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)
150 DEAD , 700 INJURED IN 7.7 QUAKE IN MYANMAR.
EZEK 39:11-16
11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a
place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the
east of the sea: (IN THE JORDAN VALLEY) and it shall stop the noses of
the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and
they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13
Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to
them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.
14
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, (NUCLEAR
SPECIALISTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those
that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of
seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass
through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a
sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
MEANING OF HAMONAH
Hamonah,
ham-o'-nah (Heb.)-- host; multitude; noise; tumult; commotion of mind.
The prophetic name of a city that is mentioned in conjunction with
Hamon-gog: "And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city.
Metaphysical meaning of Hamonah (mbd) - Truth Unity
Strong's Lexicon-Hamonah: Hamonah-Original Word: הֲמוֹנָה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location-Transliteration: Hamownah
Pronunciation: hah-mo-NAH-Phonetic Spelling: (ham-o-naw')
Definition: Hamonah-Meaning: Hamonah
Word
Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root הָמוֹן (H1995), meaning
"multitude" or "abundance."Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There
is no direct Greek equivalent for "Hamonah" in the Strong's Greek
Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun. However, the concept
of a multitude or abundance can be related to Greek words like πλῆθος
(G4128), meaning "multitude."Usage: The term "Hamonah" is used as a
proper noun referring to a specific location mentioned in the prophetic
literature of the Old Testament. It is associated with the aftermath of a
significant battle, symbolizing the multitude of the slain.Cultural and
Historical Background: In the context of the Hebrew Bible, names often
carry significant meaning and are used to convey theological and
prophetic messages. "Hamonah" is mentioned in the book of Ezekiel, a
prophetic text that addresses the restoration of Israel and the judgment
of the nations. The name reflects the abundance of God's judgment upon
the enemies of Israel, serving as a reminder of divine justice and
sovereignty.
GODS PROMISED LAND FOR ISRAEL.
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.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
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.
NAHUM 3:13
13
Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are
wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.
DR DOCTORION-ANGEL OF THE MIDEAST
"The
angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces
because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United
Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
Katz:
Fate of Kiryat Shmona is the same as Beirut-IDF strikes Beirut, southern
Lebanon after 2 rockets fired at northern Israel-First airstrikes on
Lebanese capital since ceasefire announced in November; one rocket
intercepted, second failed to cross border; Hezbollah says it is not
behind rocket attack-By Emanuel Fabian,Nurit Yohanan-and ToI Staff
Today, 2:48 pm-MAR 28,25
Two rockets were fired at northern
Israel from Lebanon on Friday morning, leading the military to carry out
strikes first in southern Lebanon and later in the capital, Beirut, a
first since the November ceasefire went into effect.According to the
military, one of the rockets was intercepted and the other fell short
inside Lebanese territory, as rocket sirens sounded in the city of
Kiryat Shmona and the nearby communities of Tel Hai, Margaliot, and
Misgav Am.It was the second attack within the past week, after three
rockets were fired at Metula on March 22, the first such incident since
the November 27 ceasefire ended over a year of fighting with the
Hezbollah terror group.A senior source within Hezbollah told the
Lebanese Al-Mayadeen news outlet that the terror group has no connection
to the rocket fire on Friday.The source claimed that the recent rocket
fire from Lebanon is “part of a suspicious attempt to fabricate pretexts
for the continuation of the Israeli aggression on Lebanon.”Lebanese
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam issued a statement calling on the military to
“uncover those behind the irresponsible rocket fire that threatens
Lebanon’s stability and security,” and take them into custody.Following
the attack, the IDF said Friday morning it was carrying out a wave of
strikes on Hezbollah targets in the south of the country, and later that
afternoon brought down a building it claimed was used by the terror
group’s drone unit in southern Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold known as
Dahiyeh.According to the IDF, the building struck in Beriut was used by
Hezbollah as a drone storage facility. It belonged to Hezbollah’s aerial
forces, known as Unit 127, the military said. The unit is responsible
for explosive-laden drone attacks on Israel and flying surveillance
drones to collect intelligence.“Hezbollah has placed its terror
infrastructure in the heart of the civilian population. This is another
example of the Hezbollah terror organization’s cynical use of Lebanese
citizens as human shields,” an IDF statement said.The IDF issued an
evacuation warning for the building and the surrounding area before the
strike and also reportedly carried out several warning shots in the area
before dropping larger munitions that brought down the building.It
marked the first time that the IDF issued warnings ahead of strikes in
Beirut since November 27, when it last struck Hezbollah sites in the
Lebanese capital, hours before a ceasefire took effect.The strike on
Friday came in response to the morning rocket fire, which the military
said was a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement.After the
rocket attack, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Friday morning that
“the fate of Kiryat Shmona is the same as the fate of Beirut,” in a
threat to the Lebanese capital.He said that without peace in Israel’s
northern border communities, “there will be no peace in Beirut
either.”“The Lebanese government bears direct responsibility for any
attacks on the Galilee,” he charged. “We will ensure the security of the
residents of the Galilee, and will act forcefully against any
threat.”According to Hezbollah’s Al-Manar news outlet, targeted areas in
southern Lebanon included the outskirts of Qaaqaait al-Jisr and the
town of Khiam in the Nabatieh area.Earlier this week, a Lebanese
official said Lebanese leaders have been in intensive contact with
Washington and Paris to prevent Israel from bombing Beirut after the
rocket fire on March 22.Israel has continued to carry out strikes on
Hezbollah operatives and members of affiliated terror groups since a
ceasefire in November, following two months of open war aimed at ending
rocket attacks from the Iran-backed group that plagued the north for
nearly a year.The terror group started firing rockets and drones at
Israeli communities and military posts on October 8, 2023, in support of
fellow terror group Hamas, which had invaded Israel from the Gaza Strip
a day earlier.Israel says it targets Hezbollah military sites that
violate the ceasefire agreement.Under the ceasefire, Hezbollah was
obligated to pull its forces north of the Litani River, about 30
kilometers (18.6 miles) from the Israeli border, and dismantle any
remaining military infrastructure in the south, while the Lebanese army
deployed to control the area.Israel, in parallel, was obligated to
withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon, though it retains the right
to respond to immediate threats.Following an initial postponement, with
US and Lebanese approval, of the deadline to withdraw, Israel pulled all
its troops out of Lebanon in February, except five strategic posts
along the border.Agencies contributed to this report.
