JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 39 APR 06,26 - THE 8PM COUNTDOWN TO DESTRUCTION.HELL FIRE GET READY FOR IRAN.
THE NEXT US-ISRAEL HIT ON IRAN SHOULD BE VERSE 37. ALL OFFENSIVE NUKE SITES MISSLES,DRONES,AND OF COURSE KHEMENI AND THE IRGC GUARDS.THEN AFTER IRANS REGIME CHANGE. MUSLIMS COME TO JESUS BY THE MILLIONS.
JEREMEIAH 49:32-39 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITES AND ALL OFENSIVE WEAPONS DESTROYED IN IRAN)
Jeremiah 49:32-39
32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
33 Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.(Location & Size: It was strategically located along the Via Maris (Way of the Sea), a major trade route connecting Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.)
34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(IRAN) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) the chief of their might.(MISSLES AND NUKE SITES)
36 On Elam (IRAN) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(SINCE 1979 IRANIANS HAVE GOTTIN OUT OF IRAN BECAUSE OF KHEMENI AND HIS APOCOPOLIPTIC DEATH CULT BELIEF-BLACK HATER 12ERS)
37 I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life;(ISRAEL THE LITTLE SATAN AND THE U.S THE BIG SATAN) and I will bring evil on them, (MISSLES) even my fierce anger,(FIRE) says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) until I have consumed them; (DESTROYED THEM ALL NUKE SITES,MISSLES ETC)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam,(IRAN WILL BECOME A CHRISTIAN NATION) and will destroy from there king (KHEMENI, ISLAM) and princes, says Yahweh.(IRANIAN ARMY GUARDS)
39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) says Yahweh.(WERE IN THE LATTER DAYS NOW)
WHEN ARE THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL IN THE SPRING TIME.(GET READY ISLAM TO BE BIRD SEED FOR THESE BIRDS)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m0bXU5Xqc5M
The 500 million migratory birds in Israel during the spring arrive from Africa and head toward Europe and Asia, with the peak migration occurring in March and April. While migration starts in late February, the most intense movements, particularly of birds of prey, storks, and pelicans, occur during the third week of March and continue into April.
Key Details on the Spring Migration
Peak Period: Mid-March through April.
Main Migration Route: The birds use the Great Rift Valley, which includes the Hula Valley and Eilat, acting as a "bottleneck" where millions of birds fly through the narrow land bridge.
Best Spots: The Hula Lake Park (Northern Israel) and the Eilat Birding Center (Southern Israel) are primary locations for observing the migration.
Key Species: Hundreds of thousands of white storks, along with black kites, raptors, and pelicans, pass through over these months.
uration: The spring migration runs from late February and continues into June, though the heaviest traffic is in March/April.
The 500 million migratory birds fly over Israel in the fall between late August and mid-December. The peak migration period for the autumn, when the highest volume of bird traffic occurs, is typically October and November.
Key Fall Migration Details
Location: The Hula Valley (Agamon Hula Park) in northern Israel is the premier spot to witness this phenomenon.
Timing: Migration starts as early as late June with some waders, but intensifies from mid-August through November.
Peak Festival: The "Annual Hula Valley Bird Festival" is usually held in November to align with the peak migration traffic.
Key Species: Many birds of prey (raptors), including honey buzzards and steppe eagles, cross during this time, along with massive flocks of storks and cranes.
While roughly 500 million birds pass through in the autumn on their way to Africa, the same number crosses again in the spring (mid-February to May) on their way back to Europe and Asia.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
THESE DUMB-BAT IRANIAN SO CALLED LEADERS. ARE A BUNCH OF LOSER HYPOCRITES.THE LEADERS DON'T WANNA DIE FOR MOON GOD ALLAH (SATAN).BUT THEY WANT KIDS AND CITIZENS TO PUT THEMSELVES NEAR ANY OIL SITES, BRIDGES ETC.SO THEY CAN BE MARTYRED FOR SATAN.AND TO TRY TO STOP THE USA AND ISRAEL FROM BOMBING THERES SITE AND LEADERS INTO HELL FIRE FOREVER THESE HYPOCRITE LEADERS SURE WILL NOT SACRIFICE THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF OIL FIELDS.AND OTHERS. BUT ONLY THE SUCKERS THAT BELIEVE IN THE 72 PEDOPHILE VIRGIN CULT.WILL GLADLY DO IT.
AS OF 11AM OIL IS $110.00 A BARREL.
Trump warns 'whole civilization will die' in Iran if ultimatum expires.
Washington, United States, April 7 (AFP) Apr 07, 2026-President Donald Trump warned that "a whole civilization will die" in Iran on Tuesday if the country does not heed his ultimatum to accept US war demands."A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.Trump did not give details but he has already said the US military could bomb Iran's bridges, power plants and other civilian infrastructure into the "stone age."Trump has announced a deadline of midnight GMT Tuesday for Iran to end its de facto closing of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow, strategic waterway used to transport oil and other commodities.On Monday, he said a temporary cease-fire proposal being circulated was insufficient.Iran has rejected US pressure, with state media reporting that the authorities are insisting that instead of just a cease-fire it wants a full end to the war.In his Truth Social post, Trump left the door open for a last-hour agreement."Now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight," he wrote.Trump said Monday that starting late evening in Washington, DC on Tuesday, US forces would destroy "every bridge in Iran" and cripple "every power plant" in the country -- something that many experts say would be a blatant war crime.US and Israeli warplanes have been continuously bombing Iran since February 28 and on Tuesday, even before Trump's threat about ending "civilization," Tehran said that its crucial oil export terminal on Kharg island was under attack.
US-Israeli strikes hit Iran's Kharg island: media.
Tehran, April 7 (AFP) Apr 07, 2026-US-Israeli strikes have hit the key Iranian oil export terminal of Kharg island, media reported Tuesday."The American-Zionist enemy has carried out several attacks on Kharg island, and several explosions have been heard there," Iran's Mehr news agency reported.According to an X post by journalist Barak Ravid of the news site Axios, citing a US official, the US carried out "strikes on military targets" on the island located off Iran's western coast.President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened nationwide destruction of Iran's civilian infrastructure and on Tuesday he said a "whole civilization" could be wiped out.However, The New York Times quoted an unidentified White House official saying that the targets on Kharg Island were military. CNN quoted a US official saying the strikes were against military targets and did not hit oil facilities.Kharg Island is at the heart of Iran's oil export industry, a lynchpin of the country's battered economy, and lies in the narrow, strategic Hormuz Strait.It has Iran's largest oil terminal, oil pipelines, storage tanks and related infrastructure. On March 13, the United States said it bombed more than 90 military targets on the island, without hitting oil infrastructure.
Key infrastructure in Iran hit ahead of Trump deadline.
Tehran, April 7 (AFP) Apr 07, 2026-Iran said critical infrastructure, including two bridges, was struck Tuesday by the United States and Israel, with US President Donald Trump warning "a whole civilisation will die" if a midnight deadline for a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz was not met.The strikes came as Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned they would deprive the United States and its allies of oil and gas if Washington crossed Tehran's "red lines".Trump had warned that unless Tehran allowed free passage through the strategic oil chokepoint by midnight GMT, the United States would unleash what he called the "complete demolition" of Iran's critical infrastructure, including bridges and power plants.But hours before that deadline, the Israeli military said that it had already completed a broad wave of strikes targeting "infrastructure sites" across Iran.Trump meanwhile elevated his threat, writing on Truth Social that "a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will", if the country did not heed his ultimatum.Iranian authorities reported a US-Israeli attack on a bridge outside the city of Qom and a strike on a rail bridge in central Iran that killed two people.Regional authorities also said that a US-Israeli strike shut down a key highway in northern Iran connecting the city of Tabriz with Tehran.The Mizan news agency additionally reported a strike on railway tracks in Karaj, outside Tehran.Ahead of those strikes, university student Metanat, whose classmate was killed two weeks ago in an attack, told AFP that she was "terrified and so should everyone else in the country be".The 27-year-old, who declined to give her last name, said as far as Trump's ultimatums were concerned, "some people think they are a joke", but "death is not a joke".The Iranian military has previously dismissed what it called Trump's "arrogant rhetoric and baseless threats", saying they would not hinder its operations.Alireza Rahimi, Secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents of Iran, called on young people to form human chains around power plants across the country.On Tuesday the Israeli military told Iranians to avoid taking trains until 1730 GMT, and train travel to and from Iran's second city of Mashhad was cancelled until further notice.In the Gulf, the King Fahd Bridge, a major artery connecting Saudi Arabia and the island nation of Bahrain, was temporarily closed as a precaution amid fears of retaliatory strikes by Iran.- Explosions -Strikes were also reported on Kharg island, a critical hub for the Iranian oil industry, according to Iran's Mehr news agency, although a journalist for the US publication Axios said the attack was against "military targets".Earlier in the day a series of explosions was heard across Tehran, and Iranian media reported that 18 people, including two children, were killed in strikes in Alborz province neighbouring the capital.US-Israeli strikes also "completely destroyed" the capital's Rafi-Nia synagogue, local media reported.Iranian media said explosions were heard in parts of the capital and nearby Karaj.The Israeli army later said it had detected missiles launched from Iran towards Israeli territory, adding that air defence systems were working to intercept them.Overnight, attacks on Saudi Arabia hit a petrochemical complex in a sprawling industrial area in the eastern city of Jubail, a witness who requested anonymity told AFP, hours after similar installations in Iran were struck.- Ceasefire proposal rejected -Both Trump and Iran have said a proposal touted by international mediators for a 45-day ceasefire is not yet ready.Trump had said earlier that the plan, which is being mediated by Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey, was a "significant proposal", but he later went on to say it was not good enough.Iranian state media quoted officials as saying that Tehran too "has rejected a ceasefire and insists on the need for a definitive end to the conflict".Under the plan, Iran would reopen the strait while charging around $2 million per vessel, a fee it would share with neighbouring Oman, the New York Times reported.On the diplomatic front, the UN Security Council is set to vote on Tuesday on a watered-down resolution addressing Iran's threats to the strait, diplomatic sources told AFP, after more robust earlier drafts were derailed by the possibility of vetoes.Iran has effectively blocked the strait since the start of the war on February 28, driving up global oil and gas prices. Around one?fifth of the world's oil normally flows through the strait.burs-bfm/dcp
Strait of Hormuz shipping blockade update.
