah.”The US “will continue to support efforts to end these terrible attacks along the Blue Line, which must be a top priority,” the spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said in a statement. The Blue Line refers to the frontier between Lebanon and Israel.European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell described “shocking images from the soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams.”“I strongly condemn this bloodbath. We need an independent international investigation into this unacceptable incident. We urge all parties to exercise utmost restraint and avoid further escalation,” Borrell said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.Lebanon’s government, in a statement that didn’t mention Majdal Shams, urged an “immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts” and condemned all attacks on civilians.Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the UNIFIL peacekeeping force which operates in southern Lebanon, told Reuters its force commander was in contact with authorities in both Lebanon and Israel “to understand the details of the Majdal Shams incident and to maintain calm.”The United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon and the head of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon urged maximum restraint.Hezbollah initially claimed responsibility for launching a barrage of Katyusha rockets and a single heavy Falaq rocket at a nearby military base.As news emerged of the heavy rocket hitting the Druze town, and the deadly outcome of the strike, the terror group issued a statement claiming that it had “absolutely nothing to do with the incident.”But IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari, in a press conference from the scene, identified the rocket as an Iranian-made Falaq-1. “A Falaq-1 rocket struck here in the soccer field, it is an Iranian rocket, manufactured in Iran, a rocket with a warhead of over 50 kilograms of explosives,” he said.“The forensic findings at the scene point to this rocket. Falaq-1 is only in use by the Hezbollah terror group, which carried out this attack from Chebaa,” Hagari added.The IDF said it had determined that the rocket was launched by the terror group from an area just north of the Lebanese village of Chebaa.The shocking attack led to swift promises of retaliation and talk of an unprecedented response among Israeli officials as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hurried home from the US, raising the specter of a fresh escalation and a potential full-blown war between Israel and the Lebanese terror group.It was the single deadliest attack on northern Israel since the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah began hostilities late last year.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there that opened with Palestinian terror group Hamas’s devastating cross-border attack on Israel.So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 24 civilian deaths on the Israeli side — including in Saturday’s attack — as well as the deaths of 18 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.Hezbollah has named 381 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 68 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have been killed.

Protesters demanding hostage deal, elections stand in silence for Majdal Shams victims-In Jerusalem, demonstrators march in a hush, say government should should similarly wallow in silence for its failures; protest expected at airport when PM returns from US By Canaan Lidor,Charlie Summers and ToI Staff Today, 1:05 am-JULY 27,24

Thousands of attendees at weekly rallies demanding the release of Gaza hostages and new elections observed a moment of silence Saturday night to honor the victims of Hezbollah’s deadly rocket attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan that killed 12 people, most of them kids and teens.Speaking at a protest on Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street, former prime minister Ehud Barak reiterated his call for “widespread civil revolt, nonviolent civil disobedience — including shutting down the country” to bring down the government.On Wednesday, the Israel Defense Force recovered the bodies of five hostages from Gaza. Two of their relatives spoke at the Hostages Square rally on Saturday.“If we stop sanctifying the lives of all people, we will very quickly lose the ability to live here,” said Gal Goren, son of slain hostage Mia Goren. “But we will fix this. We will demand that all those responsible are brought to account.“If we don’t bring back the living [hostages] for rehabilitation and bury the last of the slain, Israeli society will collapse from within,” he added.Maya Ahimas, sister of Staff Sgt. Tomer Ahimas, who was killed defending Kibbutz Nirim and whose body was also returned this week, addressed the other families.“I’m sorry your loved ones are still not here — it hurts so much,” she said. “Perhaps we are able to breathe again after Tomer’s return, but I can’t breathe deep: It’s unconscionable that there are another 115 hostages, citizens of Israel, who are still in the hands of Hamas, and the world is silent.”“Our country has no right to exist without them,” she added.At a press conference ahead of the protests, some relatives of hostages accused Netanyahu of derailing ceasefire-for-hostages talks with his latest proposal to the terror group, which reportedly included various new demands deemed unrealistic by other top officials.The Tel Aviv anti-government demonstration was held in parallel to the rally of captives’ relatives at nearby Hostages Square. Additional anti-government protests were held in Jerusalem, Haifa, Karmiel, Rehovot and the Amiad Junction in the Galilee. Demonstrators also protested outside Netanyahu’s homes in Caesarea and Jerusalem.Hundreds of protesters in Jerusalem, marching to Netanyahu’s official residence, refrained from chanting slogans in light of the day’s tragic events, saying the government should similarly wallow in silence and shame for its failures.“This government has the privilege to do one thing and one thing only, to rescue the hostages and go home in silence… We deserve a government that cares for everyone, Jews and Arabs,” said Tomer Lev, an activist leading the march.“We will walk in complete silence to show this government exactly what they need to do,” he added.Prominent liberal rabbi Benny Lau also spoke at the protest.“The horrific picture of the dead children in Majdal Shams woke us up to the understanding that we are in a difficult war, with an enemy who really wants to destroy us,” he said. “But for the heart of this nation to be whole in this war, we need to return the hostages now.”Haaretz reported some clashes at the end of the Tel Aviv rally, with police violently dispersing some protesters and detaining at least one.Netanyahu, who has been in the United States since Monday, moved up his return to Israel by several hours after the rocket attack in Majdal Shams. The premier was expected to be met by protesters when he arrives at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, around noon.Earlier Saturday, Israel relayed to the US a new proposal in the talks. The proposal was said to include Netanyahu’s latest demands that Israeli and Palestinian officials said were a non-starter.“There is a deal on the table, and Netanyahu is assassinating it,” said Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, in a statement preceding the rallies in Tel Aviv. “Today, he conveyed a deal [proposal] that continues the foot-dragging, which the security establishment has already warned would lead to a crisis in the talks.”Netanyahu had disappointed hostages’ families in his speech to the US Congress on Wednesday, in which the premier failed to commit to a deal.Speaking in Tel Aviv, Barak said: “A steady baritone and perfect English are no substitute for a total lack of courage, personality, integrity and action rather than words. Netanyahu has none of these things.”Feminist group Women in Pink held posters at the rally reading: “A good speech won’t save them, a deal would.”Tens of thousands of Israelis have flocked weekly to the Kaplan Street rallies since early 2023, to protest the government’s planned judicial overhaul. The demonstrations stopped for several months after October 7, but have again picked up steam over the government’s alleged failures in preventing the attacks and in the prosecution of the war effort.