Aid
agencies say Strip's food, medicine will soon run out-IDF says it hit
dozens of terror sites in Gaza as UN agency pans ‘disregard for life’At
least 41 dead in past day, according to Hamas health ministry; after
World Central Kitchen says volunteer killed in airstrike, military vows
to probe incident-By Agencies and ToI Staff 29 March 2025, 1:17 am
The
IDF said it carried out 25 strikes across Gaza on Friday, targeting
operatives and infrastructure of Hamas and other terror groups, as
United Nations agencies accused Israel of atrocities and forced
displacement in the Strip.The Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry said at
least 41 people had been killed over the past 24 hours. It alleged
Israel had killed 896 Palestinians since resuming hostilities on March
18, and over 50,000 since the war was triggered by the Hamas onslaught
of October 7, 2023.The figures cannot be independently confirmed and
don’t distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israel says it seeks
to avoid targeting civilians and accuses Hamas of embedding itself
among them.The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency WAFA
reported several deaths on Friday in airstrikes on homes in Gaza City,
Rafah and Khan Younis, as well as a tent sheltering displaced people in
the Jabalia camp and a vehicle west of Khan Younis. WAFA also reported
gunfire by Israeli military vehicles in Jabalia and Beit Lahiya,
artillery fire in Gaza City and demolition of buildings in Rafah by
Israeli forces.Meanwhile, amid aid agencies’ warnings of a food shortage
in Gaza, the World Central Kitchen charity said Israel had struck one
of its food distribution sites in Gaza on Thursday, killing a local
volunteer identified as Jalal and wounding six others. The IDF said it
was probing the incident and in touch with WCK.In a statement Friday,
WCK said it would continue to “operate our field kitchens where
possible, based on daily assessments.” The statement didn’t give the
precise location of the strike.On April 1, 2024, an Israeli missile
strike on a car bearing WCK insignia killed seven aid workers from the
charity — three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish national, an
American-Canadian dual citizen and a Palestinian.At the time, WCK
suspended its activity in Gaza for four weeks, and Israel apologized to
the organization, saying an officer had falsely determined that an armed
Hamas operative was traveling in the car. Two senior officers were
dismissed over the killing.Israel announced on March 2 that it would
suspend the delivery of all goods and supplies to Gaza due to what it
said was Hamas’s refusal to accept a proposal to extend the initial
phase of a ceasefire and hostage release deal that was reached in
January. After a two-week impasse, Israel scuttled the deal with a
series of airstrikes across the Strip.The 42-day first phase saw Hamas
release 33 women, children, civilian men over 50 and those deemed
“humanitarian cases,” in exchange for some 1,900 Palestinian prisoners,
including over 270 serving life terms in connection with the murders of
dozens of Israelis.A potential second phase would have required Israel
to withdraw from Gaza and seen Hamas release any hostages still alive, a
number believed to stand at 24. All are young men abducted on October
7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed southern Israel
to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages, sparking the war in
Gaza.But Israel refused to negotiate over the second phase, with the
government saying it would not accept ending the war with Hamas still in
power.A third phase would have seen Hamas return the remains of 35
hostages.Mediators from Qatar, Egypt and the United States have been
scrambling to renew the ceasefire.Amid the aid halt that followed the
expiration of the first phase, the UN’s World Food Programme warned
Friday that stocks of food and medical supplies were running out
fast.The agency said it has 5,700 tons of food stocks left in Gaza, home
to some 2.3 million people — enough to support WFP operations for two
weeks at most.The World Health Organization added that there were severe
shortages of blood supplies to treat the wounded amid the renewed
Israeli offensive.“Everything related to trauma is quickly running
short. There are fewer than 500 blood units available — 4,500 blood
packs are needed each month,” WHO spokesman Rik Peeperkorn told
reporters in Geneva via video link in Jerusalem.Amid the aid halt to
Gaza, Jens Laerke, spokesperson for UN aid agency OCHA, said in Geneva
on Friday that Israel’s actions in the Strip “bear the hallmarks of
atrocity crimes.”“There is a callous disregard for human life and
dignity,” said Laerke, accusing Israel of striking populated areas in
which civilians had been killed.Israel insists that it seeks to minimize
civilian fatalities and accuses Hamas of putting civilians in harm’s
way by fighting from civilian areas, including homes, hospitals, schools
and mosques.Meanwhile, the UN Human Rights office accused Israel of
violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza
under “mandatory evacuation orders.”UN human rights spokesperson Thameen
Al-Kheetan said, “these evacuations fail to comply with the
requirements of international humanitarian law.”Since the resumption of
hositilies in Gaza, the IDF has issued what the UN described as 10
mandatory evacuation orders, covering large areas across Gaza. Most
recently, the IDF on Wednesday called on residents to evacuate the Gaza
City area from which rockets were launched at southern Israel that
evening.Israel’s mission to the UN in Geneva did not immediately respond
to a request for comment.“Israel is not taking any measures to provide
accommodation for the evacuated population, nor ensure that these
evacuations are conducted in satisfactory conditions of hygiene, health,
safety and nutrition,” said Al-Kheetan.Over half of northern Gaza
appears to be under such orders, he said, while those who have been
newly displaced from the south of the enclave in the Rafah area and
forced to go to coastal Al Mawasi were not guaranteed safety there.“We
are deeply concerned about the shrinking space for civilians in Gaza who
are being forcibly displaced by the Israeli army from large swaths of
territory,” the statement added.Emanuel Fabian contributed to this
report.
