Israel War Update, 12-23-23

CHRISTMAS IN ISRAEL

12-23-23, * --  Christmas will be celebrated this week around the world although the birth of Christ is not a well-observed event in my country of Israel. There is only a small fraction of us in Israel who recognize that the Messiah Jesus Christ has already come, being born in Bethlehem over 2000 years ago. Although there is a growing movement of those anticipating the coming of the Messiah as soldiers can be seen gathered together singing, “I believe in the coming of the Messiah, even if he tarries.” They believe in a messiah; they just don’t believe He has already come.

Life goes on in Israel even as the Iron Dome takes out missiles sent from Syria and Lebanon. In Gaza, Khan Yunis and Shahjaya are under nearly constant bombing.  US Defense Sec Austin has chastised us, saying we need to make our attacks more surgical. What the world fails to understand is that the Islamic terrorist's underground network of tunnels is so vast that eradicating the cities below the cities will leave a lot of devastation, even when done with precision weapons. So far, 1500 shafts and tunnels have been found, even large enough for the passage of vehicles.
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Many complain that Israel must balance the destruction with humanitarian aid. I’m struggling to think of any past war when that was a requirement. Is Russia sending humanitarian aid to the Ukrainians who are being displaced? Humanitarian aid that is currently being sent to Palestinian civilians is being stolen by Hamas. Updates:
- In the Judea and Samaria (aka West Bank), there are daily raids rooting out Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists. 
- Up in the north, many are still expecting the war in Lebanon and Syria to launch. The US, Great Britain, France, and Germany are asking their citizens to leave Lebanon and Syria, along with Iraq and Yemen. ​

Hezbollah in Lebanon has funding, training and 250,000 missiles in their arsenal
- In Syria, the IDF struck hard around Damascus and al-Dimas this past week. 
- Hamas Commander and doctor ... Ahmed al-Kahlout, director of the Kamal Aswan Hospital in Gaza, was arrested by the IDF ... he's revealed that Hamas used his hospital as a military post, and he registered terrorists as medical staff to shield them from scrutiny. He also admitted to using his hospital to hide a captured Israeli soldier. Our world is not into facts anymore as the world chastises Israel.

This is the time we are living in; delusion is incredibly strong. We are feeling the soon rise of the antichrist. His spirit is already here. People’s gullibility to the lies of the enemy will only increase as time goes on. Our blessed hope is our soon rapture. The apostle Paul warned the Thessalonians:
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 – “Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

*Excerpted from Amir Tsarfati is a fmr Deputy Governor of Jericho, Israeli tour guide, author, and the Founder and President of Behold Israel. Full original report here https://harbingersdaily.com/amir-tsarfati-surrounded-by-deception-our-world-is-not-into-facts-anymore/