THE MIDEAST REALLY HEATS UP.

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)

 THE MIDEAST REALLY HEATS UP.

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 document shared with northern mayors sets out Hezbollah war scenarios-Security establishment sees potentially unprecedented rocket fire, major evacuations, power outages, water supply issues, disrupted telecom service and brief internet disruptions-By Shalom Yerushalmi Today, 5:05 pm-AUG 4,24

A document by the Israel Defense Forces detailing the “Updated Scenario” in the event of an all-out war with Hezbollah was recently shared with northern mayors, The Times of Israel has learned.The document was shared as Israel braces for a threatened response by Iran and Hezbollah to the killings last week of Hezbollah’s military commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli strike in Beirut and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a blast in Tehran for which Israel has not claimed responsibility.In the event of war with Hezbollah, the document envisages a potential three-day power outage in some cities; breakdowns in water supply that could last days; a disconnection of landlines for up to eight hours and cellphone communications for up to 24 hours; and brief local disruptions to radio and internet.Some 40% of the nation’s workforce may be unable to work for the duration of the conflict, and service providers from outside affected areas may become unavailable throughout, according to the document.The security establishment, The Times of Israel has learned, assesses that Israel could face an unprecedented attack with hundreds of rockets, carrying warheads ranging from payloads of 50 kilograms — like the one that hit Majdal Shams, killing 12 children at a soccer field — to 10 times that.Hezbollah would be expected to prioritize targeting IDF facilities, then infrastructure, and then civilian targets, though that could change. It would be expected to aim at targets far to the south of Haifa, including Tel Aviv, possibly forcing the evacuation of large numbers of people to Jerusalem and to the south.The evacuees would be housed in hotels, some of which are already housing numerous displaced Israelis from the north. If hotels in the Jerusalem area are full up, the evacuees would be accommodated in schools in the city.Plans are being made for tent cities in the south, including in areas such as Timna, north of Eilat, and Eshkol Park in the Negev. The model for these is similar to that of the tents set up by Arcadi Gaydamak on Nitzanim Beach in 2006, for citizens evacuated from the north during the Second Lebanon War, and in 2007 at Yarkon Park for Sderot residents.According to senior IDF sources, existing protective measures — notably including safe rooms — are extremely effective against missiles, including those of Hezbollah. Furthermore, according to the sources, the Home Front Command and local authorities are properly prepared for the scenario.At the same time, “the reality for the other side will be far worse, to put it mildly,” one security official told The Times of Israel.In the event of a major attack from the north, cities such as Sderot, Ofakim and Netivot would ironically become relatively safe places as regards Hezbollah missile strikes; cities in the south that were targeted in October 2023 would thus become cities of refuge in August 2024.Yair Maayan, mayor of the southern city of Arad, last week encouraged residents of the north to consider evacuating to his quiet city, “and anybody who wants to, can also stay.”

Report: Terror groups trying to use Arab Israeli crime gangs to carry out attacks-Ministers told that weapons pilfered from Gaza war are making their way into Arab community and posing a serious threat to national security-By ToI Staff Today, 4:54 pm-AUG 4,24

Security officials have warned government ministers that terror groups are trying to utilize crime organizations in Israel’s Arab community in order to carry out nationalistic attacks in the Jewish state, casting the proliferation of illegal weapons as a tangible threat to national security, the Haaretz daily reported Sunday.Citing unnamed sources, the outlet said terror groups from abroad have already attempted to direct such attacks, often without the local crime groups knowing they were acting on the terrorists’ behalf. The report did not give any specific details of such incidents.Haaretz said the security officials who briefed ministers highlighted the ongoing failure to rein in an unprecedented wave of violent crime in the Arab community, coupled with wartime proliferation and increasing availability of illegal weapons in the community. Among those who attended the meetings was National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who is responsible for the Israel Police.“The crime organizations are a strategic threat to national security,” ministers were told. “The state is near the point of no return in its ability to deal with the phenomenon.”“We see terror entities that are ‘riding’ on the platform that crime creates,” a senior security official told the newspaper.The official said that for Arab citizens, the ruling authority is not the government but crime groups. “This is a real danger.”There are believed to be hundreds of thousands of weapons in the Arab community, including many considered of high quality, and prices are dropping due to an influx made available by the ongoing war against the Palestinian terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The war, triggered by the Hamas-led October 7 attack on Israel that killed some 1,200 people, has seen massive army reserve call-ups amid operations in Gaza involving tens of thousands of combat troops.According to the report, enforcement services have in recent months noticed a steady leak of weapons from IDF combat units to crime groups, including anti-tank weapons and even advanced shoulder-launched anti-tank systems such as the locally produced Matador.“The market is overflowing because of the war,” a senior law enforcement official told Haaretz.The low prices and easy availability of war materials have brought about an increased use of more lethal weaponry in the criminal world.“Instead of a stun grenade they are now tossing fragmentation grenades, and whole militias have weapons,” the official said.Due to the transfer of advanced weapons to the criminal world, the Shin Bet security agency is in favor of legislation to set stiff minimum sentences for those caught in possession of illegal weapons, Haaretz said, with one senior official in the agency proposing eight to ten years in prison. The official reportedly hoped that the threat of a lengthy time behind bars would act as a deterrent or even encourage some to surrender the stolen weapons they are holding. The proposal has been passed to the Justice Ministry for preparation as a bill and some ministers have reportedly already said they would back it.In 2021 the law was changed to require courts to hand down a sentence of at least a quarter of the maximum for weapons offenses with the alteration being made at the time due to a sharp rise in violent crime in the Arab community.The warning to ministers came amid a spike in violent crime in the Arab community that saw 26 homicides in July alone, and 134 deaths since the beginning of the year. By comparison, there were 138 homicides in the Arab community during the whole of 2023.A recent meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Arab Community Affairs was told that organized crime groups are operating a form of “shadow government” in the Arab community including a gray market and their own brand of judicial procedures and punishments, Haaretz reported.

