WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 188 THU SEPTEMBER 03,26 - US,IRAN SHOOT MISSLES AGAIN.
THE NEXT US-ISRAEL HIT ON IRAN SHOULD BE VERSE 37. ALL OFFENSIVE NUKE SITES MISSLES,DRONES,AND OF COURSE KHEMENI AND THE IRGC GUARDS.THEN AFTER IRANS REGIME CHANGE. MUSLIMS COME TO JESUS BY THE MILLIONS.
JEREMEIAH 49:32-39 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITES AND ALL OFENSIVE WEAPONS DESTROYED IN IRAN)
Jeremiah 49:32-39
32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
33 Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.(Location & Size: It was strategically located along the Via Maris (Way of the Sea), a major trade route connecting Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.)
34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(IRAN) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) the chief of their might.(MISSLES AND NUKE SITES)
36 On Elam (IRAN) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(SINCE 1979 IRANIANS HAVE GOTTIN OUT OF IRAN BECAUSE OF KHEMENI AND HIS APOCOPOLIPTIC DEATH CULT BELIEF-BLACK HATER 12ERS)
37 I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life;(ISRAEL THE LITTLE SATAN AND THE U.S THE BIG SATAN) and I will bring evil on them, (MISSLES) even my fierce anger,(FIRE) says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) until I have consumed them; (DESTROYED THEM ALL NUKE SITES,MISSLES ETC)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam,(IRAN WILL BECOME A CHRISTIAN NATION) and will destroy from there king (KHEMENI CLAN) and princes, says Yahweh.(IRANIAN ARMY GUARDS)
39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) says Yahweh.(WERE IN THE LATTER DAYS NOW)
WHEN ARE THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL IN THE SPRING TIME.(GET READY ISLAM TO BE BIRD SEED FOR THESE BIRDS)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m0bXU5Xqc5M
The 500 million migratory birds in Israel during the spring arrive from Africa and head toward Europe and Asia, with the peak migration occurring in March and April. While migration starts in late February, the most intense movements, particularly of birds of prey, storks, and pelicans, occur during the third week of March and continue into April.
Key Details on the Spring Migration
Peak Period: Mid-March through April.
Main Migration Route: The birds use the Great Rift Valley, which includes the Hula Valley and Eilat, acting as a "bottleneck" where millions of birds fly through the narrow land bridge.
Best Spots: The Hula Lake Park (Northern Israel) and the Eilat Birding Center (Southern Israel) are primary locations for observing the migration.
Key Species: Hundreds of thousands of white storks, along with black kites, raptors, and pelicans, pass through over these months.
uration: The spring migration runs from late February and continues into June, though the heaviest traffic is in March/April.
The 500 million migratory birds fly over Israel in the fall between late August and mid-December. The peak migration period for the autumn, when the highest volume of bird traffic occurs, is typically October and November.
Key Fall Migration Details
Location: The Hula Valley (Agamon Hula Park) in northern Israel is the premier spot to witness this phenomenon.
Timing: Migration starts as early as late June with some waders, but intensifies from mid-August through November.
Peak Festival: The "Annual Hula Valley Bird Festival" is usually held in November to align with the peak migration traffic.
Key Species: Many birds of prey (raptors), including honey buzzards and steppe eagles, cross during this time, along with massive flocks of storks and cranes.
While roughly 500 million birds pass through in the autumn on their way to Africa, the same number crosses again in the spring (mid-February to May) on their way back to Europe and Asia.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
Russia said helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles-Russian engineers have made multiple visits to Islamic Republic for project making ramjet engine needed to build high-speed anti-ship and land attack weapon, Financial Times reports By ToI Staff 2 September 2026, 1:21 pm
Russia has been helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles, an advanced weapon that is harder to defend against than subsonic variants, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.According to the newspaper, the development program began in 2023 and, if successful, would give Tehran a significantly greater ability to attack US aircraft carriers and other vessels in the Middle East.The FT said its investigation was based on Russian correspondence, travel records and military patents, and described the program as “one of the most significant known transfers of strategic military technology from Moscow to Tehran.”The project, codenamed “C430L,” was organized by Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state arms exporter, and also involved NPO Mashinostroyenia, a rocket design organization that is under US sanctions.Documents show that officials from both organizations traveled multiple times to Iran before the C430L project was formalized in November 2023, the FT reported.The program continued into 2026, with June correspondence showing discussions on the next stage, though it is not clear if that has begun, the report said. Work was still happening when Iran came under attack from a joint US-Israel campaign this year. The war is still ongoing, though it has become focused on a US-Iran standoff over control of the vital Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has tried to choke off by attacking shipping.The development program is reportedly focused on a ramjet propulsion system that would allow a cruise missile to fly at multiple times the speed of sound. Military experts assessed that the weapon would most likely be used to hit ships and some land targets.Some of Russia’s top experts in the field were involved in the Iranian program, the FT said, and its engineers analyzed data from an Iranian ramjet engine system.The report said that Iran built and tested the system, but there is no evidence that a supersonic cruise missile using the technology has been deployed.“This is the transfer of a highly strategically sensitive military technology from Russia that the Iranians have wanted to acquire for decades,” Fabian Hinz, an expert on Iranian missiles and senior analyst with Conflict Armament Research, told the newspaper. “A program like this would require political clearance from the very top in Russia.”Jim Lamson, a former Iran-focused military analyst with the CIA now at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, added: “If the Russians are able to help the Iranians fix their technical problems, I think this would be one of the more impactful areas of Russian military-technical assistance to Iran in recent years.”The Kremlin, Rosoboronexport and NPO Mashinostroyenia did not respond with comment to the FT.Russia and Iran have long enjoyed close ties, and in January 2025, the two countries signed a strategic partnership agreement to further improve cooperation, including military and defense partnerships.Prior to that, Iran had already been providing Russia with its home-produced Shahed attack drones that have been widely deployed against Ukraine, and Russia now manufactures its own version of the drones.In April, Ukrainian intelligence accused Russia of supplying the Iranians with detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across the Middle East to help Iran strike US forces and other targets, including critical infrastructure in Israel, amid the ongoing war.Last year, the FT reported that Iranian scientists with ties to the regime had made a secret trip late last year to Russia, where they met with military experts and may have sought to advance nuclear weapons work.
China’s Xi arrives in Egypt amid US sanctions threat over Iran links-Egyptian and Chinese banks could be hit by Washington’s boosted sanctions regime; Beijing seeking to prop up relations with US-friendly nations ahead of Xi-Trump meeting By Menna Farouk and Mary Yang 1 September 2026, 10:13 pm
CAIRO, Egypt — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt on Tuesday on a rare trip to the Middle East as both countries face the threat of US sanctions over financial links to Iran.Xi and his wife were greeted on the tarmac by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and the first lady, as well as a performance by an Egyptian folk dance troupe.The two-day visit comes as both countries seek to manage the fallout of the months-long Middle East war, which began when the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, throwing the crucial trade region into crisis.Washington vowed last month to destabilize Iran economically, warning of expanded sanctions against Tehran’s backers and partners that could hit Egyptian and Chinese banks, among others.Xi’s visit “comes at a time when China’s economic interests are directly exposed to the US-Iran war,” said Gamal Salama, political science professor at Egypt’s Suez University.China, a major buyer of Iranian oil, has presented itself as a neutral party in the Middle East conflict, repeatedly calling for a lasting ceasefire.Egypt, a long-time recipient of US military aid, warned against regional escalation after a drone strike hit one of its ports in July.China is “clearly seeking Egypt’s cooperation in managing and shaping regional affairs,” said Liu Jia, a research fellow at the Singapore-based Middle East Institute.Beijing works closely with regional actors such as Egypt, which mediates between Israel and Palestinian groups, Liu added.Both China and Egypt support an independent Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution.“China sees Cairo as a strategic power broker,” said Salama.Egypt’s “relations with both Washington and regional actors give Beijing both political access and diplomatic leverage across a region where China wants a much greater say,” he added.‘Renewing the friendship’As part of its economic pressure campaign targeting Iran, Washington last week said it would cut off the operations of Egypt’s Banque Misr in the UAE from the US financial system.China, in response to the US measures and threats, has vowed to safeguard its interests.Beijing has also sought to shore up ties with US-friendly regional nations ahead of a meeting between Xi and US President Donald Trump expected this month.The Chinese and Egyptian militaries carried out joint air combat exercises in August that featured Beijing’s powerful J-16 fighter jet.Xi’s meeting with his Egyptian counterpart, Sissi, scheduled for Wednesday, follows a visit to Beijing by Jordan’s King Abdullah II, whose country has also been caught up in the US war with Iran.Xi and Sissi are expected to discuss issues including the Gaza war, Iran, and shipping in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, according to Egyptian media.“I look forward to renewing the friendship and working together with President Sissi to… map out a new blueprint for deepening the China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership,” Xi wrote in an editorial published in Egyptian media on Tuesday.The Chinese leader’s first visit to Egypt in a decade comes as the two nations mark 70 years of diplomatic ties.China is a major exporter to Egypt, with its trade surplus reaching $12 billion in the first seven months of 2026, according to Chinese customs data.The leaders are expected to sign agreements on artificial intelligence, transport, energy and investment in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, Egyptian media reported.The meeting with Xi sets Cairo up to land Chinese investments in its local AI and electronics industries, political scientist Salama said.“What Egypt is seeking is strategic autonomy: not breaking with Washington, not aligning completely with Beijing, but creating enough room to pursue its own national interests,” he added.
RUSSIA, IRAN, TURKEY, GERMANY, ARAB, MUSLIMS COME AGAINST ISRAEL.
EZEKIEL 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
REV 9:12-16 CHINA, RUSSIA, MUSLIMS (WHATS LEFT OF THE 1/6TH SLAUGHTER OF RUSSIA, ARAB MUSLIMS IN EZEK 38 & 39 COME AGAINST ISRAEL AND THE EUROPEAN UNION.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION ARMY FROM CHINA TO KILL 2 BILLION PEOPLE ON EARTH) and I heard the number of them.