69% of Israelis, 54% of coalition voters back ending war
in exchange for hostages — poll-Breaking with government, clear majority
appears to prioritize captives; Ron Dermer denies report he has not met
hostages’ families since taking lead on negotiations-By ToI Staff
Today, 11:38 pm-MAR 28,25
Sixty-nine percent of Israelis support
ending the war in exchange for a deal that releases all remaining
hostages in Gaza, compared to 21% who oppose such a trade, according to a
poll aired by Channel 12 Friday.Even among coalition voters, a majority
(54%) back such a move compared to 32% who oppose it.Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has long refused any suggestion of
ending the war in exchange for the return of the 59 remaining hostages,
saying the fighting can only end when the Hamas terror group is removed
from power and can no longer pose a threat to Israel.Of those 59
hostages, 24 are still believed to be alive.The government also refused
to hold negotiations on a potential second phase of the ceasefire deal —
though it had agreed to do so under the original agreement. The second
phase would have seen the release of the remaining living hostages in
exchange for a permanent end to the war and a full Israeli withdrawal
from Gaza. The deal’s third phase envisioned the release of bodies held
by both sides.Netanyahu instead has sought to secure the release of
additional hostages through an extension of phase one’s temporary
ceasefire, which would allow Israel to later resume fighting against
Hamas. The government argues that agreeing to end the war now in
exchange for the remaining hostages would allow Hamas to remain in
power. Hamas has so far refused such a deal.On March 18, Israel renewed
intensive military operations throughout Gaza, saying it would no longer
grant Hamas respite if it did not continue releasing hostages.The
resumption of fighting in Gaza without the return of the hostages, along
with other contentious steps taken by the government against the
judiciary and the security establishment, triggered a wave of mass
protests throughout Israel, with reports of over 100,000 Israelis
demonstrating nationwide last Saturday.Meanwhile, Channel 12 reported
Friday that Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer has yet to meet with a
single hostage family or present his own initiative for a hostage deal
since taking over as the head of Israel’s hostage negotiating team last
month.Dermer’s office issued a statement insisting that he has met with
four hostage families in the last two weeks, but declined to reveal the
names of those families.Critics have argued that additional military
operations endanger the remaining living hostages and won’t accomplish
what Israel was unable to do over the first 15-plus months of the war.
Arab allies have instead proposed sidelining Hamas through a diplomatic
initiative that includes gradually returning the Palestinian Authority
to govern Gaza, something Netanyahu has flatly rejected, as he accuses
the PA of implicitly backing terror against Israel.Hamas released 30
hostages — 20 Israeli civilians, five soldiers and five Thai nationals —
and the bodies of eight slain Israeli captives during a ceasefire
between January and March. The terror group freed 109 civilians in 2023,
and eight hostages have been rescued from captivity by troops alive,
while the bodies of 41 have also been recovered.A senior Arab diplomat
told The Times of Israel on Thursday that Qatar had presented Hamas with
a new US proposal to attempt to restore the ceasefire in Gaza through
the release of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander.In exchange for
Alexander’s release, US President Donald Trump would issue a statement
calling for calm in Gaza and the resumption of negotiations for a
permanent ceasefire, the diplomat said, confirming reports on Channel 12
and the Axios news site.The Arab diplomat expressed skepticism that
Hamas would agree to release Alexander for only a statement from Trump
and said the terror group would likely ask for something more
substantial.Hamas has yet to respond to the latest US proposal, but
Qatari mediators told the terror group that compliance would create
goodwill for them with Trump, making it more likely that he will push
Netanyahu to agree to a permanent ceasefire, the diplomat added.Qatari
and Egyptian mediators met with a Hamas delegation in Doha on Thursday
evening to discuss the latest US proposal, the Arab diplomat said.How
Israel will respond to it is also unclear. Netanyahu held consultations
with his security chiefs and top advisers on Thursday to discuss the
matter, according to an Israeli official.Netanyahu on Wednesday
threatened to intensify Israel’s military campaign in Gaza if Hamas
didn’t begin releasing hostages, saying the IDF would begin occupying
additional parts of the Strip.The premier insisted earlier this week
that Israel is nearing the defeat of Hamas — something he has been
claiming for over a year.
Netanyahu said to task Mossad with
finding countries to house Gazans-With Trump’s focus elsewhere, report
says Israel has reached out to Sudan, Somalia, Indonesia and other
nations about taking in Palestinians but the outreach has yet to bear
fruit-By ToI Staff 28 March 2025, 9:16 pm
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has directed the Mossad intelligence agency to identify
countries that would be willing to take in large numbers of displaced
Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, according to a report Friday.While
several countries have taken in small numbers of sick Palestinians —
mainly children — for treatment, no country to date has agreed to host a
significant number of Gazans, who themselves appear uninterested in
leaving en masse.Nonetheless, Israel is seeking to advance the removal
of Palestinians from Gaza, with some of the biggest proponents being
Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben
Gvir.The Israeli effort received a tailwind from US President Donald
Trump, who last month announced his plan for the United States to take
over Gaza and relocate the entire population of two million people. He
has since softened the half-baked proposal, clarifying that no
Palestinians will be forcibly evicted and denying that the relocation
plan would amount to ethnic cleansing.Israel has also insisted that
Gazans would not be forced to leave, but officials have not spelled out
how such voluntary emigration could be incentivized and what should
happen if it were unsuccessful.According to the Axios news site, the US
has not been actively working to advance Trump’s plan, with Mideast
envoy Steve Witkoff focused instead on restoring the ceasefire and
hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.Israel has tried to fill the
vacuum, holding talks with the conflict-plagued East African countries
of Somalia and South Sudan, along with Indonesia and other countries,
about them taking in Palestinians, Axios reported, citing two Israeli
officials and a former US official. Those talks have yet to bear
fruit.Previous reports have named Syria, Sudan and the breakaway Somali
region of Somaliland as potential destinations for relocating Gazans
that the US and Israel are eying.The Palestinian Authority and the Arab
world has pushed back vehemently against efforts to relocate Gazans,
arguing that Palestinians should be allowed to remain in the Strip and
that moving them elsewhere will simply spur more conflict and extremism
elsewhere.Israel and the US have argued that Gaza is not a safe place to
live after nearly a year and a half of Israeli bombardment targeting
Hamas and that Palestinians should be given the opportunity to move
elsewhere. But Israel’s refusal to publicly commit to allowing
Palestinians who leave the ability to return has led to further
questioning of its motives.Trump first revealed his relocation proposal
as Netanyahu visited the White House amid the now-defunct ceasefire and
hostage release deal that was mediated by the US, Qatar and Egypt. The
agreement halted 15 months of war in Gaza that began on October 7, 2023,
when the Palestinian terror group Hamas led over 5,000 attackers to