Netanyahu warns Iran: We are ready, we’ll exact a heavy price for any aggression-PM tells cabinet Israel striking hard against Iranian’s ‘axis of evil,’ is prepared for any offensive or defensive scenario; Gallant: Israel is ‘prepared very strongly’ for any attack-By ToI Staff Today, 4:36 pm-AUG 4,24

As Israel waits for an expected strike by Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday declared that the country is ready for anything and will hit back hard if attacked.“We are prepared for any scenario – both offensively and defensively,” Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, according to a statement from his office.Iran has threatened to respond after Hamas terror group leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday, a day after senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was killed in Beirut.Israel has claimed responsibility for killing Shukr, but has not officially commented on Haniyeh, whose death has been blamed on the Jewish state by Hamas, Iran, and their allies. Israel has pledged to kill the Hamas masterminds behind the terror group’s devastating October 7 attack, which sparked the war in Gaza.“The State of Israel is in a multi-front war against Iran’s axis of evil,” Netanyahu said. “We are striking every one of its arms with great force.”“I reiterate and tell our enemies: We will respond and we will exact a heavy price for any act of aggression against us, from whatever quarter,” Netanyahu declared.Israel’s security establishment is on high alert for an Iranian response that it reportedly anticipates could come on multiple fronts.Hours after Netanyahu’s comments, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel is “prepared very strongly” and ready to respond quickly to any attack.“We are prepared very strongly in defense, on land, and in the air, and we are ready to move quickly to attack or to respond,” he said during a visit to the IDF’s Ground Technological Division. “We will exact a price from the enemy, as we have been doing in recent days. If it dares to attack us, it will pay a heavy price.”During the cabinet meeting, Netanyahu also pushed back against media reports over his handling of the ongoing hostage crisis in the Gaza Strip amid the war there against the Palestinian terror group Hamas. War erupted on October 7 when Hamas led a devastating attack on Israel during which terrorists killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages to Gaza. Israel responded with an offensive to destroy Hamas and free the hostages, of whom 111 remain in captivity, 39 of whom the IDF has confirmed are dead.The US has helped mediate talks for a ceasefire and hostage release but on Saturday Channel 12 reported that US President Joe Biden harshly criticized Netanyahu over hostage talks. Those talks have been ongoing for many months without results, and Biden has previously opined that Netanyahu has been intentionally stalling for internal political reasons.Meanwhile, The New York Times reported that Biden had said during the call that the Wednesday assassination of Haniyeh in Iran was “poorly timed,” coming “right at what the Americans hoped would be the endgame” of talks for a ceasefire and hostage release deal.“I am prepared to go very far to release all of our hostages while maintaining the security of Israel,” Netanyahu told ministers at the Sunday cabinet meeting. “Our commitment stands in complete contrast to the leaks and mendacious briefings on the issue of our hostages.”“These briefings harm the negotiations and, to my great regret, they also mislead the hostages’ dear families. They create a false impression that Hamas has agreed to a deal, while the government of Israel is opposed to it.”“The complete opposite is true,” he said. “The simple truth is, that as of now Hamas has not agreed to the most basic conditions of the outline.”The day after the Hamas October 7 attack, Iran-backed Hezbollah began attacking along Israel’s northern border saying it was acting in support of Gaza. Amid near-daily attacks by Hezbollah, the IDF has struck back amid concerns that the conflict could boil over into another front. The killing of Haniyeh and Shukr and vows of revenge by Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas have pushed those concerns even higher.Iran has already launched a direct attack on Israel in April following the killing of two senior Iranian generals in a strike on Damascus that Tehran blamed on Israel. The Iranian attack was thwarted by Israeli air defense in cooperation with US-coordinated regional forces. The US is reportedly trying to again build the alliance to fend off the expected Iranian attack.

IDF  finds tunnel large enough for vehicles to drive through in Gaza-Egypt border area-At least 5 rockets launched from Gaza, triggering sirens near Ashdod and sparking blaze; military says it targeted Hamas cells operating out of 2 schools, Palestinians say 25 killed-By Emanuel Fabian,ToI Staff and Reuters Today, 4:13 pm-AUG 4,24

The army has uncovered an unusually large tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border area, big enough for vehicles to pass through, the Israel Defense Force said Sunday.According to the military, the tunnel was around three meters (10 feet) tall.It was located along the so-called Philadelphi Route last week, as part of efforts to uncover all of Hamas’s arms-smuggling routes in the area.The tunnel was being investigated by combat engineers before it was to be demolished, the military said.Dozens of tunnels have been found along the Philadelphi corridor, including at least 25 that crossed into Egypt.The tunnel’s discovery came amid continued fighting in Gaza’s south and center.A barrage of at least five rockets was fired from the southern Gaza Strip, triggering sirens in a number of towns near Ashdod for the first time in months.Some of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome and some impacted open areas. The IDF said one of the rockets hit the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council.The Fire and Rescue Service said it was working to put out a fire sparked by a rocket that hit near the southern town of Bitzaron.There were no injuries in the attack.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the long-range attack.IDF strikes-Also Sunday, the army announced that a recent drone strike in central Gaza’s Nuseirat had killed Ismail Nofal, who participated in Hamas’s October 7 onslaught and was reportedly the son of Ayman Nofal, the former commander of Hamas’s Central Gaza Brigade, whom Israel killed in October.According to the army, the younger Nofal was a Hamas terrorist who participated in the devastating October 7 attack and was also involved in rocket fire on Israel amid the war.Meanwhile, a group of Hamas members operating out of two schools in Gaza City were struck by Israeli fighter jets on Sunday afternoon, the IDF said.According to the military, Hamas embedded command and control rooms within the Hassan Salama and Nasr schools in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighbor hood.The schools were used by the Hamas operatives as a hideout and as a command room where attacks on IDF troops and Israel were planned and carried out, the military said.To mitigate harm to civilians in the strike, the IDF said it carried out “many steps,” including using precision munitions, aerial surveillance, and other intelligence.“The Hamas terror organization systematically violates international law, brutally exploiting civilian institutions and the population as a human shield for terror activity,” the military added.In recent months, dozens of airstrikes have been carried out against Hamas sites embedded within schools and other sites used as shelters for civilians, according to the IDF.Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said the strikes killed at least 25 people.“The bodies of 25 martyrs, mostly children and women, and 50 other wounded, also mostly children and women, were taken to Baptist hospital after an Israeli strike targeted Hassan Salameh and Al-Nasr schools in Gaza City,” agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP.The toll could not be verified.A separate overnight Israeli strike killed at least five people in a tent area inside the Al-Aqsa Hospital compound, in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, the Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry said.The IDF said it struck a gunman in Deir al-Balah who “conducted terror activities” and that secondary explosions were identified, indicating weapons were present in the area.Elsewhere in Deir el-Balah, three Palestinians were killed Sunday when an Israeli missile struck a house, while eight other people were killed inside their home in Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza City and three inside a car in separate Israeli strikes, Reuters reported.More than 50 other strikes were carried out in Gaza over the past day, targeting cells of gunmen, buildings used by terror groups, observation posts, and other infrastructure, according to the military.The war in Gaza was sparked when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed southern Israel on October 7 to kill nearly 1,200 people and take 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. The toll, which cannot be independently verified, does not distinguish between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed about 15,000 combatants in battle, in addition to some 1,000 terrorists killed inside Israel during the October 7 attack.