London, April 7 (AFP) Apr 07, 2026-Here are the latest key facts about impacts from the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route virtually paralysed by the Middle East war.Around a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) passes through the waterway in peacetime.The war erupted on February 28 when the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate with strikes across the region and restrict access to the strait.- LNG tankers U-turn -Two LNG tankers carrying Qatari gas turned around after attempting to cross the strait eastward on Monday morning.They would have been the first laden LNG carriers to exit the Gulf since the start of the war.An empty LNG tanker co-owned by Omani and Japanese shipping companies crossed the strait last week.Kpler data shows that 19 LNG tankers are currently in the Gulf.- Still few crossings -Since March 1, commodities carriers have made 293 crossings, according to Kpler data, a 94-percent decrease from peacetime traffic.Of these, 189 were made by oil tankers and gas carriers, and most were travelling east towards the Gulf of Oman.Six out of 10 crossings involved ships coming from or heading to Iran.The other main countries involved in recent days were the United Arab Emirates, India, China and Oman.A tanker owned by French shipping giant CMA CGM crossed the waterway on Thursday, making it the first known transit by a major European shipping group since March 1.Three Japan-linked ships have also exited the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz since Thursday.The channel in peacetime sees around 120 daily transits, according to Lloyd's List, a shipping industry intelligence site.- 29 ships targeted -Four incidents involving ships, including two claimed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, have been reported since Saturday.The latest incident reported on Tuesday morning involved a container vessel near Iran's Kish Island that was struck by an "unknown projectile which has caused damage above the waterline", according to British marine security agency UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).In total 29 commercial ships, including 13 tankers, have been attacked or reported incidents since March 1 in the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz or the Gulf of Oman, according to UKMTO and Vanguard Tech.- 11 sea workers killed -Since the conflict began, at least 11 seafarers or dock workers have died in incidents in the region, according to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).One sea worker is also missing, and ten others are injured, the IMO said.- Iran-approved route -Apart from three Omani tankers that passed through the strait last week near Oman's shore, recent crossings appeared to have used a different, Iranian-approved route just off the country's coast.Kpler data shows that all ships crossing with their transponders on since Friday passed through that route near Larak Island, which Lloyd's List has dubbed the "Tehran Toll Booth".Lloyd's List analyst Bridget Diakun said last week THAT there had been at least two cases of shippers paying Iran for permission to pass, while others may have been gaining passage through "diplomatic negotiations".The Revolutionary Guards said the route was closed to vessels travelling to and from ports linked to Iran's "enemies".- Over 2,000 ships in Gulf -Bloomberg data showed Tuesday that 2,268 vessels sent transponder signals in the Gulf west of the Strait of Hormuz over the past day, including 47 very large crude carriers and nine very large gas carriers.- Sanctioned ships -Since the war started, 49 percent of the crossings have been by ships under US, EU or UK sanctions, according to an AFP analysis of passage data.Of the crossings by oil and gas tankers, 65 percent were by vessels under sanctions.
AI Overview
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), nicknamed the "Mother of All Bombs," is the United States military's most powerful non-nuclear conventional weapon. Developed in 2003, this 21,600-pound, GPS-guided bomb is designed to destroy large-area targets, tunnels, and fortified positions, famously deployed once in Afghanistan in 2017
Key Details and Capabilities:
Purpose: Developed during the Iraq War (2003) as a psychological and tactical weapon for "shock and awe," it acts as a successor to the Vietnam-era 15,000-pound BLU-82 "Daisy Cutter".
Explosive Force: It contains 18,700 pounds of H6, a mixture of explosives, creating a massive blast radius of 1 mile (1.6 km), often exploding 6 feet above the ground for maximum destruction.
Deployment: Due to its immense size (30 ft long), it is deployed from the rear cargo bay of a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft using a parachute, rather than being dropped from a traditional bomber.
Combat Use: On April 13, 2017, the U.S. used a MOAB in combat for the first time, targeting an Islamic State tunnel complex in the Achin district of Afghanistan.
Cost: Each bomb costs roughly, with total development costs estimated up to million.
Key Specifications (approximate):
Weight:21,600 lbs
Guidance: GPS/INS (satellite-guided)
Length: 30 feet
Diameter: 40.5 inches
Note: The MOAB is distinct from Russia’s "Father of All Bombs," which is reported to be a thermobaric weapon with roughly four times the explosive power of the GBU-43.
AI Overview
The GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is the world’s largest non-nuclear "bunker buster" bomb, designed for the U.S. Air Force to destroy hardened underground facilities. Weighing 30,000 lbs (13,600 kg) and carried only by B-2 stealth bombers, it can penetrate up to 200 feet (60 m) of earth or 60 feet of concrete.
Key Facts About the GBU-57 MOP:
Purpose: Specifically engineered to destroy underground nuclear, chemical, or biological facilities, often cited in discussions regarding Iran's Fordow facility.
Dimensions & Payload: It is 20.5 feet long and carries over 5,300 lbs (2,400 kg) of high explosives inside a massive steel casing.
Guidance & Penetration: It uses GPS for precise targeting and is designed to detonate after penetrating deep underground, maximizing destructive energy against hardened structures.
Delivery Platform: Only the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is equipped to carry the GBU-57, with capacity for two bombs per aircraft.
Capabilities: The MOP is the most powerful conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal, intended to deal with deeply buried targets (HDBTs).
The GBU-57 was developed by Boeing and has undergone multiple upgrades to increase its effectiveness against enhanced, deeply buried targets.