US Treasury chief threatens Tehran with 'financial violence'US hits Iranian launchers preparing to fire in Hormuz; IRGC targets Jordan, UAE in response
Revolutionary Guards announce ‘the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots’ after American forces strike Iran for first time in a month; no injuries reported in retaliatory attack By Agencies and ToI Staff 31 August 2026, 2:57 am-SEP 1,26
US forces on Sunday struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month, snapping a lull in fighting. Iran swiftly retaliated for what it called a deadly attack, launching missiles at American soldiers stationed in Jordan and the UAE.Forces with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the strait, according to Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for the US Central Command. The US military last week completed clearing sea mines from the strait’s international shipping routes.Semiofficial news outlets in Iran reported sounds of explosions near Larak Island on the strait. The IRGC reported “the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots.”The last time the US military confirmed targeting Iran was on July 29, when it announced a “heavy wave of strikes” on dozens of IRGC targets including coastal surveillance and defense sites. On August 1, US President Donald Trump said he would order the military to hold off on new strikes at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.Sunday’s attack was a “fatal mistake by the Trump regime during the economic war” and the enemy will pay the consequences militarily and economically, an IRGC spokesperson, Gen. Hossein Mohebi, said in a statement carried by Iranian media.Shortly later, the IRGC said it launched an attack on the King Hussein and Al Azraq US bases in Jordan with ballistic missiles in response to the US attack on Larak Island.There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. “Air defense systems intercepted eight missiles that breached the kingdom’s airspace at dawn today, Monday,” according to a statement from Jordan’s army.Additionally, Iran’s army attacked the United Arab Emirates’ Al Minhad Air Base with drones in response to the US strikes, Iranian state TV reported, citing a statement from the army.The army said the attack targeted locations where US forces and helicopters were stationed at the base.There was no immediate comment from the UAE on Iran’s claim, and the UAE’s Defense Ministry had not issued a statement on the matter.In a statement, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it “strongly condemned the American military aggression on Larak,” adding that Iranian forces responded, “in accordance with the inherent right of legitimate defense.”The fighting came just days after the Trump administration said it would turn its focus to increasing economic pressure — rather than military action — to try to end the war with Iran. The shifting strategy centers on threats to punish any country or entity that continues to conduct business with Tehran.The US turn to using sanctions came as the administration weighs diminished munitions stockpiles after months of war, sparking concerns that the prolonged conflict could undermine US military readiness in other parts of the globe.As the conflict grinds on, Trump’s talk of finding a quick end to the war also appears to be fading. He stressed last week that he’s “not in a hurry” to get Iran back to the negotiating table, and he continues making the case that the Islamic Republic’s leadership is on the ropes.Appointments to Iran’s senior security leadership in the past month, however, have signaled Tehran’s defiance after weathering decades of sanctions as well as a lack of tolerance for dissent at home.Trump has consistently emphasized that the US and Israel campaign has been devastating for Iran’s navy and air force. Iranian officials have said the country has suffered $270 billion in direct and indirect damage. Israeli military strikes in the first weeks of the war wiped out much of the theocratic government’s leadership structure.But Iran has found leverage through its strikes against vessels on the Strait of Hormuz, where relatively few ships carrying oil and liquefied natural gas are risking passage. At the same time, a US naval counterblockade of Iranian ports is squeezing energy supplies in Iran amid a shortfall of domestic production, as the US ramps up pressure on its foe.Tehran continues to assert that even after it works out a management plan for the strait with Oman, its neighbor on the other side of the waterway, the US can’t use it until it fulfills its obligations under the memorandum of understanding the countries signed in mid-June.Trump has repeatedly declared that the “Strait of Hormuz is open,” saying 24 vessels passed through last week. But that’s a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that transited daily before the war began.Earlier on Sunday, a multinational coalition overseen by the US Navy said commercial traffic through the strait remained at “reduced levels.”And a monitoring agency run by the British military said an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the strait. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said no casualties or environmental impact had been reported, and cited unspecified military authorities. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.The US military said that as of Sunday, it had redirected 83 commercial vessels and disabled three under its blockade of Iranian ports.‘Financial violence’As the United States intensifies its economic campaign against Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday revealed plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week.“This is going to be financial violence if we have to,” Bessent told the Associated Press in an interview. “We are showing people that we know who you are, you know who you are, and this has got to stop.”Bessent spoke ahead of Group of 20 meetings in Asheville, North Carolina, where he will huddle individually with his counterparts from the world’s major and developing economies to encourage cooperation against Iran.The Trump administration has mostly relied on warnings rather than new sanctions against Iran’s trading partners. There’s also the question of how Trump will handle China, which is Iran’s biggest trading partner and leading buyer of its oil.Bessent, who did not name the bank that he said would be sanctioned this week, told the AP he would speak to his Chinese counterparts at the G20 meeting and “all options are on the table” in terms of sanctioning Beijing for its continued purchases.But he rejected the idea that the administration was reluctant to confront China, calling it “a completely false narrative that the media picked up on.” He insisted that China and the US agree on the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.Treasury’s first official action in this campaign of economic pressure was a proposed rulemaking on Friday, which would, if finalized, sever the Emirati branches of Banque Misr, Egypt’s second-largest bank, from access to the US financial system.In stopping short of imposing sanctions on the Egyptian bank, the Republican administration appeared to be signaling its reluctance to penalize major trading partners that do business with Iran, including China and India.
In first, US targets tankers from Iran state-owned oil firm-US strikes Iranian sites around Hormuz, IRGC says it retaliated against base in Jordan
Trump offers varying explanations for attacks, one of which killed 4 at a wedding according to Iranian officials; Amman says all IRGC missiles were intercepted or landed in remote areas By Agencies, Jacob Magid-and ToI Staff 2 September 2026, 1:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday, and Tehran fired missiles and drones in response, as hostilities flared once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months.The Iranian Red Crescent said four people were killed, including a child, and over 50 others were wounded after a US strike hit a home that was hosting a wedding in the town of Kuhestak in the country’s south.The US strikes followed others on Sunday that abruptly ended a month without military action and threatened to fully reignite a conflict that has spiked global oil prices and posed political problems for Republicans in November’s midterm congressional elections. The renewed fighting comes after US President Donald Trump had appeared to pivot toward trying to bend Iran to his will through economic sanctions.“If the failed nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings,” Trump warned on social media.US Central Command said the latest strikes were in response to Tehran trying to attack commercial ships and American forces in the Middle East. Trump offered additional explanations, first writing on Truth Social that the US strikes were in retaliation for Tehran’s “failed attempt” to lay mines along the Strait of Hormuz.He later told Fox News that the US strikes were actually in response to Iran trying to rebuild its radar.“They tried to rebuild their radar because they can’t see anything,” Trump told Fox. “We waited until it was almost built and then we hit it.”A day earlier, Trump pledged to respond to Iran’s Sunday targeting of US forces in Jordan, offering another possible explanation for Tuesday’s strikes around the Hormuz.The Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed to have retaliated on Tuesday by again firing ballistic missiles at a US base in Jordan along the Gulf of Aqaba coast, according to Iran’s state television. Explosions that appeared to be interceptions of incoming air attacks were seen over the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba.While the IRGC claimed to have killed a large number of US forces, two US officials told Reuters that no casualties have been reported.The Jordanian army said it intercepted 10 of the 13 missiles fired by Iran, while three of the projectiles were allowed to fall in remote areas.Residents of the southern Israeli city of Eilat heard blasts, possibly from impacts or interceptions from the attack.Iran’s military warns of ‘devastating blows’ as country reports attack on airport-Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff and its joint military command said the armed forces would deliver what they described as “crushing and devastating blows” against the United States. The state-run IRNA news agency cited a statement by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which warned that the attacks have only strengthened the Islamic Republic’s resolve and tightened Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s oil normally flows.Explosions were reported across several southern Iranian coastal areas, including the port city of Bandar Abbas that is home to naval and air force facilities, as well as Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Witnesses in Bandar Abbas told The Associated Press that the explosions were stronger than those on Sunday and said they saw smoke rising from the eastern part of the city on the strait.Footage what appears to be a direct impact in Aqaba, Jordan pic.twitter.com/hd07bgVMaY — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) September 1, 2026-Iranian state television said US strikes hit a fishmeal factory on Qeshm Island and several civilian sites in Hormozgan province. It said a fishing pier and a Ports and Maritime Organization tower in Sirik were among the locations struck.State TV also reported that the US military struck the civilian Jiroft Airport in central Iran’s Kerman province, saying a projectile struck an area outside the runway and caused no casualties or damage to airport infrastructure.Iranian state television reported that Tavanir, Iran’s electricity grid management company, said several parts of Hormozgan province’s power network had been struck. It said authorities were working to restore resulting outages.According to Channel 12 news, the US strikes on Iran on Tuesday were broader than previous waves and targeted dozens of sites at least.For the first time, the US was also targeting tankers belonging to Iran’s state-owned oil company as part of a new “tanker-for-tanker” policy, a senior US official told the network. Under the policy, Washington will strike an Iranian oil tanker each time Tehran attacks a tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz.The latest strikes also reportedly targeted air-defense systems, radar installations and anti-ship cruise-missile launchers.According to Channel 12, Iran had recently begun moving weapons from the Tehran area toward the Strait of Hormuz, prompting the US military to warn Trump that Tehran was reestablishing its capabilities in the area and that it was time to “mow the lawn.”In addition to hitting the house housing the wedding, Iranian state media reported that the US had bombed civilian sites along Iran’s southern coast and hit a civilian airport.The US and Iran are both seeking control over the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway off Iran’s coast that is a vital oil shipping corridor. Tehran effectively closed it after the war began at the end of February.Oil prices have moved sharply higher this week with the renewed clashes. Crude, already up about 7% this week, continued to rise following the strikes on Tuesday.The price of crude has jumped more than 50% this year and has dragged the cost of gasoline upward with it. The cost for a gallon of regular gasoline in the US ticked higher again overnight to $4.10, according to AAA. Last year at this time, a gallon cost $3.19.Strikes renew after Iran expressed interest in restoring MOU-Before military action began again, the Trump administration had argued that hitting the right economic target in a campaign of financial isolation would get Tehran to its breaking point. Now, strikes are renewing even as US stockpiles of advanced interceptors have been diminishing and the war has been unpopular among many Americans.A return to open conflict would be dangerous for the region, where Iran has targeted US military bases and infrastructure in Gulf countries since the war began.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said earlier Tuesday before the latest strikes that the Islamic Republic is ready to return to the interim ceasefire deal reached with the US in June if Washington does the same.“If the US returns to its commitments in the memorandum of understanding, the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately reciprocate,” Iranian state media cited Pezeshkian as saying at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan.The June interim deal called for an immediate ceasefire and started a 60-day period for negotiations aimed at reaching a wider agreement, but crumbled soon afterward.In the previous strikes on Sunday, US Central Command said its forces struck Iranian rocket launchers that would launch sea mines into the strait.Iran responded to Sunday’s attacks by launching missiles at US sites in Jordan, which were intercepted, while the United Arab Emirates said it stopped an Iranian drone over its waters. Trump acknowledged Monday that more strikes might be necessary.The American military in recent days has cast the renewed fighting as limited, though Trump had acknowledged Monday that more strikes might be necessary.US Central Command said Monday on X that its attacks on Iranian targets on Sunday were narrowly focused.“US forces took limited, precise action against IRGC minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command said. “In essence, Iran created the threat, and the US military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce.”Central Command reiterated Tuesday that its attacks followed Iranian aggression against commercial vessels and American troops in the region.
