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In the news… UN Demands Halt to Escalating Attacks Between Hezbollah, Israel The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday demanded a halt to the increasing attacks between Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorists and Israeli forces and warned that further escalation "carries the high risk of leading to a widespread conflict." Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah pulled back after an exchange of heavy fire across the U.N.-drawn boundary between Lebanon and Israel over the weekend. But their decades-old conflict is far from over and regional tensions linked to the war in Gaza are still high. The Security Council demand that Israel and Hezbollah halt hostilities came in a French-drafted resolution unanimously approved by its 15 members, urging the "relevant actors" to restore "calm, restraint and stability." Council resolutions are legally binding though often ignored. The risk of open warfare remains real, and we are mobilized alongside our regional and international partners to avoid a regional conflagration," France's deputy U.N. ambassador, Nathalie Broadhurst, said before the vote. Israel's U.N. ambassador, Danny Danon, told reporters that he had a message for the Lebanese people: "You and your government have a choice to make, confront Hezbollah today or watch as your country is dragged into chaos and destruction." Lebanon's representative, Hadi Hachem, was far more diplomatic, thanking the council after the vote for its clear message "in favor of stability and a cease-fire." And he urged members: "Let's work together, not only to end the escalation" but toward "a just and comprehensive peace." The resolution extended for another year the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon known as UNIFIL, which was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after a 1978 invasion and has been there ever since. The Security Council expanded the mission after a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah so that peacekeepers could deploy along the Lebanon-Israel border to help Lebanese troops extend their authority into their country's south for the first time in decades. That resolution also called for a full cessation of Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities, which has not happened. Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon frequently accuse the U.N. mission of collusion with Israel, while Israel has accused the peacekeepers of turning a blind eye to Hezbollah's military activities in southern Lebanon. During the ongoing clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL facilities or vehicles have been hit by shelling or gunfire on several occasions. Earlier this month, UNIFIL said three peacekeepers on patrol were lightly injured when an explosion happened near their vehicle. ( end quote)

In the news…. US Flexes Mideast Muscle Amid Pending Iran Attack Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, as the U.S. on Monday said it believes Iran or its proxies may launch a strike against Israel as soon as this week. The moves, announced by the Defense Department Sunday, come as the U.S. and other allies push for Israel and Hamas to achieve a cease-fire that could help calm soaring tensions in the region following the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut. Officials have been on the lookout for retaliatory strikes by Iran and Hezbollah for the killings, and the U.S. has been beefing up its presence in the region.(end quote)

In the news…Blinken: Iran Could Attack Israel in 24 Hours Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an attack by Iran and Hezbollah could happen as early as Monday, reported Axios, citing three sources briefed on a call Blinken had with G7 leaders late Sunday. Blinken coordinated the call with U.S. allies in an effort to put as much last-minute diplomatic pressure as possible on Iran and Hezbollah to temper any potential retaliation against Israel, according to Axios. Sources say Blinken emphasized the importance of preventing an all-out war. Blinken allegedly indicated that the United States is prepared for retaliation from Iran and Hezbollah in response to the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and military commander Fuad Shukr. But, he said, it is unclear what form the relation will take. Sources said Blinken indicated that while the U.S. does not know the exact time of the attacks, they could begin as early as the next 24-48 hours. (End quote)

In the news…. US: Iranian Attack on Israel Could Be Worse Than April Assault According to the sources, the Pentagon has consulted with U.S. Central Command on adjustments to American military deployments in the region, adding that no final decision was made as of Thursday afternoon. Iran’s attack could be launched in the “coming days,” the officials said. The Lebanese Al-Akhbar daily, which is close to Iran’s Hezbollah terrorist proxy, reported on Friday that the assault will involve Tehran’s entire “Axis of Resistance,” which includes Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Yemen’s Houthis, and other regional terrorist groups. In a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, President Joe Biden “reaffirmed” Washington’s backing for Jerusalem’s security, vowing to support it against “all threats from Iran, including its proxy terrorist groups Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.”(end quote) Looks like all out war with Iran and it’s proxies is coming soon.