Op-ed-Trump’s ‘new, reasonable’ Iran is neither new nor reasonable, and he knows it-‘We won, okay,’ the US president declared. Not so long as the regime retains power, its nuclear ambitions undimmed * Also, Netanyahu’s empathy deficitBy David Horovitz-Today, 4:36 pm-APR 7,26
This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier Tuesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here.There is a blatant contradiction between US President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence, on the one hand, that the war against Iran has achieved “regime change” and he is now negotiating with new, “much more reasonable leaders,” and his simultaneous acknowledgement, on the other, that any Iranian who dares to take to the streets faces an immediate death sentence.“Well, they should do it,” he said at his White House press conference on Monday, when asked whether the Iranian public should try anew to rise up against its oppressors. “But, again, the consequences are great… I mean, they were told, ‘If you protest, you will be shot immediately.'”The same goes for his simultaneous contention, also expounded at Monday’s press conference, that the purportedly new regime is “not as radicalized” as its predecessor, but that, nonetheless, “Israel will be gone, the Middle East will be gone,” if Iran gets the bomb.The fact is that the “new” faces of Iran are just like the “old” faces — except newly aware of their immense potential to extort the world via control over the Strait of Hormuz, and more aware, too, that nuclear weapons would make them broadly invincible.What that underlines, in turn, is the imperative to close down the Islamic Republic’s pathways to the bomb as hermetically as possible.Along with the tactical successes of a war now in its sixth week — the targeting of key leaders, commanders and nuclear scientists, of military facilities, of military-related industries — have come a series of disappointments and surprises: Iran has fired potent missiles, with longer ranges and a mix of devastating warheads, at far more diverse targets than expected; it has managed to keep on firing despite the relentless strikes on its launchers and stocks; a hoped-for Kurdish invasion failed to materialize; and US allies, in the region and beyond, did not join the fight, even after some of them were heavily targeted.In terms of strategic goals and expectations, the campaign to date has not created a sufficiently secure reality on the streets to enable the Iranian masses to “take control of your government,” as Trump had promised on February 28, when assuring Iranians that “the hour of your freedom is at hand.”And crucially, Iran, for now, retains that 450-kilogram stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent — just a short step away from weapons grade — albeit buried underground, with the US constantly “watching” by satellite, the president said last week.“If we see them make a move, even a move for it, we will hit them with missiles very hard again,” Trump vowed.But what about the not-so-distant future, when he is no longer president? And what if it turns out that other, untenable, surprises lie in wait, in terms of hitherto unknown progress toward the bomb, including in weaponization? Were the current Israeli government more diplomatically capable, it would be coordinating with the many nations in this region who fear for their futures if the Islamic Republic is allowed to stand, and galvanizing a chorus of public and private advocacy to further impress upon the wider American public that today’s buried or obliterated Iranian nuclear program can become tomorrow’s Iranian nuclear arsenal, and that the danger is not regional, but global.“We won, okay,” the US president claimed on Monday night. But for all his contradictions, as Trump knows full well, the Iranian regime against which he went to war remains in power, and its nuclear ambitions are anything but dimmed.The prime minister’s priorities-This has been a particularly ignominious few days in terms of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s skewed priorities and familiar incapacity for empathy.Last week, in a late-night maneuver, he furtively redirected hundreds of more millions of dollars from the public purse to the coalition’s ultra-Orthodox partners — funding those who oppose performing military service to protect the country, at the expense of those who are fighting on the front lines.Then, on Sunday, even as search and rescue teams were working to recover what tragically proved to be the four bodies of a beloved Israeli family from the rubble of a Haifa building hit by an Iranian ballistic missile, the prime minister was busy denouncing the Supreme Court for approving “a left-wing demonstration in Tel Aviv” while ostensibly restricting Jews “from praying at the Western Wall” during Passover.In fact, the court ruled to raise the numbers allowed to gather at the Western Wall and the Temple Mount amid the ongoing war from the Home Front Command’s recommended 50 to 100. And the court’s president Isaac Amit, a prime focus of the coalition’s efforts to demonize and subjugate the judiciary, lamented while hearing petitions on the matter that the Western Wall, the “innermost soul of the Jewish world,” was empty. “Freedom to demonstrate and freedom of worship and religion carry the same constitutional weight,” Amit specified.That same evening, in a quite astonishing act of political self-harm, the prime minister also announced he had refused to accept the resignation of his spokesman and chief of staff, who was found to have made a series of highly derogatory racist remarks about Sephardi Jews in general and several of Netanyahu’s Likud Party lawmakers of Middle Eastern origin in particular. Only when his own supporters, including the insulted MKs, rose up in protest did the prime minister reverse course.And finally, most egregiously, Netanyahu filmed an Instagram video that day in which he castigated those who are warning that Israel “has lost the north” amid the battering of northern Israel by Hezbollah rocket and missile fire. Local leaders have been among those issuing that anguished criticism, but the prime minister declared to the camera that Israel is in the ascendant, Hezbollah is being ground down, and that naysayers are amplifying Iranian and Hezbollah propaganda when they ought to be joining “the national struggle” on the road to victory.Can he not manage even a modicum of empathy for hundreds of thousands of Israelis under nonstop enemy attack, with little or no time to seek shelter — not to mention the rest of the country, responsibly and resiliently either serving in the IDF or doing its best to stay safe and function in a war whose necessity it fully recognizes?
IRGC encourages children to man targeted checkpoints-US, IDF strikes hit Iranian rail and Kharg Island; Israel faces ongoing missile attacks-2 lightly hurt in Hezbollah rocket attacks on north, while Iran’s cluster munitions cause damage in the country’s center; Israel checking reports Tehran synagogue hit by strike-By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies Today, 3:53 pm-APR 7,26
The Israeli Air Force bombed eight rail sections and bridges in Iran on Tuesday, as part of efforts to prevent the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from moving weapon systems, the military said.Ahead of the strikes, the Israel Defense Forces warned Iranians to stay away from trains until the evening.In a statement, the IDF said it had struck eight rail bridges and sections of roads “used by the Iranian terror regime to transport weapons and military equipment.”A security official told The Times of Israel that the IRGC had used the “key” rail sections and bridges to transport weapons. Israel had also warned it would strike Iranian “national infrastructure” to cause economic damage to the regime.The strikes were carried out in several areas of Iran, including Tehran, Karaj, Tabriz, Kashan, and Qom, according to the military.“The crossings were struck to prevent regime forces from using them to transfer equipment and weapons,” the IDF said in a statement.In the central city of Kashan, two people were killed in an attack on a rail bridge, a regional official told state media. In Iran’s second-largest city of Mashhad, all train services were canceled until further notice after the Israeli warning, local media reported, citing the governor.Meanwhile, the US military conducted strikes on military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, the Axios news outlet reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified senior US official. The island, located off Iran’s western coast, is a vital oil export terminal for the country.The attacks occurred hours before US President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was due to expire, after which he has threatened a major escalation in strikes, including on Iran’s power plants and bridges.Iran and Hezbollah continued their missile and rocket attacks on Israeli cities Tuesday, repeatedly launching salvos that caused blasts and damage throughout the country.In Nahariya in the north, a woman in her 20s was lightly hurt following a Hezbollah rocket strike, medics said. Two other people were treated for acute anxiety. Some 10 rockets were fired from Lebanon in the attack, with at least one striking a road, causing injuries along with damage to nearby cars and homes.Another rocket strike in Meron wounded a 36-year-old man. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said he was injured by shrapnel. A home in the border city of Kiryat Shmona was also damaged by another rocket fired from Lebanon, rescue services said.Hezbollah has been barraging the north regularly with rocket attacks, sometimes in tandem with ballistic missile attacks by Iran, which continued on Tuesday to target Israel with cluster munitions that spread bomblets indiscriminately across large areas.Iranian missile attacks with cluster munitions targeted central Israel twice on Tuesday — once in the morning, and once in the early afternoon — causing damage, though there were no reports of direct injuries as a result of either attack.In the morning, there were at least six impact sites, including in Tel Aviv, Rosh Haayin, and Ramat Hasharon.Sirens also sounded in the Eilat area in southern Israel in the morning, but that missile was assessed by the IDF to have struck an open area.Another missile fired from Iran at southern Israel in the afternoon was intercepted, according to the IDF. A 46-year-old man was lightly injured by falling fragments following the interception, MDA said.Overnight, a ballistic missile attack targeted Beersheba and the surrounding area in Israel’s south, following a lull of about 12 hours since Iran’s last assault. No injuries or impacts were reported as a result of the overnight attack.Iran also kept up its attacks on Gulf neighbors, reportedly killing two people in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as targeting energy sites and prompting the temporary closure of the only bridge connecting Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.IDF warns Iranians: Don’t take trains before 9 p.m.The Israeli Air Force said Tuesday afternoon that it had completed an “extensive” wave of airstrikes in several areas of Iran, adding that the strikes had hit dozens of Iranian regime infrastructure sites.An attack targeted a bridge near the city of Qom, south of Tehran, the deputy governor of the province said, according to state TV.The IDF had issued an unusual “urgent warning” to Iranians earlier Tuesday not to travel by train across Iran until the evening.