Netanyahu moves up flight from DC after deadly Hezbollah rocket strike-PM initially faced criticism for delay in changing flight schedule; security cabinet to meet Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m.-By Lazar Berman-Today, 12:38 am-JULY 27,24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his return flight from Washington to be moved up in the wake of Saturday’s deadly strike on the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the northern Golan Heights.Netanyahu was initially slated to depart after a high-profile visit to the US capital and to Florida at 11 p.m. (6 a.m. Israel time), but was now scheduled to take off instead of 6 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Israel time).He was expected to land back in Israel around midday on Sunday, amid growing calls for a major military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon.Netanyahu had faced criticism from opposition figures and in the media after his office initially dithered on whether he would change his flight plans.“Prime Minister Netanyahu should be in Israel at such times and take part in the management of the war,” said Opposition Leader Yair Lapid in a statement. “The fact that he has not yet decided on returning to Israel is another shameful proof of his complete detachment and above all that he does not care about anything but himself.”An unnamed senior cabinet official told Channel 12 Netanyahu’s failure to immediately move up the flight exhibited “the height of disconnect.”Netanyahu’s office rejected the criticism. “The prime minister made the decision to move his return up as soon as the terrible disaster in Majdal Shams became known, and even informed the defense minister about it before the false criticism was heard in the media,” his office asserted.“The prime minister will assemble the security cabinet immediately upon his return to Israel.”Twelve children and youths, all aged 10-20, were killed and 30 more people were injured in the rocket attack on a soccer field on Saturday afternoon. Israel placed the blame squarely on Hezbollah.It was the single deadliest Hezbollah attack on northern Israel since fighting there began in October.The security cabinet was slated to meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, as Israeli officials signaled the response would be unprecedented.Netanyahu was in Washington to meet US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House, to address a joint session of Congress, and to meet GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Springs, Florida.The IDF said it had determined that the rocket was launched by the terror group from an area just north of the Lebanese village of Chebaa.Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a press conference at the scene on Saturday night that, according to an initial probe, rocket sirens sounded in the town “but this is an immediate alert — too short.”“From the… probe, it has emerged that a single rocket” struck the soccer field in Majdal Shams, Hagari stated, adding that the military was further investigating. He identified the rocket that struck Majdal Shams as an Iranian-made Falaq-1.“Our intelligence is clear, Hezbollah is responsible for the murder of innocent children.The attack came after the IDF on Saturday afternoon struck a cell of Hezbollah gunmen at a weapons depot in southern Lebanon’s Kafr Kila. Hezbollah later confirmed that four of its operatives, members of the terror group’s elite Nukhba force, were killed in the strike.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.Emanuel Fabian contributed to this report.

Tear Beirut apart’: Some politicians beat war drums after Majdal Shams rocket attack-As Smotrich says ‘Nasrallah should pay with his head’ and Ben Gvir demands ‘war in the north now,’ opposition leaders also call for an aggressive reaction to deadly strike By Sam Sokol-Today, 12:28 am-JUL 27,24

Politicians from coalition and opposition were unanimous Saturday in their demand for a fierce Israeli response to a Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 11 people in the northern Druze town of Majdal Shams, most of them children and teens.The strike was the single deadliest Hezbollah attack on northern Israel since fighting there began in October.Far-right ministers were the most belligerent in their reactions.“For the deaths of little children, [Hezbollah chief Hassan] Nasrallah should pay with his head,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tweeted,” asserting that it was “time for action” and that “Lebanon as a whole has to pay the price.”National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said that “since October 8th I have said that we are in a state of war in the north and the enemy needs to be defeated,” but Israeli decision-makers “avoided acknowledging that we are in a battle against Hezbollah for 10 months.” He called for “war in the north now!”Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar demanded that Israel “stop procrastinating and deal a fatal blow to Hezbollah,” arguing that “the more we postpone the campaign, the more painful will be the prices we pay.”Members of the opposition also came out strongly in favor of retaliation against Hezbollah, with New Hope MK Michel Buskila demanding that Jerusalem “tear Beirut apart” and Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman declaring that Nasrallah must “pay the price” for his actions.In an English-language post on X, National Unity party chairman and former war cabinet member Benny Gantz, who resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition in June, pledged “wide support from outside the government for any determined and effective response that will restore security to the citizens of the north.”On the 7th of October Hamas' massacring of children and kidnapping of innocent civilians did not discriminate between race, religion or ethnicity. All were guilty of the high crime of being Israeli.As innocent Israeli children in the Druze village of Majdal Shams were murdered — בני גנץ – Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) July 27, 2024In a statement, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid demanded that the government “put an end to abandonment of the north.”Insisting that events “cannot go on like this,” the Yesh Atid chairman accused the prime minister of shirking his responsibilities, stating that “the fact that he has not yet decided on returning to Israel [from the US] is another shameful proof of his complete detachment and above all that he does not care about anything but himself.”Netanyahu initially dithered on whether he would move up his flight back from Washington, but eventually announced he would be heading out a few hours earlier than planned. He was expected to land around noon Sunday. In a statement, his office argued he had “made the decision to move his return up as soon as the terrible disaster in Majdal Shams became known.”MK Merav Michaeli, of the left-wing Labor, also insisted that “whoever launched these rockets must pay a heavy price.”Asked if that meant Michaeli was calling for war in Lebanon, a spokesman for the former party chief said that she was calling for “a harsh but calculated response, which will not lead to escalation.”As Foreign Minister Israel Katz said he was preparing for an international campaign “to obtain support and legitimacy for Israeli action in Lebanon,” President Isaac Herzog called on the international community not “to sit in silence in the face of Nasrallah’s terror attacks, which come at the behest of the Iranian empire of evil.”Katz told the Times of Israel that Israel is “approaching the moment of an all-out war against Hezbollah and Lebanon.” He said Nasrallah would be destroyed along with his organization if such a war were to erupt, and warned that Lebanon would be severely damaged.The Defense Ministry said on Saturday night that top military and security officials had presented Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with “options for action against Hezbollah” and that “Gallant determined the courses of action and instructed the defense establishment accordingly.” It did not elaborate.In the wake of Saturday evening’s attack, coalition whip Ofir Katz of Likud announced that all nonessential bills would be removed from the Knesset agenda for Sunday, the final day of the summer legislative session.“Following Hezbollah’s shocking massacre of the children of Majdal Shams, it was decided that only urgent government bills will be on the Knesset’s agenda tomorrow. Our hearts are with the residents and the entire Druze community,” he stated.According to the public broadcaster Kan, one of the bills dropped from the agenda is a controversial Shas-backed proposal that seeks to grant the religious services minister the power to allocate additional funds to local religious councils around the country. Voting on the bill was already postponed more than once due to coalition infighting.The coalition intends to try and pass the bill during the recess, the report said.MK Yair Golan, head of the Labor-Meretz union The Democrats, said the Knesset recess must be canceled. “It’s inconceivable that tomorrow, a day of near-war in the north, of unimaginable burials, of war in Gaza, 115 hostages in Hamas’s hands, tens of thousands of displaced in the north and south, the Knesset will simply go on vacation.”Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman contributed to this report.

