EVENTS IN TIME (BIBLE PROPHECY LITERALLY FULFILLED)(BY GOD)

I WRITE NEWS ABOUT AND PUT NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM PERTAINING TO BIBLE PROPHESY HAPPENINGS.JOEL 3:20 But Judah (ISRAEL) shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.(THATS ISRAEL-JERUSALEM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED AGAIN)-WE CHRISTIANS ARE ALL WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE TO OCCUR.SO WE CAN GO TO JESUS AND GET OUR NEVER DYING BODIES.SO WE CAN RULE OVER CITIES OURSELVES.WHILE JESUS RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER IN JERUSALEM.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

DAY 16-FINAL EXAMINATION OF LIKNES HOUSE

Monday, July 14, 2014

ISRAEL TIME TO NUKE GAZA NOW-CREATE HAMONGOG NOW IN THE JORDAN VALLEY EAST OF THE DEAD SEA LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS SO THE ARABS CAN BE BURRIED THERE WHEN USE NUKE GAZA NOW ISRAEL-MAKE EZEKIEL 39 COME TO PASS NOW ISRAEL-ITS TIME IN THIS OPERATION ATOMIC DEFENCE OF ISRAELI CITIZENS.DAY 7

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Seventy thousand Gazans from Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah were in the dark Sunday night after a Hamas rocket hit the power line that supplies electricity to those places. It's not clear when Israel Electric Company workers will be able to repair the system, but they are apparently in no rush to do so. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has asked the IEC not to risk the lives of its employees in trying to restore power to the affected sector in Gaza, an operation that could take hours.As Operation Protective Edge enters its seventh day, many Israelis are demanding that the country take more aggressive action against Hamas in order to put a halt to the seemingly endless missile attacks from Gaza. One suggestion that has come up numerous times – including from MKs and Ministers like Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon – is cutting off electricity to Gaza,which Israel is still supplying. The Hamas missile, which hit one of the high tension wires that move power from Israel to Gaza, apparently made that a moot point, at least partially.The Palestinian Authority currently owes the Israel Electric Company NIS 1.5 billion ($525 million) in unpaid bills for electricity. An examination of that debt by business daily Globes shows that the relative amount owed by Gaza was NIS 220 million ($62 million).Last month, the IEC filed a petition with the High Court demanding to be allowed to shut off electricity to the Palestinian Authority until the debt was paid – or to allow the IEC to seize customs and aid payments collected on behalf of the PA to pay off its debt. That case is still pending.Meanwhile, the IEC is still supplying electricity to Gaza, under orders from the government. The power is delivered to Gaza via 12 high-tension wires that are capable of delivering up to 120 megawatts of electricity. Experts say this is not enough for all the residents of Gaza, and in recent weeks residents have said that they have been getting electricity only 12 hours a day.Along with the IEC's power, Gaza also receives electricity from a 140 megawatt generator which is under the control of the PA's Palestine Electric Company, which is run by Hamas operatives. The generator, which is currently operating, is maintained by a crew from German company Siemens. It had been damaged by IDF forces several times in the past, officials said.

Abbas Asks for 'Protection for Palestine'-PA Chairman asks the UN to put “the state of Palestine” under "international protection" due to the violence in Gaza.By AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff-First Publish: 7/14/2014, 3:14 AM-IsraelNationalNews

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas plans to ask the United Nations to put “the state of Palestine” under "international protection" due to the worsening violence in Gaza, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said Sunday.According to AFP, the PLO said in a statement that Abbas presented a letter to this effect to the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, addressed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq confirmed receipt of the letter."We ... will need to study it before responding further," Haq said in a short statement quoted by AFP.The PLO added that Abbas also wants a commission of inquiry into Israel's airstrikes on Gaza.Abbas is "undertaking several steps and measures to deal with the horrific situation in Gaza," senior PLO member Hanan Ashrawi said in a statement after a meeting of the PLO executive.Abbas has asked Switzerland, the depository of the fourth Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians in wartime, to ask signatories to place sanctions on Israel.Its recognition by the UN as a non-member state has allowed the PA to sign several international conventions, including the Geneva Conventions.Ashrawi said that when Arab League foreign ministers meet in Cairo on Monday to discuss the Gaza crisis, the PA would ask them to "adopt a draft resolution at the ministerial level" to be presented to the UN Security Council.The PA would also seek an emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Council "to deal with the grave conditions in Gaza and hold Israel to account for its violations of international law and international humanitarian law," she added, according to AFP.Abbas last week threatened to turn to the international community over Israel’s airstrikes in Gaza as part of Operation Protective Edge.A day earlier, he called on Ban to form an international committee to monitor and investigate what he referred to as “crimes by Israeli settlers.”On Saturday, the UN Security Council urged Israel and Hamas to end their hostilities in Gaza, calling on both sides to respect "international humanitarian laws" and stop the loss of life.The declaration by the Council came days after Arab envoys to the United Nations requested an urgent Security Council session on the situation in Gaza.

07/13/2014 -VATICAN INSIDER-Cardinal Lajolo: “Land invasion is a leap in the dark”-Card. Lajolo-The cardinal shares the Italian President’s fears regarding the current crisis in Gaza. “I am pessimistic. If one seeks revenge ... there will never be an end to all this"-Andrea Tornielli