Trump: ‘Israel should not worry’ about latest Iran clashes, war will wind down soon-US president muses about changing name of Hormuz to ‘Trump Strait,’ says it’s under American control despite fresh flareup; White House later posts map of Gulf with renamed strait By Jacob Magid
and AFP Today, 12:56 am-SEP 3,26
US President Donald Trump said that Israel should not worry about the ongoing escalation with Iran, and that he doesn’t expect the conflict with the Islamic Republic to last much longer, in a series of comments on Wednesday.Speaking to the Kan public broadcaster in a phone interview, Trump vowed to protect Israel amid the latest escalation that has reverberated across the Middle East.“Israel should not worry. You know why? Because I’m the president and I will take care of Israel,” Trump said.Asked separately by a reporter in the Oval Office specifically about the latest escalation and how much longer it was likely to last, Trump responded, “Not too long.”He then spoke more generally about the broader conflict and insisted that that too will be over soon, without providing a timeline.“I don’t think it will be very much longer. I don’t know how much more they can take,” Trump said of Iran.For months, he claimed that the war would end quickly and that Iran would capitulate, but that has not panned out.The comments came after hostilities between the US and Iran abruptly flared up on Sunday, ending a month without military action and threatening to fully reignite the conflict.Over the weekend, the US struck rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island, prompting Iran to fire missiles toward Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The US hit more Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday in the biggest outbreak of fighting since July.Iran said one of the US strikes on Tuesday killed four people at a wedding, branding it a “war crime,” and launched a wave of retaliatory strikes at US bases in Jordan, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq.US Central Command denied targeting civilians, telling Reuters on Wednesday that the US military “never targets civilians, unlike the Revolutionary Guards.”While Iran has struck countries across the Middle East, it has refrained from hitting Israel in the current round of conflict. Defense Minister Israel Katz said earlier on Wednesday that Israel was prepared to respond “with great force” if attacked by Iran during the Jewish holiday season, which begins next week.Israel and the US jointly launched the war on Iran on February 28 in a bid to destabilize its regime and destroy its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.The fighting entered a truce in April, and the US and Iran signed an interim agreement with Iran in June, but the deal collapsed because of disputes over control of the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran launched a blockade early in the war, prompting the US to retaliate in kind.Since then, the bulk of the tension has been focused on the Strait of Hormuz, with the initial motivations for the war — stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and putting an end to its ballistic missile program — appearing to have largely fallen by the wayside.‘Nice ring to it’Trump insisted on Wednesday the upcoming US midterm elections in early November were not a factor in his decision-making, as is widely thought to be the case.Trump suggested Republican voters are okay with paying more at the pump temporarily because they don’t want Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.Asked about his post earlier on Wednesday in which he wondered aloud when Iranians will revolt against the regime, he again acknowledged that such a rebellion would be difficult as long as protesters weren’t armed.Recalling how regime gunmen have shot protesters, Trump said it was understandable that people have stopped taking to the streets.“That’s why it’s not happening. And who can blame them? But the regime is getting weaker by the day,” he claimed.He also entertained the idea of changing the name of the Strait of Hormuz to “Trump Strait,” despite the fact that the crucial waterway remains contested amid the war with Iran.Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be “hotter” than ever before! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP Advertisement ( TS: Sep 2 2026, 11:23 AM ET )… pic.twitter.com/3QsLUFoWWi — Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) September 2, 2026-“Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before!” Trump said on his Truth Social network.The White House later posted a map of the Gulf on social media with the waterway marked “Trump Strait.”“It’s got a nice ring to it,” the White House post added.It's got a nice ring to it pic.twitter.com/Fmzc9iUu8u — The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 2, 2026-Trump has in recent weeks repeatedly pressed a threat to claim sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, even posting a map showing the waterway as a “new US territory.”Since returning to office last year, Trump has made a string of similar renaming suggestions that started out as apparent attempts to troll his adversaries, but then came to fruition.Last week the 80-year-old Republican signed an order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America” amid a trade war with neighboring Canada.Trump also renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” on his first day back in the White House in January 2025. Neither Mexico nor Canada has accepted the changes.Trump additionally reverted the name of Denali, North America’s highest peak, to its former moniker Mt. McKinley.The billionaire president has also gone on a spree of renaming things after himself, including the Kennedy arts center in Washington, a peace institute, a “Trump Gold Card” for immigration and a “Trump Rx” drug-sales website.The US Treasury meanwhile on Wednesday issued $1 coins featuring Trump’s face to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence, running counter to federal law that says no living president may appear on US currency.But the strait suggestion may also be aimed at being a fresh distraction from the Iran war, which has caused oil prices to spike for US consumers ahead of crucial midterm elections.
Trump: When will the Iranians rise up and fight the regime? Israel says it’s ready to ‘decisively’ strike Iran if attacked during upcoming holidays
‘They like to attack on Jewish holidays because, after all, they hate Jews,’ says DM; Tehran says it targeted US military sites in Gulf states, as Saudi Arabia accuses it of killing two crew members on a state-owned tanker traversing Hormuz By Agencies and ToI Staff 2 September 2026, 4:37 pm
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that Israel was prepared to respond “with great force” if attacked by Iran during the upcoming Jewish holiday period, after the largest exchange of fire between Washington and Tehran since July.Iran said it attacked US military targets in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraqi Kurdistan and the United Arab Emirates, after the US military on Tuesday said it had struck Iranian targets including air defenses and mine-laying capabilities in response to Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Later Wednesday, Saudi Arabia said one of its oil tankers was targeted in a deadly attack by Iran in the strait.Speaking at a conference hosted by the Yedioth Ahronoth media group, Katz said that “for now,” Iran is “striking throughout the region except us.”“But there is a possibility that they will attack us. We are prepared for that defensively,” he said.Israel is prepared for a possible attack from Iranian forces over the Jewish high holiday season, which begins in mid-September, said Katz.If Iran attacks, Israel will “respond with great force, independently of anyone else,” Katz said, adding that “our planes are ready to take off.”“They like to attack on Jewish holidays because, after all, they hate Jews. Look at the many things that have happened in the past. But we are prepared both defensively and offensively, in coordination with the United States in this regard,” Katz said.Israel and the US jointly launched the war on Iran on February 28 in a bid to destabilize its regime and destroy its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.The fighting entered a truce in April, and the US and Iran signed an interim agreement with Iran in June, but the deal collapsed because of disputes over control of the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran launched a blockade early in the war. The US and Iran have since continued to exchange fire more sporadically.US President Donald Trump denied on social media on Wednesday that he was seeking to force Iran’s leaders back to the negotiating table.“I couldn’t care less if they sign a worthless, to them, agreement,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I like our position now much better, with almost total control of the Hormuz Strait, and their economy totally collapsing. They are just playing out the inevitable.”“When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?” added Trump, who at the start of the war urged Iranians to seize their government once the bombing stops, but later cautioned the regime would crack down on rebels.Iran reports 11 killed in US strikes-Iranian state media reported multiple US strikes near the Strait of Hormuz overnight Tuesday-Wednesday, and cited the law enforcement chief of the southwestern Khuzestan province as saying US missiles had killed seven people and wounded eight in three separate locations in the region.The statement came after Iran’s Red Crescent said late Tuesday that a US attack on a home hosting a wedding in the southern Sirik county wounded more than 50 people and killed at least four, including a small child.The incidents could not be independently verified. Iran’s West Asia News Agency aired purported footage of the targeted wedding site that showed rubble strewn across rooms and a courtyard of a home. A pair of strappy women’s dress sandals lay abandoned on a blood-soaked carpet.“I am just glad the casualties weren’t even worse,” said Ali Molahi, identified as the father of the bride.US Central Command denied targeting civilians, telling Reuters on Wednesday that the US military “never targets civilians, unlike the Revolutionary Guards.”Following the reported attack on the wedding, Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called the US “Satan” and appeared to reference Israel as “junior Satan.”Writing on X, Ghalibaf cited other mass-casualty incidents caused by the US-Israeli strikes.“Minab school: children massacred. Lamerd sports hall: kids slaughtered. Kuhestak wedding: children killed with families. If a power acts like Satan, picks targets like Satan, and kills like Satan, it’s Satan. Shields a junior Satan that does the same? It’s THE Great Satan,” Ghalibaf said.Iran’s military command said: “American evil in the region will be met with heavier, more widespread, and devastating responses, and any country that cooperates with the aggressive American army must accept its dangerous consequences.”In a similar warning, Iran’s security chief declared that the US would now face a “new strategy from Tehran.”“You will soon see that Iran’s new strategy on the battlefield, in diplomacy and in confronting the economic blockade will shatter your foundations,” Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned on X.In Kuwait, Iran said it had carried out a missile and drone attack on the vast US Ali Al Salem Air Base and targeted the accommodation of a US commander. Kuwait’s fire service said crews put out a blaze at a residential complex early on Wednesday after an Iranian drone struck the complex, causing damage but not casualties.Bahrain, where Iran’s army claimed to have targeted radar sites at the Sheikh Isa US air base, said Iranian drones were intercepted and destroyed.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its ground forces also carried out combined missile and drone attacks on US bases in Erbil, in northern Iraq. The IRGC claimed to have killed several US personnel in Erbil. Neither Iraq nor the US confirmed the attack.Iran also said two tankers had been struck by mines while US personnel steered the vessels through a channel in Hormuz that Iran says it closed.Saudi Arabia’s national shipping company reported on Wednesday that two Filipino crew members were killed aboard an oil tanker in the strait two days earlier.The kingdom’s foreign ministry later identified the culprit as Iran, and also condemned the Islamic Republic’s attacks on the other Arab countries.Amid the fighting early Wednesday, the US State Department reissued a security alert to US citizens in the Middle East, urging them to exercise caution due to the “potential for unforeseen escalation.” The same alert was issued in July and August by US embassies in the Middle East, including in Israel.“Americans currently in the Middle East should exercise heightened vigilance and be aware of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures and travel disruptions,” the alert said. “Americans traveling to or from the region should monitor information about airport and airline operations.”“US diplomatic facilities, including outside the Middle East, have been targeted. Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other US interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world, including US businesses and other institutions,” it added.Stocks fall, even as US touts increased Hormuz oil flow-The overnight exchange of fire was the worst since July, when Trump abruptly halted two weeks of intense bombing of Iran after warnings from his military brass that they were using up munitions and running out of meaningful targets.World stocks fell on Wednesday as the fresh US airstrikes on Iran pushed oil prices to five-week highs, stoking inflation concerns and extending a global bond selloff.The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 0.3%, after sharper losses in Asia, where South Korea’s KOSPI dropped almost 4%, while the Nikkei 225 was down 2.9%.US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, meanwhile, said 17 million barrels of oil transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. He claimed it was the highest amount of crude to traverse the strait since Iran blockaded it, choking off about a fifth of the world’s commercial oil shipments.Despite Wright’s claim, preliminary shipping data indicated just four commodity vessels transited the strait on Tuesday, down from ten the day before and from the 10-day average of about 13.The four vessels that transited were one very large crude carrier, one Panamax tanker, one Kamsarmax carrier and one intermediate tanker, initial data from shiptracker Kpler shows. The figures could change as some ships typically switch off transponders during the voyage.Jacob Magid contributed to this report.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH) (DO NOT EVER LISTEN TO ANYBODY THAT SAYS THE WORLD IS ENDING.ITS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN-4 BILLION WILL BE LEFT ON EARTH TO GO INTO JESUS" 1000 YEAR RULE)(THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD TO ANY ONE, DOES IT-NOT ME.THE EARTH IS JUST RENOVATED.NEVER ENDED.