Deadliest Hezbollah attack since October-12 killed, all aged 10-20, as Hezbollah rocket hits soccer field, sparking wider war fears-Iranian-made rocket fired from Lebanon hits Golan Druze town Majdal Shams; Israel dismisses Hezbollah denial; dozens more wounded; officials signal response could be unprecedented By Emanuel Fabian-and ToI Staff 27 July 2024, 10:40 pm

At least 12 people were killed Saturday, mostly children and teens, and dozens more were wounded when a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a soccer field in the northern Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. It was the single deadliest Hezbollah attack on northern Israel since fighting there began in October.Residents and first responders described scenes of bloody carnage on the pitch. Though a warning siren had sounded, it was too short an alert for the victims, who were unable to flee in time. The IDF said late Saturday that all 12 fatalities were aged 10-20.The shocking attack led to swift promises of retaliation and talk of an unprecedented response among Israeli officials as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hurried home from the US, raising the specter of a fresh escalation and a potential full-blown war between Israel and the Lebanese terror group.A Biden administration official expressed concern that the deadly Hezbollah strike could spark an all-out war between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group. “What happened today could be the trigger we have been worried about and tried to avoid for 10 months,” the official told Axios.Politicians from across the spectrum expressed outrage at the attack and criticized the government’s failure to bring security to the north after long months of fighting, while demanding decisive action against Hezbollah.Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a press conference on Saturday night that all the victims were aged 10 to 20.Photographs and video from the scene immediately after the rocket strike showed people scrambling to help the casualties and parents searching desperately for their children.— Sheren Falah Saab شيرين فلاح صعب (@FalahSaab) July 27, 2024-Baruch Padeh Medical Center near Tiberias said four people in serious condition were brought to the hospital. Ziv Medical Center in Safed said it admitted 32 wounded, including six being treated in the trauma ward, 13 in moderate-to-serious condition, and 10 who were lightly hurt. Another four casualties were taken to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.Medics declared 10 of the victims dead at the scene, while two were declared dead at hospitals, officials said.“We witnessed great destruction when we arrived at the soccer field, as well as items that were on fire. There were casualties on the grass and the scene was gruesome,” said Idan Avshalom, a medic with the Magen David Adom ambulance service.Hezbollah initially claimed responsibility for launching a barrage of Katyusha rockets and a single heavy Falaq rocket at a nearby military base.As news emerged of the heavy rocket hitting the Druze town, and the deadly outcome of the strike, the terror group issued a statement that it had “absolutely nothing to do with the incident.”The army rejected that assertion, saying the attack “was carried out by the Hezbollah terror group” while citing “assessments carried out by the IDF and reliable intelligence information available to us.”The IDF said it had determined that the rocket was launched by the terror group from an area just north of the Lebanese village of Chebaa.Hagari in a press conference from the scene identified the rocket that struck Majdal Shams as an Iranian-made Falaq-1.“A Falaq-1 rocket struck here in the soccer field, it is an Iranian rocket, manufactured in Iran, a rocket with a warhead of over 50 kilograms of explosives,” he said.“The forensic findings at the scene point to this rocket. Falaq-1 is only in use by the Hezbollah terror group, which carried out this attack from Chebaa,” Hagari addedCol. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, revealed the name of the Hezbollah commander who directed the deadly rocket attack.He said the attack was directed by Ali Muhammad Yahya, who is the commander of a rocket launching site in the Chebaa area.“Despite its attempts to deny: Hezbollah is responsible for the massacre in Majdal Shams and the killing of children and boys on the soccer field,” Adraee added.Earlier, Hagari said that according to an initial probe, rocket sirens sounded in the town “but this is an immediate alert — too short.”“In the past hour, Hezbollah has been lying and denying responsibility for the incident,” Hagari said. “Our intelligence is clear, Hezbollah is responsible for the murder of innocent children.“We share in the grief of the families and embrace the Druze community in its difficult time,” he added. “Once again the brutality of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization is exposed. This is a very grave incident and we will act accordingly.”Israeli officials signaled the military response to the Hezbollah rocket attack would likely be a very aggressive one.Top military and security officials presented Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with “options for action against Hezbollah” in response to the deadly attack, his office said.“Gallant determined the courses of action and instructed the defense establishment accordingly,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.The minister had held an assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, head of the Shin Bet Ronen Bar, head of the Mossad David Barnea, and other officials.Channel 12 cited a senior Israeli official in the prime minister’s delegation to Washington as saying: “The events in the north will bring about a dramatic turning point in fighting in the area.”Kan news cited an unnamed senior official as saying “The disaster at Majdal Shams could signal a change of direction in the war.” A security official told the public broadcaster: “This is an incident that we will not gloss over. There will be a severe response.”Netanyahu, who was still in the US on Saturday after his speech to Congress and meetings with top American officials, moved up his flight back to Israel by several hours following the attack.The attack came after the IDF on Saturday afternoon struck a cell of Hezbollah gunmen at a weapons depot in southern Lebanon’s Kafr Kila. The military said the operatives were identified by troops of the 869th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit entering the weapons depot, and a short while later, an airstrike was carried out.Hezbollah later confirmed that four of its operatives, members of the terror group’s elite Nukhba force, were killed in the strike.Rocket fire from Hezbollah toward northern Israel was ongoing throughout Saturday, with one damaging a home in the border community of Arab al-Arashme in the morning. No injuries were reported in that attack.Meanwhile, a Hezbollah drone apparently heading toward offshore gas infrastructure in Israel’s territorial waters on Saturday morning was shot down by the ship-mounted Iron Dome system, known as C-Dome.According to the IDF, one of the Navy’s Sa’ar 6-class corvettes intercepted the drone at a significant distance from the Karish gas field, and there was no threat to the offshore infrastructure in the incident. The IDF said it was still investigating if the drone was laden with explosives or used by Hezbollah for surveillance.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 24 civilian deaths on the Israeli side — including in Saturday’s attack — as well as the deaths of 18 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.Hezbollah has named 381 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 68 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have been killed.