vatican city-“The Holy See’s diplomats are deeply committed to achieving peace, always seeking to appeal to people’s reason. But I confess that I am feeling rather pessimistic right now...” Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, who hails from the northern Italian city of Novara, worked alongside John Paul II’s Secretary of State, Agostino Casaroli and as John Paul II’s ambassador in Germany. He was Vatican “foreign affairs minister” from 2003 to 2006, before Benedict XVI placed him at the helm of the Governorate, a position he kept until 2011. The Vatican diplomat shares the apprehension expressed by the Italian president, Giorgio Napolitano, in yesterday’s interview with daily newspaper La Stampa, regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The Italian Head of State said an invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli armed forces would have “unpredictable consequences”. What is your take on this? “Benjamin Netanyahu said we need to prepare for a long war ahead. We cannot predict which other factors may influence the situation. I agree with those who see it as a leap in the dark and I must confess that I am feeling rather pessimistic at the moment ... I recently heard the testimony of a priest living in Gaza. At the end, the person interviewing asked him what we could do to help him. ‘Pray! What we need here is a miracle,’ he responded.”Just over a month ago, Pope Francis invited the Palestinian president Abu Mazen and his Israeli counterpart, Shimon Peres, to a prayer meeting for peace in the Vatican.“Unfortunately Abu Mazen does not have the power to stop attacks against Israeli cities and Peres, having stepped down as president, can no longer intervene in foreign policy. But the call to God for peace, sent out by faithful of the three religions that live side by side in the Holy Land, is more current than ever. Now is the time to ask God to have mercy on us. And we should bear in mind the words pronounced by John Paul II: without forgiveness there is no justice. If one seeks revenge, if one seeks to get even, there will never be an end to all this.”In his interview with La Stampa, President Napolitano recalled that following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the international community was not able to resolve one single crisis through political and diplomatic means. What are your thoughts on this? “Sadly, it is a fact. Unfortunately, with the formation of the caliphate in Iraq and Syria, we are still seeing the consequences of certain choices such as the war which began under President Bush, from which there was no return. John Paul II said it loud and clear when he attempted to persuade against a military intervention which may have removed a dictator but it brought about an instability which has lasted for years. The Pope warned that when you start a war, you never know how it’s going to end. To then think that Iraq could be turned into a point from which democracy could spread, without understanding that the people of that country belong to divided, rival spiritual groups, well...”How does Vatican diplomacy act in such cases? “Holy See diplomacy has always been committed to peace, to remind the world that every violent action provokes another one in return. We need to try to appeal to people’s reason. But Vatican diplomacy also needs to be very careful in expressing its position because if it speaks too boldly, it could put Christian minorities in the countries in question and their chances of being accepted, at risk.

07/13/2014 -VATICAN INSIDER-Francis: “No more war, let us break the spiral of violence and hatred”-The Pope during the Angelus prayer-At today’s Angelus Francis sent out an appeal for peace in the Holy Land-GIACOMO GALEAZZI

vatican city-“No more war, war destroys everything. Let us not be overcome by evil or allow violence and hatred to prevail over dialogue and reconciliation.” The Pope’s meeting of prayer for peace in the Holy Land was not in vain. “The memory of last June 8th meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew and Presidents Peres and Abbas, is still fresh in my mind. Together we invoked the gift of peace and listened to the call to break the spiral of violence and hatred,” the Pope said. For some, this gathering took place in vain. But, in fact, “prayer helps prevent us from being overcome by evil or allow violence and hatred to prevail over dialogue and reconciliation.” This was the concerned appeal the Pope sent out today, calling for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which has flared up again. The conflict that is raging in Gaza is bloodying Jesus’ homeland and the Pope, who has put the geographical and existential peripheries at the centre of his pontificate, becomes a spokesman for the calls for peace being sent out by “all men of goodwill.” Francis’ appeal for an end to war extends beyond the walls of the Catholic Church, expressing the suffering of those who have been wounded by the escalating violence in the Middle East. “I urge all interested parties and all those who have political responsibilities on a local and international level, to be generous in your prayers and efforts to put an end to all hostility and bring about a much longed for peace, for the good of everyone,” the Pope said. “I anxiously appeal to you to pray persistently for peace in the Holy Land in light of the tragic events of recent days. I invite everyone to join together in prayer: let us all pray together in silence.”“Now Lord, - the Pope called out, his voice filled with emotion - “You help us! You give us peace, You teach us peace, You guide us towards peace. Open our eyes and our hearts and give us the courage to say: no more war, war destroys everything. Instil in us the courage to build peace through concrete gestures. Give us a willingness to hear the cries of our people who are asking us to transform our weapons into instruments of peace, our fears into trust and our tensions into forgiveness.”In the summer too we should go to mass and hear the word of Jesus, the Pope urged faithful after explaining the Parable of the Sower, the first of Christ’s parables in time. “When Jesus speaks to the people he uses many parables: a language that everyone can understand, with images from nature and day-to-day experiences. The first of these parables is an introduction to the ones that follow: it is the Parable of the Sower who generously spreads his seed on all kinds of ground. The real protagonist of this parable is the seed itself, which produces more or less fruit depending on the soil it has fallen on. The first three soils are infertile.”“This parable – the Pope said – speaks to each and every one of us today, just as it did to Jesus’ audience two thousand years ago. It reminds us that we are the soil onto which the Lord tirelessly throws the seed of his Word and love. How do we receive him? What is the state of our heart? What soil does can it be likened to? : a road, stony ground, a thorn bush? It is up to us to turn ourselves into fertile ground that is free from thorns and stones, that is ploughed and cultivated with care so that it can bear good fruits for us and our brothers and sisters. The good seed of the Gospel is sown at every Holy Mass, in a different way each time, it is served in the soup kitchen God’s Word: a seed that is to be received, looked after and lived.”“It is important to take part in Sunday mass, even in the summer months, to enlighten and strengthen us along our path,” Francis said. We should also take care in choosing the words we use: these can inspire “courage” but they can also cause “depression”.The Pope started with the Gospel passage which describes Jesus preaching on the banks of the Sea of Galilee. “A huge crowd gathers, so Jesus gets into a boat, goes a little further out onto the water and preaches from there.”The Pope explained the Parable of the Sower saying: “In this case, Jesus does not simply present the parable he explains it to his disciples too. The seed which falls on the road, represents those who heard the Word but dismiss it; so the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. Evil does not want the seed of the Gospel to grow in people’s hearts. This is the first metaphor. The second is the seed that falls on the rocks, forms no roots and so it withers away; this represents those who hear the word, but only accept it shallowly; when the going gets tough these people lose heart. The third case is the seed that falls among the thorn bushes: Jesus explains that these are the people who hear the Word but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. Finally, the sower’s seed falls on fertile ground and this represents those who hear the Word, embrace it, nurture it and understand it and so it bears fruit. The Virgin Mary is a prefect example of this.”