“Dear citizens, for your safety, we request that from this moment until 9 p.m. Iran time, you refrain from using and traveling by train across Iran,” the IDF’s Persian-language spokesman, Lt. Col. (res.) Kamal Penhasi, said in a statement.“Your presence on trains and near railway lines puts your lives at risk,” he added.On Monday, Defense Minister Israel Katz said the IDF had been instructed to “continue striking with full force the national infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime.”Trump had threatened on Monday to strike all of Iran’s power plants and bridges, saying the Islamic Republic had until 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday (3 a.m. Wednesday Israel time, 3:30 a.m. Tehran time) to strike a deal.On Tuesday, the IDF published new footage showing airstrikes on Iranian air defense systems, of which more than 130 have been destroyed during the war, according to the military.The IDF also confirmed having bombed another petrochemical facility in Iran a day earlier, saying it was “one of the few remaining facilities” used to manufacture materials for ballistic missiles.Iranian media reported Monday that airstrikes hit the Marvdasht Petrochemical Complex, near Shiraz. Hours earlier, the Israeli Air Force bombed Iran’s largest petrochemical facility in Asaluyeh.In a statement, the IDF said that the facility near Shiraz “was used by Iran’s armed forces to produce nitric acid, a substance necessary for manufacturing explosives and additional materials used in ballistic missile development processes.”Iranian media reported that at least nine people had been killed in the city of Shahriar, west of the capital. In the city of Pardis, east of Tehran, at least six people were killed in a strike and recovered from buildings, according to Iranian reports.Khorramabad International Airport also came under attack Tuesday, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported.Iran says IDF strike hit Tehran synagogue-Iranian media reported Tuesday that the Rafi Niya synagogue in Tehran was damaged in an airstrike.Video from the site appeared to show rescuers moving around, and what looked like a Hebrew prayer book in the rubble.Iran has a small Jewish population still living in the country. Many fled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.An Israeli official told The Times of Israel that the Foreign Ministry was looking into the reports. The Diaspora Affairs Ministry, in an internal report, noted there were conflicting reports as to the circumstances of the incident and as to whether the synagogue was damaged or completely destroyed.The IDF did not immediately comment on the matter, but an Israeli official told The Times of Israel off the record: “Israel doesn’t target synagogues. Anyone claiming otherwise thinks you’re gullible.”Iranian outlet Mehr News Agency says a Jewish synagogue in central Tehran was badly damaged during US-Israeli airstrikes. pic.twitter.com/giRLdw0xsr — Clash Report (@clashreport) April 7, 2026-IRGC urges parents to send kids to checkpoints amid strikes-A Revolutionary Guards general in Iran urged parents on Tuesday to “send your kids to man checkpoints.”Gen. Hossein Yekta, previously identified as leading plainclothes units of the all-volunteer Basij force, made the comments on an Iranian state television channel.“Moms, dads, take your kids’ hands and go out on the streets,” he said. “Do you want your kid to become a real man? Let him feel like a hero standing right at the heart of the battlefield. Moms, dads, at night send your kids to man checkpoints. They become men!”Basij checkpoints have been repeatedly targeted in airstrikes. The IRGC has previously said that children as young as 12 are being recruited to man those stations and to perform other duties during the war.Hossein Yekta of Khamenei’s Academic Think Tank Calls on Iranian Parents to Send Their Children to Man Roadblocks at Night: Your Sons Will Turn into Men; We Are at the Walls of Jerusalem, and We Will Carry Out Massacres There; The Infallible Imam Said: “Kill! Kill!”; This Is a… pic.twitter.com/pgrhxcqgOb — MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) April 6, 2026-The Basij has been accepting children as young as 12 to man checkpoints. Amnesty International has warned that some even carry firearms, calling their recruitment a war crime.During nationwide protests in January, Yekta warned parents to keep their children home or they would be shot.Iran also called on “all young people, athletes, artists, students, university students and their professors” to form human chains around power plants ahead of threatened strikes.“Power plants that are our national assets and capital, regardless of any taste or political viewpoint, belong to the future of Iran and to the Iranian youth,” Alireza Rahimi, identified by Iranian state television as the secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, said as he issued the video call in a newscast.Iran has formed human chains in the past around its nuclear sites at times of heightened tensions with the West.Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, meanwhile, said he and 14 million Iranians have declared they will “sacrifice their lives” to defend Iran.“More than 14 million brave Iranians have so far declared their readiness to sacrifice their lives to defend Iran. I have also sacrificed my life for Iran, I am and I will continue to do so,” he wrote on X.Iran has a population of around 90 million.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH) (DO NOT EVER LISTEN TO ANYBODY THAT SAYS THE WORLD IS ENDING.ITS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN-4 BILLION WILL BE LEFT ON EARTH TO GO INTO JESUS" 1000 YEAR RULE)(THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD TO ANY ONE, DOES IT-NOT ME.THE EARTH IS JUST RENOVATED.NEVER ENDED.
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.(CAN YOU SAY TORNADOES,HURRICANES,VOLCANOES,EARTH QUAKES,LANDSLIDES,FLASH FLOODING,EXPLOSIONS,SNOW STORMS,THEN FINALLY NUKESAND ANY OTHER JUDGEMENTS THE EARTH CAN VOMIT THE SINNERS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.
Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.
Syria military source says drones from Iraq targeted area near US base.
Damascus, April 7 (AFP) Apr 07, 2026-A Syrian military source told AFP on Tuesday that an overnight drone attack originating from Iraq targeted an area in the country's northeast home to a base hosting US forces."The area housing the Qasrak base was targeted with four drones," the source said, requesting anonymity and referring to a location in Hasakeh province.The United States for years has led a military coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria, though US forces have withdrawn from some bases in the country in recent months.The source said the coalition intercepted three of the drones, while the fourth "fell in an open area in the vicinity of the base", adding that they were launched from Iraq.Iraq has been pulled into the war sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and which has since engulfed much of the Middle East.Pro-Tehran Iraqi groups have claimed responsibility for attacks on US interests in Iraq and across the region, while strikes have also targeted these groups.On March 30, Syria's military said a large-scale drone attack targeted its bases near the border with Iraq, the biggest such incident since the start of the Middle East war.A day earlier, assistant defence minister for eastern Syria, Sipan Hamo, said four drones from Iraq attacked the Qasrak base but were intercepted. It was not immediately clear who had launched that attack.Also late last month, Syria's army said it repelled another drone attack from Iraq targeting southeast Syria's Al-Tanf base which used to house US forces.Since the war erupted, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said he is working to keep his country out of any conflict.
Israel military says completed forward deployment in south Lebanon.
Jerusalem, April 7 (AFP) Apr 07, 2026-The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had completed the deployment of ground troops along a "defence line" in southern Lebanon, where it is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah.A Lebanese military source said the Israeli army had advanced to a depth of between five and nine kilometres (between three and 5.5 miles) inside Lebanese territory.Israel's military has not given any geographical details on the furthest point to which its soldiers have advanced into Lebanon.Israeli media reported that the military did not intend at this stage to push troops deeper than around 20 kilometres north of the border."At this stage, IDF soldiers have completed their deployment along the anti-tank missile defence line and continue to operate in the area in order to strengthen the forward defensive posture and remove threats to the residents and communities of northern Israel," a military statement said.Defence Minister Israel Katz has said on several occasions in recent weeks that Israel intends to establish a "security zone" in southern Lebanon extending to the Litani river, which flows as much as 30 kilometres from the Israel-Lebanon border, in order to prevent rocket, drone or missile fire at northern Israeli communities.- 'Preparing to boost its forces' -The Lebanese military source told AFP on condition of anonymity that Israeli troops had advanced to a depth of around nine kilometres in the coastal area, reaching the town of Bayada.In the central sector of the border, troops have reached five kilometres inside Lebanon, the source said.In the east, "the Israeli army has reached a depth of seven kilometres", the source added, saying that Israeli troops also controlled the strategic town of Khiam."Huge explosions" have been heard from the area where Israeli troops have invaded, the source said.Lebanon's army has withdrawn from these areas in order to avoid a confrontation.A security source on the ground told AFP that Israeli troops are now stationed at points overlooking areas where they have advanced, including in Bayada.A statement from Hezbollah said its fighters were clashing with Israeli troops on the eastern outskirts of Bint Jbeil, which saw fierce fighting in previous wars.The Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot reported that the military was expected to present to the government "an operational plan for controlling the first line of (Lebanese) villages as a deep security zone up to the anti-tank line".Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing military sources, reported that the military was "preparing to boost its forces in southern Lebanon, but there are currently no plans to advance deeper into the country"."The sources said the forces have reached what has been defined as the 'front line' outlined in the approved operational plans," Haaretz reported, adding that "this line includes southern villages located roughly 10 kilometres from the Litani river, an area under Israeli military control".Haaretz also reported that the current deployment was aimed at preventing anti-tank missile fire on northern Israeli communities.These anti-tank missiles have an estimated range of around 10 kilometres.