Israel submits latest Gaza proposal to US, but officials warn PM’s new demands won’t fly-Some officials say fresh clauses could be ‘a death blow to negotiations’; Israeli delegation set to depart for Rome Sunday-By ToI Staff 27 July 2024, 10:19 pm

Israel relayed a new proposal for a hostage release deal with Hamas to the White House on Saturday. But sources cited by Hebrew media said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest demands could thwart the negotiations.According to Channel 12 news, the proposal demands an inspection mechanism be put in place to ensure combatants are not able to move to the Strip’s north; sees Israel remaining on the Gaza-Egypt border during the first phase of the deal; and insists on Israel receiving a list of all living hostages Hamas will release as part of the deal.The report quoted a top Israeli official as expressing doubt that the proposal would even make it past the Arab mediators. “It’s doubtful they will pass the proposal on to Hamas given the substantive change to it,” said the official.Walla news also cited unnamed officials in the Israeli negotiating team and in the security establishment as saying Hamas was unlikely to agree to the new demands and that this could lead to a crisis in talks.An official in the Israeli negotiating team was quoted by Haaretz as saying that the demand for an inspection mechanism to prevent the return of gunmen to the north was “a death blow to the negotiations.”“The security establishment will be able to deal with the security challenges without the mechanism,” said the source, adding that Netanyahu was “thoughtlessly risking hostages’ lives.”The new offer came as Mossad chief David Barnea was set to meet in Rome Sunday with the talks’ mediators — CIA chief William Burns, Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.An unidentified Palestinian official told Kan news that the Israeli offer was designed to “create roadblocks in the talks,” and was effectively Israel’s way of saying no without saying no.A senior Palestinian official quoted in the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen news outlet Saturday indicated that Hamas considers any new proposal dead on arrival.Meanwhile, Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zanguaker and a prominent activist for the hostages’ release, accused Netanyahu on Saturday of impeding progress toward a deal with the latest offer.“There is a deal on the table, and Netanyahu is assassinating it,” she said at a weekly demonstration outside IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv. “Today, he conveyed a deal [proposal] that continues the foot-dragging, which the security establishment has already warned would lead to a crisis in the talks.”Israel’s new conditions track with three of the “non-negotiables” Netanyahu listed in a July 7 statement: maximizing the number of living hostages to be released, preventing the return of gunmen northward, and stopping Hamas’s arms smuggling from Egypt.Channel 12 reported on Wednesday that Netanyahu was trying to secure a signed, written commitment from US President Joe Biden that the US would uphold Israel’s right to resume fighting until its war aims are reached — the fourth of Netanyahu’s “non-negotiables.”Israel’s latest offer was relayed to the White House as Netanyahu was wrapping up a visit to the US, where he has been since Monday.Biden and Netanyahu met with American hostages’ relatives on Thursday. At the meeting, the US president said: “I am telling you as a Biden that I am all in, and I am going to do all within my power to make it happen.”Jonathan Dekel-Chen, father of hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, said after the meeting that “we feel probably more optimistic than we have since the first round of releases in late November.”The talks have failed to secure a truce in Gaza and release of hostages there since the weeklong ceasefire in November, which saw Hamas release 105 captives in return for 240 Palestinian prisoners. The current round of talks is based on Israel’s May 27 proposal, outlined by Biden in a May 31 speech.It is believed that 111 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas during the October 7 attack remain in Gaza, including the bodies of 39 confirmed dead by the Israel Defense Force.The shock assault saw thousands of Hamas-led terrorists storm southern Israel to kill nearly 1,200 people, sparking the war in Gaza.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 39,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 15,000 combatants in battle and some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 attack.