Thousands of Gaza civilians flee after Israeli warning-Reuters-By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller -JULY 13,14-YahooNews

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands fled their homes in a Gaza Strip town on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave before it attacked rocket-launching sites, on the sixth day of an offensive that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 160 people.Militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza kept up rocket salvoes deep into the Jewish state as the worst bout of Israel-Palestinian bloodshed in two years showed no signs of abating, and Western foreign ministers said a ceasefire was an urgent priority.Israel dropped leaflets into the town of Beit Lahiya near Gaza's northern border. They read: "Those who fail to comply with the instructions to leave immediately will endanger their lives and the lives of their families. Beware."The Israeli military told the residents of three of Beit Lahiya's 10 neighborhoods to get out of the town of 70,000 by midday on Sunday. U.N. officials said some 10,000 people had fled south to eight schools run by the world body in Gaza City.A senior military officer, in a telephone briefing with foreign reporters, said Israel would "strike with might" in the Beit Lahiya area from the late evening hours on Sunday.He did not say if this would include an expansion of an air and naval offensive into a ground operation in the north of the narrow, densely populated Mediterranean enclave."The enemy has built rocket infrastructure in-between the houses (in Beit Lahiya)," the Israeli officer said. "He wants to trap me into an attack and into hurting civilians."The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 160 Palestinians - among them about 135 civilians, including 30 children - have died during six days of warfare, and more than 1,000 hurt.At schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza City, Beit Lahiya residents arrived in donkey carts filled with children, luggage and mattresses, while others came by car or taxi. One man, still in pajamas, said some inhabitants had received phone calls telling them to leave."What could we do? We had to run in order to save the lives of our children," said Salem Abu Halima, 25, a father of two.Gaza's Interior Ministry, in a statement on Hamas radio, dismissed Israel's warnings as "psychological warfare". It told those who left their homes to return and others to stay put.

CIVILIAN TOLL

Dozens of houses in Beit Lahiya were leveled by Israeli bulldozers during the month-long Gaza war of 2008-2009. Israel says such structures serve as gun nests and rocket launch pads. The leaflets marked the first time Israel had warned Palestinians to vacate dwellings in such a wide area. Previous warnings, by phone or so-called "knock-on-the-door" missiles without explosive warheads, had been directed at individual homes slated for attack.A Palestinian woman and a girl aged three were killed in Israeli air strikes early on Sunday, the Health Ministry said.Hostilities along the Israel-Gaza frontier first intensified last month after Israeli forces arrested hundreds of Hamas activists in the Israeli-occupied West Bank following the abduction there of three Jewish seminary students who were later found killed. A Palestinian youth was then killed in Jerusalem in a suspected revenge attack by Israelis. Despite intensified Israeli military action - which included a commando raid overnight - Palestinians continued to launch rockets across the border.A long-range burst on Sunday triggered air raid sirens and sent people running for shelter at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport, which has not been struck in the hostilities and where flights have been operating normally, and some city suburbs.No one has been killed by the more than 800 rockets Israel says have been fired since the offensive began. Lacking guidance systems, many of the rockets have fallen wide. Others have been shot down by Israel's Iron Dome interceptors."We will continue to act with patience, forbearance, with determination, responsibility and aggression to achieve the goal of the campaign - restoring calm for a long period by dealing a significant blow to Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in broadcast after his cabinet met.International pressure on both sides for a return to calm has increased, with the U.N. Security Council calling for a cessation of hostilities and Western foreign ministers meeting on Sunday to weigh strategy.French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius spoke of "a dangerous escalation" and told reporters before talks in Vienna with his U.S., German and British counterparts that securing a ceasefire was "an absolute priority".German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will travel to the Middle East on Monday and Tuesday for meetings with Netanyahu and U.S.-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who agreed a power-share deal with his Hamas rivals in April.Germany mediated a prisoner swap in 2011 in which an Israeli soldier held by Hamas was freed in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinians jailed by Israel.

U.S. WANTS 2012 TRUCE RESTORED

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, whose bid to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace fell apart when Netanyahu called off negotiations over the Abbas-Hamas pact, reasserted Washington's support for Israel's right to self-defense on Sunday.But a senior State Department official said that Kerry, speaking to Netanyahu by phone, also "highlighted the U.S. concern about escalating tensions ... (and) readiness to facilitate a cessation of hostilities, including a return to the November 2012 ceasefire agreement".That referred to an Egyptian-mediated truce that ended the last major Gaza flare-up. Cairo is now again seeking calm and Israeli media said Turkey and Qatar have also offered to intercede with Hamas, which is formally shunned by Israel, the United States and European Union as a terrorist group.Israel has been publicly cool to truce proposals, saying its current assault on Hamas is the best guarantee of long-term quiet. Israel says an invasion of Gaza remains an option and has mobilized more than 30,000 reservists, but most attacks have so far been from the air, hitting some 1,200 targets.A survey by Israel's Channel 10 TV found that 90 percent of the country's Jewish majority supported the air offensive. Asked if Israel should send in ground forces, 47 percent of said yes, 32 percent said no, and 21 percent were undecided.Giving details of Sunday's naval commando raid, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman, said four members of the force were wounded in skirmishes with Gaza gunmen but the rocket launching site they attacked was hit.Hamas said its fighters had fired at the Israeli force offshore, preventing them from landing. Lerner said the forces had "completed their mission".Hundreds of mourners attended the funerals on Sunday of the 17 Palestinians killed in Israel's bombing, on Saturday night, of the home of Gaza police chief Taysee Al-Batsh."With our souls and blood we will redeem the martyrs!" the crowd chanted as armed men fired in the air.A Hamas source said Batsh was in critical condition and that all the dead were members of his family. The Gaza Health Ministry said 45 people were also wounded in the bombing.The Israeli military said it had appointed a general to investigate the high civilian toll in several Gaza strikes.An Israeli teenager was wounded on Sunday by a rocket that struck the southern town of Ashkelon, emergency services said.(Additional reporting by Maayan Lubell, Ari Rabinovitch and Allyn Fisher-Ilan in Jerusalem, John Irish, Fredrik Dahl and Louis Charbonneau in Vienna; Editing by Rosalind Russell)

EU sees likelihood of Israeli ground attack on Gaza-11.07.14 @ 18:32-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman

BRUSSELS - EU diplomats believe Israel will launch a ground invasion of Gaza if a Hamas rocket causes serious Israeli casualties.The concerns come amid rapid escalation in fighting over the past four days.Hamas, the Palestinian militant group which rules Gaza, says Israeli strikes have killed more than 100 people, including “at least” 35 children. Israel says Hamas is responsible for 490 rocket attacks.None of the attacks have claimed direct casualties so far, in part due to Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system.But Israel has made preparations for a ground assault and has designated three objectives if it goes ahead: to destroy Hamas’ stockpile of some 12,000 rockets, to demolish its undergound tunnels to Israel, and to force ceasefire terms that will prevent future attacks.An EU diplomatic source told EUobserver on Friday (11 July): “If they [Hamas] … hit a kindergarten or a school and there are serious [Israeli] casualties, then that will spark all sorts of consequences, including a ground assault”.The contact noted it is “difficult to predict” how EU countries would react.But he added: “We are, obviously, against a ground incursion - it will lead to more destruction and more deaths. But at the same time this massive barrage of rocket attacks out of Gaza has to stop … you can’t have a whole country [Israel] under rocket attacks every day”.For his part, the Israeli ambassador to the EU, David Walzer, told press in Brussels the same day that EU governments sympathise with Israel’s actions so far.“Until now, the EU and most member states, but not all, have expressed a fairly receptive understanding of the need to put an end to that [Hamas rocket fire], that Hamas is responsible for what we are seeing, and that Israel has a right to defend itself. But everybody is worried about possible escalation”, he said.He said Israeli forces are doing all they can to minimise civilian deaths.He added, on a personal note, that he feels “disturbed” by the number of civilian casualties. “I am more disturbed by civilian deaths [in Gaza] than I am about what you [the media] write about us [Israel]”, the diplomat said.But Ghazi Hamad, Hamas’ deputy foreign minister, accused Walzer of crocodile tears.He told EUobserver by phone from Gaza City on Friday that Israel is “killing civilians on purpose” in what constitutes a “crime against humanity”.When asked if Hamas is targeting Israeli civilians, he said: “In general, our policy is to avoid targeting civilians. But when Israel starts to do this, sometimes we find ourselves also obliged to do that”.He added: “We expect the EU to be more active and to try to influence the situation. It doesn’t help to sit and be calm and quiet. We don’t hear of any EU activity to stop the Israeli aggression. But when we try to defend ourselves, they publish statements condemning our actions”.The two sides have diametrically opposed narratives on the conflict.Israel says Hamas started it on 12 June by increasing rocket fire because it is facing a crisis in popular support inside Gaza.Hamas says Israel started it by arresting hundreds of Hamas members in the West Bank in late June in its search for three kidnapped, later found murdered, Israeli teenagers.“Hamas believes this is the right time for a show of force against Israel”, Walzer said.“Israel started the aggression … the situation was quiet and clam, but then Israel started targeting our people in the West Bank,” Hamad noted.The EU diplomatic source said it is “very difficult” to verify the “claims and counter-claims”.He added it is “depressing” that “nothing has changed in the situation since 2009”.Israel’s last ground assault on Gaza five years ago killed some 1,500 Palestinians and saw 13 Israeli soldiers die. EU states at the time froze plans to upgrade Israeli diplomatic relations in response.

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07/11/2014 -VATICAN INSIDER-Pell meets resistance from Curia members: “There is competition in some circles”-Card. Pell-In his interview with the Boston Globe, the head of the Secretariat for the Economy said the allegations about a “Maltese lobby” “are ‘Alice in Wonderland’ stuff” and confirmed that the men in question have his “full support”-Andrea Tornielli
vatican city-After the first interview he gave to Italy’s Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper last February explaining and revealing the content of the Vatican’s forthcoming economic and administrative reforms, Cardinal George Pell spoke in a new exclusive interview with the Boston Globe, the day after the press conference for the presentation of the Vatican reform plan. Speaking to American Vatican correspondent John Allen, Pell stated that the reform called for by Francis is “moving in the right direction” and admitted he has “run into resistance, perhaps especially among an Italian old guard that feels its power slipping away.” “There’s sadness and a bit of antagonism in some quarters, that’s for sure,” the super minister of the Economy said.After explaining that the main idea behind the reform “is to introduce modern accounting standards, to strengthen transparency, to increase self-sufficiency and coordination, and eventually to generate more income with lower costs … [making the Vatican] a “model of good financial practices … [so as to] to “get [it] off the gossip pages.” The Australian cardinal was keen to point out that “along the way, we’re not going to generate any less revenue for the works of the Church.”Pell went on to explain that “the whole system is devised to include checks and balances and a division of powers.” For example, he has to answer to the Council for the Economy. “We’re not endeavouring to centralize the system,” he stated in response to the objections of those who believe the super minister holds too much power in his hands. “We do now have the authority to implement these systems. We’ll continue doing it as long as Pope Francis is with us,” he added.One of the tasks that will need to be completed by the end of the year is APSA’s transformation into a central bank and a treasury. The Vatican Asset Manager (VAM) – a new figure that will deal with the Holy See’s investments - will also take up office. An independent auditor also needs to be nominated. Pell said he was not sure whether VAM would be located in the IOR, APSA or somewhere else: “De Franssu has said that it’s a work in progress. … Over time, the asset management office will come to manage the Vatican’s reserves, meaning monies not needed for day-to-day operations. The ambition is that by putting the various funds together, we’ll have a bigger base sum and be able to get a better return.” The cardinal then explains that the new president of the IOR, who is also currently a member of the Council for the Economy, is also working to get the office in charge of investments up and running.Regarding the nomination of Jean-Baptiste de Franssu as head of the IOR, Pell said: “He’s got long experience in asset management and understands the world of banking. He is also a “charismatic personality” who has “been involved for over a year now with the study commission that was charged with putting together the reform package, so he’s got a pretty good idea about financial management in the Vatican.” “He’ll be one of the prime movers” of the asset management office. Pell brushed off the accusations made in the Italian media about the existence of a “Maltese lobby” made up of Joseph Zahra of Malta and Francesco Vermilgio of Italy and de Fransssu – who is allegedly managing the Vatican’s finances to fulfil his own personal interests – calling the allegations “Alice in Wonderland’ stuff. They’re perfunctory, and the lack of accuracy is extraordinary. De Franssu and Zahra have no joint economic interests whatsoever, and they had never even met before serving on a study commission last year. They’re both busy men who have given enormous amounts of time gratuitously to the Church.”The cardinal said the accusations may have originated among circles that “don’t like change.” “Perhaps someone regrets that over the last few years the bank and the Vatican generally have cleaned up their act,” he added.When asked why the Australian cardinal asked his business manager at the Archdiocese of Sydney, Danny Casey, to come to the Vatican to head a new project management office in the secretariat – a nomination which did not go down well with some – Pell answered: “Danny Casey has outstanding credentials for the particular role given to him.” He gave assurance, however, that “we’ll use a professional headhunter firm to fill other positions as they come along.”“We’ve never seen such an injection of lay leadership into the senior ranks of the Church as we’re seeing now with finances. That’s extremely healthy, because it’s an area in which we clerics don’t necessarily have any expertise,” Pell said.

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, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
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.

B.C. heat wave increases concerns over forest fire risk-The Canadian PressBy Steven Chua, The Canadian Press | JULY 13,14-YahooNews
VANCOUVER - A provincewide heat wave in British Columbia was expected to hit record highs in the coming days, heightening concerns about wildfires.The B.C. Wildfire Management Branch said Saturday there were 45 wildfires across the province, with three fires expected to take days to put out."The hot, dry weather has definitely been a concern," said Navi Saini, a spokeswoman for the agency. "It's definitely hindering fire-suppression efforts."In northern B.C., near the Alberta border, 120 firefighters and 11 helicopters are battling a 45-square-kilometre blaze close to Tumbler Ridge that was sparked last Sunday.Saini said there have been no casualties, but an evacuation order has been issued to 200 people in three nearby oil and gas camps.Forty-one firefighters and six helicopters are trying to put out a four-square-kilometre fire near Quesnel, in the North Cariboo region which started Tuesday.Twenty firefighters are battling a 10-square-kilometre blaze in north B.C. near Williston Lake that started Thursday.Saini said fires outside the province could spark smoke warnings for B.C."We have several large fires burning in the Northwest Territories, and just the way the wind's been blowing, there have been smoke reports in many areas of the province," she said.Smoke from a fire burning in Banff National Park, in Alta.,is drifting into the Kootenays, she said.Environment Canada said temperatures are expected to hit record highs in parts of the province this weekend.David Wray, a meteorologist with the agency, said temperatures in the southern half of the province appear to be 10 to 11 C above normal for the time of year.Wray said it is 8 to 10 C above normal for the northern half of B.C. where temperatures will likely break records next week.Temperatures are averaging at 30 C or more provincewide.Wray said it is important to wear sunscreen this weekend because it will only take about 15 minutes for skin to get burned.He said children or pets should not be left in cars, and people should drink plenty of water.Dave Lefebvre of Vancouver Coastal Health, one of the Lower Mainland's health authorities, said there has not been any word from one of its main hospitals of increases in patients suffering from heatstroke.The authority is urging people to limit outdoor activity to the early morning and evening.It is also asking people to check in on those unable to leave their homes and ask for medical help if required.Aletta Vanderheyden of Fraser Health, another health authority in the Lower Mainland, said there were no reports of increases in heatstroke among patients in 12 of its hospitals.

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

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.

Smoky haze lingers over areas of Alberta as wildfires burn-CBC – JULY 13,14-YahooNews

A smoky haze remains over many areas in Alberta, as fire crews continue to battle several wildfires this weekend.The wildfire west of Nordegg near the Banff National Park border continues to burn. The blaze was ignited by a lightning strike last weekend, and is being held at 6,300 hectares.The province has been forced to close campgrounds and parts of the area’s backcountry. Public access to the forest is being restricted from the mountains south of Highway 11, north to Cline River and from the Banff border east to Whiterabbit Creek.There are also fires burning near Grande Prairie and Slave Lake, although those blazes are being held as well.There is also smoke drifting into Alberta as a result of the wildfires ravaging the North West Territories.This summer has proved to be one of the worst fire season in the region’s history, with more than 100 fires currently burning.The fires have consumed more than 800,000 hectares of land in total — a significant size, much larger than the province of Prince Edward Island. Fire crews from Saskatchewan and Yukon have been called in to help douse the flames, but high temperatures and little rain are making that difficult.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; 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
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.

Storm Arthur power outages cut to 6,736-CBC – JULY 13,14-YahooNews

NB Power achieved its 95-per-cent power restoration target hours earlier than predicted on Sunday evening, as the number of customers without electricity dropped to roughly 6,700.NB Power was reporting 6,736 customers without electricity around the province at 3:10 p.m. on Sunday. The drop in customers without power means the utility has already hit its 95-per-cent target that it set for Sunday evening.At the peak of the outages from Arthur, 140,000 customers were affected. So far, 95.19 per cent of those customers now have electricity again.Fredericton continues to be the hardest hit community with power outages. There were 5,145 customers without power at 3:10 p.m. on Sunday.There were another 800 customers without electricity in Woodstock and 494 customers in St. Stephen.The utility used Twitter on Sunday to announce it has already met its Sunday deadline. Scott said more than 300 crews are working on Sunday.All but a couple of hundred customers are expected to be back on line by Tuesday evening."We are facing a lot of situations whereby we have trees that have fallen on lines in areas, in a lot of cases, where it's very complicated to try to restore power," Scott said."Having said that, we're going to do everything we possibly can to go by that 95 per cent number tonight and of course we're looking to have 99 per cent of the people restored by Tuesday evening."NB Power restored electricity to roughly 6,000 customers on Saturday. Scott said it is unlikely that feat could be achieved two days in a row."While that number will be hard to meet today because of the fact that where we are down to [outages of] ones and twos in most cases, there is not a lot of large ones left. So it will be more complicated to meet that same number today," Scott said."But our crews will be working hard to achieve the goal that we set for them. … We are hopeful, really, really hopeful that by this evening we will be able to say that we’ve exceeded the goal of 95 per cent."Nova Scotia Power said on Sunday that all Arthur-related outages have been restored.Stacey Pineau, a Nova Scotia Power spokesperson, said the company has offered NB Power equipment and supplies as it continues to reconnect customers who have been left in the dark for the last eight days.At this point, Pineau said NB Power has not requested any crews but they would consider sending Nova Scotia Power staff if asked.She said all of the contractors who were working with Nova Scotia Power are now available to work in New Brunswick."We had contract crews that were helping us and they were New Brunswick-based contractors and they were also from Emera Maine. So we released those crews and that would mean if somebody else wanted to make use of them, they would be able to do so," she said.Tree crews were working in Fredericton, clearing trees away from power lines.Karen Simonds watched one crew in her backyard on Sunday morning cut down trees that were too close to the power lines.She said she didn't think any of her trees would need to come down in order for her electricity to be restored.“It’s a little overwhelming especially when you had birch trees that you cherished and they are coming down but it’s all for a good cause,” Simonds said.“We will be really happy to get electricity back today or tomorrow.”Simonds was also talking to the tree crews, trying to preserve the some of the large trees in her backyard."I'm trying to save as much as I can but on the other hand new do need lines cleared so that this doesn't happen again," she said.In Narapis, near Grand Bay-Westfield, on Sunday, some residents were still planning on being without electricity for several more days.Darrin Duke said being without electricity for so long has been "a major inconvenience." It has also been tough financially.For instance, Duke said he's paid more than $700 in gas to keep his generator operating.But, he said, he doesn't want to blame NB Power for the lengthy outage."[NB Power] are doing their best. There is a lot of damage everywhere, but what are you going to do?" Duke said."There are only 24 hours in a day, they are working as hard as they can."The Woodstock area has consistently had one of the highest numbers of customers without power since Arthur left New Brunswick.Several businesses say that have been extremely busy helping people in the area remain stocked up on food and ice while their power remained out and feeding power crews who were restoring electricity in nearby communities.Maureen Brinkman, who works at Murray's Irving in Woodstock, said her business has witnessed a steady stream of people coming through their doors in the last eight days.“We had a lot of people coming in for showers because we have showers here. People, who had no power would come in for showers and ice,” she said.“It was busy, people were coming in with gas jugs and stuff for the generators, the NB Power trucks and the different power commissions, they have been coming in for breakfast and stuff like that in the morning. When we first get in here [in the morning], all kinds of power commission trucks [are] in here.”Debbie Creelman, who operates the Irving Gas Bar in Meductic, said she can’t get enough ice stocked to keep up with demand. She has also run out of crucial items, such as milk and bread, in the last week.Despite the difficulty in keeping her store stocked up, Creelman said it has been nice to help her community in the days after the storm."I got told many times how much they appreciated us being there for them and whatnot,” she said.“I got a lot of compliments that way, people have come in and said, ‘You guys are lifesavers,' and I said, 'Well, you do what you have to do when people are down and out.’”

EARTHQUAKES

ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
39 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-07-13 21:08:47 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)39 earthquakes in map area

    2.8 95km NW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-07-13 19:51:58 UTC-04:00 39.3 km
    4.1 27km SSE of Jarm, Afghanistan 2014-07-13 19:51:13 UTC-04:00 208.8 km
    3.5 114km NW of Talkeetna, Alaska 2014-07-13 19:01:31 UTC-04:00 14.7 km
    2.9 16km ESE of Anza, California 2014-07-13 17:47:25 UTC-04:00 12.8 km
    2.8 16km E of Anza, California 2014-07-13 17:47:19 UTC-04:00 18.6 km
    3.0 56km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-07-13 17:35:44 UTC-04:00 15.0 km
    6.1 22km W of Iquique, Chile 2014-07-13 16:54:14 UTC-04:00 35.7 km
    5.6 109km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 2014-07-13 16:00:40 UTC-04:00 35.0 km
    3.5 41km NE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-07-13 15:24:23 UTC-04:00 91.9 km
    3.4 9km ESE of Gilroy, California 2014-07-13 13:23:56 UTC-04:00 4.9 km
    3.2 54km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 2014-07-13 13:19:25 UTC-04:00 84.0 km
    5.0 25km S of Khulm, Afghanistan 2014-07-13 12:23:43 UTC-04:00 26.1 km
    2.7 50km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska 2014-07-13 12:20:50 UTC-04:00 94.5 km
    4.7 127km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2014-07-13 11:22:02 UTC-04:00 43.9 km
    2.6 38km S of Anchorage, Alaska 2014-07-13 11:18:56 UTC-04:00 34.9 km
    2.5 44km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska 2014-07-13 11:17:21 UTC-04:00 43.9 km
    4.9 109km SE of Muara Siberut, Indonesia 2014-07-13 11:07:00 UTC-04:00 41.5 km
    2.9 7km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-07-13 10:51:02 UTC-04:00 5.4 km
    2.7 9km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-07-13 10:39:26 UTC-04:00 8.9 km
    4.6 45km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia 2014-07-13 10:08:19 UTC-04:00 103.6 km
    4.7 222km ESE of Namie, Japan 2014-07-13 09:26:47 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
    4.1 182km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska 2014-07-13 08:07:05 UTC-04:00 34.9 km
    4.3 60km ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2014-07-13 07:43:23 UTC-04:00 491.5 km
    4.5 14km SSE of Krani, Macedonia 2014-07-13 07:18:09 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
    4.9 146km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile 2014-07-13 04:46:41 UTC-04:00 94.7 km
    5.3 27km ESE of Monte Patria, Chile 2014-07-13 03:18:26 UTC-04:00 86.2 km
    2.8 3km NE of Jones, Oklahoma 2014-07-13 03:03:53 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
    2.6 6km WSW of Shasta Lake, California 2014-07-13 02:46:49 UTC-04:00 26.0 km
    4.5 22km SE of Chimbarongo, Chile 2014-07-13 02:43:10 UTC-04:00 92.2 km
    3.0 70km SE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-07-13 02:08:05 UTC-04:00 0.2 km
    2.9 36km SE of King Salmon, Alaska 2014-07-13 01:24:38 UTC-04:00 100.0 km
    2.8 4km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma 2014-07-13 01:20:50 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
    2.6 17km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico 2014-07-13 00:46:12 UTC-04:00 4.0 km
    3.3 56km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 2014-07-13 00:17:01 UTC-04:00 40.8 km
    2.5 38km WSW of Greenfield, California 2014-07-12 23:19:46 UTC-04:00 10.8 km
    5.0 10km N of Quilpue, Chile 2014-07-12 23:16:50 UTC-04:00 44.0 km
    2.9 19km NW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii 2014-07-12 23:16:15 UTC-04:00 15.6 km
    2.7 6km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-07-12 22:08:22 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
    2.8 9km SW of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-07-12 21:57:44 UTC-04:00 5.0 km

EU blacklists Ukraine rebels, as fighting escalates-Today @ 16:30-JULY 13,14-EUOBSERVER
By Andrew Rettman

BRUSSELS - The EU on Saturday (12 July) named 11 rebel leaders in east Ukraine who are to face a visa ban and asset freeze.Four of them are top people in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).They include: Aleksandr Borodai (a Russian citizen who calls himself the DPR prime minister); Alexander Khodakovsky (a defector who used the run an elite counter-terrorism squad, the Alpha unit, in the Ukrainian security service, the SBU); Alexandr Kalyussky (the DPR’s deputy PM), and Alexandr Khryakov (“responsible for … pro-separatist propaganda”).Another five men are linked to the so-called People’s Republic of Luhansk (PRL).The Luhansk group includes: Marat Bashirov (a Russian-born, former energy sector executive who calls himself the PRL’s prime minister); Vasyl Nikitin (“vice prime minister”); Aleksey Karyakin (“Supreme Council Chair”); Yurij Ivakin (“minister of internal affairs”); and Igor Plotinsky (“defence minister”).The EU also blacklisted Nikolay Kozitsyn, the “Commander of Cossak forces”, a caste of irregular Russian fighters who flocked across the border into east Ukraine to fight government soldiers.The 11th name is Oleksiy Mozgovy, said to be “responsible for training separatists to fight against the Ukrainian government forces”.A report out last week by UK-based NGO Amnesty International said the rebel groups are guilty of hundreds of kidnappings of pro-Ukrainian activists in east Ukraine.Amnesty’s Denis Krivosheev said Ukraine government forces have also abducted people, but he noted “the bulk of the abductions are being perpetrated by armed separatists, with the victims often subjected to stomach-turning beatings and torture.”Saturday’s EU listing brings to 72 the number of Ukrainian separatists, Russian military chiefs, and Russian politicians put on the EU sanctions register since March.Russia’s ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, told the Interfax news agency that “blacklisting opponents isn't helping to build a dialogue with them”.The additional names come amid talks between France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, and the OSCE, a European multilateral club, on reviving a Contact Group on the conflict.The group is to see Ukrainian authorities talk directly to local leaders in east Ukraine, with the OSCE tasked to identify the right interlocutors.But prospects of a ceasefire diminished on Friday, when separatists killed 19 Ukrainian soldiers.Fighting claimed “at least” 12 civilian lives over the weekend, the BBC reports, while Russia, on Sunday, said a Ukrainian-fired shell killed a Russian citizen in a small town on the Russian side of the border.“This represents a qualitative escalation of the danger to our citizens, now even on our own territory. Of course this naturally cannot pass without a response," Russian deputy foreign minister Grigory Karasin said on Russian TV.Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said EU sanctions have hurt the Russian economy by scaring off foreign investors.He noted that President Vladimir Putin "has made Russia an unpredictable country. And if there's anything that a businessman wants to have it's predictability".

Sunday, July 13, 2014

TORAH PORTION FROM JULY 13-19,2014

Saturday, July 12, 2014

DOES TONIGHTS SUPER MOON REPRESENT THE SUN AND THE END OF GAZA AND THE ARABS-ONLY TIME WILL TELL

A Super Moon Tonight.Could be a sign GAZA and Arabs are done for.pic-earthsky.org

quantumphoeinix

UPDATE 10PM SAT JULY 12,14
OK-ISRAEL HAS STARTED ITS GROUND AFFENSIVE AGAINST GAZA.GO ISRAEL GO.KILL ALL THE ARABS AND TAKE BACK GAZA.ITS YOURS ISRAEL.

Three Hamas fighters dead in beach battle, the first ground fighting since Gaza op began-As war with Hamas enters sixth day, Israel steps up air strikes after major barrage on Tel Aviv area; IDF fires into Lebanon after 3 rockets hit Galilee; Army tells Gazans to leave areas in northern Strip; Death toll in Strip reaches 157; US woman dies of heart attack after siren in J’lem-By Haviv Rettig Gur July 13, 2014, 1:08 am 7-The Times of Israel

Operation Protective Edge entered its sixth day Sunday, with no end in sight. Hamas fired rockets throughout Saturday, hitting southern and central Israel, with a major barrage on the Tel Aviv area in late evening. An American tourist died of a heart attack after sirens wailed in Jerusalem, a day after a Haifa woman died in similar circumstances. Palestinian reports say at least 150 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes, including more than 15 in a strike late Saturday aimed at Hamas’s Gaza police chief.