1 attacker killed, two hurt in gun battle with police outside unstaffed Israeli consulate in Istanbul-Two wounded assailants are brothers, who traveled from Izmit; one is associated with terror group that ‘exploits religion,’ authorities say, in possible allusion to ISIS By Agencies Today, 4:39 pm-APR 7,26
Three assailants opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, sparking a gunfight that left one attacker dead, Turkish officials said. The two other assailants were injured and captured.The attack took place around 12:15 pm local time (0915 GMT). Two police officers sustained slight injuries in the clash, Istanbul Governor Davut Gul told reporters. The assailants were carrying long-barreled weapons.The consulate is located in a high-rise building in Levent, one of the city’s main business districts. It was not immediately clear if the intended target was the empty Israeli consulate.Israel withdrew its diplomats amid security concerns and deteriorating relations with Turkey, soon after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war.Turkey recalled its ambassador from Israel in November of that year. Diplomatic relations have been effectively frozen since then, while Turkey has hosted Hamas leaders, and its president frequently compares the Jewish state to Nazi Germany.The two wounded assailants are brothers, identified as Onur C. and Enes C. The first has a criminal record related to drugs. Both are being interrogated, according to the Turkish interior ministry.1 killed, 1 injured-3 terrorists eliminated pic.twitter.com/JapVAQhZ1P — Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) April 7, 2026-Turkey’s Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said three prosecutors, including a deputy chief prosecutor, have been assigned to lead an investigation.Video circulating online showed one assailant carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle, wearing a brown backpack, and hiding behind a bus when exchanging fire with police. A police officer falls to the ground, apparently having been shot, and then rolls away to get behind a tree for cover.Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said the brothers arrived in Istanbul by a rental vehicle from Izmit, a city about 86 kilometers (50 miles) away, and that one of the assailants was affiliated with an “organization that exploits the region.”Turkish officials would not immediately reveal the group, but Turkish media said it could be the Islamic State group (ISIS), whose members clashed with Turkish police in Yalova — which lies on the shores of the Sea of Marmara about 90 kilometers (55 miles) southeast of Istanbul.ISIS fighters opened fire on police in Yalova in December, killing three officers and wounding nine others. Turkish police have since stepped up nationwide raids against ISIS operatives, rounding up 125 suspects after that attack.The Turkish interior ministry also confirmed that the two police officers who were shot were “slightly injured,” one of them in the leg and the other in the ear.Israel, US thank Turkey for ‘swift action in thwarting’ attack-In Israel, the Foreign Ministry said it “strongly condemns the terrorist attack” in Istanbul, and thanked Turkey for stopping the gunman.“We appreciate the Turkish security forces’ swift action in thwarting this attack,” said the ministry in a statement.“Israeli missions around the world have been subjected to countless threats and terrorist attacks,” it continued. “Terror will not deter us.”US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack responded to the attack on X, writing: “The United States condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack on the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul.”“Attacks on diplomatic missions are attacks on the international order — and an assault on the principles that bind nations together,” he added, while commending Turkey and Turkish security forces for “their swift and decisive response.”Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Zephaniah 2:1-15
1 Gather together, yes, gather,O shameless nation,
2 before the decree takes effect[a] -before the day passes away like chaff—before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands;[b] seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.
6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows[c] for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of them and restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab (JORDAN) and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
9 Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever.The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.
12 You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria,(SYRIA) and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of beasts;[d] even the owl and the hedgehog[e] shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Sa'ar: No free meals; talks possible if more hostages freed Israel halts aid into Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce
Footnotes-a -Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth, b-Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his judgment, c-Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves, d-Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation, e-Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain
DANIEL 2:37-45
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
DANIEL 7:17-26
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
THE WORLD IN 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS LEAD BY THE EUROPEAN UNION THE WORLD LEADER, NOT AMERICA.I PREDICT.
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND REVIVED ROMAN WORLD GOVERNMENT
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17
First From Daniel Chapter 2
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES
Now From Daniel Chapter 7
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV 17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS. THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23, REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16
REVELATION 17:10-12
10 And there are seven kings (7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) five are fallen, (EGYPT, ASSYRIA, BABYLON,:MEDO-PERSIAN,GREECE and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS DAY-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh,(FUTURE-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE-EUROPEAN UNION TODAY) he must continue a short space.(7 YEARS OF WORLD DOMINATION-BUT 3 1/2 YEARS OF NEW WORLD ORDER OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT)
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS OR REGIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS-NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.
THE CLUB OF ROME FOUNDER AURELIO PECCEI WANTS THE WORLD IN 10 REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS.
REVELATION 16:1-2
1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
I KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.)
THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo
THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.
LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
HERES WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE (SINCE THERE WILL BE WORLD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE)-UPDATED VERSION (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
01 CANADA, U.S.A, MEXICO
02 EUROPEAN UNION,WESTERN EUROPE
03 JAPAN
04 AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ISRAEL AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
05 EASTERN EUROPE
06 SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAS
07 NORTH AFRICA, AND MIDEAST (MOSLEMS)
08 CENTRAL AFRICA
09 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
10 CENTRAL ASIA
THE CLUB OF ROME WANTS A WORLD CHARISMATIC DICTATOR (EITHER RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFICAL) TO HEAD THIS WORLD GOVERNMENT. REV 13:3,7-8, DAN 7:23-24
WORLD POWERS IN THE END TIME
NORTH - RUSSIA EZEK 38:1-2, 39:1-2
SOUTH - EGYPT DAN 11:42
EAST - CHINA DAN 11:44,REV 16:12
WEST - EUROPEAN UNION DAN 7:23-24 (NOT THE U.S.A)
http://israel7777777.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-one-world.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2006/09/how-eu-takes-world-control.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/05/one-world-religion-crislam.html
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
COUNCIL FOR EUROPE ON DEFENCE
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6d6f889c-e58d-4caa-8f3b-8b93154fe206_en?filename=SAFE%20Regulation.pdf
Guyana brings digital ID act into force, launches nationwide rollout-Apr 2, 2026, 3:41 pm EDT | Lu-Hai Liang
Guyana’s Digital Identity Card Act has officially come into force, with Prime Minister Mark Phillips confirming the legislation took effect on Tuesday.The Act paves the way for the nationwide rollout of a new electronic identification system. Phillips said the government has already met the foundational requirements set out in the Act.Phillips emphasized that the digital ID system will streamline access to public services and support a more secure, digitally connected Guyana. The eID system sees Guyanese citizens receive a single identifier and complete biometric verification supplied by Veridos. The Caribbean country has also piloted a biometric teacher attendance system ahead of a nationwide rollout.The Act mandates the government to appoint a Data Protection Commissioner, establish a secure national database for citizens’ information, and implement systems to produce and issue digital ID cards. Registry offices have begun operating across the country, including in Region Two, where citizens can now apply for their cards.The PM stressed that the initial enrollment process will rely on information citizens have already provided to state agencies, reducing the need for new data submissions. He added that privacy protections will be strengthened once the Data Protection Act becomes fully operational, at which point the government may request more sensitive personal information under enhanced legal safeguards.However, the digital ID rollout has drawn criticism from opposition members and civil society groups, who argue that the absence of fully enacted data protection laws leaves citizens vulnerable. The government has defended the initiative, saying robust safeguards will be in place and noting that foreign nationals residing in Guyana will also be required to register so their movements can be monitored.The digital ID system will also underpin new infrastructure at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), where the government plans to introduce an automated passenger identification system to speed up processing for Guyanese travelers.Public Utilities and Aviation Minister Deodat Indar said the system will use facial recognition linked to the national eID database, allowing citizens to pass through automated gates without interacting with immigration officers.“We want when you come off the plane, you walk straight through,” Indar said at the Women in Aviation Conference 2026, according to Caribbean National Weekly. “The system must recognize that you are a citizen.”The airport upgrade is part of Guyana’s ambitions to be a regional aviation hub. CJIA is undergoing significant expansion, with plans for a second terminal already in motion. Guyana now hosts 16 airlines — up from four in 2020 — and expects more carriers to enter the market following recent outreach in Brazil.
Healthcare digitization push in Germany looks to digital ID via EUDI Wallet-Phased approach to verification starts with eCard, adds EU wallet option in 2027-Apr 7, 2026, 3:00 am EDT | Joel R. McConvey
Germany’s digital transformation efforts are prioritizing enhancements to the electronic patient record (ePA), which will require strong digital identity verification.Heise Online has coverage of a draft document from the Federal Ministry of Health, which says “insured individuals will not only be able to manage health data via the ePA apps in the future, but will also be more easily directed to outpatient care,” including standardized initial assessments and appointment booking.The so-called “digital entry into care,” which will put patients into the pipeline starting with the assessment and enable subsequent bookings through a centralized interface, requires the insured to have a digital identity in the form of a Health ID. To facilitate that, the health ministry will enable insurance companies to offer insured persons secure identification via the eID card option with corresponding electronic residence permits, and, starting on January 2, 2027, through the EUDI Wallet.Per Heise, from December 1, 2028, it will then serve in healthcare “in the same way as the electronic health card” for authentication and as proof of insurance.Researchers, health insurers to have more access to data-Germany’s planned Act on Data and Digital Innovation in Healthcare aims to structure a digital strategy for the healthcare and nursing sectors. Part of that vision is that the ePA should become a central hub for all those with health insurance, governed by strict requirements around data protection, information security, accessibility, and non-discriminatory access. Commercial exploitation of the tool will be “expressly excluded.”That said, data protections are in place in part to enable more extensive use of data in care, research and innovation. The ministry reportedly wants to give health insurance companies “more leeway for new data-driven applications” under a new experimental clause that allows for the establishment of labs to study innovative uses for personal data. Developments on AI are also within the scope of data processing for medical, rehabilitation and nursing research. “This could include applications for diagnostic support, such as evaluating X-ray images, systems for therapy recommendations, AI for evaluating patient data, and general decision support systems for doctors.”Federal Minister of Health Nina Warken says AI should “be used where it increases the quality of treatment, relieves the burden of documentation, or supports communication.”Gematik to serve as de facto provider for digitization-The draft also allocates a more power and a larger role to Gematik, or Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH, the German national agency for the digitalization of the healthcare system.“The Gesellschaft für Telematik is to successively take on a steering role as a so-called provider,” it says. “In particular for components, services, and applications that form the backbone of digital healthcare, the steering of selected service providers and strong enforcement competence of the Gesellschaft für Telematik are essential.”Gematik approved remote identity verification for digital healthcare services with Nect biometrics near the end of 2025.