Iran still deciding on extent, timing of reprisals-Iran said to dismiss US, Arab calls for restraint — even if it sparks war-US warns Iranian attack will hamper relations with West; Israel bracing for multi-day assault; Netanyahu consulting with defense chiefs, considering ‘preventative measures’By ToI Staff Today, 9:51 pm-AUG 4,24

Iran has rejected attempts by the US and Arab nations to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, as Israel braces for an attack from the Islamic Republic and the Lebanese Iran-supported Hezbollah, saying they would strike the Jewish state even if it means war, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.Tensions between Israel and Iran have escalated since Wednesday, when Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran in an attack Iran blamed on Israel, vowing to retaliate.According to the Wall Street Journal report, foreign ministers from Jordan and Lebanon traveled to Iran in an attempt to diffuse the situation, but Iran told the Arab diplomats that it was set on striking back against Israel and “it didn’t care if the response triggered a war.”Israel is preparing for the possibility of an Iranian-led attack that would include missiles being fired at Israel over the course of multiple days, according to a Sunday NBC report, citing an unnamed Israeli official.Israel has said repeatedly that any action against it would be met with retaliation, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeating this while telling the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that “the State of Israel is in a multi-front war against Iran’s axis of evil.”Netanyahu was meeting with his security chiefs on Sunday evening. Earlier, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held a similar consultation with senior military and defense officials.The Defense Ministry said the meeting was focused on “the security developments, and the various options to exact a price for attempted attacks from Iran and its proxies.”Israel does not yet have a “definitive picture” of the attacks it will be facing, Channel 12 reported.The TV news report also said Israel’s security establishment was considering the possibility of “preventive actions or attacks” Israel could initiate, “including in Lebanon or perhaps in other places as necessitated.”Earlier Sunday, when asked why Israel was not taking pre-emptive actions, IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari said, “We are watching our enemies on all fronts and certainly Hezbollah in Lebanon. We have very wide-ranging plans, we have a high readiness to act. Any instruction we get from the political echelon, we will carry out immediately.”The TV report said that the US is also not certain what to expect from Iran and Hezbollah, noting that the Iranians have likely not made a clear decision yet, nor finished coordinating with their proxies. Channel 12 said that a US-led international coalition to thwart any attacks has taken shape, and will be directed from CENTCOM in Qatar.Asked by numerous countries how it will respond to such attacks, and whether it is heading for war, Israel has been saying “very ambiguously” that it is “keeping all its options open,” the report said.That ambiguous response is one of the reasons why many countries are urging their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately, the report said.It added that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is considering visiting the region in the very near future, in light of US concern over a potential regional conflagration.Meanwhile, the WSJ report noted, the US asked European nations to urge Iran to de-escalate and warned that any offensive action on the Islamic Regime’s part would greatly harm new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s efforts to develop ties with the West.The US’s message also said that it was urging Israel to de-escalate. Nonetheless, the US has scrambled to revive a regional coalition that, in April, succeeded in almost entirely thwarting an unprecedented Iranian attack on Israel with hundreds of drones and missiles.Haniyeh was killed in Tehran early on Wednesday morning, hours after an Israeli airstrike killed Hezbollah’s military chief, Fuad Shukr, near Beirut. Israel took responsibility for Shukr’s killing, but has not commented on Haniyeh’s death, other than to say that the country had not carried out any other airstrikes in the Middle East that night.Hezbollah vowed to retaliate for Shukr’s killing, and regardless of Israel not taking responsibility for Haniyeh’s death, Iran said it would strike at Israel in response. As a result, the IDF was on high alert over the weekend and remained so as the new week began.On April 13, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel, the vast majority of which were intercepted by a coalition of Israel’s allies and other nations in the region.While 99 percent of the projectiles were downed in that attack and only one person was injured, Israeli officials are said to assess that this time around there may be damage and more casualties.The region has been in turmoil since October 7, when Hamas launched an unprecedented cross-border attack on Israel in which terrorists murdered some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages.Israel responded with a ground invasion in Gaza with the proclaimed objectives of dismantling Hamas and getting the hostages back.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.Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 331.Meanwhile, 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 during the war there.So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 25 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, 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 387 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 69 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have been killed.

Report: Netanyahu decides not to seek normalization with Saudis before US election-Israel’s Channel 12 suggests PM is waiting to see who is elected to White House this fall before deciding on approach to Riyadh-By ToI Staff Today, 11:34 pm-AUG 4,24

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly decided not to pursue potential normalization with Saudi Arabia before the US presidential election in November.According to a report Sunday on Channel 12 news, Netanyahu made the decision because of the fast-moving US political developments, with the consideration that it might be worth waiting to see whether Republican nominee and former president Donald Trump is returned to the White House in the upcoming vote.The unsourced TV report suggested that the decision has major implications, including for talks toward a possible hostage-ceasefire deal, since potential normalization would have constituted a “safety net” for Netanyahu: If his right-wing coalition were to collapse during disagreements over a Gaza deal, normalization with Saudi Arabia would have given him an election-boosting trump card and the opportunity to secure a historic legacy.The report comes barely a week after an Israeli official told reporters during a briefing in Washington that a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia was still possible before the November presidential election, and that Netanyahu discussed the matter with US President Joe Biden during their White House meeting.Just before Netanyahu left for Washington, Biden announced that he would no longer be seeking reelection in November, and since then, current Vice President Kamala Harris has clinched the Democratic nomination, gearing up for a fierce battle against Trump for the White House.Normalization efforts between Israel and Saudi Arabia have been floated repeatedly in the years since the 2020 US-brokered Abraham Accords, when Israel established diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. Trump-era officials have often claimed that relations between Jerusalem and Riyadh would have since been cemented had Trump been reelected later that year.Under the Biden administration, however, significant steps were taken toward securing such a deal, and the move was said to be on the brink of fruition just before the October 7 Hamas onslaught, which triggered the ongoing Israeli war on Hamas in Gaza, with two Israeli ministers even visiting Saudi Arabia just days before the terror group’s massacre in southern Israel.Even in the months since, however, US officials indicated that the Saudis were still open to moving forward with normalization, with officials in Riyadh leaving the door open.But in recent weeks, with the US Congress wrapping up its summer session ahead of the November election, the elusive deal has appeared further away. The normalization deal was always an uphill battle, since Saudi Arabia was demanding that Israel agree to establish a pathway to a future Palestinian state — a framework Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected and which, if adopted, could cause his far-right coalition partners to bolt.Meanwhile, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is slated to host Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas this week in Saudi Arabia.A Palestinian official told The Times of Israel last week that with a normalization agreement effectively off the table until at least the US presidential election, Abbas and bin Salman will try and coordinate their approaches to Washington, preparing for either Harris or Trump to enter the White House in January.Jacob Magid contributed to this report.