invade southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and abducting 251, mostly
civilians.The war caused widespread devastation in Gaza, raising the
need for a comprehensive rehabilitation plan that Israel has demanded
include a new administration to replace Hamas’s rule.Egypt hurriedly put
forward a plan after Arab nations were spooked by Trump’s proposal to
rebuild the Strip as a “Riviera of the Middle East.”The Arab plan
envisions an independent committee of technocrats running Gaza for a
six-month period before handing off control of the Strip to the
Palestinian Authority. It provides for Palestinians to remain in the
Strip while it is being rebuilt, as opposed to Trump’s proposal that the
entire population be relocated.The Trump administration has sent mixed
signals about the Egyptian plan
IDF arrests over 20 Palestinians
after settlers raid southern West Bank village-At least 6 Palestinians
said wounded; no Israelis detained for attack on Jinba, which police say
came after 2 Jews in the area were assaulted-By Nurit Yohanan-and Jacob
Magid-28 March 2025, 8:11 pm
Twenty-two residents of the
southern West Bank Palestinian village of Jinba were arrested by the IDF
on Friday morning, a resident of the hamlet told The Times of Israel,
with the military saying it detained people involved in a violent
confrontation with Israeli settlers — none of whom were arrested.Footage
from the scene shortly before the Israel Defense Forces arrived showed
dozens of settlers raiding the village, attacking residents and
property. At least six Palestinians were injured in the assault, four of
whom were taken to a hospital, the Haaretz daily reported, citing
residents. The IDF said an Israeli was also injured during the
violence.Residents of Jinba, in the southern West Bank’s Masafer Yatta
area, accused the IDF of using excessive force, saying soldiers hurled
stun grenades inside homes. Haaretz cited Masafer Yatta council head
Nidal Younis as saying that settlers also threw stun grenades. Younis
was among the Palestinians detained at Jinba, according to the
newspaper.The settler attack on Jinba followed reports of violence
against Jews, according to police and the military.Police said officers
were dispatched to the area after two Jewish shepherds were assaulted
south of Susiya, one of the Masafer Yatta villages.The IDF said it had
received a report that an Israeli citizen was attacked near the southern
West Bank’s Mitzpeh Yair outpost. Troops dispatched to the scene along
with police officers “began a chase after the terrorists,” the IDF said,
without clarifying how forces knew whom to pursue.“Shortly thereafter, a
violent confrontation developed between several Israeli citizens and
several Palestinians, during which an Israeli civilian was injured and
evacuated for medical treatment,” the IDF said. “A report was received
regarding several Palestinians who were injured and received treatment
from medical personnel.”“IDF troops worked to disperse the violent
confrontation and arrested several Palestinian suspects near the
location. The suspects were transferred for further interrogation,” the
army added.The West Bank has seen a spike in violence since October 7,
2023, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed southern Israel to
kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages, sparking the war in
Gaza.In the West Bank, the military has undertaken large-scale
counterterrorism operations that have killed hundreds of people — the
vast majority of them combatants, according to the IDF — and displaced
tens of thousands.Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank’s South Hebron Hills,
has faced frequent raids by settlers and soldiers. It is the subject of
Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” about Israel’s demolitions in
the area, which the military has designated a live-fire training
zone.Israeli forces on Monday night arrested the film’s co-director,
Hamdan Ballal, a resident of Masafer Yatta, after he was reportedly
injured during clashes between settlers and Palestinians in the southern
West Bank village of Susya. He was released the next day. Two other
Palestinians and an Israeli were also detained.Arrests of Israelis in
incidents of settler violence are extremely rare. The head of the
police’s West Bank division is currently under investigation for
allegedly refusing to crack down on the phenomenon to curry favor in the
eyes of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.Israel’s
failure to prosecute near-daily incidents of settler violence led the
previous White House and multiple European governments to begin
sanctioning violent settlers last year. US President Donald Trump
scrapped his predecessor’s sanctions shortly after taking office in
January.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Intense
wave of suspected US airstrikes hit Houthi-held cities,
airport-Particularly fierce attacks injure at least seven according to
initial reports, though true extent of damage not immediately known; US
yet to offer information on action-By Jon Gambrell 28 March 2025, 1:19
pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected US airstrikes
pummeled sites across Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels early
Friday, including neighborhoods in the capital, Sanaa.The extent of the
damage and possible casualties wasn’t immediately clear, though the
number of strikes appeared particularly intense compared to other days
in the campaign that began on March 15.An Associated Press review has
found the new American operation under US President Donald Trump appears
more extensive than those under former president Joe Biden, as the US
moves from solely targeting launch sites to firing at ranking personnel
as well as dropping bombs in cities.Initial reports from the Houthis
described at least seven people being hurt in the attacks Friday in
Sanaa, Yemen’s capital that the rebels have held since 2014. Other
strikes hit around the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, the rebels’
stronghold of Saada, and in Yemen’s al-Jawf Amran, and Marib
governorates.The Houthis did not immediately acknowledge what had been
specifically targeted, other than Sanaa International Airport, which is
used for both civilian and military traffic. Neighborhoods in the
capital are also home to military and intelligence service sites, as
well as crowded with civilians.An Associated Press video showed one bomb
dropping into Sanaa, with a huge plume of smoke rising into the night
sky, with many people awake in the final days of the Muslim holy fasting
month of Ramadan.Other areas hit included mountainous terrain north of
Sanaa in Amran, where military camps and other installations are
believed to be. The Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news network described
communication networks going down after the attacks, which included at
least 19 strikes there alone.The US military’s Central Command, which
now has authority from the White House to strike offensively in Yemen
without pre-approval, did not immediately acknowledge conducting any
strikes. The command, which under Biden offered details on individual
strikes, has not provided that information in this campaign.The new
campaign of airstrikes, which the Houthis say have killed at least 57
people, started after the rebels threatened to begin targeting “Israeli”
ships again over Israel’s blocking aid entering the Gaza Strip. The
rebels in the past have had a loose definition of what constitutes an
Israeli ship, meaning other vessels could be targeted as well.The
Houthis had targeted over 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones,
sinking two vessels and killing four sailors during their campaign
targeting ships from November 2023 until January of this year. They also
launched attacks targeting American warships, though none have been hit
so far.The attacks greatly raised the Houthis’ profile as they faced
economic problems and launched a crackdown targeting any dissent and aid
workers at home amid Yemen’s decade-long stalemated war that has torn
apart the Arab world’s poorest nation.
Daily Briefing Mar. 28:
Day 539 – Huckabee: Judge my actions, not my Judea and Samaria stance-US
bureau chief Jacob Magid weighs in on Egypt’s ceasefire proposal, one
of many on the table; Saudi normalization that’s now off the table; and
the incoming US ambassador to Israel-With:Amanda Borschel-Dan-Jacob
Magid-Lazar Berman 28 March 2025, 1:15 pm
Welcome to The Times of
Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s
happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.US bureau
chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s Daily
Briefing, which will be followed by a full episode of ToI’s newest
podcast series, the Friday Focus with Lazar Berman.An Egyptian proposal
to end renewed fighting in Gaza would see five living hostages released
on the first day of the restored ceasefire, with another five living
hostages released every 7-10 days, two foreign diplomats with knowledge
of the details told The Times of Israel on Wednesday. Magid delves into
what else is being reported about this proposal, one of several on the
table right now.One well-connected US analyst of the Middle East told
Magid this week that the current Israeli government has all but
foreclosed any chance for a normalization deal. We hear what Brian
Katulis, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI) who
regularly speaks to Saudi and other regional officials, has to say — and
what the Saudis are potentially planning in the meantime.US President
Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee,
tried to present a more moderate stance on Israel and the West Bank — or
Judea and Samaria, as he calls the contested land — and urged lawmakers
at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday to judge him based on his
ability to represent the new administration. Magid weighs in.In the
Friday Focus, Berman illuminates the ongoing prejudice against Israel’s
Christians, who make up almost 2 percent of the country’s population.
Lebanon,
Syria ink border demarcation deal, easing tensions after Assad’s
fall-Beirut and Damascus to increase coordination to ensure security
along border, which Hezbollah uses to smuggle weapons, and where deadly
clashes broke out earlier this month-By AP 28 March 2025, 12:57 pm
BEIRUT,
Lebanon — Lebanon and Syria have signed an agreement on border
demarcation and to boost coordination between the two countries
regarding security along their tense frontier, the Saudi Press Agency
reported Friday.The deal signed by the Lebanese and Syrian defense
ministers in Saudi Arabia late Thursday came after clashes in border
areas earlier this month left several people dead and dozens wounded on
both sides.The plan for border demarcation also comes after the ouster
in early December of the 54-year Assad family rule in Syria, leading to
tensions along the frontier where Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group was
active on both sides of the border during Syria’s 14-year conflict.
Hezbollah had been fighting in Syria alongside Assad during the conflict
that has left half a million people dead.The deal also comes after the
14-month Israel-Hezbollah war, instigated by the Iran-backed terror
group, that weakened its power in Lebanon.Israel has frequently bombed
the Lebanon-Syria border to disrupt weapons smuggling efforts by
Hezbollah.Lebanese Defense Minister Michel Menassa was scheduled to
visit the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Wednesday but the visit was
canceled. Menassa and his Syrian counterpart, Murhaf Abu Qasra, later
flew to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, where they held talks
attended by Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman and signed the
deal.The Saudi agency said the Lebanese and Syrian ministers signed an
agreement in which both sides agreed on the “strategic importance of
demarcating their border” and the formation of legal and specialized
committees in different fields. It added that both countries agreed to
“activate coordination mechanisms” to deal with any security challenges
along the border.It said Saudi Arabia backs security and stability in
both countries which boosts regional security.Over the past weeks,
authorities on both sides of the nearly 400-kilometer-long (250-mile)
border have been closing smuggling routes along the unmarked
frontier.Earlier this month, intense clashes broke out along the border
after Syria’s interim government accused fighters from Hezbollah of
crossing into Syria, abducting three soldiers and killing them on
Lebanese soil. The Lebanese government said the three killed were
smugglers.Hezbollah denied involvement, and some other reports pointed
to local clans in the border region that are not directly affiliated
with Hezbollah but have been involved in cross-border smuggling.
Authorities in Beirut at the time said seven Lebanese citizens were
killed and 52 were wounded.Times of Israel staff contributed to this
report.
3,600-year-old tomb of unidentified pharaoh uncovered in
Egypt-Archaeologists date tomb, apparently stripped bare by ancient
grave robbers, to chaotic Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was
divided into at least 4 kingdoms-By Will Dunham 28 March 2025, 9:38 am
REUTERS
— Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of
an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos, dating
to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in Egypt’s history.The
discovery of the tomb seven meters (23 feet) underground at the ancient
necropolis of Anubis Mountain was announced by the University of
Pennsylvania Museum and Egyptian archaeologists. It marked the second
discovery announced this year of a tomb of an ancient Egyptian king.The
burial chamber discovered in January at Abydos, an important city in
ancient Egypt located about 10 km (6 miles) from the Nile River, was
bare — apparently long ago plundered by grave robbers. The name of the
king once buried inside was originally recorded in hieroglyphic texts on
plastered brickwork at the chamber’s entrance alongside painted scenes
showing the sister goddesses Isis and Nephthys.“His name was in the
inscriptions but did not survive the depredations of ancient tomb
robbers. Some candidates include kings named Senaiib and Paentjeni who
we know from monuments at Abydos — they ruled in this era — but whose
tombs have not been found,” University of Pennsylvania Egyptian
archaeology professor Josef Wegner, one of the leaders of the excavation
work, said on Thursday.In addition to the decorated entryway, the
burial chamber featured a series of other rooms capped by five-meter
(16-foot) high vaults fashioned from mudbrick.The tomb dates to a time
known as the Second Intermediate Period, which ran from 1640 BCE to 1540
BCE and bridged the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom eras when Egyptian
pharaohs were among the most powerful figures in the region.“The
political history of the era is fascinating and not fully understood, a
kind of ‘warring states’ period that ultimately gave birth to Egypt’s
New Kingdom,” said Wegner, curator of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian
section.Among these was the Abydos Dynasty, a series of kings who ruled
part of Upper Egypt — the southern portion of the Egyptian realm.“Egypt
was fragmented with as many as four rival kingdoms, including the Hyksos
of the Nile Delta,” said Wegner. “The Abydos Dynasty was one of these.
How it broke apart and was then reunified includes important questions
of social, political, and technological change.”The tomb of the
unidentified king is built inside the larger tomb complex of an earlier
and powerful pharaoh named Neferhotep I. Its architecture shows
connections with earlier Middle Kingdom and later Second Intermediate
Period royal tombs, Wegner said.“It seems to be the largest and earliest
of the Abydos Dynasty group. There may be others in this same area next
to the tomb of Neferhotep I,” Wegner said.Wegner’s team previously
uncovered the tomb of another Abydos Dynasty ruler named Seneb-Kay in
2014.“The new king’s tomb is likely a predecessor of Seneb-Kay. There
are others in the area. Work in royal cemeteries is slow and
painstaking, so it takes a while for results,” Wegner said.The
excavations are ongoing.The Second Intermediate Period began almost a
millennium after the construction of the towering Giza pyramids outside
Cairo that held the tombs of certain Old Kingdom pharaohs. Many New
Kingdom pharaohs were buried in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor,
including Tutankhamun — popularly known as King Tut – whose 14th-century
BCE tomb and its full contents were unearthed in 1922.Egypt’s Ministry
of Tourism and Antiquities announced on February 18 that a joint
Egyptian-British archaeological team had identified an ancient tomb near
Luxor dating to the 15th century BCE as that of New Kingdom pharaoh,
Thutmose II.
Putin calls to remove Zelensky, 'finish off' Ukrainian troops-by AFP Staff Writers.
Murmansk,
Russia (AFP) Mar 28, 2025-Russian President Vladimir Putin called
Friday for a "transitional administration" to be put in place in Ukraine
and vowed his army would "finish off" Ukrainian troops, in hardline
remarks as US President Donald Trump pushes for a ceasefire.A
rapprochement between Washington and Moscow since Trump's return to
office and the US leader's threats to stop supporting Kyiv have
bolstered Putin's confidence more than three years into an offensive
that has killed tens of thousands on both sides.Ukraine fears it could
be forced to accept a final peace deal on terms that are favourable to
Moscow if it loses the support of its most important backer.The renewed
call to essentially topple Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky was the
latest demonstration of Putin's long-standing desire to install a more
Moscow-friendly regime in Kyiv."We could, of course, discuss with the
United States, even with European countries, and of course with our
partners and friends, under the auspices of the UN, the possibility of
establishing a transitional administration in Ukraine," Putin said on
the sidelines of an Arctic forum."What for? To organise a democratic
presidential election that would result in the coming to power of a
competent government that would have the confidence of the people, and
then begin negotiations with these authorities on a peace agreement and
sign legitimate documents," he said.When launching its offensive in
2022, Moscow aimed to take Kyiv in a matter of days, but was repelled by
Ukraine's smaller army.In the first days of the offensive, Putin issued
a public call for Ukraine's generals to topple Zelensky, whom Putin has
repeatedly denigrated, without providing any evidence, as a neo-Nazi
and drug addict.Moscow has also repeatedly questioned Zelensky's
"legitimacy" as Ukrainian president, after his initial five-year mandate
ended in May 2024.Under Ukrainian law, elections are suspended during
times of major military conflict, and Zelensky's domestic opponents have
all said elections should not be held until after the conflict.Putin,
in power for 25 years and repeatedly elected in votes with no
competition, has throughout the conflict accused Ukraine of not being a
democracy.- 'Finish them off' -Putin also called for his troops to press
their advantage on the battlefield and step up their attacks, even as
he says Moscow has halted its strikes on Ukrainian energy targets."I was
saying not so long ago: 'We will finish them off.' There are reasons to
believe that we will finish them off," Putin said."We are gradually,
not as fast as some would like, but nevertheless persistently and
confidently moving toward achieving all the goals stated at the
beginning of the special operation," the Kremlin leader added, using his
term for the offensive.Russia's army on Friday claimed to have captured
a village in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region and retaken a border
settlement in its own Kursk region.The United States is trying to
broker a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv.Putin rejected a joint
US-Ukrainian proposal for an unconditional and full ceasefire, but says
it has agreed not to strike Ukrainian energy targets for 30 days.Kyiv
and Moscow have traded accusations of breaking that pledge.Ukraine's
state oil and gas operator, Naftogaz, said that Russia attacked its
facilities overnight and Zelensky on Thursday called on Washington to
"react" to the ongoing strikes.Russia's defence ministry accused Ukraine
of firing rockets and more than a dozen drones at its energy
infrastructure over the past 24 hours.The Ukrainian air force said
Russia had launched 163 drones at the country in its latest aerial
attack, with regional officials reporting fires at infrastructure and
agricultural sites in the south of the country.Emergency services in the
southern Odesa region of Ukraine published images of buildings on fire
after the attack and said one person was wounded.- 'Few answers'
-"Russia is trying to derail the path to peace by choosing to continue
the war," Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian presidency's chief of staff, said
in response to the attacks.Officials in the Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk
regions said the Russian attacks had damaged agricultural facilities
there.Zelensky met in Paris on Thursday with Ukraine's key European
backers in a bid to strike a unified position of support against Trump's
overhaul of US policy on Ukraine.But he said after the talks he had
"many questions" and "few answers" over discussions led by France and
Britain on a possible European troop deployment as part of any wider
ceasefire or peace deal.
Trump says Iran faces 'bad, bad things' if no nuclear deal.
Washington,
March 28 (AFP) Mar 28, 2025-Donald Trump said Friday that Iran faces
severe consequences if it fails to reach a nuclear deal, after Tehran
responded to a letter from the US president calling for talks."I sent
them a letter just recently, and I said: you have to make a decision,
one way or the other, and we either have to talk and talk it out or very
bad things are going to happen to Iran," Trump told reporters in the
Oval Office."I don't want that to happen. My big preference -- and I
don't say this through strength or weakness -- my big preference is, we
work it out with Iran. But if we don't work it out, bad bad things are
going to happen to Iran."Trump, who in 2018 pulled the United States out
of an agreement to relieve sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its
nuclear program, now says he is open to talks on a deal that could
reduce the risk of military escalation.The US president revealed at the
start of March that he had sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.At the same time, Trump has pushed ahead with his
"maximum pressure" program of additional sanctions on Tehran and the
threat of military action if it refuses to negotiate.Tehran has refused
to negotiate directly with Washington under these circumstances, but has
held out the possibility of indirect talks.On Thursday, Iran's Foreign
Minister Abbas Araghchi told the official IRNA news agency that he had
delivered a letter responding to Trump's outreach to Oman, which has
served as an intermediary in the past in the absence of US-Iran
diplomatic relations.
WAR.WIRE-Iran says it has responded to Trump's nuclear talks letter.
Tehran,
March 28 (AFP) Mar 28, 2025-Iran has sent a response to a letter from
US President Donald Trump that called for nuclear talks and warned of
possible military action if it refuses, its foreign minister said
Thursday."This official response includes a letter in which our position
regarding the current situation and Mr Trump's letter has been fully
explained to the other party," Abbas Araghchi told the official IRNA
news agency.He added that the letter was delivered to Oman, which has
served as an intermediary in the past in the absence of US-Iranian
diplomatic relations.He did not disclose the nature of the response nor
say when it had been sent.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asked by
reporters on his plane over the Caribbean whether the United States has
received the letter, said: "I'm not going to comment on that yet".He
said that the United States had expected there to be a response and
"obviously at that point, the president will decide what steps if he any
he wants to take next".Trump, who in 2018 pulled the United States out
of an agreement to relieve sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its
nuclear programme, now says he is open to diplomatic talks.The US
president revealed at the start of March that he had sent a letter to
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.At the same time, Trump has
pushed ahead with his "maximum pressure" programme of additional
sanctions on Tehran and the threat of military action if it refuses to
negotiate."Our policy remains not to negotiate directly (with
Washington) under 'maximum pressure' and the threat of military action,
but indirect negotiations, such as those that took place in the past,
can continue," Araghchi said.- Intermediaries -Iran and the United
States have not had official diplomatic relations since 1980.However,
the two countries have engaged indirectly via the Swiss embassy in
Tehran, which represents US interests in Iran.Oman has also played the
role of mediator in the past, as has Qatar, to a lesser extent.Trump's
letter was delivered to Iran by the United Arab Emirates.Iran agreed to
the deal curbing its nuclear programme in 2015 after negotiations with
major powers including the United States and China.Western government
have for decades suspected that Tehran is pursuing a nuclear weapons
capability, a charge that Iran denies, insisting that the programme is
solely for civilian purposes.Iran continued to respect the deal for a
year after Trump pulled out, according to the International Atomic
Energy Agency, before rolling back its commitments.The US decision to
withdraw was driven in part by Iran's ballistic missile programme, which
was not covered by the deal and which Washington perceived as a threat.
FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS FROM HEAVEN
LUKE 21:11,25-26
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
heaven.so was not yet deemed a threat to land.The storm was located
about 580 miles (930 kilometers) west-southwest of the southernmost tip
of the Cabo Verde Islands and had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85
kph), the center said.The storms churned in the Atlantic as rescuers in
the U.S. Southeast searched for people unaccounted for after Hurricane
Helene struck last week, leaving behind a trail of death and
catastrophic damage.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING
UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in
the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) 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)
EARTHQUAKES
EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7 So I
prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise,
and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his
bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND
SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11 Then he said
unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold,
they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for
our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to
come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place
you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it,
and performed it, saith the LORD.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation
shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be
earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles:
these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great
earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME)
and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall
there be from heaven.
REVELATION 11:11-14
11 And after three
days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they
stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12
And they(ELIJSH-MOSES) heard a great voice from heaven saying unto
them, Come up hither.(REV 4:1 WE KNOW IS THE RAPTURE FOR SURE) And they
ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld
them.(RAPTURED)
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake,
and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of
men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to
the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
REVELATION 16:18-20
18
And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a
great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so
mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city (JERUSALEM)
was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and
great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup
of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Massive
7.7 quake topples buildings, kills more than 150 in Myanmar,
Thailand-Death toll expected to rise further as ill-equipped Myanmar’s
ruling junta makes rare plea for international assistance-By Sebastien
BERGER, Hla-Hla HTAY and Damon Wake 28 March 2025, 1:34 pm
NAYPYIDAW,
Myanmar (AFP) — A huge earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand on Friday,
killing more than 150 people and injuring hundreds, with dozens trapped
in collapsed buildings and the death toll expected to rise.The shallow
7.7-magnitude tremor hit northwest of the city of Sagaing in central
Myanmar in the early afternoon, and was followed minutes later by a
6.4-magnitude aftershock. The quake flattened buildings, downed bridges,
and cracked roads across swaths of Myanmar, and even demolished a
30-story skyscraper under construction hundreds of miles away in
Bangkok.While the full extent of the catastrophe is yet to emerge, the
leader of isolated Myanmar, in the grip of a civil war, issued a rare
plea for international aid.Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing said 144 people
had been killed, with 732 confirmed injured, but warned the toll was
“likely to rise.”Eight deaths have been confirmed so far in Thailand,
with more expected.“I would like to invite any country, any
organization, or anyone in Myanmar to come and help. Thank you,” he said
in a televised speech, after visiting a hospital in the capital
Naypyidaw.He urged massive relief efforts in the wake of the disaster
and said he had “opened all ways for foreign aid”.US President Donald
Trump said Washington would be offering assistance.‘Mass casualty
area’Four years of civil war sparked by the military seizing power have
ravaged Myanmar’s infrastructure and healthcare system, leaving it
ill-equipped to respond to such a disaster.Power is down in parts of
Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon, the local utility said.The country
declared a state of emergency across the six worst-affected regions
after the quake.Hundreds of casualties arrived at a major hospital in
Naypyidaw, where the emergency department entrance had collapsed on a
car.Medics treated the wounded outside the hospital, the same one
visited by the junta chief. One official described it as a “mass
casualty area.”“I haven’t seen (something) like this before. We are
trying to handle the situation. I’m so exhausted now,” a doctor told
AFP.Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, appeared to have been badly
hit. AFP photos from the city showed multiple buildings in ruins.A
resident reached by phone told AFP that a hospital and a hotel had been
destroyed, and said the city was badly lacking in rescue personnel.The
main road bridge linking Mandalay and Sagaing was down, the city’s
university and historic palace wall have collapsed, and telecoms have
been affected, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies said.Skyscraper collapse-Across the border in
Thailand, a 30-storey skyscraper under construction collapsed into a
tangled heap of rubble and dust in a matter of seconds.Interior Minister
Anutin Charnvirakul said eight dead bodies have been recovered and,
with between 90 and 110 people unaccounted for, the toll is expected to
rise.“We see several dead bodies under the rubble. We will take time to
bring the bodies out to avoid any further collapses,” he told
reporters.“I heard people calling for help, saying ‘help me,'” Worapat
Sukthai, deputy police chief of Bang Sue district, told AFP.As night
fell, around 100 rescue workers assembled at the scene to search for
survivors, illuminated by specially erected floodlights.Visiting the
site, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said “every building” in
Bangkok would need to be inspected for safety, though it was not
immediately clear how that would be carried out.An emergency zone was
declared in Bangkok, where some metro and light rail services were
suspended.The streets of the capital were full of commuters attempting
to walk home, or simply taking refuge in the entrances of malls and
office buildings.City authorities said parks would stay open overnight
for those unable to sleep at home.Strong quakes are extremely rare in
Thailand, and across Bangkok and the northern tourist destination of
Chiang Mai, stunned residents hurried outside, unsure of how to
respond.“This is the strongest tremor I’ve experienced in my life,” said
Sai, 76, who rushed out of a minimart in Chiang Mai when it started to
shake.The quake was felt across the region, with China, Cambodia,
Bangladesh and India all reporting tremors.India, France and the
European Union offered to provide assistance, while the WHO said it was
mobilising to prepare trauma injury supplies.Pope Francis said he was
“deeply saddened by the loss of life and widespread devastation” in a
telegram published by the Vatican.Earthquakes are relatively common in
Myanmar.A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the ancient capital Bagan
in central Myanmar killed three people in 2016, also toppling spires
and crumbling temple walls at the tourist destination.