Sri Lanka plans 100% digital government transactions within 4 years-Apr 7, 2026, 2:00 am EDT | Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera
The Government of Sri Lanka aims to digitize all government transactions by 2030, driven by the Ministry of Digital Economy with public-private partnerships to facilitate the transition. Digital payments are one of the three generally-recognized pillars of digital public infrastructure (DPI), along with digital identity and data exchange systems.In this light, the launch of the “Access Unlocked V2.0” digital payments program, organized by Mastercard, will feature innovative technologies such as Mastercard Soundbox and Softbots, enabling low-cost, digital payment acceptance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at this event, marking their debut in South Asia. These tools, powered by Mastercard Merchant Cloud, allow small business owners to accept payments affordably, thereby promoting the digital transformation of Sri Lanka’s economy.Mastercard SoundBox provides instant voice confirmation for digital payments, enabling replacing SMS notification checks with real-time transaction verification for busy retailers. It supports multiple payment methods such as NFC, UPI, Bharat QR, and digital wallets.Mastercard SoftPOS (Software Point of Sale), often branded as Tap on Phone, transforms NFC-enabled Android smartphones or tablets into secure contactless payment terminals. It allows merchants to accept cards, mobile wallets, or wearable payments directly on their mobile device without requiring traditional, dedicated card reader hardware.The event attended by Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne highlighted the importance of low-cost digital payment solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enhance financial inclusion.“The collaboration between the government and the private sector is crucial for empowering businesses and fostering sustainable economic growth,” Weeraratne says. “The government is committed to enhancing transparency through digital technology and integrating Sri Lanka into the global market, ensuring that all entrepreneurs can benefit from the burgeoning digital economy.”Weeraratne confirmed just over a month ago that Sri Lanka’s biometric digital ID, the SL-UDI, will roll out by the end of this year as part of the government’s effort to digitalize public services.Sri Lanka will push for 100 percent digital transactions in government by 2030, and a $15 billion digital economy. The Ministry of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development will be driving the change enabled by the digital economy ministry with strong private-public partnerships, Chathuranga Abeysinghe, deputy minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, said at the gathering.The 2030 strategy features several key projects led by the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), including the GovPay Platform, which will facilitate electronic payments for government services. It is projected to process over 2 billion Sri Lankan rupees (roughly US$21.5 million) in transactions by 2025. There are initiatives for sectoral digitization in agriculture, tourism, and logistics to enhance productivity, alongside plans for the National Transport Commission to implement electronic payment systems for public buses to minimize cash transactions.
Accura Scan pitches no-cost KYC ‘forever’ with biometric SaaS platform-Apr 6, 2026, 4:06 pm EDT | Chris Burt
Mumbai-based Accura Scan has launched what it calls a next-generation biometric identity verification platform to enable businesses around the world to simplify and speed up digital onboarding.The descriptive product name “ABIS — Free KYC Forever” also indicates Accura Scan’s unusual business model for the SaaS platform, which includes free unlimited checks with no expiry. The company says in an announcement the platform provides instant identity verifications without the constraints of per-transaction billing or complex integrations.The new Accura Scan’s ABIS – Free KYC Forever includes ID document scans with OCR, selfie biometrics and liveness detection, document liveness and tampering checks and a centralized client portal.“ABIS – Free KYC Forever is designed to remove the cost and complexity barriers associated with digital identity verification,” says Yasin Patel, CEO of Accura Scan. “Our goal is to make biometric KYC accessible to businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises.”The company says businesses can embed the service into their websites or mobile applications through QR codes to make remote user onboarding seamless and frictionless at scale.Accura Scan is trying to position the service as “a global identity infrastructure platform,” according to the announcement.Presumably, the business play is to charge for authentication using data collected during onboarding. Biometric Update has reached out to Accura Scan for further detail.The global market for IDV is on track to be worth more than $18.9 billion by 2027, as forecast in the 2025 Digital Identity Verification Market Report and Buyers Guide from Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence.
Moldova integrating national digital ID with public, private sector services-Apr 6, 2026, 3:18 pm EDT | Masha Borak
Moldova has invited public and private sector service providers to integrate its national digital identity wallet EVO.The Eastern European country’s eGovernance Agency (AGE) invited representatives from public institutions, financial services, and tech companies to a working session last week, presenting the wallet’s technical architecture and interoperability framework. The agency also introduced the verification tool developed for the financial sector, as well as the next version of the app, EVO 2.0.Currently available credentials include digital ID cards, driving licenses, and vehicle registration certificates, while the country is also planning to include residence permits, civil status records, passports and proof of residence.The eGovernance Agency plans to present initial verification scenarios in June. That same month, the capital of Chișinău will host the Moldova Digital Summit 2026, where participants will have the chance to test the EVO digital ID wallet.Remote onboarding will be available in August this year, while Remote Qualified Electronic Signature (rQeS) and EU certification are expected in 2027, the agency says in a LinkedIn post.EVO was launched in 2024 with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). In January this year, the country also launched the EVO government services portal, which currently offers 600 services from over 60 institutions and organizations.Moldova is planning to digitize all government-to-citizen (G2C) and government-to-business (G2B) services by 2030. To align its regulation with the EUDI Wallet rules, the EU candidate state has enlisted the help of Estonian software company Cybernetica.Romania looks to Moldova for digital ID inspiration-Moldova’s EVO app may become an inspiration for Romania’s digital identity wallet, according to the former’s eGovernance Agency. Last week, a Romanian delegation of senior government officials visited Chișinău to learn more about EVO, the government interoperability platform MConnect and eGov4Dev, its unified digital development platform.“The experience shared here shows us how to build digital services from the ground up without losing sight of people,” Mădălina Marcu, Romania’s state secretary for digitalization, said in a statement, according to Radio Moldova.Romania slashed the funding it had earmarked to distribute free electronic ID cards last year, a move that risked censure or even fines from the EU for failing to meet its commitments.In a separate move, the Romanian government said that it is considering issuing electronic identity cards to Romanian citizens living in Moldova.The announcement comes after Romania introduced legislative changes in 2023 that prevented more than 10 people from registering at the same address unless they are members of an extended family. The new rules led to the cancellation of over 162,000 identity cards at the end of 2025, mostly affecting Romanian citizens born in Moldova.The government is taking the issue seriously and has put forward a series of measures that it will likely begin implementing this month, according to Eugen Tomac, an advisor in the Romanian Presidential Administration. Among the proposed solutions is issuing new eIDs that indicate residency in Moldova.
Scammers take advantage of Austrian digital ID certificates’ expiry-Apr 6, 2026, 2:03 pm EDT | Masha Borak
Around 300,000 Austrian digital ID certificates for public services are due to expire this year and scammers are exploiting uncertainty around the process. The first fraud cases were recorded by police in the western state of Vorarlberg, with two resulting in financial losses in the five-figure range.Users of ID Austria have been receiving fake text messages purporting to be from the Federal Ministry of Finance urging them to update their information and directing them to phishing links. After entering their personal data, the victims were contacted by unknown perpetrators by phone, who persuaded them to install remote-access software.Once the perpetrators gained access, they were able to access the victims’ bank accounts without authorization and carry out transactions, according to police spokesperson Fabian Marchetti. The police have advised carefully verifying any emails or text messages requesting the renewal of ID Austria, according to Austria’s public broadcaster ORF.“Under no circumstances should you allow remote access to your own computer,” says Marchetti.ID Austria allows users to access government services, including those from the Ministry of Finance and social security. The electronic identity system has previously come under criticism for its complicated interface and performance issues, while organizations such as Vienna-based digital rights group Epicenter.Works say that the scheme is outdated.“The existing ID Austria was designed in 2017 and is based on outdated standards,” the group said in a statement last month. “Data protection-friendly innovations are lacking, and these are precisely what is essential for secure online use.”Last year, the country announced a relaunch of the Austria ID system to create a “more user-friendly and simpler” service.Meanwhile, Austria has also launched a new digital ID wallet called eAusweise, which supports mobile driver’s licenses (mDL) and other certificates.