Shin Bet said to prepare bunker for Netanyahu, senior leadership amid Iranian threat-Known as the National Management Center, Jerusalem bunker can reportedly withstand hits from a range of existing weaponry, keep communications open to IDF headquarters-By ToI Staff Today, 10:14 pm-AUG 4,24

An underground bunker in Jerusalem where senior leaders can remain for an extended period during a war has been prepared by the Shin Bet security service and is fully operational, the Walla news site reported on Sunday, amid fear of attacks on Israel from Hezbollah and Iran.The bunker, reportedly built almost 20 years ago, can sustain hits from a range of existing weaponry, has command and control capabilities, and is connected to the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, the report said.The bunker, which is also known as the National Management Center, has not been used in the past 10 months of Israel’s war in Gaza.It has, however, been prepared for use now by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior figures as Israel braces for possible attacks from Iran and Hezbollah amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.Iran, its Lebanese ally Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas blame Israel for a blast that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week. His assassination came just hours after a strike claimed by Israel killed Hezbollah’s military chief, Fuad Shukr, on Tuesday evening near Beirut. Israel has claimed responsibility for killing Shukr but has not officially commented on Haniyeh.Both Iran and Hezbollah have vowed revenge for the killings, which came amid already explosive tensions against the background of Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah attacks on northern Israel following Hamas’s October 7 invasion and massacre in southern Israel.As things stand, Home Front Command instructions to the Israeli public are unchanged, but if something changes, the IDF has stressed, the public will immediately be told.The National Management Center was built in the Jerusalem Hills at the cost of billions of shekels following the end of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Its precise location and depth are unknown, according to a Ynet report. It can hold hundreds of people and is intended for the government as well as other essential civil bodies.According to Ynet, the National Management Center has not been deemed necessary in the war thus far. Preparing it for use at this time may be an indication of the severity of the threat from Iran and Hezbollah, especially considering it was not used during Iran’s attack on Israel in April when it launched over 300 missiles and drones at Israel, the vast majority of which were intercepted by Israel and its allies.The US is scrambling to revive a regional coalition that succeeded in almost entirely thwarting the previous direct Iranian attack on Israel, reports said, while Israeli officials concede that this time around there may be damage and casualties.The last time the bunker is known to have been used was in 2018 when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a series of high-level security cabinet meetings to be held there, likely to prevent leaks to the media.Regional tensions have spiraled dangerously since October 7, when Hamas led a devastating cross-border attack on Israel in which some 1,200 people were murdered and 251 hostages taken. Israel responded with a military campaign to destroy Hamas and free the hostages.The day after the Hamas assault, Hezbollah began attacking along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. As Israel and the terror group have traded fire, the violence has increased, with Hezbollah carrying out nearly daily attacks, firing dozens of rockets at the north on Saturday.

Jordan’s FM makes rare visit to Iran as US allies scramble to prevent escalation-Ayman Safadi is first top Jordanian official to visit Islamic Republic in two decades-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 2:37 pm-AUG 4,24

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will travel to Iran on Sunday in a rare visit to discuss regional developments with his Iranian counterpart following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iranian state media reported.Safadi, who will be the first senior Jordanian official to pay an official visit to Iran in 20 years, is expected to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Ali Bagheri Khan, and other senior officials in Tehran later on Sunday, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported.Safadi “will deliver a message from His Majesty King Abdullah II to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the situation in the region and bilateral relations,” Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.Regional tensions have spiked following the assassination of Haniyeh on Wednesday, which came hours after an Israeli strike in Beirut that killed Fuad Shukr, a senior military commander from the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah. Fearing an all-out war in Lebanon, Jordan has called on its citizens to evacuate the country.Hamas and Iran have both accused Israel of assassinating Haniyeh and have pledged to retaliate. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the death nor denied it.Safadi has also accused Israel of becoming a “rogue state” by assassinating Haniyeh, who was in Iran for the inauguration of newly elected Pezeshkian.Safadi’s visit to Iran follows continued diplomatic contacts by the United States and its partners including France, Britain, Italy, and Egypt on Saturday to prevent further regional escalation.Jordan, which borders Israel to the east, would likely be in the path of any Iranian attack.Meanwhile, citing “the developments taking place in the region” and concerns for its citizens’ safety, Jordan’s foreign ministry on Saturday urged all Jordanian nationals in Lebanon to leave as soon as possible, and said those planning to travel to Lebanon should not do so.The Hashemite Kingdom’s flag carrier, Royal Jordanian Airlines, resumed flights to and from Beirut on Thursday morning. The carrier suspended the route on Monday, as Lebanon awaited an Israeli response to Hezbollah’s missile attack on Saturday, which killed 12 children in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights.Iran and Jordan are seeking to improve their relations following recent tensions related to Amman accusing pro-Iranian militias in Syria of smuggling narcotics into the country.Tensions have also flared over Jordan’s participation in a US-led coalition that intercepted Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel the night of April 13-14, which Iran said was in retaliation for the killing of its generals in an alleged Israeli strike in Syria on April 1.Jordan cooperates with American forces under the umbrella of the US Central Command, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East and works closely with other militaries, including those of Israel and Saudi Arabia.The last time a senior Jordanian official traveled to Iran on an official visit was in 2004 when then-prime minister Faisal al-Fayez went to Tehran.Last week, Jordan sent a lower-ranking official to Pezeshkian’s inauguration.

Hamas commander, eight other gunmen killed in IDF drone strikes near Tulkarem-First strike hit terror cell en route to carry out attack, military says; second drone strike hits operatives amid clashes in West Bank city-By Emanuel Fabian-Today, 2:54 pm-AUG 3,24

Nine Palestinian gunmen were killed in two Israeli drone strikes near the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Saturday morning, the military and Palestinian media saidIn the first incident, the Israel Defense Forces said it had targeted a cell of terrorists en route to carrying out an attack.The strike hit a vehicle on the outskirts of Tulkarem, killing all of those inside.According to the military, the five gunmen were “on their way to carry out a terrorist attack.”The IDF published footage of the strike.Palestinian media said that among the dead was Haitham Balidi, a commander in a local wing of Hamas in Tulkarem.Two others were identified as Abd al-Jabber al-Sabbagh and Ahmed Mahajna.Shortly after the drone strike, Israeli troops entered Tulkarem to carry out a counterterrorism operation, the IDF said.Amid the raid in Tulkarem, a second drone strike was carried out against a cell of gunmen who had opened fire at troops, the military said.At least four gunmen were reported dead in the strike, according to Palestinian media and Israeli military sources.The IDF published an image of the weapons and military equipment seized from the celL.In the past nine months, the IDF has carried out more than 55 airstrikes in the West Bank, using drones, attack helicopters, and fighter jets.Tensions have been high in the West Bank amid the war in the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7 when thousands of Hamas terrorists attacked southern Israel under a barrage of rockets fired at population centers all over the country. They brutally killed some 1,200 people, amid instances of torture and rape, and seized 251 hostages.Since October 7, troops have arrested some 4,400 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,850 affiliated with Hamas.According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 590 West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops, or terrorists carrying out attacks.During the same period, 23 Israelis, including security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another five members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank.

PM sent team after harsh Biden call, negotiators' criticism-Israeli team said to arrive in Cairo for hostage-truce talks with Egyptian mediators-High-level delegation to meet with officials in Egypt, according to Hebrew media, after Netanyahu gives green light; Qatar reportedly sitting out this round over Haniyeh’s killing-By ToI Staff Today, 5:27 pm-AUG 3,24

A high-level Israeli delegation reportedly arrived in Cairo on Saturday for indirect talks with American and Egyptian negotiators on reaching a hostage-truce deal in the Gaza Strip with the Hamas terror group, according to two sources with knowledge of the details quoted by Hebrew media.The Walla news site reported that Mossad spy agency chief David Barnea, Shin Bet security agency head Ronen Bar and Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), were set to hold meetings in Cairo with Egyptian Intelligence head Abbas Kamel and senior Egyptian military officials.Discussions were expected to focus on the release of hostages, as well as security issues regarding the Egypt-Gaza border, according to the sources quoted in the report, which came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday evening that he had approved the delegation’s participation in renewed indirect talks.Hamas was quick to brush off Netanyahu’s announcement, with senior official Sami Abu Zuhri telling Reuters, “Netanyahu does not want to stop the war and is using these empty statements to cover up his crimes and evade their consequences. ”Netanyahu’s statement came immediately after a Channel 12 news report Friday that claimed he had rejected calls from his security chiefs to seize the current opportunity for a deal, and after Axios reported that US President Joe Biden pressed the Israeli premier in their call on Thursday to stop escalating tensions in the region and move immediately toward a deal.The Walla report added that Qatar was sitting out this round of talks in Cairo due to political sensitivity, having just buried Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha on Friday after he was assassinated in Qatar early Wednesday, in a strike widely ascribed to Israel.The participation of the Israeli team followed heavy pressure from the Biden administration on both Jerusalem and Cairo to continue the talks despite Haniyeh’s death, according to the sources, a week after Netanyahu returned from a trip to Washington.Axios also reported that the Biden administration was frustrated that it was kept in the dark by Israel about the assassination plans after Netanyahu gave the impression in Washington last week that he was taking on board the president’s ardor to close a deal with Hamas in Gaza.While Israel has claimed responsibility for killing Hezbollah’s military chief Fuad Shukr in Beirut on Tuesday night, it has not officially commented on the assassination of Haniyeh, which Hamas, Iran and their allies have blamed on the Jewish state.Despite the US pressure, the sources quoted by Walla said that Netanyahu does not believe the Cairo talks are likely to bear fruit, and as such chose not to send the IDF point man for the hostage talks, Nitzan Alon, as part of the delegation.The countries acting as mediators for the Gaza deal warned on Wednesday that the strikes on senior terrorist leaders could get in the way of an agreement.“Political assassinations & continued targeting of civilians in Gaza while talks continue leads us to ask, how can mediation succeed when one party assassinates the negotiator on the other side?” wrote Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on X. “Peace needs serious partners & a global stance against the disregard for human life.”Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said that the strikes undermine “the strenuous efforts made by Egypt and its partners to stop the war in the Gaza Strip,” and “indicate the absence of Israeli political will to calm the situation.”Washington, which sponsors the talks, has repeatedly said a deal is close. The latest talks are based on an Israel-backed proposal unveiled by Biden in May. But the US did not indicate any concern on Wednesday that the assassinations would hold up negotiations. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would only say that a ceasefire in Gaza was “the enduring imperative.”Hamas wants a ceasefire agreement to end the war in Gaza, while Israel has vowed that the conflict will stop only once the hostages are released and Hamas is defeated. There have also been enduring disagreements over how the deal would be implemented.

UK police mobilize for far-right protests after third night of anti-Muslim riots-Eight injured, three police officers wounded as mob rampages through Sunderland; London police put plans in place for rival pro-Palestinian and anti-immigration protests-By Peter HUTCHISON Today, 2:50 pm-AUG 3,24

LONDON (AFP)  — UK police readied Saturday for more far-right protests across England after a third night of rioting linked to misinformation about a mass stabbing that killed three young girls.The violence, which has seen scores of arrests and put Britain’s Muslim community on edge, presents the biggest challenge yet of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s month-old premiership.It has also put hard-right agitators linked to soccer hooliganism in the spotlight at a time when anti-immigration elements are enjoying some electoral success in British politics.Police were gearing up for dozens of demonstrations after officers faced “serious and sustained levels of violence” during rioting in Sunderland, northeast England, on Friday night.Eight people were arrested and three officers required hospital treatment following hours of “utterly deplorable” disturbances, Northumbria Police Chief Superintendent Helena Barron said.Two officers remained in the hospital early Saturday, she added.Footage broadcast by the BBC showed a mob of several hundred rampaging in Sunderland’s city center, attacking police and setting fire to at least one car and a building next to a police office.Sunderland, UK. This happens when politicians flood European cities with fake asylum seekers and fail to protect European children. Patience seems to be running out. pic.twitter.com/6TPOviPpEp— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) August 3, 2024-Other images shared on social media showed balaclava-clad youths throwing bricks and other missiles as fireworks and flares were let off.“The shocking scenes we have witnessed in Sunderland this evening are completely unacceptable,” Barron said, adding the “disorder, violence and damage” seen “will not be tolerated.”The unrest followed two nights of disturbances in several English towns and cities in the wake of Monday’s frenzied knife attack in Southport, near Liverpool on England’s northwest coast.They were fueled by false rumors on social media about the background of British-born 17-year-old suspect Axel Rudakubana, charged with several counts of murder and attempted murder over the attack at a Taylor Swift dance party.After the violence in Southport late Tuesday, unrest rocked the northern cities of Hartlepool and Manchester as well as London 24 hours later, where 111 people were arrested outside Starmer’s Downing Street residence.Thugs-In Southport, the mob threw bricks at a mosque, prompting hundreds of Muslim places of worship across the country to step up security amid fears of more anti-Islamic demonstrators.Police blamed supporters of the disbanded English Defence League, an anti-Islam organization founded 15 years ago whose supporters have been linked to soccer hooliganism.In Sunderland on Friday, rioters attacked police officers, set a police station and two cars on fire, and again targeted a mosque.Anti-racism campaign group Hope Not Hate has identified more than 30 events planned for Saturday and Sunday.Far-right social media channels have advertised “enough is enough” anti-immigrant rallies, and anti-facism groups have vowed to stage counter-protests.London’s Metropolitan Police said it had a “proportionate and risk-based” plan for rival pro-Palestinian and anti-immigration protests Saturday.Counter protests were also expected in the central city of Nottingham while South Yorkshire police said Friday they knew of a planned protest in the town of Rotherham.Prime Minister Keir Starmer has accused “thugs” of “hijacking” the nation’s grief to “sow hatred” and pledged that anyone carrying out violent acts will “face the full force of the law”.He has announced new measures that will allow the sharing of intelligence, wider deployment of facial-recognition technology and criminal behavior orders to restrict troublemakers from traveling.Labour politicians have accused Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage of stoking the trouble.At last month’s election, his anti-immigrant Reform UK party captured 14 percent of the vote — one of the largest vote shares for a far-right British party.