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.
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.(CAN YOU SAY TORNADOES,HURRICANES,VOLCANOES,EARTH QUAKES,LANDSLIDES,FLASH FLOODING,EXPLOSIONS,SNOW STORMS,THEN FINALLY NUKESAND ANY OTHER JUDGEMENTS THE EARTH CAN VOMIT THE SINNERS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH.
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.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) 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)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
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.
Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
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.
LUKE 19:40
40 And He answered and said unto them, “I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
IAEA head welcomes new government's cooperation-IAEA says findings at Syrian site hit by Israel ‘consistent with a nuclear reactor’
In confidential report, UN nuclear watchdog says ousted Assad regime ‘failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities’ at Deir Ezzor, which Israel struck in 2007 By AFP and ToI Staff 1 September 2026, 9:56 pm
A Syrian site held infrastructure “consistent with a nuclear reactor,” the UN nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report seen by AFP on Tuesday, adding that the country’s former authorities “failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities.”Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last month visited two sites, one in Deir Ezzor and a second location related to nuclear material identified by Syria.The Deir Ezzor site nuclear reactor was the target of an Israeli strike in September 2007. Israel did not officially take responsibility for the bombing for more than a decade, in part to avoid retaliation from Damascus. But Jerusalem was widely presumed to be behind the strike, and officially acknowledged it in 2018.“Based on observations made by the agency at the Deir Ezzor site, the agency confirms that the cooling infrastructure which has now been uncovered is consistent with that of a nuclear reactor,” the IAEA said.The agency said it would continue to monitor the activities at the site “as the excavation work progresses.”“Based on the information provided by Syria and the results of the agency’s verification activities conducted at several locations in Syria, the agency is able to establish that the former Syrian authorities had failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities,” it said.Those include “a nuclear reactor under construction” at the Deir Ezzor site.In the report, IAEA head Rafael Grossi welcomed “Syria’s transparency and cooperation with the agency.”“Syria has taken measures to remedy the situation by providing to the agency the required nuclear material accounting reports and design information for the above-mentioned facilities,” the report said.Grossi said last month in Damascus that IAEA inspectors had found several tons of nuclear material in Syria, at a site Damascus reported to the agency last month.He praised Damascus’s “courageous decision” to report the undisclosed site, which dates back to the rule of ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad.
Thai resort braces for 5,000 sailors from USS Lincoln after lengthy Mideast deployment-Following reports of deteriorating mental health aboard US Navy ship, aircraft carrier set to make its first stop since November in Pattaya, Thailand By Agencies Today, 1:44 pm-SEP 1,26
A US aircraft carrier at the center of a political fight over conditions on board was set to arrive in Thailand on Tuesday, the first port call for its 5,000-strong crew since November.The thousands of service members are about to descend on eastern Thailand, as the USS Abraham Lincoln makes a port call near the city of Pattaya, famous for its beaches and nightlife.The aircraft carrier sailed past Singapore over the weekend on its way back to the US after a lengthy deployment in the Middle East as part of the US war against Iran.The nuclear-powered ship — one of the US Navy’s largest warships — left California in November 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East before US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began six months ago.Reports of deteriorating living conditions and poor mental health on board — including attempted suicides — made headlines in the United States, provoking criticism of US President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. The deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 250 days, which caused concerns following reports of shortages of supplies including food and hygiene products.The Lincoln is expected to dock at a port in Chonburi province this week, according to Thai officials.More than 5,000 American service members are onboard and many are expected to visit Pattaya, according to the city’s Mayor Poramet Ngampichet, who hopes the port call will boost the local economy. He said destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. will dock at a different port.“For Pattaya to be seen as an important vacation spot is something that we have aimed for,” Poramet said. “We welcome more visits of the troops in the future, whether for a drill or a vacation, before they go back to the US.”After meeting with American officials Monday, Poramet shared that the service members will be banned from certain recreational activities such as parasailing and marijuana use. Medical cannabis was legalized in Thailand in 2022 and dispensaries have become common in Thai cities.“About 600 officials will provide security and other necessary assistance,” provincial Governor Narit Niramaiwong told AFP.Poramet said the visit is particularly welcome as international tourism has declined worldwide due to soaring gas prices as a result of the conflict in the Middle East.Government officials are warning local businesses not to overcharge American sailors and there will be a greater police presence in popular areas along Pattaya Beach and the city’s Walking Street, he said.Pattaya, a popular beach destination about 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of Bangkok, is also known for its seedier night scene. In recent years, though, the city has tried to promote its image instead for natural and cultural attractions.Law enforcement agencies have been ordered to step up security measures to prevent undesirable situations, city police Chief Anek Srathongyoo said. He said that if any US service members break Thai law, they will be prosecuted accordingly.Local business owners feeling the tourism slump from the Iran war are eager for the new arrivals — a banner hung over a local bar near a beach reading “Welcome all US military personnel Thank you for your service.”Earlier in August, the usually Asia-based USS George Washington relieved the long-deployed Lincoln in the Middle East.Thai officials have said the Lincoln will return to the US after its port call in Thailand.Once a sleepy fishing village, Pattaya was transformed by the Vietnam War in the 1960s, when US soldiers on leave began coming for rest and recreation. The city has since become hugely popular with foreign tourists, known for its beaches and a nightlife scene that has long drawn scrutiny over sex tourism.“We’re happy to get business from anybody,” Nicko, the French owner of a go-go bar in Pattaya, told AFP. “We’ll have to be careful because as we know, things can get out of hand with alcohol involved.”
In first for US state, California lawmakers pass bill to deem ‘Jewish’ an ethnicity-Other bills ban false information in voting guides, prevent public agencies from holding major events on religious holidays; Newsom has until September 30 to sign bills into law By Sharon Udasin Today, 6:34 pm-SEP 1,26
JTA — California is poised to become the first state to deem “Jewish” an ethnic and racial identity, after lawmakers gave final approval to the groundbreaking legislation on Monday.The SB 1387 bill, which would expand the definition of ethnicity “to include Jewish identity” in demographic data collection, will now head to the governor’s desk. If the legislation becomes law, state agency forms that allow for voluntary disclosures of ethnicity or race would also need to offer a “Jewish” option.Both the State Assembly and Senate granted final approval to the bill in the last few hours of California’s 2026 legislative session, which concluded at the end of the day on Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has until September 30 to sign bills into law or veto them.The SB 1387 ethnicity legislation has been a priority among many California Jewish organizations, who argue that Jewish peoplehood should be connected to much more than just religion — and that the law should reflect that understanding.This bill, which would take effect in 2030, would affect forms issued by agencies ranging from public schools to unemployment offices to prisons. Data collected would serve to inform research initiatives, identify disparities and guide policy decisions, while banning the disclosure of personal information, per the bill.Joining SB 1387 in heading to the governor’s desk are five other bills that are relevant to the state’s 1.2 million Jews, and that had the support of the Jewish California coalition.On Sunday, the legislature passed AB 1853, a bill that bars threatening, false, and misleading information from California voter guides. Jewish California, which represents 43 organizations, praised the legislation’s advancement, stressing that 54 Jewish groups voiced their support for the bill within 48 hours of its introduction.“Hate speech does not belong in a state-approved document paid by tax dollars,” David Bocarsly, CEO of Jewish California, said in a statement.“AB 1853 boldly declares that our state’s official election documents can’t be used to spread conspiracy theories and bigotry,” added Bocarsly, whose coalition was not only a sponsor of this bill but also of SB 1387.Also on Sunday, lawmakers approved AB 2664, the Safe Worship Zone Act, which would create a 100-foot zone around the entrances of houses of worship, where no one would be able to come within 8 feet of a congregant without their consent.The bill, which received the backing of a wide-ranging interfaith coalition, is modeled after Colorado’s bubble zone law that offers patients protection around reproductive health clinics.“The rise of antisemitism is undeniable, and our communities must be protected,” Democratic Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, the bill’s author, said in a statement.“AB 2664 gives communities an important tool to push back against harassment and intimidation and protect the sanctity of our houses of worship,” Bauer-Kahan added.Meanwhile, on Thursday, the legislature approved AB 395, which would require government agencies, K-12 schools and public universities to avoid scheduling major events or meetings on days “that members of the public would be unable to participate or be present due to the ritual observance of a religious, cultural, or ancestral holiday.”Among the Jewish observances that would be codified on a list of such holidays are Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the first and last two days of Passover.“For too long and in too many communities, religious minorities and other people of faith have been asked to make difficult choices on the days that matter most to them,” Democratic Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, the bill’s author, said in a statement.“This legislation would help to prevent that injustice and ensure that Californians of all backgrounds can fully participate, particularly when important decisions are being made,” added Gabriel, who chairs the California Legislative Jewish Caucus.Lawmakers on Thursday also approved another Gabriel bill, AB 1836, which seeks to close a gap in the current structure of the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program. Because the program allocates security funds only for a nonprofit’s physical building, off-site events like menorah lightings on Chanukah were not eligible.A fifth bill relevant to the Jewish community, AB 1763, is also heading to Newsom’s desk, after passing in the legislature last Tuesday. This bill would include religious holiday observance as a type of excused absence in schools, without requiring a written request from a parent or guardian.