In the news…. U.S. Deploys 12 Warships Towards Middle East As Tensions Escalate The United States Defense Department has deployed twelve warships to the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea as Middle Eastern tensions escalate. The fleet includes the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt along with destroyers and other warships. The deployment follows the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah military chief Fouad Shoker. Both deaths were attributed to Israel’s national intelligence agency, Mossad. (End quote)

In the news….Iran Threatens Revenge on Israel After Hamas Leader Killed in Tehran Airstrike Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the assassination but suspicion fell on Israel, which has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other leaders of Hamas over the group's Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw some 250 others taken hostage. Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. Iran gave no details on how Haniyeh was killed, and the Guard said the attack was under investigation. A separate Israeli strike in Lebanon on Tuesday that appears to have killed Fouad Shukur, a top Hezbollah military commander whom the U.S. blames for planning and launching the deadly 1983 Marine bombing in the Lebanese capital.(end quote)

In the news…. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Sunday to invade Israel in order to support the Palestinians as the Israel Defense Forces continues to battle Hamas terrorists in Gaza, The Times of Israel reported. "We must be very strong so that Israel can't do these things to Palestine," Erdogan said at a political meeting of his Justice and Development Party in Rize. "Just as we entered [Nagorno-] Karabakh, just as we entered Libya, we might do the same to them. There is nothing we can't do. We must only be strong."(end quote)

In other news… Iran Heat Wave Nearly Breaks World Record Iranians experiencing some of the hottest temperatures 'ever endured by humankind,' as heat index hits 164 degrees (73 C).(end quote) Could this be an act of God? Revelation 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

In the news….All-out War’ Looms as Hezbollah Rocket Kills 12 Israeli Druze Arabs, Including Kids MAGDALA, Israel — Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, said Saturday that Israel faces “all-out war” after a rocket fired by Hezbollah at the Israeli Druze Arab village of Majdal Shams killed at least twelve people, including children, on Saturday evening. Children from ages ten to twelve were playing a soccer game when the rocket hit the field. According to an eyewitness interviewed by Israel’s Channel 13, a warning siren only sounded as the impact happened.(End quote)

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In the news…Netanyahu Heads to D.C. to 'Anchor Bipartisan Support' for Israel Netanyahu's office said on Sunday that the two leaders will meet on Tuesday, ahead of the prime minister's address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on July 24. The Washington meeting will be the first time Biden has hosted Netanyahu at the White House since the Israeli leader returned to office following the Jewish state's 2022 election.(End quote) I wonder if Bibi will get SS protection? I’m sure he will bring his own.😊

In the news….Israel Says it Intercepts Missile Fired from Yemen, Houthis Say They Targeted Eilat Israel said its air defenses intercepted a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen on Sunday and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it had fired several missiles at the Israeli Red Sea city of Eilat. The attack prolonged an escalation of violence between Israel and the Houthis that began on Friday when the Yemeni group launched a drone that hit the center of Tel Aviv, killing one man and wounding four others. Israeli warplanes carried out an air raid near Yemen's Hodeidah port in response on Saturday, hitting what Israel said were Houthi military targets. Six people were killed and 80 others injured in the attack, medical sources in Yemen told Reuters on Sunday, saying that they were all civilians.(end quote)

Here is another way to prove the bottomless pit (the deep) is the same place as hell. Rev 9:11 - And they had a king overthem, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, G12 whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon Notice same word G12 is used to describe where Christ descended …. Rom 10:7 - Or, Who shall descend into the deep? G12 (that is, to bring upChrist again from the dead.) Ephesians 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? And where did Christ descend? Psalm 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Hell is called the “bottomless pit” because it is “never full.” Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are “never full;” so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Hell is referred to as the “pit” Isaiah 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of “the pit.” Ezekiel 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into “the pit:”and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.