Category: Bomb Shelter Bibles

Note: In Israeli terminology, “moderately wounded” includes life threatening wounds and loss of limbs.  “Lightly wounded” is quite a bit more serious than surface scratches.  

Pray for our ongoing work in challenging places.

3 Sept, 2023, Tel Aviv: Yesterday during Shabbat, which is a day off from work in Israel, thousands of illegal Eritreans got out of hand in a dispute among themselves regarding Eritrean politics.

There are between 25,000 to 30,000 Eritreans who crossed illegally into Israel via Egypt, in addition to others from Sudan.

The Eritrean Embassy in Israel has taken measures to promote its own government positions, and to repatriate what it sees as runaways back to their homeland.

Some Eritreans are in favor and some are opposed to the Eritrean government policies. A gang battle ensued between the two Eritrean factions, resulting in property damage, and injuries among Eritrean people. Around 50 Israeli police were injured while trying to keep the shalom.

The Israel government coalition, led by Netanyahu, says it will now consider deportation as a possible solution.  The opposition (the parties which have not joined the coalition) counters that the current government coalition promised to build a solution but has not done anything thus far.

Such gang battles have already occurred during the past two months among Eritreans located in USA and in Europe. Evidently, some Eritreans warned Israeli officials, but seemingly went unheeded.

Pray for our work in a troubled and complicated Land. 

—

31 Aug 2023, Modiin, Israel: A car-ramming terrorist has been apprehended after attacking pedestrians on the side of the highway in Modiin, which is considered part of Judea and Samaria, thus, “disputed territory” by the majority of nations at this time.

Thus, the worst terrorist violence since the 2000-2005 timeframe continues with a new car ramming attack this morning.

Pray for our work in a troubled land.

30 Aug 2023:

“Tehran is pushing Hezbollah to launch attacks on Israel; Jerusalem worried Security Council will restrict UNIFIL’s activity along frontier;” Jerusalem Post, 30 Aug 2023 pg 1.

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-just-gave-iran-6-133339968.html

Pray for our work in a complicated region.

25 Aug 2023, Samaria: The city of Kfar Kassem is near me, and I often shop there.

Lod is a city near the airport. It’s a mixed Arab and Jewish city. Whereas Kfar Kassem is a pure Arab Muslim Israeli city.  In both cities, all residents have Israeli citizenship, ID cards, voting rights and privileges.

“Police arrest 4 Arab Israelis for Hezbollah ties;” Jerusalem Post, 25 Aug 2023 pg 1.

Hezbollah (aka Hez b’Allah, “party of god,”) is an Iran-backed terrorist organization with the parliamentary and governmental control of Lebanon.

Please pray for our work.

24 Aug 2023, Jerusalem:   Prime Minister Netanyahu, together with cabinet leaders, have issued an order to the Shin Bet, Israel’s Secret Service, to confront the spate of political killings among the Arab Israeli population.  This is significant and the Shin Bet has jumped at the chance to fulfill this order.

“Shin Bet to join battle against rising Arab-Israeli murder rate; Agency instructed to target crime groups said to be behind onslaught;” Jerusalem Post, 24 Aug 2023, pg 1.

Pray for our work here in a complicated Land.

23 Aug 2023, Jerusalem:  Israel’s government recognizes that Iran funding and directives are behind the Palestinian acts of terrorism against Jews in Israel.  Israel has recently attacked Iranian outposts in war-torn Syria.  Iran apparently seeks to take advantage of the problems in Syria, and fill the void there with military bases from which to launch kinetic attacks at Israel.

Iran’s goals have been thwarted somewhat by Israel’s secret incursions into Syria to attack the Iranian bases there.  Iran’s response: mobilize Palestinians with finances and funding to attack Jewish civilians.

Israel’s response: Continue to call attention to Iran’s actions and backing of terrorists.

“Israel hints of more strikes at Iranian, Hamas targets; Two suspects arrested in killing of Batsheva Nigri;” Jerusalem Post, 23 Aug 2023 pg 1.

Pray for our work in a challenging region. 

22 Aug 2023 Judea & Samaria: Yesterday morning’s attack was the 54th anniversary of a fire in the muslim mosque on the Temple Mount.

Here’s the story on that fire:

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2023/08/an-analysis-of-palestinian-lie.html?m=1

Terrorists gun down hitchhiking mother and driver

Please pray for our work.

22 Aug 2023, Hebron:

“Preschool teacher Batsheva Nigri was ‘a fun, happy woman,’ her Beit Hagai neighbor Hannah Zarichon said Monday on N12, after she was gunned down by terrorists in the presence of her 12-year-old daughter on Route 60 near Hebron… Nigri, mother of three, … was buried Monday night in Kfar Etzion.” (“Batsheva Nigri – ‘an infectionus laugh and a huge smile’;” Jerusalem Post, 22 Aug 2023 pg 1.)

“Batsheva had hitched a ride from Beit Hagai to Kiryat Arba.  The driver, Aryeh Gottlieb, 39… was in serious but stable condition from gunshot wounds…”

(“Terrorists gun down mother in front of daughter; ‘We’re in wave of terror we haven’t known in a long time,’ says top general;” Jerusalem Post, 22 Aug 2023 pg 1, 7.)

“Terrorists gun down mother in front of daughter; ‘We’re in wave of terror we haven’t known in a long time,’ says top general;” Jerusalem Post, 22 Aug 2023 pg 1, 7.

Operation Home and Garden began July 3 and ended July 5, 2023, and was active only in Jenin.

Operation Break the Wave in March 2022 and is ongoing, nationwide, but with a focus in Northern West Bank (aka Southern Samaria) after a spike in terrorist attacks began in 2021.

Yesterday’s attack in Hebron would be considered Southern West Bank, located in Judea.

“This is the fifth Israeli to die in a terrorist attack this month and the 29th victim this year. Twelve of the terrorist attacks took place in the West Bank (Samaria and Judea), but this was the first fatality this year in the South Hebron Hills.” (article, pg 1).

Pray for our work in troubled West Bank (Samaria).

—

20 Aug 2023:  In the map below, see Turqus Aaya where a man took a wrong turn with his car and had to be rescued by the IDF after he was attacked with stones and his car set on fire.

North of there, Huwara, the site where father and son were shot to death at a car wash.

South of there, south of Hebron, a car was shot up in a drive by shooting this morning (21 Aug 2023).

I am located northwest of there in Samaria near the line at Rosh haAyin.

Article link: jns.org/israel-palestinianconflict/palestinian-authority/23/8/21/311923/

Please pray for our work in a difficult area.

–