Vance courts Jewish Republicans, but declines to clarify stance on Tucker Carlson-US vice president stresses importance of relationship with Israel in speech to Republican Jewish Coalition, blames rising antisemitism on immigration By Joseph Strauss Today, 5:49 pm-SEP 1,26
LAS VEGAS (JTA) – US Vice President JD Vance emphasized the importance of the American-Israel relationship, pinned rising antisemitism on immigration, and sidestepped a question about podcasters like Tucker Carlson during a highly anticipated, closed-door appearance at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual summit on Monday.Vance’s appearance came at a moment when a number of Jewish Republicans have turned against him over his reprimanding of Israeli officials, indulgence of anti-Israel conspiracy theories, and his silence on Carlson, a prominent media personality who promotes such narratives.Some donors have indicated that they would prefer Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Vance as the presidential nominee in 2028. Yet Vance was met with a standing ovation as he took the stage, and received another one as he left, according to multiple people who were in the room.Following the event, RJC leaders said they felt the appearance was a positive step in the relationship.“Today is not primary day. But I think today was progress day for JD Vance and the Jewish community,” RJC board member Ari Fleischer told reporters.The summit’s Monday evening portion was closed to the press, but an audio recording of Vance’s 35-minute conversation with Norm Coleman — the RJC’s chairman — was sent to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.During the conversation, Coleman asked Vance where he drew the line when deciding which podcasts he could appear on. Coleman named Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Joe Rogan and Nick Fuentes as examples of hosts who have platformed antisemites, but Vance avoided mentioning Carlson, answering only about Rogan and Fuentes.“I do not think that Joe Rogan and Nick Fuentes are the same, just substantively,” Vance said.“Obviously I’m not going to talk to a guy who’s attacked my wife or said that Hitler is a good guy — but outside of some pretty bright lines, I try to talk to as many people as I can,” Vance said.Vance’s response, which advocated for a wide-tent approach, drew applause in the room, though some were not pleased with the answer — nor the openness of the question.“You might think that Norm Coleman — who owed his audience a bit more — would have said, ‘Let’s address this Tucker question once and for all: Where do you stand with him?’” said Neil Cooper, an RJC member who said he’s run out of patience with the vice president.Sid Rosenberg, the right-wing firebrand radio host, wrote that Vance “had a chance to hammer @TuckerCarlson and @megynkelly but instead spent all his time defending @joerogan over Nick Fuentes.”Ann Rubinfeld, an RJC member who supports Vance for 2028, said she is deeply opposed to Carlson but didn’t feel that the vice president needed to address Carlson head-on. “I don’t think that needs to be said,” she said.Vance received a number of ovations during the conversation, including after Coleman commended him and Trump for leading what he said was the most pro-Israel administration in American history. Chants of “USA!” rang out as Vance took the stage. The warm reception may have come as a surprise for some in the room.“This will be a tough crowd for him tomorrow,” Florida Rep. Randy Fine told reporters on Monday. In the morning leading up to Vance’s appearance, Rosenberg called on attendees to “give Vance a chance.” Ron Dermer, who has served as Israeli ambassador to the United States and strategic affairs minister, told the crowd, “I hope you all give him a warm welcome,” and thanked Vance for his “critical role” behind the scenes of the 12-day war fought with Israel against Iran in 2025.Cooper said he’d expected “more skepticism, even bordering on stony silence” heading into the event, but hoped to be won over.He added, “People get too excited by celebrities.”Vance had made a stop in Michigan earlier on Monday, and told the room that he met with the rabbi of Temple Israel, as well as the security guards who helped prevent an antisemitic attack on the synagogue. Vance also referred to Michigan’s Republican nominee in the November senate race, Mike Rogers, who is facing Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, in what he called “maybe the single most important candidate right now in this midterm election.”Asked about his opinion on the US-Israel relationship, Vance said Israel is “certainly one of our most important alliances in the world,” and that Israel and America or any of its allies must always be pursuing their own interests.“I’m very much a foreign policy realist,” he said.Vance also brought up the “growing suspicion” of the US-Israel relationship among people under 40, and said “we have to articulate why this is in the best interest of the United States of America,” listing benefits such as intelligence collection and technology sharing.Some of the heat Vance has drawn from Jewish Republicans has stemmed from comments he has made about Israel. In June, in response to criticism of the Iran deal, Vance said that Israeli cabinet members should not attack “the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.”“We don’t forget statements like that,” Valerie Greenfeld, an RJC member who lives in Jerusalem, said in a text to JTA.Speaking about the rise of antisemitism in the United States, Vance blamed it partly on immigration policy. He said that the increase comes from “people who are bringing ancient ethnic hatreds into the United States,” and that it is not a problem by-and-large among white Americans.“You know, the Fuentes character who really does hate Jews — and also by the way, really hates me and my family, so you’re in good company — that is real,” Vance said. “But it’s not common among most of our fellow citizens.”Vance condemned antisemitism, and drew applause when he told attendees, on behalf of the White House administration, “We love you guys, we appreciate you guys, and you will very much always be on the team so long as I have any say in it.”Vance spoke about his own Christian faith and the connections between it and Judaism. He said he noticed similarities during a previous RJC event and at the wedding of his Jewish former chief of staff, Jacob Reses, where Vance did a reading.“There were all these liturgical similarities between Judaism and Catholicism that are very fascinating,” Vance said.Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Jewish conservative activist who attended the RJC confab, wrote afterwards that he appreciates Vance’s commitment to his religious beliefs, and that he agrees on forming foreign policy from an “America first” perspective. But Vance had more to prove, he said.“His refusal to unequivocally denounce and condemn Tucker, who just called for Trump’s immediate removal, will make it very hard for the American Jewish community to consider his otherwise stellar policies,” he said.
Event under fire from Jewish Democrats for hosting Vance-At GOP Jewish confab, speakers warn of far-left DSA candidates ahead of midterms
While Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates may only rise to seven, Republicans paint rival Democratic Party as ceding control to anti-Israel factionBy Joseph Strauss Today, 5:39 pm-SEP 1,26
LAS VEGAS (JTA) — Speakers at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual convention at the Venetian Resort cast the upcoming midterm elections as a battle against not just the Democratic Party, but specifically its left-wing Democratic Socialists of America faction.“A Democrat majority in November is not just a political setback for our party and our movement; it is a direct threat to the Jewish community,” said Joe Gruters, chairman of the Republican National Committee. “The people in charge would not be moderate Democrats who have occasionally pushed back on antisemitism. It would be the Squad. It would be the DSA.”Ed Gallrein, the farmer and former Navy SEAL who defeated Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie in a Republican primary back in May, said that “radical socialism sentiment is gaining ground across our nation,” calling November’s elections a battle between “the Constitution versus the Communist Manifesto.”Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, accused the Jewish senator of using November’s election as a springboard to run for president in 2028 as “the DSA candidate.” (Ossoff has repeatedly denied having interest in running for president. He is also neither a DSA member nor has he been endorsed by the group.) Even the WiFi password for the Vegas confab — “DSA=AntiUSA” — offered a rejection of the group.The RJC’s summit comes after a string of victories by DSA members and DSA-backed candidates in Democratic primaries across the country, sparking criticism from Republicans and moderate Democrats who oppose tenets of the group’s left-wing ideology, including its anti-Zionist stance.The total number of House members endorsed by a DSA chapter could rise from two to seven, depending on how November shakes out, in addition to candidates in downballot races. Though there are 212 Democrats in the House, Republican officials on Sunday and Monday painted the Democratic Party as one that is ceding control to the DSA.China, Russia and Iran, Gallrein said, are hoping that “Democrats controlled by the DSA take the House and the Senate, and that they can exploit and divide America.”Speakers panned other DSA-backed politicians such as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, as well as the streamer Hasan Piker, who has fundraised for numerous DSA-endorsed candidates.Florida Rep. Randy Fine specifically attacked Muslim politicians in the Democratic Party, saying he was addressing “the elephant in the room.” He was among the speakers to say that there are anti-Israel and antisemitic voices on both ends of the political spectrum. The difference, he said, is that Republicans “repudiate this evil” with actions like voting out Kentucky’s anti-Israel congressman Massie, while Democrats elect anti-Israel candidates.Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News personality who has spread antisemitic conspiracy theories in recent years, was repudiated by the RJC and also cast aside by the party’s leader, President Donald Trump. Trump’s second-in-command JD Vance, however, has made no such condemnation, to the chagrin of many Jewish Republicans.With Vance set to speak at the RJC’s summit on Monday night, multiple Jewish Democratic groups blasted the RJC for hosting him, particularly in a session that is closed to the press.“JD Vance may be speaking behind closed doors, but he should not be able to avoid questions about his attacks on Israel, his failure to confront antisemitism within the MAGA movement, and his continued alliance with Tucker Carlson,” said Brian Romick, president and CEO of Democratic Majority for Israel, in a statement.“What’s next, a live taping with Tucker Carlson on the main stage?” the Jewish Democratic Council of America wrote.In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the JDCA’s CEO Halie Soifer said, “The RJC may choose to highlight the less than ten DSA candidates on the ballot in November for their own cynical political purposes, but Jewish voters see past their deflection and lies, just as they see the Republican Party for what it is — the party of Donald Trump.”