UNESCO puts monastery in Gaza, one of Middle East’s oldest, on endangered site list-UN’s World Heritage Center says fourth-century site faces risk of destruction amid ongoing war between Israel and Hamas-By AFP and ToI Staff 27 July 2024, 7:34 pm

The Saint Hilarion complex, one of the oldest monasteries in the Middle East, has been put on the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in danger due to the war in Gaza, the body said Friday.UNESCO said the site, which dates back to the fourth century, had been put on the endangered list at the demand of Palestinian authorities and cited the “imminent threats” it faced.“It’s the only recourse to protect the site from destruction in the current context,”  Lazare Eloundou Assomo, director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, told AFP, referring to the ongoing war, sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.In December, the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict decided to grant the site “provisional enhanced protection” — the highest level of immunity established by the 1954 Hague Convention.UNESCO said then that it was “already concerned about the state of conservation of sites, before October 7, due to the lack of adequate policies to protect heritage and culture” in Gaza.During Hamas’s attack on October 7, terrorists murdered some 1,200 people in Israel, most of them civilians, and took 251 hostages.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 39,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed more than 15,000 combatants in battle and some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 attack.

After meeting PM, Trump says Jews who vote Harris ‘should have their head examined’GOP nominee writes VP’s sit-down with Netanyahu was ‘terrible’ and ‘insulting,’ repeats claim she’s an antisemite; says likely Democrat nominee’s ‘ineptness’ will prolong Gaza war-By ToI Staff 27 July 2024, 7:34 pm

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Saturday that Jews who support presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris or the Democratic Party should “have their head examined,” after the United States vice president’s “terrible and insulting” meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and her absence from the prime minister’s speech to Congress on Wednesday.Trump also wrote on his social media platform that Harris’s “ineptness” would “greatly prolong” the war in Gaza and prevent the release of hostages Hamas is holding there.The word “insulting” was put in quotation marks. It was unclear whom Trump was quoting, if at all.Trump has a history of accusing Jewish Democrats of betraying their religion and Israel. In April, when Joe Biden was still the presumptive Democratic nominee, Trump had also said that Jewish Biden voters “should have their head examined.”Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has been in the US since Monday. On Friday, he met with Trump in Florida. The meeting appeared to be part of Netanyahu’s reported bid to mend fences with the Republican candidate, whom Netanyahu hadn’t met since Trump’s presidency ended.Netanyahu met separately with Harris and Biden at the White House on Thursday. After meeting the prime minister, Harris said she would “not be silent” over Palestinian civilians’ suffering in Gaza.Her speech drew an Israeli complaint that Harris’s highlighting the “dire humanitarian crisis” in the Strip and the need to “end the war” there could toughen Hamas’s stance in negotiations to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by the terror group.After meeting Netanyahu on Friday, Trump wrote that Harris is part of the administration “that embarrassed us in AFGHANISTAN” and was now “telling Israel not to fight any longer with Hamas.”Trump said Harris had “refused to preside over Congress during [Netanyahu’s] speech, which is an obligation of the [vice president].”“Rarely has such a thing happened,” wrote Trump.The US vice president, who is president of the US Senate, traditionally sits at the chamber’s rostrum during foreign leaders’ addresses. Citing a scheduling conflict, Harris declined to do so at Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Wednesday, which was boycotted by nearly 70 Democratic lawmakers.“Any Jewish person who votes for Kamala, or a Democrat, should immediately have their head examined. Likewise Catholics, who are being persecuted by this Administration, should not be voting for radical left Kamala,” Trump wrote.Later on Friday, Trump said at a religious convention in southern Florida that Harris, whose husband and stepchildren are Jewish, had skipped Netanyahu’s Wednesday address due to antisemitism.“She doesn’t like Jewish people. She doesn’t like Israel,” said Trump. “That’s the way it is, and that’s the way it’s always going to be. She’s not going to change.”The remark — coupled with his claim that Harris “is totally against the Jewish people” in North Carolina on Wednesday — marked an escalation in Trump’s incendiary rhetoric, days after his campaign said an attempt on his life had given him a focus on unity.Harris has all but secured the Democratic Party’s nomination for president after Biden, 81, decided not to seek reelection amid intense concern over his age and mental acuity.It is believed that 111 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas during the October 7 attack remain in Gaza, including the bodies of 39 confirmed dead by the IDF. The shock assault saw thousands of Hamas-led terrorists storm southern Israel to kill nearly 1,200 people, sparking the war in Gaza.Polls have shown Harris running neck-and-neck with Trump, who had solidly led Biden since the US president’s halting debate performance on June 27.Analysts say Harris’s ascent has caught the Trump campaign unprepared and that Trump is workshopping lines of attack on her at his rallies.On Wednesday, the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal — whose owner, Rupert Murdoch, is a leading supporter of Trump — warned Republicans against attacking Harris for her race and for not being a biological motherThe editorial came as 2021 remarks by Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, resurfaced, in which Vance said “childless cat ladies,” including Harris, were bent on making the rest of the country as “miserable” as they were.The comment generated a torrent of negative press for the Trump-Vance campaign as it scrambles to regain momentum in the face of a re-energized Democratic party.AFP contributed to this report.

