As Israel heads into Independence Day, the smell of fire and the thick grey smoke give a sense of unease, with multiple sources alleging Hamas terrorism and fear of major damage to the Armored Corps museum in Latrun, a significant memorial site

As you read this, reports of rain falling from the sky have started coming in over the last hour, helping firefighters to begin to put out what was most assuredly the biggest fire in the modern day history of Israel. But don’t let that fact prevent you from wrapping your head around the fact that the blazes were arson, started by Hamas, and set on the Israeli Independence Day celebrations. Timing is everything, and that’s the memo.

“Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.” Psalm 68:9 (KJB)

There are many ways to wage a war, and using a military with guns and tanks is only one of them. The terrorist events that took place on October 7th, 2023, were basically planned and carried out by an aggressor, Hamas, who is many times smaller and quite inferior to the combined might of the IAF and the IDF. Yet with the element of surprise and some rudimentary planning, Hamas scored a win for the record books. I have no doubt that Hamas set these fires to show the Jews that, even on their Independence Day, Israel will not be free from their grip.

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Israel Ablaze in National Emergency Believed To Be Terrorist Act

FROM THEMEDIALINE: A massive wildfire broke out on Wednesday in Israel in the forests between Eshtaol and Latrun, west of Jerusalem, forcing evacuations and road closures as thousands gathered across the Jewish state for Memorial Day observances. Fanned by high temperatures, low humidity, and strong winds, the fire, believed to have been set intentionally, spread rapidly through multiple locations across Israel.

“It’s a terror attack on Israel,” Eli Beer, president of the United Hatzalah emergency response organization, told The Media Line. He noted that fires were started in 20 separate locations. A security source also confirmed to The Media Line that a terrorist act was likely behind the fires, adding that several people had been arrested.

A map circulating in Israeli security circles depicts the locations of the fires, almost all of which are marked on the Israeli side of the Green Line separating the West Bank from Israel and Gaza—not in the areas inhabited by Palestinians. Hamas posted on social media a call for Palestinians in the West Bank and Israel to “burn whatever you can of groves, forests, and settler homes” and “set their cars ablaze.”

Several individuals from East Jerusalem have been arrested by Israeli police on suspicion of attempting to ignite fires in the area, including a man in his 50s from Umm Tuba who was arrested after allegedly trying to set fire to an open field in southern Jerusalem. When confronted by police, the suspect attempted to flee but was apprehended after a brief chase. Authorities found a lighter, cotton, and other incendiary materials in his possession.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Transportation Minister Israel Katz described the situation as a national emergency. On social media, Likud lawmaker Dan Illouz called for “an immediate closure of Judea and Samaria and an iron-fisted response” to the fires.

“We don’t wait for an attack—we thwart it,” he wrote. “We have learned the lesson, from both old and new history.”

In an interview with The Media Line, Chaim Rafalowski, disaster management and EU projects coordinator for Magen David Adom emergency services, described the situation as “very serious.” “We’re hoping that the National Fire Service will manage to get things under control so it doesn’t escalate into a full-blown disaster,” he said.

Authorities shut down major arteries including Highway 1, the main road connecting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and Highway 3. Drivers abandoned their cars and fled on foot as smoke engulfed the roads. “People found themselves in immediate danger as fires approached their vehicles,” Rafalowski said. Beer described the sight of abandoned cars as reminiscent of scenes from the October 7, 2023, attacks. READ MORE

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Operation Strength and Sword: IDF carries out massive overnight strikes on Hamas in Gaza Strip after it’s learned that the terror group’s size has increased heavily in recent months

We’ve been telling you for some time now that the ceasefire in Gaza was not going to hold, it cannot hold, and there are many reasons why that is. First and foremost, the Palestinians hate the Jews with an unquenchable passion, Ishmael was a “wild man” and so are all his descendants. Secondly, even if the Jews were to abandon the land of Israel today, and move some place else, the Palestinians would follow them and the wars would continue. That’s the memo.

“And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” Genesis 16:12 (KJB)

Last night, the IDF restarted airstrikes on Hamas in the Gaza Strip for two reasons, One, Hamas has somehow managed to resupply their terrorist army and it now sits at around 25,000 people. Second, Hamas is playing games with the release of the hostages to drag things out, which is how they were able to rearm so fast. Israel and America needs to settle in their minds that most of those hostages will never be released alive. Hamas, like the Nazis before them, are devoid of empathy, sympathy or compassion.

IDF ends ceasefire with Hamas in dramatic overnight airstrikes

FROM THE JERUSALEM POST: At around 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) started conducting dozens of extensive air strikes specifically on mid-level Hamas commanders and some senior Hamas political officials in Gaza. It was unclear if they were targeting senior Hamas commanders like Mohammed Sinwar, who might be holding Israeli hostages nearby.

Nearly eight hours after the IDF renewed the strikes, Hamas hasn’t managed to fire a single rocket into Israel.