Syria says it’s working ‘seriously’ on diplomatic solution with Israel despite attacks-FM al-Shaibani reports US-mediated talks aim for full Israeli withdrawal to pre-December 2024 lines, pans Katz’s remarks on IDF remaining in Syrian territoryBy AFP and ToI Staff Today, 4:21 pm-SEP 1,26
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said Tuesday that his country was working toward a “diplomatic solution” with Israel, with US mediation, despite ongoing Israeli strikes in the country.The two countries have been in a constant state of war since the establishment of Israel in 1948.Israel has launched numerous strikes in Syria since the current Islamist authorities’ forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, often saying they are necessary to stop military hardware falling into the hands of hostile elements amid the regime change. The latest came last month, when the Israeli Air Force struck a disused Syrian military airport, saying Turkey was planning to deploy forces there and Damascus had ignored Jerusalem’s warnings on the matter. Ankara denied the Israeli allegations.In addition, Israel has sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone that had separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights since 1974. Israel has also carried out repeated incursions deeper into Syrian territory and has vowed to keep troops in a “security zone” in southern Syria, where it seeks a broader demilitarized area.“The attacks are still ongoing. We observed 65 incursions in July alone, and 52 in the first 18 days of August,” Shaibani told a press conference with his visiting Danish counterpart, Lars Lokke Rasmussen.He slammed a “campaign of raids on homes in Quneitra province and the Damascus countryside,” and said Syria has registered 147 cases of Israeli troops detaining Syrians so far this year, with “49 of them still detained.”Israel argues such operations are necessary to defend its border amid the unrest and lawlessness brought about by the regime change.“Despite these challenges, we are still committed to the option of a diplomatic solution, and we are working seriously to achieve this,” Shaibani said, adding: “We are engaged in negotiations mediated by the United States of America.”Israel and Syria have held several rounds of direct talks, most recently last week in Jordan, where Mossad chief Roman Gofman and Shaibani held a meeting to defuse tensions between the countries, Syrian state media reported. The US administration reportedly pushed for the meeting.Hours before the meeting was reported, al-Shaibani said in an interview with the Reuters news agency that Syria expected negotiations with Israel to resume soon, urging Israel to seize a “historic opportunity” as the door for diplomacy is open.Israel and Syria held direct talks last year aimed at reaching a groundbreaking security agreement that ultimately failed to materialize.Then, after January negotiations in Paris, the sides agreed to establish an intelligence-sharing mechanism as they edge toward such a security agreement.Shaibani told Tuesday’s press conference that statements from Israeli officials expressing their intention to keep forces in Jabal al-Sheikh, or Mount Hermon, are “an explicit declaration on consolidating the occupation” and that they invalidate “any flimsy security pretexts.”He said the talks aim to “stop the attacks and arrests” and secure an Israeli withdrawal to pre-December 2024 positions, “with a full return to adherence to the 1974 disengagement agreement.”Last week, Defense Minister Israel Katz visited troops in southern Syria, reiterating a pledge to keep forces in the area as long as there are “threats” to the country’s security.In June, Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview that his country was working toward a security agreement with Israel, which he said could eventually pave the way for comprehensive peace between the two neighbors.
In unprecedented move, Abbas and Segalovitz announce joint run, bringing Jewish lawmaker to Arab party’s slate-Ra’am chief: We need to create partnerships and ‘see the other as a human being, not as an enemy’; Segalovitz: ‘The assertion that after October 7 it is impossible to maintain a political partnership with Arab parties is false’By Sam Sokol-and JTA 31 August 2026, 10:58 pm-SEP 1,26
Ra’am party head Mansour Abbas and Yoav Segalovitz — a Jewish, Zionist former police official, lawmaker and deputy minister — announced Monday evening that Segalovitz will run with Ra’am, an Arab party, in the October 27 election.The announcement capped weeks of speculation that Segalovitz would take the unprecedented step of joining forces with Ra’am. While the predominantly Arab party Hadash has long included a Jewish lawmaker, Ra’am has never done so. Segalovitz is expected to be placed at No. 2, behind Abbas, on the Ra’am slate. The party has been polling at around 4-5 seats.“In every generation, there is a moment when fear and hope stand together in the same room. This evening, in this room, hope won out,” Abbas said as he stood next to Segalovitz at a joint press conference. “Welcome Yoav,” he said, “we have work to do.”Ra’am emerged as the kingmaker after the 2021 election, when its support was crucial to the formation of the Bennett-Lapid government. Polls suggest it could find itself in a similar position after the October 27 vote. Opposition frontrunner Gadi Eisenkot has said he would consider partnering with any party that recognizes Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, endorses the values of the Declaration of Independence and commits to all Israelis performing national service, but has refused to be drawn on whether Ra’am, with or without Segalovitz, would meet those criteria.Ra’am was founded in 1996, and its name is an abbreviation that stands for United Arab List. The party was traditionally a religious Muslim one, but over the past year it has separated itself from the religious institutions that had dominated it. In recent years, Abbas has led an effort to distinguish Ra’am from the three other mainly Arab parties, which are running in October on a joint slate, and has been focusing on Jewish-Arab cooperation and domestic issues affecting Israel’s Arab community, such as crime, rather than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Ra’am’s top priority is eliminating crime and violence against innocent citizens, Abbas said at Monday’s press conference, asserting that every Arab parent goes to sleep asking themselves, “Will my children return home safely?”The only way to accomplish this goal is to create partnerships and “to see the other as a human being, not as an enemy,” he continued, praising Segalovitz as “an officer who has stood up to criminals his whole life without asking what their religion is” and “an honest, quiet man who doesn’t seek headlines.”Segalovitz established the police’s Lahav 433 serious crime unit and is a former commander of the police’s Investigations and Intelligence Division. He was credited with helping reduce crime in Arab Israeli communities during his tenure as deputy minister for public security in the 2021-2022 Bennett-Lapid government.Surveys have shown that the inclusion of Segalovitz, a former member of the centrist Yesh Atid party who recently resigned from the Knesset, could boost Ra’am’s showing at the polls.As for why an Arab party needs a Jewish police officer, “my answer is simple,” Abbas said. “I’m not looking for someone who is like me. I’m looking for someone who knows how to do the job. And the Arab citizen who buried his son doesn’t ask what the policeman’s religion is. He asks why no one comes.”ddressing his decision to run with Abbas, Segalovitz said he was guided by Zionist and Jewish values and that while he and Abbas do not intend to change each other, “it is possible to cooperate politically based on trust, recognition of difference, and commitment to joint action.”“The common assertion that after October 7 it is impossible to maintain a political partnership with Arab parties is baseless and false,” Segalovitz continued, adding that he wants to “break the paradigm of how political partnership is created.”Segalovitz said he wanted to forge the alliance “precisely at this time, when there is such social polarization between Jews and Arabs.” He said he hoped to “build a real political bridge,” while acknowledging that it would face difficulties. “Even if the bridge is shaky or unstable, it will be built, and it will serve as a foundation for political cooperation going forward,” he said.Segalovitz will not become a member of the Ra’am party but will run on the Ra’am slate in a technical alliance. He will retain freedom of action in the Knesset while Ra’am will not change its constitution or decision-making processes.While reports have previously said Segalovitz was conditioning the move on Ra’am recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, there was no such announcement on Monday.Channel 12 reported that one of Segalovitz’s top priorities will be to advance national service for Arab citizens.A Times of Israel poll showed earlier this month that 56 percent of opposition voters would support including Ra’am with Segalovitz in a possible coalition, while 30% opposed doing so. The poll found that if Ra’am joined a governing coalition, it would give the opposition bloc a 63-seat majority in the 120-seat Knesset.Bitter criticism from the Netanyahu coalition-Responding to the announcement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party accused Segalovitz of seeking to establish a Palestinian state. “Even Segalovitz won’t hide the fact that Mansour Abbas refuses to recognize Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations and is pushing to establish a Palestinian state,” it said. “Together with [Gadi] Eisenkot, [Avigdor] Liberman and Yair Golan, they are going to establish a Palestinian state government.”National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called it “a joint conspiracy by the left to pave the way for a future government with the Muslim Brotherhood.” Likud lawmaker Tally Gotliv called Segalovitz Abbas’s “pet Jew” and warned that the move could lead to “the imposition of sharia law on Israel.”After the announcement, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party, wrote on X that “Eisenkot has no coalition without Abbas,” and accused Segalovitz of joining Ra’am in order to legitimize its participation in a future Eisenkot-led government. Ohana described Ra’am as an “Islamist list whose members are unable to say ‘Hamas is a terrorist organization,’” and argued that such a government would be unable to fight Hamas, Hezbollah or Iran’s nuclear program.National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted an image depicting Abbas and Segalovitz wearing keffiyehs alongside Hamas flags, while Energy Minister Eli Cohen said the move was intended to legitimize what he called Abbas’ “fifth column.”Abbas recently sparked controversy when he called on Israel to recognize an “independent Palestinian state” during a speech to party delegates at their convention in Taibe.He subsequently was reported to have reassured opposition party leaders that his belief in the Palestinian right to self-determination would not be translated into a demand for policy change during potential coalition talks after the election. There is currently widespread opposition in Israel to establishing a Palestinian state.Abbas has said repeatedly that Netanyahu tried to recruit Ra’am when attempting to build a coalition in 2021. Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich, Netanyahu’s finance minister, said he prevented this.