Sweden closing its Beirut embassy, evacuating staff-Iran warns Hezbollah will strike civilian targets deeper in Israel as war fears heighten-Tehran says it expects group to carry out ‘broader and deeper’ strikes in the wake of killing of Fuad Shukr; IDF strike kills ‘a main terrorist’ in Hezbollah’s southern command-By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian-and ToI Staff Today, 1:49 pm-AUG 3,24

Iran said on Saturday it expects Lebanon’s Tehran-backed Hezbollah terror group to strike deeper inside Israel and no longer be confined to military targets after Israel killed Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr.The warning comes amid increased fears of a major escalation in the area and continued cross-border fire between Israel and Hezbollah, which started attacking Israel the day after the October 7 Hamas-launched onslaught on Israel from Gaza.But a strike claimed by Israel in a crowded residential area of South Beirut changed the Lebanese terror group’s calculus, Iran’s mission to the United Nations said.A spokesperson for Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations told CBS that until now, Hezbollah has limited itself according to an “unwritten understanding” with Israel “confining their actions to border areas and shallow zones, targeting primarily military objectives.”“However, the [Israeli] regime’s attack on the Dahieh [neighborhood] in Beirut and the targeting of a residential building marked a deviation from these boundaries. We anticipate that, in its response, Hezbollah will choose both broader and deeper targets, and will not restrict itself solely to military targets and means,” the spokesperson said.The strike on Tuesday killed Shukr. According to Lebanon’s health ministry, five civilians — three women and two children — also died.Israel said Shukr was responsible for the rocket attack that killed 12 children and teens playing soccer in the Golan Heights, and had directed Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel since the Gaza war began.Hours after Shukr’s killing, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in a pre-dawn explosion in his accommodation in Tehran, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said.Israel has not claimed responsibility.On Thursday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Israel and “those who are behind it must await our inevitable response” to the killings of both Shukr and Haniyeh.Iran and Hamas have also vowed to retaliate.A main terrorist-The clashes continued over the weekend.A prominent Hezbollah operative in the terror group’s so-called Southern Front unit was killed in an Israeli drone strike on Saturday in southern Lebanon, the IDF said.The strike in the town of Bazourieh, near the coastal city of Tyre killed Ali Abd Ali.The IDF said Ali was a “main terrorist in the Southern Front of the Hezbollah terror organization,” and involved in planning and carrying out numerous attacks.His killing is a “significant blow to the functioning of the Southern Front and the Hezbollah terror organization in the region,” the IDF added.The Southern Front is a Hezbollah regional unit responsible for the terror group’s activities in the entire southern Lebanon, the equivalent of a regional command.A source close to Hezbollah said late Friday that Israel also carried out strikes on a convoy of trucks entering Lebanon from Syria.“Three Israeli strikes targeted a convoy of tanker trucks on the Syrian-Lebanese border in the Hawsh el-Sayyed Ali area, injuring one Syrian driver,” the source told AFP.It was the latest in a series of Israeli strikes in the border area, the source added.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor also reported Israeli strikes inside Syria near the border with Lebanon, without mentioning any casualties.The strikes targeted an area near a border crossing “used by Hezbollah to move trucks and group members” between Lebanon and Syria, said the Britain-based Observatory, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria.“One of the strikes targeted a truck convoy,” while another targeted “a farm on the outskirts of Qusayr in Homs province,” the Observatory said on Saturday.Iran-backed Hezbollah has a strong presence on both sides of the eastern stretch of the Lebanese-Syria border, where it supports the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.Meanwhile, incoming rocket sirens were activated in the Western Galilee community of Matat, with at least one rocket exploding in an open area.In a further sign of tension,  Sweden said Saturday it was shutting its embassy in Beirut after urging thousands of its citizens to leave Lebanon.“The foreign ministry has instructed its staff to leave Beirut and travel to Cyprus, and the foreign ministry is planning a temporary relocation of its embassy,” Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told Swedish Radio.The decision had been taken “initially for the month of August but may be extended depending on the security situation.”“The ministry is monitoring developments closely,” he said.According to the foreign ministry, as many as 10,000 Swedish nationals may have traveled to Lebanon this summer, defying a travel warning in place for the country since October 2023.“I urge Swedes in Lebanon to leave the country by whichever means possible, while they still can,” he said.

At least 32 killed in Islamist suicide bombing, shooting attack on busy Mogadishu beach-Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group, claims responsibility for attack on popular Lido beach area; police kill five gunmen in addition to suicide bomber-By AFP Today, 12:13 pm-AUG 3,24

MOGADISHU, Somalia  — An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing 32 people and wounding scores more, in one of the deadliest attacks in months, police said on Saturday.The Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have been waging an insurgency against the internationally backed federal government for more than 17 years and have previously targeted the Lido beach area, popular with business people and officials.Unverified videos shared online in the immediate aftermath of the attack showed people scattering along a street, with a number of clips purporting to show bloodied bodies lying on the beachfront.“More than 32 civilians died in this attack and about 63 others were wounded, some of them critically,” police spokesman Abdifatah Adan Hassan told reporters during a press conference.“Targeting and blasting to kill 32 members from the civilian population means these Kharijites are not going to target only government centers, soldiers and officials,” he said, using the term Somali officials adopt to describe Al-Shabaab.The assault, for which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility in a post on a pro-Shabaab website, began late on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated a device and gunmen stormed the area, police and witnesses told AFP.Officer Mohamed Omar told AFP they had “shot civilians randomly.”Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the Beachview hotel in Mogadishu attack last night which left 32 dead and over 63 wounded. pic.twitter.com/Xb200ePcYJ— Omar Nor (@Omaarnor) August 3, 2024-He said security forces had ended the attack and killed five gunmen, while a sixth member of the group “blew himself [up] at the beach.”Witnesses said there were many people at the popular location when the explosion occurred, describing how gunmen then stormed the area.“Everybody was panicked and it was hard to know what was happening because shooting started soon after the blast,” witness Abdilatif Ali told AFP.He said that people attempted to take cover on the ground or flee.“I saw many people strewn [on the ground] and some of them were dead and others wounded,” he said.Ahmed Yare witnessed the attack unfold from a nearby hotel.“I saw wounded people at the beachside. People were screaming in panic and it was hard to notice who was dead and who was still alive,” he told AFP.Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for numerous bombings and attacks in Mogadishu and other parts of the country, whose government is pressing on with an offensive against the Islamists.The Lido area has been the target of previous attacks, including a six-hour Al-Shabaab siege of a beachside hotel in 2023, which left six civilians dead and 10 wounded.Five people were killed in a powerful car bomb blast at a cafe in the capital last month.In March, the militants killed three people and wounded 27 in an hours-long siege of another Mogadishu hotel, breaking a relative lull in the fighting.

It is a humiliation for Iran and a huge security breach' Mossad hired IRGC agents in May to plant explosives that killed Haniyeh — report-Iran said to arrest dozens, including senior officials over killing; UK daily says Israel planned to target Hamas chief at Raisi funeral but opted to wait, hit him in IRGC guesthouse-By ToI Staff Today, 9:18 am-AUG 3,24

The Mossad spy agency enlisted agents from within the Revolutionary Guards to plant explosives in the Tehran guesthouse where Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was staying, according to a Saturday article in The Telegraph.The report came amid news that the authorities in Tehran were carrying out a series of arrests in connection with the killing, with the New York Times saying senior Iranian intelligence officers, military officials, and staff at the guesthouse were among some two dozen people held.The Telegraph report appeared to corroborate a New York Times article on Thursday that said the Palestinian terror chief was not killed in an aerial strike as Iran has claimed.Israel has not commented on Haniyeh’s death since the explosion early Wednesday morning, though Iran and its proxies in the region, including Hamas, have vowed revenge on the Jewish state.The Telegraph cited two Iranian officials as saying that the initial plan was to assassinate Haniyeh when he was in Tehran in May for the funeral of the late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash. That operation was reportedly called off due to the large number of people in the building and the seemingly high possibility of failure.Instead, according to the British daily, the agents went ahead and planted explosives in three different rooms at the compound, and later left Iran. The sources quoted in the report said surveillance footage shows them moving discretely from room to room. They reportedly detonated the bombs from abroad.“They are now certain that Mossad hired agents from the Ansar al-Mahdi security unit,” an official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told the newspaper, referring to a unit tasked with protecting senior officials.Another IRGC official was quoted as saying: “It is a humiliation for Iran and a huge security breach.” The IRGC runs the guesthouse in an upscale neighborhood of Tehran where Haniyeh and other dignitaries were staying.“It’s still a question for everyone how this happened, I can’t understand it. There must be something higher in the hierarchy that no one knows about,” the official added, noting that a team was working on a spin that would paint the attack as a lesser security breach.Both Iranian and Hamas officials have claimed that Haniyeh was killed by a missile fired from the air, even launched from outside the country. But asked about the killing on Thursday, IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the Israeli military did not carry out any other airstrike overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday aside from the assassination of Hezbollah military chief Fuad Shukr in Beirut.“We struck on Tuesday night in Lebanon and killed Fuad Shukr in an accurate aerial strike. I want to emphasize, there was no other aerial strike, not a missile and not an Israeli drone, in the entire Middle East that night, and I won’t comment further,” Hagari said during a press conference.Earlier on Thursday, The New York Times had reported that the explosion that killed Haniyeh and his bodyguard was set off by a sophisticated, remote-controlled bomb smuggled about two months ago into his room at the Tehran guesthouse, which lines up with Raisi’s funeral in May.The official also told The Telegraph that addressing the security breach was more important to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei than seeking revenge, though he reportedly ordered a direct strike on Israel hours after the explosion.The New York Times reported early Saturday morning that Iran had arrested at least two dozen people over suspected connection to Haniyeh’s death, citing two Iranians familiar with the investigation.Those arrested were said to include senior Iranian intelligence officers, military officials, and staff at the IRGC-run guesthouse.The Revolutionary Guards Corps’ specialized intelligence unit for espionage has taken over the investigation and was hunting down suspects that it hopes will lead it to members of the assassin team that planned, aided and carried out the killing, two Iranian officials told the Times.The Telegraph report also suggested that the killing was purposely timed to coincide with the swearing-in ceremony of new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, which Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend, to besmirch the new premier’s reputation.“No intact brain can accept that this happened by accident, especially on Mr. Pezeshkian’s first day in office,” a source close to Pezeshkian was quoted as saying. “He may have to go to war with Israel within his first few days in office, and it’s all because of the IRGC.”Israel pledged to target Hamas leaders over the Iran-backed terror group’s devastating October 7 massacre, which saw thousands of terrorists murder some 1,200 people and seize 251 hostages, mostly civilians, many amid acts of brutality and sexual assault.Iran and its allies are widely expected to respond militarily to the killings blamed on Israel, though experts have said the retaliation would be measured to avoid a wider conflagration.The IDF said on Thursday evening that it was on “high alert” and ready to handle any threat, as the country braced for a response to the terror leaders’ assassinations.The United States, which Iranian and Hamas officials have accused of having approved the Tehran hit, has stressed its commitment to defending Israel against possible ballistic missile and drone attacks from Iran. The Pentagon said on Friday that the US was moving a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintaining an aircraft carrier in the region, both to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and to safeguard US troops.In April, a US-led coalition intercepted dozens of missiles and drones fired by Iran against Israel and helped down nearly all of them.

Israel said to strike known Hezbollah smuggling area along Syria-Lebanon border-Source close to Lebanese terror group tells AFP that 3 Israeli strikes targeted convoy of tanker trucks, injuring a Syrian driver-By AFP and Emanuel Fabian-Today, 4:46 am-AUG 3,24

A source close to Lebanese terror group Hezbollah said late Friday that Israel carried out strikes on a convoy of trucks entering Lebanon from Syria.“Three Israeli strikes targeted a convoy of tanker trucks on the Syrian-Lebanese border in the Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali area, injuring one Syrian driver,” the source told AFP.It was the latest in a series of Israeli strikes in the border area, the source added.Iran-backed Hezbollah has a strong presence on both sides of the eastern stretch of the Lebanese-Syria border, where it supports the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and has been known to use the area to smuggle Iranian weapons into Lebanon.Hours before the attack in Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali, media outlets in Lebanon reported an Israeli strike several miles away in the Lebanese village of Qasr.Separate reports later said the strike targeted the Dabaa Airport in Syria.Israel has for years carried out attacks on what it has described as Iran-linked targets in Syria, where Tehran’s influence has grown since it began supporting Assad in a civil war that started in 2011, but rarely comments on them publicly.Since Hamas’s brutal October 7 massacre, which saw some 1,200 people killed in Israel and 253 kidnapped, Israel has escalated its strikes on Iranian-backed terror targets in Syria and has also struck Syrian army air defenses and some Syrian forces.Hezbollah has been exchanging near-daily fire with Israel since it started launching attacks from Lebanon a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas’s terror onslaught, which sparked the war in Gaza.Hezbollah has muted its attacks following the killing of its military chief Fuad Shukr in Beirut on Tuesday and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday.The Lebanese terror organization group claimed responsibility for five attacks on military positions in northern Israel on Friday.Since the Hezbollah attacks began on October 8, the skirmishes in the north have resulted in 25 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, 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 385 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing clashes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 69 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have been killed.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

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) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