French rail traffic to return to normal Monday, minister says after sabotage-Authorities say they still do not know who was behind attacks, but suspect leftists or environmental activists; Israel has claimed Iran proxies behind targeting Olympic host-By Reuters 27 July 2024, 3:18 pm

PARIS — Traffic on France’s high-speed rail network should be back to normal by Monday, French Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete said after sabotaged signal stations and cables caused travel chaos on Friday, the opening day of the Olympic Games.French rail operator SNCF reiterated that transport plans for teams competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics would be guaranteed.Friday’s pre-dawn attacks on the high-speed rail network damaged infrastructure along the lines connecting Paris with cities such as Lille in the north, Bordeaux in the west and Strasbourg in the east. Another attack on the Paris-Marseille line was foiled, SNCF has said.There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.Foreign Minister Israel Katz asserted on X on Friday that the fires were “planned and executed under the influence of Iran’s axis of evil,” but he did not provide any evidence for the claim besides a previous warning he has made of such a plot.Speaking to reporters at Paris’ Montparnasse train station, Vergriete and SNCF chief Jean-Pierre Farandou said train services would continue to experience disruption throughout the weekend as they gradually return to normal.On Friday, 100,000 people could not take their trains, and another 150,000 faced delays but eventually got to their destinations, Vergriete said.“There will still be disruptions tomorrow,” Vergriete told reporters. “From Monday, there is no need to worry.”Farandou confirmed this, adding that investigations were ongoing and they did not yet know who was behind the attack.SNCF said in a statement that traffic would remain disrupted on Sunday on the North axis but should improve on the Atlantic axis for weekend returns.“On the Eastern high-speed line, traffic resumed normally this morning at 6:30 a.m. (0530 GMT) while on the North, Brittany and South-West high-speed lines, 7 out of 10 trains on average will run with delays of 1 to 2 hours,” it said.Two security sources have said the modus operandi meant initial suspicions fell on leftist militants or environmental activists, but they said there was not yet any evidence.French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Friday said it was too early to say who could be behind the sabotage.“What we know, what we see, is that this operation was prepared, coordinated, that nerve centers were targeted, which shows a certain knowledge of the network to know where to strike,” he said.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report

Putin, Assad meet in Moscow, discuss Middle East 'escalation'-by Doug Cunningham.

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2024-Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow, according to a Thursday morning Kremlin announcement.Putin told Assad he wanted the Syrian leader's opinion on the situation in the Middle East."Unfortunately, there is a tendency towards escalation, we can see that," Putin said. "This also applied directly to Syria."Assad told Putin, "Considering all the events that are taking place in the world as a whole and in the Eurasian region today, our meeting seems very important to discuss all the details of the development of these events, to discuss possible prospects and scenarios."Russia came to Assad's aid militarily when Syrian rebels revolted in a civil war against Assad's authoritarian regime. With the Russian military force, Assad was able to regain control of Syria.Assad said the Moscow visit marks the anniversary of diplomatic relations established between the countries.Russia's state-run TASS news agency said Putin told Assad they had "the opportunity to talk about the entire set of our relations. We have not seen each other for a while."The meeting came as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the possibility of meeting with Putin and Assad in an effort to normalize relations between Turkey and Syria.Putin met earlier this month with Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi and Hungary's

Viktor Orban.Palestinian and Jewish protesters stage rare peace march.

Tel Aviv (AFP) July 26, 2024 - Chanting "yes, to peace, yes, to a deal", hundreds of Palestinian and Jewish Israelis marched noisily through Tel Aviv on Thursday night, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the cycle of violence.Their agenda starts with a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, but ultimately, they want to reboot Palestinian-Israeli relations, and breathe new life into the moribund peace movement."It basically went silent after October 7," and the start of the war, Amira Mohammed, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, said of the peace camp."The radicals became louder than the peace movement. So right now, we've got to be radical about the peace that we want."Mohammed said that included an "acknowledgement of the power dynamic between occupier and occupied" as well as "accountability on both sides.""We can't stop violence with more violence," said teacher Carmit Bar Levy, 49."We need to ensure a good life for both Palestinians and Jews inside of Israel. We have to acknowledge they have the same right to live here as us."She said there was a growing sense since the outbreak of the war that the status quo could not hold."Peace is the only way forward," said Marcelo Oliki, 64, a survivor of the Hamas-attacks on Kibbutz Nirim."There are children, women and babies dying just across the border from me. There are people there who are grieving too, just like me, and that want peace, too, like me."As the war grinds on, demonstrations have erupted in Israel's largest city multiple times a week, some staged by families of the hostages in Gaza, some held by anti-government demonstrators active before the war, and others by the Jewish-Arab peace camp.About 20 percent of Israel's 9.5 million inhabitants are Arab, and many of whom identify as Palestinian.According to activists and watchdogs, Palestinian citizens of Israel have struggled to get authorisation for anti-war protests. Thursday's march was postponed a week after organisers said permission was abruptly withdrawn.While Tel Aviv's various protest groups may diverge on politics, they overlap in the call for an immediate ceasefire.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his insistence on "total victory" while addressing the US Congress on Wednesday, while at home, members of his far-right coalition have threatened to collapse the government over any deal with Hamas.The Hamas attack that started the war on October 7 resulted in the deaths of 1,197 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 39,175 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry."We have to remember that peace is an option, we don't have to convince the far-right... we just need to convince the people in the middle who don't want any more war," said Maya Ofer, 23, a student and member of activist group Standing Together, which organised the march.The group's co-director Rula Daoud addressed a crowd waving signs reading "peace now" and "war has no winner".The demonstrators insisted their vision for long-term political solutions stemmed not from idealism but deep pragmatism."Two peoples live in this country, and neither of them is going anywhere," Daoud said.

India and Pakistan: A history of division and war.