IDF strikes Gaza as Hamas official captured in reported raid by Israel-backed militia-Military carries out heavy wave of strikes, says it struck targets to ‘remove threats to security forces’ amid apparent operation by anti-Hamas armed group; 3 said killed By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
Today, 1:52 pmUpdated at 4:49 pm-SEP 1,26
The Israeli military carried out heavy strikes in Gaza City on Tuesday morning, reportedly in support of a Palestinian militia attempting to abduct an official in the Hamas terror group.Defense Minister Israel Katz later announced that a senior Hamas member had been captured, without elaborating on who carried out the raid or providing further details on the target. The whereabouts of the official were unclear.Palestinian media claimed that a “special Israeli unit” infiltrated the western part of Gaza City. In an attempt to secure the unit after it was discovered by Hamas operatives, the Israel Defense Forces carried out shelling and airstrikes in the area, the reports claimed, killing at least three and wounding eight.At times, Palestinian media has referred to Israeli-backed anti-Hamas militias operating in the Strip as “Israeli forces.” In the past, Israel has provided anti-Hamas militias with air support.The IDF confirmed carrying out strikes against “a number of targets” in the Gaza Strip, saying it was to “remove threats to security forces” — without specifying whether they were Israeli forces.No Israeli troops were injured in the incident, the military added.Speaking from the Gaza-border community of Netiv Ha’asara, Katz said in a video statement that “even as we stand here, the activity of our forces in Gaza City continues at all times,” referring to the Israeli strikes.“A short while ago, a senior Hamas terrorist was arrested. This is our policy: We do not wait for threats, we pursue Hamas terrorists, thwart them, and destroy their terror infrastructure,” Katz said.Katz did not provide any further details.An Israeli security source claimed the captured Hamas commander, Muein al-Arabid, was the chief of the terror group’s internal security apparatus. Other security sources said al-Arabid was a senior official in the apparatus.Saudi outlet Al-Hadath reported that Israeli-backed Palestinian militias attempted to abduct an unidentified individual in Gaza City, and Qatar’s Al-Araby TV reported that an armed militia tried to target a senior official in Hamas’s internal security apparatus.Al-Majd al-Amni, a website affiliated with Hamas, reported that “an Israeli special force attempted to carry out a security operation aimed at targeting a figure from the ‘resistance’ [a term used for terror groups in Gaza], but [Hamas’s] security forces thwarted the mission.”“The failure is an embarrassment for the occupation army,” the report claimed.Al-Quds al-Ikhbariya, another Hamas-affiliated outlet, claimed that during the operation, Hamas operatives attempted to capture members of the “Israeli special force,” but Israeli air intervention prevented them from doing so.There was no immediate official comment from Hamas on the raid and the claimed arrest of a senior member of the terror group.For over a year, Israel has provided several anti-Hamas armed groups with weapons, air support, intelligence, food, and cigarettes, and has airlifted wounded militia members into Israel for medical care. It has also provided them with light weapons, largely rifles.Footage and statements released by the groups point to forces numbering at most a few hundred armed men. Their operations appear sporadic but ongoing, involving clashes with Hamas alongside efforts aimed at boosting their popularity among Gaza residents. One group based in IDF-controlled areas of the southern Gaza Strip said earlier this year that it was working on demolishing the terror group’s tunnels on behalf of Israel.IDF says Hamas commander targeted in separate strike; weapons supply commander killed on Monday-In a separate incident later Tuesday, the IDF said it struck a Hamas commander in northern Gaza’s Jabalia.Palestinian media reported several injuries in a strike in the Strip’s north.The military justified the strike amid the ceasefire by saying that the unnamed commander had been advancing attacks on troops and civilians, as well as trying to restore Hamas capabilities, “in systematic violation of the ceasefire.”The strike was carried out to “remove the threat,” the military added.On Monday, the military said that a Hamas commander in charge of supplying weapons to the terror group was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City.The strike in the city’s Sabra neighborhood killed Omar Mohammed Roshdy Saraj, who the IDF said was a commander in Hamas’s “supply and maintenance company” in Gaza City.“As part of his role, the terrorist managed the supply of weapons to Hamas terrorists in Gaza City,” the military said.Another Hamas operative was targeted in the same strike, according to the IDF.The IDF said both terror operatives had been advancing attacks on troops and civilians, as well as trying to restore Hamas capabilities, “in systematic violation of the ceasefire.”Palestinian media reported that Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Monday killed five people.An October 2025 US-backed ceasefire halted major fighting in the shattered territory, but it failed to end strikes by the Israeli military, which it said aimed to thwart attacks by Hamas and other Gaza terrorists. Gaza remains bisected into Israeli- and Hamas-controlled areas.Hamas accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire and undermining efforts to implement a broader plan by US President Donald Trump to end the Gaza conflict, which also includes Israeli withdrawals and Hamas disarmament. However, the terror group has refused to completely give up its weapons or disarm at all until Israel withdraws.More than 1,300 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect last October, according to Gazan health officials, while four Israeli soldiers have been killed.
Anti-torture watchdog says indictment a 'drop in the ocean'12 guards charged with reckless homicide for fatally beating Palestinian prisoner
Thaer Abu Asab, jailed since 2005 over terror attack, died in Ketziot Prison in November 2023; senior officer accused of ordering violent assault that caused cardiac arrest By Jeremy Sharon-Today, 8:19 pm-SEP 1,26
Twelve prison guards were indicted Tuesday on charges of reckless homicide in the death of Palestinian prisoner Thaer Abu Asab in November 2023, who was severely beaten in his prison cell in Ketziot Prison in the Negev desert.Abu Asab sustained tears in the wall of the heart on the left-ventricular side and in the right atrium, and several broken ribs, as a result of the beating, which led to cardiac failure and his ultimate death, the indictment said.“Immediately upon entering the cell, as detailed above, the defendants, acting together, beat the deceased [Abu Asab] and all the other prisoners in the cell with their fists and kicked them. Some of them struck the prisoners forcefully with batons while some of the prisoners were lying on the floor, screaming and crying from the severity of the blows,” the indictment alleged.The indictment said Hatib led the prison guards to the cell, entered it with them, and beat at least one prisoner while overseeing the physical assault of the other prisoners by the other guards, only ordering the prison guards to stop and leave after several minutes.The indictment said that the prison guards intended to physically harm the prisoners and were aware that the beatings could prove deadly.Abu Asab, 38 at the time of his death, was a member of the Fatah movement and had been jailed since 2005 on charges of attempted murder relating to a terror attack.In a statement, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel praised the indictment even though it was a “drop in the ocean.”“In a normal reality, this decision should have been the first step toward bringing the truth to light and achieving justice for the victims — and full justice for the accused,” the watchdog group said.“However, as long as Israel pursues a policy in which prisoners are denied basic rights, and government ministers are photographed glibly glorifying their own humiliation and dehumanization, it is highly doubtful that this can be achieved,” it added, in an apparent reference to National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, who has repeatedly published footage of himself tormenting prisoners.The far-right Ben Gvir, whose ministry oversees the prison service, voiced his support for the guards when they were questioned.According to the Physicians for Human Rights Israel organization, 105 Palestinian prisoners and security prisoners have died in Israeli prisons and detention facilities since the October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion and amid the subsequent wars.Israel’s Public Defender’s Office has reported on severe violence against Palestinian prisoners since October 7, while numerous Israeli and international organizations have alleged that Palestinian prisoners have been subjected to systemic violence and abuse in Israeli prisons and detention centers over the last three years.
Thailand shortens visa-free stay for Israelis and other tourists from 60 to 30 days-New regulations to take effect Sept. 15, covering travelers from 60 countries, including US, UK, Canada, France and Australia By ToI Staff Today, 1:42 pm-SEP 1,26
Thailand on Monday announced that it will shorten the visa-free stay for tourists from dozens of countries, including Israel, from 60 to 30 days, amid anger over the conduct of tourists in the country.The new regulations will go into effect on September 15, and will not affect tourists already in the country. Travelers will still be able to request an extra 30-day travel period, which is subject to approval by Thai authorities.The shortened visa-free period is not specifically targeted at Israelis, and will apply to tourists from 60 countries, including the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.The new regulations also limits land border entries to two per calendar year, restricting international travel from other Southeast Asian nations.Thailand has long been a popular destination for Israelis. According to the Straits Times, last year some 420,000 Israelis entered the country, and some 30,000 live there full-time.But the conduct of Israeli tourists in Thailand has drawn anger from locals, with hundreds of people in a popular Thai resort gathering last week to protest misbehavior by tourists, with a particular focus on Israelis.The protest on a beach in Patong, on the island of Phuket in Thailand, was titled “Save Phuket.” While organizers said it opposed inappropriate conduct by tourists in general, reports in Thai and Hebrew media say the protest emphasized criticism of Israelis, and Israel as a country.Israeli tourists and expats in Thailand have been under increased scrutiny in recent months due to a surge in disruptive behavior and culture clashes with locals.In February, amid a spate of cases, the Israeli embassy in Thailand put out a statement warning nationals that such behavior had “negatively impacted the image of Israeli tourists and may affect the warm reception Israelis receive in Thailand.”The new regulations come as Thailand has increased penalties for tourists who break the law or disrespect the local culture. Foreigners who run afoul of those rules can have their visas revoked and be barred from returning.“We do not welcome and will not tolerate tourists who disregard the law, lack morality, disrespect Thai people, or cause trouble and disrupt our social order,” said Tourism Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul, according to the Straits Times.