BIG SUNSPOT ALERT: A potentially significant sunspot group is emerging over the sun's southeastern limb, right here. Astronomers are encouraged to monitor the active region, which may be unusually large and a source of strong flares. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.THE STORM IS SUBSIDING: A close encounter with a CME during the early hours of Aug. 4th sparked a strong G3-class geomagnetic storm. Just before sunrise in Colorado, "we saw a nice display of auroras," reports Aaron Watson, who sends this picture from Grand Mesa, CO:"There was a brief burst of color at the start of the storm just after 3 am local time (9:00 UTC), then it faded for awhile, then came back even stronger just before morning twilight," says Watson. "Once it got going, the aurora was visible as a glow to the north with the unaided eye, although I couldn't distinguish the pink hue without the camera."Storm levels are now subsiding to category G1 (Minor). This will cause auroras to withdraw toward the Arctic Circle. Nevertheless, camera-only (too faint for the naked eye) auroras may still be photographed across central Europe and northern-tier US states during the night of Aug. 4-5. Aurora alerts: SMS Text-Spaceweather.com-A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SUNSPOTS: Sunspots do like to talk to one another. Yesterday, Aug. 3rd, sunspot AR3775 produced a strong M7.3-class solar flare. An unnamed sunspot just behind the sun's eastern limb quickly responded with its own M5.4-class explosion:These are called "sympathetic solar flares"--that is, pairs of explosions that occur almost simultaneously in widely-spaced active regions. Long ago, researchers assumed the eruptions were just coincidence, but a 2002 study proved otherwise. Some sunspots are linked by nearly-invisible magnetic loops in the sun's corona. Instabilities can rapidly travel from one to another, creating a chain reaction of explosions.If AR3775 is indeed linked to the unseen sunspot, more twin flares may be in the offing as both turn toward Earth in the days ahead. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text

Debby expected to become hurricane before hitting Florida's Gulf Coast-By Rich Mckay-August 4, 20246:51 PM EDT

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby is expected to strengthen rapidly into a hurricane before making landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida's Gulf Coast by midday on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday, warning of life-threatening ocean surges.The hurricane center forecast life-threatening conditions, including storm surges up to 10 feet (3 meters) in some areas. As it slowly moves north through the week, the storm may bring "potentially historic rainfall" of between 10 and 20 inches (25 and 50 cm) and catastrophic flooding to Georgia and South Carolina, it said."This is going to be the story of this storm," said Jamie Rhome, the deputy director of the hurricane center. "It's slow motion is going to dump historic amounts of rainfall - potentially over 20 inches. You're talking about catastrophic flooding."The storm could be like Hurricane Harvey, which slammed into Corpus Christi, Texas, in August 2017. While downgraded into a tropical storm as it moved inland, it lingered over the state, dumping about 50 inches of rain on Houston.Harvey is rated as one of the wettest storms in U.S. history, causing more than 100 deaths and $125 billion in damage, primarily from flooding in the Houston metropolitan area.Rhome said Debby is fueled by exceptionally warm Gulf waters.Climate scientists believe man-made global warming from burning fossil fuels has raised the temperature of the oceans, making storms bigger and more devastating.Preparing for Debby, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called up 3,000 National Guard troops and placed most of the state's cities and counties under emergency orders, while mandatory evacuations were ordered in parts of the Gulf Coast counties of Citrus, Dixie, Franklin, Levy and Wakulla.DeSantis said there are more than 17,000 linemen and other electric workers ready to restore power.The governors of Georgia and South Carolina also declared states of emergency ahead of the storm.HEAVY RAIN-Debby became a tropical storm late on Saturday. As of 5 p.m. EDT (2200 GMTDebby was about 120 miles (193 km) west of Tampa and moving toward the Gulf Coast at 12 mph (19 kph), with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph), the NHC said.To become a hurricane, sustained winds must reach 74 mph.The center of Debby will move across the eastern Gulf of Mexico through Sunday and reach the Florida Big Bend coast by midday on Monday, the hurricane center added. Debby is then expected to move slowly across northern Florida and southern Georgia on Monday and Tuesday, it said.The storm is expected to lose some strength after landfall but bring heavy rain as it crosses central Florida out to the Atlantic coast, before crawling up to Savannah, Georgia, and then onward to Charleston, South Carolina, early in the week.Ocean surges forecast for Bonita Beach northward to Tampa Bay could send sea waves further inland than normal, damaging structures and endangering anyone in their path.A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Florida and Georgia coasts from Ponte Vedra Beach to the Savannah River, including the Fort Myers area, which was crushed by Hurricane Ian in 2022.The last hurricane to make a direct hit on the Big Bend region was Hurricane Idalia, which briefly gained Category 4 strength before making landfall as a Category 3 in August 2023, with winds of more than 125 mph. The National Centers for Environmental Information estimates it did $3.5 billion in damage.Forecasters expect a large number of Atlantic hurricanes in the 2024 season, which began on June 1, with four to seven seen as major. That exceeds the record-breaking 2005 season that spawned the devastating Katrina and Rita hurricanes.Only one hurricane, Beryl, has yet formed in the Atlantic this year. The earliest Category 5 storm on record, it struck the Caribbean and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula before rolling up the Gulf Coast of Texas as a Category 1 storm, with sustained winds up to 95 mph (153 kph).Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Additional reporting by Chandni Shah, Jonathan Allen and Surbhi Misra; Editing by William Mallard, Jane Merriman, Will Dunham, Mark Porter and Paul Simao

California wildfire now fourth-largest in state history, hot weather offers no relief-By Rich Mckay-August 3, 20249:27 PM EDT

Aug 3 (Reuters) - More than 6,000 firefighters in California's Central Valley continued to battle the largest blaze in the U.S. on Saturday, which burned its way into the history books as the state's fourth-largest conflagration on record.There was barely a taste of rain on Saturday from thunderstorms that brought wind and rainfall of zero to one-tenth of an inch, forecasters said.The heat of 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) along with winds up to 25 mph or more in some spots, offered little relief to the firefighters trying to contain the Park Fire, scorching the wilderness terrain some 100 miles (161 km) north of Sacramento, the state capital."We had some thunderstorms that just brought us down-drafts, that's a problem," said Christopher Young, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. "Lightning is a factor we worry about."Blazes from the Park Fire, started by an alleged arsonist who pushed a flaming car down a 60-foot gully near Chico, California, on July 24, has since burned more than 400,000 acres (162,200 hectares) or more than 600 square miles, an area larger than the city of Los Angeles.The 42-year-old man arrested had not entered a plea as of Saturday, but was charged with arson and held without bail, officials said.More than 560 homes and other structures were destroyed since the blaze started 11 days ago, feeding off of downed timber and tinder-dry grass and brush. The fire was 27% contained on Saturday, officials said.More than 4,000 people were evacuated in the Park Fire including retiree Jim Young, 65, of Red Bluff, California, where he lived in a trailer home with his dog, a black Labrador Retriever named Sparky.He and the dog spent the last eight days camped out with some other families in a gravel lot at a wilderness trailhead about 6 miles from his home, worrying every day if it was safe."We just found out we can go home," Young told Reuters on Saturday evening. "Our property is safe. So many lost everything. But me and Sparky can go home now."The rough, wilderness terrain means it takes two to three hours to reach the fire lines, officials said. Some firefighters are being flown to the front lines by helicopters, with some expected to stay there for days with supplies also flown in.The national wildfire season has had an intense start, raising the risk of stretching firefighting resources too thin. The National Interagency Fire Center has already requested help from firefighters in Australia and New Zealand, who will arrive starting Aug. 7 and deploy to Oregon and Washington.Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Nick Zieminski and Matthew Lewis