ENISA invites feedback for EU Digital Identity Wallet cybersecurity certification-Apr 6, 2026, 1:21 pm EDT | Masha Borak
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has launched a public consultation on a draft cybersecurity certification scheme for European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallets and electronic identities.The publication covers certification of the cybersecurity of cloud services in accordance with the EU’s Cybersecurity Act. It is designed to ensure that digital ID wallets operate securely and uniformly across EU member states.The consultation seeks feedback on the scheme’s principles, structure and proposed elements, with responses due by April 30th, 2026. ENISA will hold a webinar on the draft document on April 8th at 3 PM CEST.EUDI Wallets will also be the topic of the upcoming 2026 European Cybersecurity Certification Conference, scheduled for April 15th, 2026, in Cyprus.ENISA was tasked by the European Commission to develop the certification scheme in 2024 through an Ad Hoc Working Group. In February this year, the agency signed a two-year agreement worth 1.6 million euros (US$1.8 million) to support national EUDI Wallet certification schemes in EU member states.Last year, the organization also held the 11th Trust Services and eID Forum in Split, Croatia, which discussed the details of EUDI Wallet implementation and the challenges of cybersecurity certifications.Digital rights group identifies 5 privacy problems in EUDI Wallet-EU countries are required to have at least one certified EUDI Wallet by the end of 2026. Not everyone, however, is satisfied with the privacy safeguards introduced in the upcoming digital IDs.Austria-based digital rights group Epicenter.Works says it has identified five data privacy concerns in the EUDI Wallet’s technical proposals, among which the most pressing are those related to biometrics. The organization also says that many private representatives have explicitly praised the EU Commission for its efforts to weaken data protection.The European Commission has proposed including a mandatory biometric photo in the minimum data set that every EUDI wallet must contain. This, however, could mean that every time a person uses their digital ID wallet, whether for age verification, ordering books, or signing contracts, a facial image could potentially be transmitted.“During the trilogue negotiations on the eIDAS Regulation, a clause explicitly intended to protect users from biometric processing was expressly removed from the text. The Commission now appears poised to introduce mandatory biometrics via an implementing act – thereby completely bypassing Parliament,” says the organization, which operates under the umbrella of European Digital Rights (EDRi).Other issues include loopholes in registration certificates that allow for excessive data requests and weakened pseudonymity rights, enabling excessive identification. The current draft also makes certificates that allow the wallet to detect impermissible data requests optional rather than mandatory.Finally, the group says that current technical specifications allow existing passkey solutions, such as Google Passkeys or iCloud Keychain, to be used as a substitute for true EUDI wallet integration.“This means we’re stuck with the same proprietary options as before, while the regulation gives the impression of having solved the problem,” it says.
Digital identity research warns of ‘password debt’ as enterprises delay IAM rollouts-Hypr, RSA, Cisco explore passwordless adoption, standards alignment-Apr 6, 2026, 1:18 pm EDT | Lu-Hai Liang
Enterprises may be sharpening their understanding of digital identity threats but the industry is still struggling to turn that knowledge into large‑scale execution. Hypr’s latest State of Passwordless Identity Assurance report shows passwordless and identity verification deployments stalling. RSA has been testing its own passwordless strategy internally, uncovering the hidden dependencies that still tether organizations to passwords. And in the public sector, Cisco Duo is positioning its zero‑trust platform as a way for agencies to align with new NIST cybersecurity standards.Passwordless hits a plateau-Enterprises are getting to grips with identity threats and phishing‑resistant authentication, but scaling passwordless and digital identity verification technologies remains slow.That’s the conclusion from the sixth annual State of Passwordless Identity Assurance report from Hypr and 451 Research from S&P Global Energy Horizons.The study finds that organizations have gained a deeper grasp of identity‑security concepts but adoption has plateaued after last year’s surge. Passwordless deployments remain limited to specific user groups and isolated use cases rather than broader rollouts. Identity verification shows a similar pattern as IDV is widely recognised but still deployed narrowly.Researchers attribute the slowdown to cost pressures and legacy-system compatibility issues. Regulatory uncertainty and the complexity of scaling identity transformation across an entire organization adds to the hesitancy. This comes even as many enterprises understand that securing identity means protecting every touchpoint.Despite improved literacy around phishing‑resistant authentication, the report shows that usernames and passwords remain dominant for 76 percent of respondents. Only 43 percent report using passwordless methods, and year‑over‑year adoption has remained flat. Many apps and devices still lack support for FIDO2, WebAuthn and other passwordless standards, with 32 percent citing legacy‑app incompatibility as a key obstacle.IDV remains the second most‑deployed identity tool and a common response to breaches, but its use is concentrated in limited scenarios. Responsibility for workforce identity verification is fragmented across HR, IT, IAM and security teams, which is slowing progress toward unified, automated orchestration.The report shows growing concern over generative and agentic AI, which are amplifying existing threats such as phishing and ransomware while enabling new attack types including deepfakes and employee‑impersonation fraud.The report notes that breaches continue to drive reactive spending. Increased security budgets (59 percent) were the most common post‑incident response, followed by audits, training and stronger authentication. Organizations typically rush to deploy IDV (61 percent), multi-factor authentication (MFA) (57 percent) and identity threat detection tools (52 percent) after an attack. It’s a pattern the report describes as “panic buying.”Hypr and 451 Research argue that the industry is entering an “Age of Industrialization,” where the greater challenge lies in operationalizing digital identity security at scale. Enterprises face a growing “password debt” with legacy credentials and fragmented controls, which attackers continue to exploit. Progress will depend on coordinated, organization‑wide execution.The State of Passwordless Identity Assurance 2026 report can be read here.RSA maps out passwordless strategy after experiment-RSA did some self‑experimentation as it put its own passwordless strategy to the test. As a company that sells authentication technology, RSA set out to answer a simple question — does it actually use what it builds?Leadership set an internal goal of achieving 100 percent passwordless authentication across its global workforce. The aim was twofold. RSA wanted to reduce credential‑based risk inside the organization, and experience the same deployment challenges faced by enterprise customers rolling out passwordless and FIDO‑based authentication at scale.RSA has a globally distributed workforce, hybrid infrastructure and a mix of cloud and on‑premises systems. The company deployed its own IAM platform, RSA ID Plus, which supports passwordless MFA, SSO and access controls.The platform itself performed as expected, the friction occurred in the surrounding identity ecosystem. RSA found hidden dependencies that continued to default certain workflows back to passwords. These surfaced across identity‑lifecycle touchpoints such as device replacement, account recovery and access to legacy applications.RSA then identified and removed these password‑based fallbacks, clearing the path for true passwordless operation across all users and environments.The company says the exercise revealed the hardest part of going passwordless is not the authenticator. Instead it’s the legacy assumptions, infrastructure gaps and operational workflows that still rely on passwords. RSA charted its own workforce rollout as a journey that “moved through three meaningful shifts,” sharing its learnings as a structured path.RSA’s report on its passwordless experience “Inside RSA: Deploying FIDO and Passwordless Solutions at Scale” can be downloaded here.Cisco Duo takes aim beyond MFA-Cisco Duo is making moves in public sector cybersecurity as agencies align identity systems with the updated NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and NIST SP 800‑53 controls.Cisco says its zero‑trust, phishing‑resistant IAM platform is a way for government organizations to strengthen authentication and device trust, along with compliance requirements.Cisco Duo is designed to provide multi‑factor and passwordless authentication. But it also goes beyond multi-factor authorization, according to a company blog post, by conducting device‑health checks and enforcing adaptive access policies that block credential‑based attacks.The platform also supports FIDO2, biometrics, hardware tokens and push‑based authentication, alongside single sign‑on and continuous behavioural monitoring.Its device‑visibility features assess operating systems and security agents, as well as compliance status, before granting access. The company says the capabilities map the identity, access control and device‑security requirements outlined in NIST CSF 2.0.The updated framework from 2024 has a “Govern” function and places stronger emphasis on supply‑chain risk and enterprise‑wide cybersecurity governance. Duo’s zero‑trust model aligns with the framework’s expanded focus on identity management, threat detection and resilience.iProov has an explainer on why NIST rewrote the rules (hint: the threat landscape changed), and a breakdown of Special Publication 800-63-4 and its “fundamental rethink” of secure digital identity, in a detailed post.As for Cisco Duo, it also aligns with NIST SP 800‑53, which is the federal catalogue of more than 1,000 security and privacy controls used across government systems and regulated industries. The framework underpins compliance regimes such as FedRAMP, HIPAA and FISMA, and is central to achieving an Approval to Operate (ATO) for federal systems.Duo’s authentication, device trust and continuous monitoring features support several of the control families including access control, system protection and incident response. More on Cisco Duo can be found in this blog post.