At around 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning, IDF Arabic Spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee sent out a message to Gaza residents to move further into Gaza, away from the border with Israel, to avoid being attacked as part of the renewed hostilities. The red zone, defined as a combat zone by the IDF, wraps around all Gaza from north to south, seeming to cover between one-third to one-half of the Strip’s area, including Beit Hanun, Harvat, Hazza, and Abasan.

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More specifically, the IDF said that civilians should move to the western parts of Gaza City in the north and of Khan Yunis in the south. No more specific instructions were given in central Gaza.

The IDF has to date avoided striking portions of central Gaza more carefully than other parts of Gaza. At different points in the war, there have been reports of hostages being held in some of the areas not being struck as hard. The air force attacks are designed to degrade Hamas’s renewed military capabilities after it was leaked that the terror group has returned to a force of 25,000 and Islamic Jihad returned to a force of 5,000, with both groups also rebuilding military defensive positions throughout Gaza.

The IDF will broaden the operation, including a returned land invasion as needed, but it is notable that no ground invasion has started yet. This opposes how sources were projecting a return to war under the newly more aggressive IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, at least until this past weekend.

In other words, the military is observing to see if Hamas will make its negotiating position regarding leaving Gaza and the hostages more flexible, though all signs in the early hours of the attack were that the Gazan terror group would hold its ground. Hamas reported that over 300 Gazans had already been killed, though there was no way to verify the numbers or distinguish between terrorists and civilians. READ MORE

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Hamas released the bodies of four Israeli hostages Thursday morning, including the youngest captive in Gaza, who was taken when he was just 9 months old.

Hamas just did the entire world a favor, and you should honestly thank them for it. They accomplished in mere minutes what a hundred years of writing articles about them could not do. What is that, you ask? Hamas just showed the whole world that they are heartless, murderous animals who not only exterminate children, but make sport and spectacle out of displaying and parading their lifeless corpses. The second thing they showed you is that the “average, everyday Palestinian” loves the work that Hamas does, and is complicit in it with them.

“And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man‘s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” Genesis 16:12 (KJB)

When you study the short-lived history of the Nazis in Germany, one thing that stands out is how much they relished the killing that Hitler tasked them with doing. They didn’t just kills Jews in the concentration camps, they starved them, tortured them, and made mountains out of their possessions and body parts to show their utter contempt for human life, especially Jewish human life. Hamas is very much the Nazis of the 21st-century, and the “poor, misunderstood Palestinians” are actually the all-too willing participants in Hamas barbarism. So no, I do not stand with the Palestinians, I do not support Gaza, I stand with the Jews and Israel from right now all the way to the Second Advent of Jesus Christ. Where do you stand?

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Hamas parades bodies of four Israelis, including toddlers Kfir and Ariel Bibas, in disturbing display alongside propagandist inscription

FROM THE NY POST: The heartbreaking exchange saw the terror group hand over the bodies of Kfir Bibas, along with his brother, Ariel, who was taken when he was just 4, their mother, Shiri, 33, and Oded Lifshitz, 84. The bodies of the Bibas family — whose kidnapping video became a symbol for the horrors of Oct. 7 — and Lifshitz are set to be transferred to Israel, where a funeral will be held for them.

Palestinians in Gaza attending the propaganda hostage release of dead babies that they killed like they’re at a sporting event. In those coffins lie Kfir Bibas age 9 months, Ariel Bibas age 4, Shiri Bibas age 32, and Oded Lipshitz age 83. I stand with the Jews and Israel pic.twitter.com/F2TIt11yhC

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The four coffins containing the victims were displayed on stage in front of a disturbing mural depicting a bloody Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — with fangs — standing over pictures of the Bibas family and Lifshiftz, alongside a propagandist inscription. Placed next to the coffins were two missiles with English text reading, “They were killed by USA bombs.”

“Agony. Pain. There are no words,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog wrote on X. “Our hearts — the hearts of an entire nation — lie in tatters.”

Armed Hamas terrorists and Palestinians had crowded the area in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis to watch the transfer of the victims. Each black coffin bore a photo of a victim and Netanyahu along with a propaganda message.

“Every home in Israel bows its head today. We bow our heads for the heavy loss of our four hostages,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. “The four coffins of our loved ones oblige us more than ever to promise, to swear, that what happened on October 7 will never happen again.”

Four Hamas terrorists carried each victim over to a waiting Red Cross vehicle, where workers draped a white sheet over the coffins before placing them in the back. Shiri Bibas was the first, followed by her sons, Kfir and Ariel. Lifshitz was the last victim carried over to the trucks.

The exchange ended when the five Red Cross vehicles left the exchange area in Khan Younis just before 10 a.m. Thursday. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed to The Post that the bodies were handed over to IDF and Israeli Security Agency representatives in Gaza. READ MORE

BREAKING: Israeli Hostages Kfir, Ariel and Shiri Bibas are Dead, Hamas Announces

We have devastating, breaking news to report. The terror group Hamas announced today that the youngest Israeli hostages in Gaza, 2 year old Kfir and 5 year old Ariel Bibas, along with their mother Shiri are dead. CBN’s Raj Nair is joined by Israeli activist Mark Halawa from Jerusalem.

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But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB