Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry is asking that Christians light a candle in their window at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, December 7, and keep it lit through sundown on December 15, to honor the Jewish community and to stand in solidarity with Israel during this time of crisis. Hannukah is known as the Festival of Lights when each candle on a menorah is lit for the eight days of the celebration. This year, Christians are asked to shine support for Israel and for their Jewish friends and neighbors by lighting a candle as well. “Israel is facing…
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The young IDF soldier shivers in the cold, a sharp contrast to sweating during the desert heat that day. Every member of his elite unit has one of the most highly trained dogs in the world at their side as they lead the way into the tunnels in Gaza, but there are no coats. When one of the young men in this unit tells his family about the extreme cold, his father knows who to call. “You have to help him because, you see, my son is also your child,” said the father to Nir Salomon, executive director of EFRAT,…
Some of the women and children held hostage by Hamas begin returning to Israel, where they are reunited with their families. In the last few days, Israel collectively held its breath as the first hostages to be returned from Hamas captivity began making their way back home. As photos and videos of children held in captivity for 50 days being reunited with their parents began making rounds, a huge sigh of relief could be heard around the country. Continue Reading this article at israel21c.org
Israeli paramedic tells of saving lives during the Hamas attacks on Southern Israel This is the story of Hadas Erlich, a Magen David Adom field paramedic who arrived in the U.S. on November 6 to share her experience treating patients during the Hamas attacks on Southern Israel on October 7, now known as The Black Sabbath. She and her colleagues, fellow paramedics Menachem Blumenthal, and dispatcher Ronit Glaser, will be traveling coast to coast speaking with American audiences about the cruelty and tragedy they witnessed and the ways they responded to bring life and hope. Hadas Erlich pushed her long…
Hamas is preventing hundreds of American citizens from leaving the Gaza Strip, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan revealed to CBS on Sunday, ahead of a scheduled call between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The challenge right now … is that the Egyptians are prepared to let Americans and other foreign nationals out of Gaza. The Israelis have no issue with that. But Hamas is preventing their departure and making a series of demands,” Sullivan told CBS’s “Face the Nation” program. “We’re trying to work through that to create a circumstance where all of the Americans who are in Gaza are…
(October 27, 2023 / JNS) The Israel Defense Forces deployed tanks and soldiers into the Gaza Strip overnight on Thursday to carry out a second targeted raid in as many days, the military said. The incursion included infantry, combat engineering and armored forces, with drones and combat helicopters providing cover, according to the IDF. Additionally, artillery and airstrikes targeted Hamas terror assets, including command centers and anti-tank missile launch sites. Israeli tanks also rolled into the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday night in a pinpoint raid “as part of preparations for the next stages of combat.” Under the lead of…
(October 26, 2023 / JNS) The “Lights of Hope” exhibit on Thursday night in Jerusalem served as a symbol of solidarity with the hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, aimed at raising international awareness of their plight. Representatives of the captives’ families took part in the inauguration event, which was sponsored by the Jerusalem Municipality, via the Ariel Company, at Pais Arena Square (formerly the Jerusalem Arena). The “Lights of Hope” exhibit at Pais Arena Square in Jerusalem illuminates the sky to raise awareness of those being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Oct. 26,…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed before the UN General Assembly several sites in the Lebanese capital of Beirut where he said Hezbollah attempted to convert ground-to-ground missiles to precision missiles. “Israel knows what you are doing, Israel knows where you are doing it, and Israel will not let you get away with it,” Netanyahu said while holding a placard with three different sites in the Lebanese capital accusing Hezbollah of “deliberately using the innocent people of Beirut as human shields.” In the past year; Hezbollah has been trying to build an infrastructure to convert ground-to-ground missiles to precision missiles in the…
NEW YORK – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disclosed on Thursday the existence of a facility in Iran’s capital that he referred to as an “atomic warehouse” full of material related to the country’s nuclear program, and yet undisclosed to the UN’s atomic watchdog agency, in a speech to the UN in New York . Seeking to pressure the International Atomic Energy Agency to pay attention to Israel’s findings and inspect the new site, Netanyahu declassified details of its contents and warned that Iran was in the process of clearing the facility since he revealed in April a special ops raid…
Gaza’s Hamas rulers said on Sunday their indirect ceasefire talks with Israel have halted, despite expressing optimism regarding the deal earlier following a round of meetings with senior Egyptian intelligence officials in the strip on Saturday. Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri blamed the impasse on the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, which has voiced its strong opposition to the talks. Abu Zuhri said that in response, his Islamic militant group is escalating its protests in new locations along Gaza’s borders with Israel. Hamas leaders Egypt and the United Nations have been working to mediate to avoid another large-scale round of violence. On Saturday,…