Biden says he's working on an immediate Gaza ceasefire that will bring the hostages home.

Hamas responds by reiterating that any deal must begin with a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and an end to the war.

We are still at square one.

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Destroying Hamas benefits the Palestinians as much as Israelis.

This is how thieves in the Gaza Strip are treated by Hamas terrorists. They are lined up against the wall and shot in the legs.

Say their names.

This was the scene on Friday at the building that houses the Messianic congregation of Pastor Israel Iluz in Kiryat Shemona.

At around 5pm yet another Hezbollah missile barrage hit the city, and one of the projectiles caused severe damage to the congregation.

That’s the time the congregation would have been meeting under normal circumstances. But the city is nearly abandoned, so thank God no one was there and no injuries sustained.

With most of the people evacuated to other parts of the country, those who remain have been hosting Christian volunteers from abroad to help cook daily meals for IDF soldiers stationed in the area.

It must be reiterated that while the Gaza war overshadows everything, northern Israel is suffering.

The border region is all but abandoned. Bombed-out ghost towns.

It’s a situation that simply cannot continue.

IDF denies Hamas report that a soldier or soldiers were captured today (Saturday) by terrorists in northern Gaza.

Why does the Biden admin put restrictions on Israel's use of American weapons, but not Ukraine? 🤔

"Zionism" is again being thrown around as a dirty word, as always happens when Israel defends itself.

So, let's clear something up:

Zionism is the Jewish people's yearning for their divinely-appointed homeland, in accordance with God's promises.

Christian Zionism is a recognition of what God is doing in and through Israel, and a desire to support them in that role, in accordance with scripture.

Nor is Zionism a new phenomenon.

The term is modern, but expressions of Zionism go all the way back to the Babylonian exile:

"By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion...

"If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy."

Psalm 137

ICJ Vice President Julia Sebutinde:

"War inevitably, and tragically, affects the lives of civilians. But this does not make Israel’s war against Hamas inherently illegitimate or unlawful and nor does it transform it into an act of genocide."

Sebutinde went on to stress that Friday's ruling by the ICJ did not order an immediate Gaza ceasefire, nor does the court have the authority to do so.

Rather, it ordered Israel to not take any military action that could destroy Palestinian life in Gaza. And Israel has been working hard to make sure that doesn't happen, even as it hunts down Hamas.

She lamented that the (purposefully?) misleading wording of the order made it seem and was interpreted as if the court had ordered Israel to lay down its arms.

This woman is taking a brave stand for truth in a world overcome by lies.

She deserves a lot of praise.

In thinking about the ICJ ruling and the antisemites flooding city streets in the West:

"Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.

"Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud."

Psalm 123:3-4

Rocket attack on central Israel: Herzliya, Hod HaSharon, Petah Tikva and Kfar Saba.

No idea how Hamas is still able to launch rockets at the Greater Tel Aviv area.

The rockets were reportedly launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza.

Hamas is trying to demonstrate that it can still threaten all of Israel, even after 7 months of devastating war with the IDF.

Wonder if this is permitted under the ICJ's most recent ruling? 🤔

The rocket fire from Rafah reportedly consisted of 8-10 rockets fired at the Greater Tel Aviv area. A number were intercepted, several fell very near residential areas.

One person is said to have suffered shrapnel injuries in Herzliya.

So many powerful enemies in the Middle East want to destroy Israel.

So much of the world is against the Jewish state, even at the highest levels of government and political power.

Consider Psalm 124.

If God was not on Israel's side, then Israel would fall in the face of so much opposition and hate.

But Israel still stands strong.

And that should tell you something.

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Nikki Haley arrived in Israel this afternoon.

Benny Gantz: Today's rocket fire at Tel Aviv demonstrates why it is crucial for us to operate in Rafah.

Israel eliminates two wanted Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon.

If Israel really were trying to perpetrate genocide against its Arab enemies, it wouldn't use such surgical precision.

Northern Israel has been under heavy rocket fire this afternoon. But that gets much less attention than a handful of rockets fired at Tel Aviv.

Israel last night carried out a targeted strike in Rafah that killed Yassin Rabia, one of the most senior Hamas leaders for Judea and Samaria.

The strike appeared to have set off secondary explosions or set fire to part of a tent camp for displaced Gazans, resulting in a large number of casualties.

Hamas is of course shouting "massacre!"

But there are unconfirmed reports that in addition to using the displaced civilians as a human shield for their command post, Hamas was also storing long-range missiles in the tent camp.

Some believe the warheads of those missiles might have been set off by the IDF strike on Rabia.