Kargil, India, July 26 (AFP) Jul 26, 2024-India on Friday marks 25 years since its last major armed conflict with arch-rival Pakistan, a high-altitude battle in the Himalayan foothills that briefly appeared poised to escalate into nuclear war.The bloodshed sparked by their division at independence in 1947, and numerous wars since, have entrenched hostility that continues to animate politics on both sides of their shared frontier.AFP reviews the key moments in the fraught and often violent relationship between the two neighbours:- 1947: Partition and war - Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, brings the curtain down on two centuries of British rule at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947.The Indian sub-continent is divided into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.The poorly prepared partition unleashes sectarian bloodshed that kills possibly more than a million people and displaces 15 million others.The monarch of Muslim-majority Kashmir, sandwiched between both countries and below the Himalayan mountain range, dithers on whether to submit to Indian or Pakistani rule.Militants backed by Pakistan attack the territory after the suppression of local uprisings against the monarch's rule, prompting him to seek India's help repelling them and precipitating an all-out war between both countries.A UN-backed, 770-kilometre (478-mile) ceasefire line in January 1949 becomes a de facto frontier dividing Kashmir, now known as the Line of Control and still heavily militarised on both sides.- 1965-71: Kashmir and Bangladesh wars -Pakistan launches a second war in August 1965 when it invades Kashmir, seeking to bring the divided territory entirely under its control.The conflict ends inconclusively seven weeks later after a ceasefire brokered by the Soviet Union with thousands of soldiers dead on each side.Pakistan deploys troops at the start of 1971 to violently suppress a growing independence movement in what is now Bangladesh, which it had governed since 1947.An estimated three million people are killed in the nine-month conflict and millions more cross into India with harrowing stories of atrocities by Pakistani troops.India mobilises a full invasion of Bangladesh at the end of the year, forcing Pakistan's surrender less than two weeks later.Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's popularity reaches stratospheric heights as a result of the quick victory, bolstered further when her government announces India's first successful nuclear weapons test three years later.- 1989-90: Rebellion in Kashmir -An uprising breaks out in Kashmir in 1989 as longstanding grievances with Indian rule boil over, worsened by a territorial election that locals accuse authorities of rigging.Hindus and other minorities flee the region over the following year after targeted assassinations, assaults, and threats by rebel fighters.Tens of thousands of soldiers, rebels and civilians are killed in the following decades during periodic battles between security forces and militants.Widespread human rights abuses are documented on both sides of the conflict.India accuses Pakistan of funding the rebels and aiding their weapons training on its territory.- 1998-99: Nuclear weapons and Kargil conflict -Pakistan conducts its first public nuclear weapons tests in 1998 in response to another round of tests by India weeks earlier.The UN Security Council unanimously condemns both governments and orders them to refrain from more tests, while the United States imposes economic sanctions on both countries.Pakistan-backed militants cross into Indian-administered Kashmir the following year, seizing military posts in the icy heights of the Kargil mountains.Raja Mohammad Zafarul Haq, a leading member of Pakistan's ruling party, says his country will not refrain from using nuclear weapons to protect its security if necessary.Pakistan yields after severe pressure from Washington, alarmed by intelligence reports showing Islamabad had deployed part of its nuclear arsenal nearer to the conflict.Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif blames army chief Pervez Musharaf for igniting the conflict, which killed at least 1,000 people over 10 weeks, without his knowledge or approval.Musharaf overthrows Sharif in a coup months later.- 2008-Present: Mumbai attacks and Modi -Islamist gunmen attack the Indian financial hub of Mumbai in 2008, killing 166 people including 29 foreign nationals.India blames Pakistan's intelligence service for the assault and suspends peace talks.Contacts resume in 2011, but the situation is marred by sporadic fighting.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a surprise visit to Pakistan in 2015 but the diplomatic thaw is short-lived.A 2019 suicide attack kills 41 Indian paramilitary troops in Kashmir and prompts Modi to order tit-for-tat airstrikes inside Pakistan.The resulting stand-off between the two nations is swiftly defused and Modi is re-elected months later, partly on a wave of nationalist fervour spurred by the military response.

North Korea vows 'total destruction' of enemy on Korean War anniversary-By Reuters-July 27, 20248:38 PM EDT

SEOUL, July 28 (Reuters) - North Korea vowed to "totally destroy" its enemies in case of war when leader Kim Jong Un gives an order, state media KCNA reported on Sunday.Senior military officials including Army Colonel Ri Un Ryong and Navy Lieutenant Commander Yu Kyong Song made the comments "out of surging hatred" towards the U.S. and South Korea at a meeting on Saturday attended by Kim to celebrate the 71st Korean War armistice anniversary, according to KCNA.North Korea and the United States do not have diplomatic ties and talks over reducing tensions and denuclearising North Korea have been stalled since 2019. North Korea's state media recently said it doesn't expect that to change no matter who is next elected in the White House.While accusing the U.S. and South Korea of "being hell-bent on provoking a nuclear war," the military officials vowed to strengthen war efficiency to stage an "overwhelming attack on the enemy anytime and without delay and totally destroy them once the respected Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un gives an order."North Korea signed an armistice agreement with the United States and China on July 27, 1953 ending hostilities in the three-year war. U.S. generals signed the agreement representing the United Nations forces that backed South Korea.North Korea calls July 27 "Victory Day" while South Korea does not mark the day with any major events.Hostilities ended with a truce, not a treaty, meaning the two sides are still technically at war.Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Sandra Maler.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) 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)

THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING (BUT WILL NOT KILL EVERY BODY WITH WATER)(BUT 50% OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE (4 BILLION PEOPLE) FROM NUCLEAR WAR)(THE BIBLE SAYS BY FIRE OR ATOMIC BOMBS THIS TIME)
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.

OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6  I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7  And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8  All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9  I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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.

Typhoon Gaemi forces evacuation, factory suspension in northeast China-By Reuters-July 27, 20245:25 AM EDT

BEIJING, July 27 (Reuters) - More than 27,000 people in northeast China were evacuated and hundreds of factories were ordered to suspend production as Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rains, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.Gaemi lashed towns on China's coastal Fujian province on Friday with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely watched trek from the southeastern coast into the populous interior.Heavy rains caused water levels to rise in 40 reservoirs across Liaoning province, the area is expected to experience torrential rain from early on Sunday Tuesday, the report said.Hundreds of chemical and mining companies across the province have suspended operations and nearby residents have been relocated to avoid flood risks, Xinhua said.The storm, which killed dozens as it swept through Taiwan and worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines, has affected almost 630,000 people in China's Fujian province, with almost half of them being relocated, Xinhua has reported.Reporting by Kevin Yao; Editing by William Mallard.