Powerful
earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand and kills more than 150 people,
over 700 injured-Over 100 missing in Thailand-ByDAVID RISING and
JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI AP-Friday, March 28, 2025 5:38PM
BANGKOK -- A
powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday,
destroying buildings, bridges and a monastery. At least 144 people were
killed in Myanmar, where photos and video from two hard-hit cities
showed extensive damage. At least 10 died in the Thai capital, where a
high-rise under construction collapsed.
The full extent of death,
injury and destruction was not immediately clear - particularly in
Myanmar, one of the world's poorest countries. It is embroiled in a
civil war, and information is tightly controlled."The death toll and
injuries are expected to rise," the head of Myanmar's military
government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said as he announced on
television that at least 144 people were killed and 730 others were
injured in his country.In Thailand, Bangkok city authorities said 10
people were killed, 16 injured and 101 missing from three construction
sites, including the high-rise.The 7.7 magnitude quake struck at midday,
with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar 's second-largest city.
Aftershocks followed, one of them measuring a strong 6.4 magnitude.In
Mandalay, the earthquake reportedly brought down multiple buildings,
including one of the city's largest monasteries. Photos from the capital
city of Naypyidaw showed rescue crews pulling victims from the rubble
of multiple buildings used to house civil servants.Myanmar's government
said blood was in high demand in the hardest-hit areas. In a country
where prior governments sometimes have been slow to accept foreign aid,
Min Aung Hlaing said Myanmar was ready to accept assistance. The United
Nations allocated $5 million to start relief efforts.But amid images of
buckled and cracked roads and reports of a collapsed bridge and a burst
dam, there were concerns about how rescuers would even reach some areas
in a country already enduring a humanitarian crisis."We fear it may be
weeks before we understand the full extent of destruction caused by this
earthquake," said Mohammed Riyas, the International Rescue Committee's
Myanmar director.Bridge and monastery collapse and dam bursts in
Myanmar-Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the
temblors happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those
affected Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey, a government science
agency, estimated that the death toll could top 1,000.Myanmar's
English-language state newspaper, Global New Light of Myanmar, said five
cities and towns had seen building collapses and two bridges had
fallen, including one on a key highway between Mandalay. A photo on the
newspaper's website showed wreckage of a sign that read "EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT," which the caption said was part of the capital's main
1,000-bed hospital.Elsewhere, video posted online showed robed monks in a
Mandalay street, shooting their own video of the multistory Ma Soe Yane
monastery before it suddenly fell into the ground. It was not
immediately clear whether anyone was harmed. Video also showed damage to
the former royal palace.Christian Aid said its partners and colleagues
on the ground reported that a dam burst in the city, causing water
levels to rise in the lowland areas.Residents of Yangon, the nation's
largest city, rushed out of their homes when the quake struck. In
Naypyitaw, some homes stood partly crumbled, while rescuers heaved away
bricks from the piles of debris. An injured man reclined on a wheeled
stretcher, while another man fanned him in the heat.In a country where
many people already were struggling, "this disaster will have left
people devastated," said Julie Mehigan, who oversees Christian Aid's
work in Asia, the Middle East and Europe."Even before this heartbreaking
earthquake, we know conflict and displacement has left countless people
in real need," Mehigan said.Myanmar's military seized power from the
elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, and is now
involved in a bloody civil war with long-established militias and newly
formed pro-democracy ones.Government forces have lost control of much of
Myanmar, and many places are incredibly dangerous or simply impossible
for aid groups to reach. More than 3 million people have been displaced
by the fighting and nearly 20 million are in need, according to the
United Nations.Bangkok building collapsed in a cloud of dust-In
Thailand, a 33-story building under construction crumpled into a cloud
of dust near Bangkok's popular Chatuchak market, and onlookers could be
seen screaming and running in a video posted on social media. Vehicles
on a nearby freeway came to a stop.Sirens blared across the Thai
capital's downtown as a rescuers streamed to the wreckage. Above them,
shredded steel and broken concrete blocks, some stacked like pancakes,
rose in a towering heap. Injured people were rushed away on gurneys, and
hospital beds were also wheeled outside onto a sidewalk."It's a great
tragedy," Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said after
viewing the site, adding that there was hope that there were still
survivors.The city's elevated rapid transit system and subway shut
down.While the area is prone to earthquakes, they are usually not so
powerful and rarely are felt in the Thai capital. The greater
metropolitan area is home to more than 17 million people, many of whom
live in high-rise apartments.Voranoot Thirawat, a lawyer working in
central Bangkok, said her first indication that something was wrong came
when she saw a light swinging back and forth. Then she heard the
building creaking, and she and her colleagues fled down 12 flights of
stairs."In my lifetime, there was no earthquake like this in Bangkok,"
she said.Fraser Morton, a tourist from Scotland, was in one of Bangkok's
many malls when the quake struck."All of a sudden, the whole building
began to move. Immediately, there was screaming and a lot of panic," he
said. Some people fled down upward-moving escalators, he said.Nearby,
Paul Vincent, a tourist visiting from England, recalled seeing a
high-rise building swaying, water falling from a rooftop pool and people
crying in the streets.The U.S. Geological Survey and Germany's GFZ
center for geosciences said the earthquake was a shallow 10 kilometers
(6.2 miles), according to preliminary reports. Shallower earthquakes
tend to cause more damage.Injuries reported in China-To the northeast,
the earthquake was felt in China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces and
caused damage and injuries in the city of Ruili on the border with
Myanmar, according to Chinese media reports.Videos that one outlet said
were shot by a person in Ruili showed building debris littering a street
and a person being wheeled in a stretcher toward an ambulance.The
shaking in Mangshi, a Chinese city about 100 kilometers (60 miles)
northeast of Ruili, was so strong that people couldn't stand, one
resident told The Paper, an online media outlet.Adam Schreck, Haruka
Naga, Jerry Harmer, Grant Peck and Penny Wang in Bangkok, Jamey Keaten
in Geneva, Ken Moritsugu in Beijing, Edith M. Lederer and Farnoush Amiri
at the United Nations and Jennifer Peltz in New York contributed to
this report.