Ryanair boss calls EES ‘a s***show’ with full biometrics check launch days away-Portuguese officials tell Biometric Update no additional disruptions expected-Apr 6, 2026, 11:59 am EDT | Masha Borak
With just four days until the scheduled full rollout on April 10, Europe’s Entry-Exit System (EES) is causing anxiety in the air travel industry, with the UK confirming that biometric border checks will not be rolled out on time.Michael O’Leary, the CEO of Ryanair, said last Friday that “significant disruption” has been seen at airport passport control, where the system is already in place. Additional delays have been caused by understaffed immigration kiosks, while passengers who had already registered for EES had to wait in the same queues as everyone else.“EES has just been a s*** show and a shambles,” O’Leary told The Times.The EU has allowed countries to partially suspend EES operations where necessary during an additional 90-day period after the launch, with a possible 60-day extension to cover the summer peak. States should take advantage of the suspension options, he notes.Smaller airports, including Seville, Alicante, Tenerife and Faro, are most likely to be impacted by delays, he adds.Together with its subsidiaries, Ryanair forms Europe’s largest airline group, carrying upwards of 200 million passengers last year. Other airlines are also feeling the squeeze of EES deadlines.Last week, European industry organizations Airlines for Europe (A4E) and Airports Council International reiterated their call to the European Commission to allow full or partial suspensions of the EES during the 2026 summer season.“Data collected from airports across Europe shows a continued deterioration in waiting times at border crossing points located in airports,” they say. “Waiting times are now regularly reaching up to two hours at peak traffic times.”If the technical and operational issues with EES are not resolved, the EU should remain flexible during future peak travel periods, such as winter 2026/2027, the organizations argue.Delays continue at Eurotunnel and Port of Dover-Last Saturday, UK ports again confirmed that British travelers to France taking the Channel routes will not have to undergo biometric border checks for the next few weeks.Eurotunnel announced that it would start creating EES files with the French border police on April 10th, but the stage will not involve the collection of biometric data, the Guardian reports. The delay was first announced earlier last week, when the Port of Dover shared that the French side is experiencing technology issues.During his interview with The Times, O’Leary also blamed Brexit for long queues for British travelers to Europe.“There’s a bit of Brexit in this, too. Here, you voted for Brexit – f*****g join the queue,” he says.Other countries, however, seem to be less threatened by the rollout. In an email to Biometric Update, the Portuguese Homeland Security System (Sistema de Segurança Interna) said that no additional disruptions are expected as a result of the EES launch.“However, as we are entering the peak travel season, we recommend that passengers allow more time for connections within Europe and make use of the available electronic systems and equipment to help streamline border control procedures,” it says.EES caught 600 people posing security risks: EU-Despite anxiousness in the travel industry, the EU has been showing its evidence for why a biometric border system is necessary.Since the launch of the EES in October 2025, the system has helped identify over 600 people who posed a security risk to Europe, according to data released by the European Commission on March 30th.“They were refused entry and recorded in the system,” says the notice. “As a result, if they attempt to enter another European country using the system, border authorities will be able to see their previous refusal of entry.”Schengen countries have also flagged multiple cases of identity fraud at borders. In a recent Romanian case, biometric data revealed a traveler who was using two separate identities with different documents. The person had already been denied entry to the Schengen area three times by different member states.The EES has so far registered over 45 million border crossings. Over 24,000 people had been refused entry for different reasons, including expired or fraudulent documents.
Kenya clarifies biometric re enrollment rules for previously registered voters-Apr 6, 2026, 11:28 am EDT | Lu-Hai Liang
Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has sought to quell public confusion with a clarification on whether voters need to re-enrol their biometrics.The clarification follows widespread concern after earlier IEBC messaging suggested that all voters registered prior to 2012 needed to re‑register. The IEBC launched a Continuous Voter Registration exercise last September, hoping to add more than 6 million people to the roll and introduce iris biometrics.The IEBC oversaw a transition to a digital system in 2012. Apparently, some voters never completed biometric registration during that changeover. The commission has now confirmed that only that segment of voters must register again.In other words, the requirement applies solely to individuals whose details exist only in the former manual register and were never captured in the biometric Register of Voters (RoV).Biometric voter registration was introduced in 2012 following the 2010 Constitution and the Elections Act, replacing the legacy paper‑based system. Records created before that shift do not contain biometric identifiers unless citizens presented themselves for fresh biometric capture.“Individuals who had previously enrolled as voters before 2012 are not part of the current biometric RoV unless they subsequently presented themselves for fresh registration,” the IEBC said, as reported by Citizen TCV Kenya. “Such persons are, therefore, required to register afresh in order to be included in the current biometric register.”The biometric register has been in continuous use since 2013 and contained more than 22 million verified voters by the 2022 General Election. The IEBC maintains that the database remains accurate, audited and credible.The clarification comes during the Enhanced Continuous Voter Registration (ECVR) exercise, running until April 28 across all 1,450 County Assembly Wards, higher education institutions and constituency offices. As of April 2 the IEBC had recorded 344,316 new registrations, 18,610 transfers and 329 updates, according to The Eastleigh Voice.IEBC Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon stressed that voters do not need to travel to their home counties to register. Open registration kits have been deployed nationwide, with biometric verification preventing duplicate or unauthorized enrolments.The clarification is aimed at a relatively small group of voters who missed the 2012 biometric capture and have not registered since. However, the initial communication triggered concerns that older biometric data had been deleted or invalidated, which concerns the IEBC has sought to dismiss.The commission is urging all eligible Kenyans, particularly first‑time voters and those registered before 2012, to complete the process before the April deadline. After that, registration will revert to constituency offices.For the IEBC, ensuring that all voters are included in the biometric RoV is essential for the health of Kenya’s electoral system ahead of the 2027 General Election.Meanwhile, data protection related to digital ID continues to evolve in Kenya following a high court ruling that recognizes phone numbers as a person’s digital identifier. According to the ruling, the government should introduce a regulatory framework to protect phone numbers linked to people’s personal data within a period of six months.
EU Cyber Resilience Act reshapes biometric access systems-Apr 6, 2026, 2:00 am EDT | Eduard de Knegt By Eduard de Knegt, CTO at Recogtech
The European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is often described as a compliance framework. In reality, it is far more disruptive. It challenges how digital products are designed at a fundamental level.For biometric access control systems, this shift is particularly significant. These systems operate at the intersection of digital identity and physical security, yet many have been built with architectures that prioritise functionality, connectivity and integration over structural resilience. Under the CRA, that balance changes.Cybersecurity is no longer an additional layer or feature. It becomes an intrinsic property of the product itself, embedded in its design, update mechanisms and vulnerability management throughout the entire lifecycle. Architectural decisions are no longer neutral. They directly determine both risk exposure and regulatory alignment.Choices around cloud reliance, remote management and network connectivity now carry structural consequences.A deeper tension underlies many current system designs. For years, the industry has moved toward increasing visibility and control: centralised management platforms, extensive logging, remote configuration and continuous monitoring have become standard practice. From an operational perspective, this makes sense.From a cybersecurity perspective, however, the logic is fundamentally different. In practice, many systems are still designed in ways that directly contradict these principles.Every additional interface, service or remote capability expands the attack surface. Systems designed to be continuously accessible, configurable and observable from external environments inherently introduce more entry points. Under the principles of the CRA, this creates a structural conflict: what improves manageability often increases exposure.This is particularly relevant in biometric systems, where architectures frequently rely on licensing mechanisms, database management and remote service layers. In such models, parts of the system remain dependent, directly or indirectly, on external control. In many cases, this complexity only becomes visible once systems are deployed and operated over time.These dependencies, whether in update channels, configuration interfaces or backend services, introduce implicit trust that is difficult to fully secure.As regulatory expectations evolve, this raises a critical question: how much external control should a system actually allow? Designing for resilience increasingly means limiting that control. Reducing external dependencies, minimising service layers and restricting remote access are not constraints, but deliberate security choices. In this model, the absence of control becomes a feature: fewer interfaces, fewer connections and fewer opportunities for interference.For manufacturers, this has far-reaching consequences. It challenges established practices around monitoring, remote management and update distribution. Systems that depend on continuous external access or intervention may need to be fundamentally reconsidered.In this sense, the CRA does not simply introduce new requirements, but also forces a shift in design philosophy. From systems that are always reachable and manageable, to systems that are deliberately constrained, predictable and self-contained.By contrast, systems designed with limited external dependencies, local decision-making and tightly controlled update mechanisms align more naturally with the direction of the CRA. Reducing the number of external interfaces and maintaining strict control over how and when updates are applied is not just a technical preference. It becomes a strategic requirement.Despite this, the practical impact of the CRA is still widely underestimated. Across the industry, similar questions continue to surface.A common point of confusion is who is actually required to comply. The CRA primarily targets manufacturers of products with digital elements placed on the EU market, including providers of access control systems, controllers and embedded solutions. The formal obligation sits with the manufacturer.However, the implications extend much further. Integrators, distributors and end users are increasingly affected, particularly in environments where cybersecurity requirements are expanding through frameworks such as NIS2. Even organisations without a direct regulatory obligation are beginning to reassess suppliers based on cyber risk and architectural maturity.This leads to a more fundamental question: how can organisations determine whether a system is prepared for the CRA? In practice, this is not about checking for a label or certification. It is about understanding how a system is built, and what that design exposes.