California wildfire explodes, becomes largest in US-By Joseph Ax-July 27, 20249:42 PM EDT

July 27 (Reuters) - Thousands of firefighters were battling a rapidly growing wildfire in northern California on Saturday after the blaze more than doubled in size in a 24-hour span.The Park Fire had burned more than 350,000 acres (141,640 hectares) about 90 miles (144 km) north of the state capital city of Sacramento as of Saturday evening, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.Cooler temperatures and more humid air were expected in the region, potentially helping efforts to slow the spread of the fire, which was 10% contained as of Saturday evening. The fire has destroyed 134 structures, authorities said.Evacuation orders and warnings were issued for multiple communities in several counties, including a warning for Paradise, the town that was devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest in the state's history.U.S. President Joe Biden has been briefed on the fire and has directed his team to do everything possible to support efforts to fight it, a White House official said.A man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion that he started the Park Fire by pushing a flaming car into a gully on Wednesday afternoon.The fire was the largest of dozens of active blazes across the country that have burned more than 2 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.In Oregon, several fires were burning, including the Durkee Fire, which had scorched more than 288,000 acres in the eastern part of the state, authorities said.
A firefighter died after a single-engine tanker crashed near the Falls Fire in southeastern Oregon, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement on Friday.Reporting by Joseph Ax and Andrea Shalal; Editing by Sandra Maler and Michael Perry

Jasper, Alberta fire coming under control, say authorities-By Fergal Smith-July 27, 20247:53 PM EDT

TORONTO, July 27 (Reuters) - Progress has been made suppressing fires in the Canadian tourist town of Jasper, with the remaining ones expected to be put out by the end of the day, authorities said on Saturday.The fires - caused by a massive wildfire that is sweeping through Alberta's mountainous Jasper National Park - are said to have destroyed about a third of the town."Jasper townsite fire suppression has been progressing well, and we are anticipating that all remaining fires within the townsite will be extinguished today," Parks Canada, the government agency that manages the country's national parks, said on X."Power is being restored to parts of the downtown core and critical infrastructure today. This will speed up further damage assessment and recovery."Still, the status of the wildfire in Jasper National Park remains classified as "out of control," the government agency said, adding that it is the largest wildfire in more than 100 years in the park.The town and park, which draw more than 2 million tourists a year to this area of the Rocky Mountains, were evacuated on Monday.There are 157 wildfires currently burning across Alberta, according to the latest update from the province. Still, that is six fewer than reported on Friday."Cooler, rainy weather is helping the firefighters in their efforts of trying to put out some of these wildfires," said Melissa Story, provincial wildfire information officer, Alberta Wildfire."We all must be patient. We know this will take some time but rest assured good progress is being made."Reporting by Fergal Smith; Editing by Sandra Maler

Oregon wildfire explodes to half the size of Rhode Island-By Rich Mckay-July 27, 20248:24 PM EDT

July 26 (Reuters) - Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including the largest fire currently burning in the U.S., which was rapidly expanding near the Oregon-Idaho border on Friday.The Durkee Fire near Huntington, Oregon, has scorched 600 square miles (1,600 square km), an area more than half the size of Rhode Island's land mass, authorities said. It is threatening several towns.The blaze was set off by lightning on July 17, and wind gusts up to 60 mph (100 kph) drove the flames across brush, timberland and ranches, killing hundreds of cattle. The fire was only 20% contained on Friday, officials said.While there is zero chance of rain through next week, winds have dropped and cooler air is in store, said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the National Weather Service."Hopefully it gives firefighters a break," he said.As of Thursday, wildfires this year have burned almost 1 million acres (400,000 hectares) in Oregon and 125,900 acres in Washington, according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in Portland, Oregon.In 2020, the worst year in recent memory,

Oregon wildfires scorched more than 1.14 million acres, according to a tally by CBS TV affiliate KOIN.In California, the Park Fire, believed to have been started by an arsonist, has forced the evacuation of more than 4,000 residents in Butte County, about 100 miles northeast of Sacramento.A suspect was arrested on Thursday, accused of pushing a burning car down a bone-dry gully.

The fire grew uncontrolled overnight from 125,000 acres on Thursday to 178,090 acres on Friday afternoon, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. More than a hundred buildings had been damaged or destroyed."The biggest challenge with this fire is getting to it," said Fire Captain Dan Collins. "It's steep land with almost no roads. It's hard to get our people and equipment to the fire lines."More than 1,600 firefighters were deployed to contain the blaze, CalFire said.Forecasters warned that winds would reach 30 miles mph (50 kph) on Friday and through the weekend. Combined with low humidity, it is a recipe for rapid growth, officials said.
Smoke from fires in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest have brought hazy skies and unhealthy air from the Rocky Mountains to Minneapolis and as far east as Detroit, weather reports said.Denver had the worst air quality in the U.S. on Friday and ranked the 30th worst in the world, according to IQAir, a group that tracks air pollution across the globe.Much of the smoke coming into the Central and Eastern U.S. comes from a raging wildfire in the mountainous Jasper National Park in the Canadian province of Alberta.The park and the town of Jasper, which draws more than 2 million tourists a year, were evacuated on Monday, displacing 10,000 residents and 15,000 park visitors. As much as half of the structures in the town could be damaged or destroyed, officials said, as the blaze burned more than 89,000 acres as of late Thursday.Videos posted on social media show entire streets leveled by the blazes in the Alberta province, with scorched trees, charred metal skeletons of cars, and nothing but rubble where homes and businesses had stood.Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Additional reporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Rod Nickel, Sandra Maler and William Mallard.