04:37
Gaza ground battle targeted long-range missile site-The IDF is vowing to “continue to strike at anyone who uses terror against the State of Israel.”The promise (Hebrew link) comes in the wake of the army’s first known ground operation in the Gaza Strip since fighting began on Tuesday.-The early Sunday operation led to a firefight on Sudaniya Beach in the northern Gaza Strip that left three Hamas fighters dead and four IDF soldiers lightly wounded.The target of the operation, the IDF says, is a “storage site contained long-range rockets.”The site was destroyed, the army reports.

04:25
MDA reports 5 injured in Saturday rocket barrage-MDA, Israel’s largest ambulance and rescue service, says that five Israelis were injured in the 9 p.m. Saturday rocket barrage on Tel Aviv and other central Israeli cities.None of the rockets managed to land on an Israeli population center, so the injured were all hurt while rushing to bomb shelters as Color Red sirens sounded.The organization says its teams also cared for 21 Israelis who suffered from anxiety in the wake of the barrage.In all, 44 Israelis needed medical care on Saturday, 14 of whom were injured in the rush to bomb shelters.One 74-year-old American tourist died in Jerusalem from a heart attack precipitated by a siren.In all, MDA says, it has cared for 208 Israelis since the start of Operation Protective Edge on Tuesday morning.

04:10
4 IDF soldiers lightly wounded in first ground battle with Hamas-Four IDF soldiers are lightly wounded in the first ground battle with Hamas since the start of fighting on Tuesday. Three Hamas fighters are killed in the exchange, according to Palestinian sources.According to Army Radio, an IDF ground force entered the Gaza Strip tonight to strike at a rocket launching site near Gaza City, in the northern part of the Strip.The force encountered Hamas fighters, and a firefight ensued, the station reports.The wounded IDF soldiers are now evacuated to a hospital inside Israel.According to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, the target of the operation has been destroyed.

03:48
Reports of fighting in northern Gaza-Reports are continuing to come in via social media that IDF forces, possibly including on-the-ground commandos, are engaging Hamas fighters.The reports follow a confirmed battle on Sudaniya Beach, in the northern Gaza Strip, earlier tonight. That battle left three Hamas fighters dead.

03:29
Three Hamas fighters dead in beach battle-Reports of fighting on a beach near Gaza City are confirmed by Hamas, which says three of its fighters were killed in a confrontation with IDF troops on Sudaniya Beach.Initial reports suggest what may have been the first entry of IDF ground troops into the Strip since fighting began on Tuesday, though only a small commando force appears to have been involved.The army is asking residents of the northern Gaza Strip to leave the area tonight, sparking speculation in the media that the IDF may be considering sending in ground troops overnight.

03:20
Video of Iron Dome interceptions over Tel Aviv-Iron Dome has intercepted and destroyed at least 108 rockets from Gaza since the start of the latest round of fighting on Tuesday, earning the gratitude of every Israeli.Thousands of videos of these intercepts are available on the internet. The nighttime videos are especially dramatic: a glowing rocket trail speeds headlong toward an inevitable explosion, and a city sighs in relief as a warhead aimed at its residents is destroyed in mid-air.
Come to think of it, it’s a wonder — and perhaps a sign of the trust Israelis place in the technology — that there aren’t infinitely more videos of these lights in Israel’s night sky.

03:12
Gazans seen leaving northern Strip in wake of IDF warning-As the IDF prepares for expanding its attacks on Hamas, it is asking the residents of northern Gaza to leave the area.Hamas spokespeople have urged residents to remain in their homes in order to avoid giving Israel the green light to attack.But some Gazans, at least, are listening to the IDF warnings.

03:04
Rocket shrapnel ignites forest fire in central Israel-A forest fire is raging in the Shfela area of central Israel.It was started by falling shrapnel from a Hamas rocket that was intercepted and destroyed by Iron Dome.There are no reports of injuries or damage from the fire, but authorities say they have yet to gain control over the spreading blaze.

02:59
IDF video: Hamas lies-The Arab-Israeli conflict went social long ago, with Israel, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and other parties taking regularly to social media to attack their opponent, defend their positions and expand their audiences.The latest IDF video demonstrates the rising production values and public relations savvy that accompanies the latest round of Israel-Hamas fighting.

02:55
Delta flight 469 lands safely in Ben Gurion-Delta Airlines flight 469 lands safely in Ben Gurion International Airport after experiencing “technical difficulties.”Israeli rescue services had rushed to the airport as unconfirmed media reports suggested the plane may have to land without all engines operational. In the end, the landing is successful and all aboard are safe.

02:37
Four rockets land in Sdot Negev area-Four rockets land in the Sdot Negev Regional Council, near Gaza. There are no reports of injuries or damage, as all the rockets appear to have landed in open areas.

02:29
Report: Gaza police chief in stable condition after IDF strike-Israel Radio reporter Gal Berger cites official Palestinian sources when he reports that Gaza’s police chief, Tayseer al-Batsh, is out of surgery and in stable condition after an IDF strike on his home on Saturday.Some 18 people were killed in that strike. Many were leaving a nearby mosque when it took place. Al-Batsh was not killed, and appears set to survive the strike.

02:20
First images emerge from fighting on Gaza beach-Fighting is confirmed near the beach north of Gaza City.It is still unclear if significant IDF forces are involved. The IDF has not conducted a sea landing with a large number of troops in decades.Read more: Three Hamas fighters dead in beach battle, the first ground fighting since Gaza op began | The Times of Israel http://www.timesofisrael.com/as-hamas-war-goes-into-sixth-day-israel-steps-up-air-strikes-after-rocket-barrage-on-central-israel/#ixzz37JEZ0O9x