Graffiti reads 'Regards to Huckabee from the terrorists'-West Bank mosque said torched by settlers; 8 arrested for assaults on Palestinians, mosque arsons-Suspects aged 16 to 20; 4 Palestinians shot during raid by settlers, soldiers; elderly Palestinian woman beaten; former Israeli officials to NYT: Settler violence is ‘like the Germans’By Nurit Yohanan,Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Today, 11:47 am-SEP 1,26
Police announced Tuesday that they had arrested eight suspects allegedly involved in a series of arson attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, hours after yet another mosque was reportedly burned by settlers in a Palestinian village in a separate incident.A number of former top Israeli political and military officials, meanwhile, harshly denounced the unchecked settler violence, with some comparing it to Nazi behavior, in comments published by The New York Times on Monday.Palestinian media outlets reported Tuesday that settlers set fire to a mosque overnight in the village of Bizzariya in the Nablus area of the northern West Bank. No injuries were reported.Graffiti in Hebrew sprayed nearby was also documented, including one message reading “Evacuations [of outposts] = trouble. You’ve been warned,” and another that read: “Regards to Huckabee from the terrorists.”US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee — a staunch supporter of West Bank settlements — has denounced violent settler extremists who besieged homes in Qusra last month as “Israeli terrorists.”Huckabee said Tuesday that it was “truly sad that someone would take pride in being a terrorist. But a small group that damages the reputation of 99.9% of Israelis who live by both civil law and the Torah does not represent the Jewish people or the rest of Israel.”The graffiti in Bizzariya included a warning to Roy Sharon, the military reporter for the Kan public broadcaster, appearing to threaten to torch his vehicle. In response, Kan said the threats “will not deter Roy and the Kan news team from continuing to provide reliable and professional reports, including on disturbances in Judea and Samaria,” and called on police to act swiftly to find the perpetrators.Meanwhile, eight Israelis were arrested overnight in the West Bank for suspected involvement in “serious arson and assault incidents in the South Hebron Hills,” police said Tuesday.Three vehicles allegedly used by the suspects to carry out offenses were seized. The suspects, residents of the West Bank and central Israel aged 16 to 20, were taken for questioning, police said.In a statement, police said they view “with utmost severity cases of violence and property damage that harm the security of the state and the entire settlement enterprise.”Police told The Times of Israel that some of the detainees are suspected of setting fire to a mosque and several homes in Tuba in the South Hebron Hills on August 5, in an incident in which six Palestinians were beaten and injured by settlers, according to the Palestinians. Others are suspected of setting fire to a mosque in al-Tuwani, also in the South Hebron Hills, on July 19.4 Palestinians shot, elderly woman beaten-Separately, an elderly Palestinian woman was hospitalized with a serious head injury after being beaten by settlers during a raid of the central West Bank village of Burqa on Monday evening, according to the Red Crescent emergency service.The woman’s husband was also injured, and several sheep belonging to residents of the village were stolen, according to a report in the Al Jazeera news outlet.Burqa Mayor Sayel Kanaan told the Palestinian Authority’s Wafa news agency that settlers broke into a home on the outskirts of the village and beat a woman and child inside. The settlers also tried to torch a tractor, a vehicle scrapyard and a sheep pen, according to the mayor.Wafa claimed that the IDF arrived at the scene shortly after the settlers and worked to break up the altercation, but arrested only Palestinians. There was no comment from the IDF on the incident.On Sunday, four Palestinians were reported shot during a raid of the central West Bank village of al-Mughayyir by Israeli soldiers and settlers.The Palestine Red Crescent Emergency Service claimed that its medics treated four Palestinians struck by live fire and took them to a nearby hospital.Footage shows settlers appearing to participate in a raid along with IDF soldiers. One clip shows settlers purportedly stealing belongings from Palestinians in one of the targeted homes.On Monday, a military official claimed that IDF troops attempted to stop some 25 Israeli settlers who entered the central West Bank village of al-Mughayyir the night before.The official said troops were dispatched to the scene and dispersed the settlers, but several Palestinians then arrived and hurled stones. The soldiers returned fire, hitting several of the Palestinians, the official added.Troops later left the scene after they saw that both the Israelis and Palestinians had dispersed, according to the military official.Surging violence by Israeli settlers across the West Bank — largely unchecked by Israeli authorities — has been met with severe condemnation from Western allies in recent weeks, including the United States..Like the Germans’A New York Times report published Monday cited a number of former senior Israeli defense officials denouncing the violence as the biggest danger to Israeli security as well as reminiscent of Nazi behavior toward Jews.“When you are burning books, when you are destroying knowledge and attacking children, you’re like the Germans,” retired Air Force general Nehemia Dagan, who also served as the IDF’s chief education officer, told the newspaper during a tour of the West Bank in late June. “We have lost ourselves, and we have lost this fight.”Settler violence has surged in recent months, with daily attacks and harassment. Prosecutions are rare, and critics accuse the IDF and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of condoning or even encouraging the violence.Israel’s former ambassador to Spain Raphael Schutz told the newspaper that the testimony he heard about Palestinians forced to flee their homes reminded him of his mother, who fled Nazi Germany when she was a child.“To her, it is inconceivable that Jews can behave this way,” Schutz said. “I’m glad I left the foreign service. It would be impossible for me to explain this.”Another retired Israeli Air Force general, Asaf Agmon, also likened the settlers’ efforts to expel Palestinians from the West Bank to the actions of the Nazis, while clarifying the difference in scope of the violence.“Once a society behaves this way, that society is doomed,” Agmon said.“I’ve earned the right to speak. My family and I paid the highest price for this country,” added Agmon, whose grandson, Sgt. Gur Kehati, was killed fighting in Lebanon last year. “I am ashamed of what our people are doing here.”Gal Levertov, who headed the Justice Ministry’s international division and helped represent Israel in front of the International Criminal Court, told the Times: “If I had to, I could make a legal defense of what the Israel Defense Forces have done in Gaza. But what is happening today in the West Bank? It’s indefensible.”And retired IDF Maj. Gen. Eyal Ben-Reuven told the newspaper that “what the settlers are doing here is the real threat to Israel,” adding: “This is more concerning to me than Iran, Gaza or Lebanon.”
Poll shows pro-Netanyahu bloc pulling even with opponents, in sharp shift-TV survey puts dueling blocs at 53 seats each, well shy of a majority, with PM appearing to benefit from Ofer Winter’s predicted entry to the Knesset and Religious Zionism-Zehut merger-By ToI Staff Today, 6:53 am-SEP 3,26
An Israeli television poll released Wednesday showed the bloc of parties supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulling even with his opponents, in a stark shift from most recent polls, though neither side was forecast to be close to attaining a Knesset majority.The poll had the pro- and anti-Netanyahu blocs winning 53 seats each if the October 27 elections were held today, eight shy of a 61-seat majority. Arab parties held the balance of 14 seats.That result marked a significant change from the network’s previous poll a week ago, which showed the opposition leading the pro-Netanyahu parties 57 to 48, with 15 for the Arab parties.The change appeared largely due to two right-wing pro-Netanyahu parties making it into the Knesset: Ofter Winter’s People of Israel, with four seats, and the new merger of the far-right Religious Zionism and Zehut parties, with six.In addition, Netanyahu’s Likud party narrowed its gap with the election frontrunner, the opposition Yashar party led by Gadi Eisenkot. Last week, Channel 13 found that Yashar would win 24 and Likud 19. This week, however, Yashar would win 22, just one more than Likud’s 21.The addition of Jewish former lawmaker Yoav Segalovitz to the Arab Ra’am party did not change its polling performance, at five seats. But the mainly Arab Joint List has been rising in recent surveys, weakening the Zionist opposition bloc, and reaching 9 seats in the new poll.The survey also showed a further slide in support for B’Yachad, the joint slate led by former prime minister Naftali Bennet and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, which dropped from 13 to 12 seats.Failing to clear the minimum vote threshold needed to enter the Knesset were the Unity party of former Likudniks Yuli Edelstein and Gilad Erdan, Benny Gantz’s Blue and White and Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper’s Zionist Home-The Reservists.The poll, which was published ahead of the September 8 deadline for parties to file their slates of candidates, had 940 respondents and a 3.4% margin of error.
Israel confirms capturing Hamas internal security chief in Gaza City raid-Special forces from Shin Bet descend on building in Strip, nab Muein al-Arabid in ‘bold operation,’ PM, military, and security agency say By Emanuel Fabian-1 September 2026, 9:28 pm
“Special forces” of the Shin Bet captured the commander of Hamas’s internal security apparatus in a “bold operation” in Gaza City on Tuesday morning, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the military, and the domestic security agency.Arabic-language media claimed earlier in the day that an Israeli-backed anti-Hamas militia carried out a raid during which the Hamas security chief, Muein al-Arabid, was captured.But in a statement later Tuesday, Netanyahu said he commended “the Shin Bet and the IDF, who in a bold operation arrested today the head of building Hamas’s internal security apparatus near his home in Gaza.”In a separate statement, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet said the raid was carried out by “special forces” of the security agency.The IDF and Shin Bet said the special forces raided a building in Gaza City and captured the Hamas security chief.During the raid, the Israeli Air Force carried out strikes on several “military targets in the area to remove threats to the forces.” No Israeli forces were injured in the operation, the joint statement said.The security chief had recently been working to “consolidate the Hamas terror organization’s control over the northern Gaza Strip” and to advance attacks on IDF troops deployed in the Strip, according to the military.Netanyahu said the captured officer is “one of Hamas’s most senior leaders, was responsible for hiding and moving our hostages, hiding senior Hamas officials, force build-up, and attempting to restore the capabilities of the terror organization.”“Recently, he was engaged in efforts to restore Hamas’s governance in Gaza, in deception regarding the issue of demilitarizing the Strip, and assisted in carrying out terror attacks against our forces and our civilians,” he said.The IDF added that the operation was intended to “remove threats and undermine Hamas’s control in the area and its plans to advance terrorist activities against IDF troops and Israeli civilians.”Netanyahu, in his statement, added that Israel “will continue to pursue all Hamas leaders and everyone who took part in the October 7 massacre.”Footage published by Al Jazeera showed moments from the raid. The footage showed a van arriving at the scene, apparently while the incident was already underway, with gunfire heard coming from forces inside the vehicle. Shortly beforehand, a man was seen crawling nearby and attempting to hide, apparently al-Arabid.Earlier Tuesday, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that a senior Hamas member had been captured, without elaborating on who carried out the raid or providing further details on the target.Palestinian media claimed that a “special Israeli unit” infiltrated the western part of Gaza City. In an attempt to secure the unit after it was discovered by Hamas operatives, the IDF carried out shelling and airstrikes in the area, the reports claimed, killing at least three and wounding eight.At times, Palestinian media has referred to Israeli-backed anti-Hamas militias operating in the Strip as “Israeli forces.” In the past, Israel has provided anti-Hamas militias with air support.Saudi outlet Al-Hadath reported that Israeli-backed Palestinian militias attempted to abduct an unidentified individual in Gaza City, and Qatar’s Al-Araby TV reported that an armed militia tried to target a senior official in Hamas’s internal security apparatus.Hamas, in a statement, condemned the “criminal operation” carried out by “special forces of the occupation army” in Gaza City.“This represents a serious crime and a deliberate disregard for the lives of civilians, and is a continuation of the brutal genocide war against our people in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas said, without commenting on the arrest of a senior member of the terror group.In a separate incident later Tuesday, the IDF said it struck a Hamas commander in northern Gaza’s Jabalia.Palestinian media reported several injuries in a strike in the Strip’s north.The military justified the strike amid the ceasefire by saying that the unnamed commander had been advancing attacks on troops and civilians, as well as trying to restore Hamas capabilities, “in systematic violation of the ceasefire.”The strike was carried out to “remove the threat,” the military added.An October 2025 US-backed ceasefire halted major fighting in the shattered territory, but it failed to end strikes by the Israeli military, which it says aims to thwart attacks by Hamas and other Gaza terrorists. Gaza remains bisected into Israeli- and Hamas-controlled areas.Hamas accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire and undermining efforts to implement a broader plan by US President Donald Trump to end the Gaza conflict, which also includes Israeli withdrawals and Hamas disarmament. However, the terror group has refused to completely give up its weapons or disarm at all until Israel withdraws.More than 1,300 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect last October, according to Gazan health officials, while four Israeli soldiers have been killed.Nurit Yohanan contributed to this report.
hree killed in two separate Nazareth shootings, as crime wave rocks Arab community-Two men in their 30s killed after shots fired at car, three hours before a 27-year-old is also shot dead; police searching for suspects By Noam Lehmann Today, 3:37 am-SEP 3,26
Three people were shot dead in the northern Arab city of Nazareth in two separate incidents less than three hours apart on Wednesday night, amid an upsurge in criminal violence rocking Israel’s Arab communities.A 27-year-old Nazareth resident was shot dead in the northern Arab city, with officers rushing to the scene and searching for suspects, police said.Earlier, two men in their 30s were killed in Nazareth, when shots were fired toward a car, according to police and the Magen David Adom ambulance service.Officers were also searching for suspects in that shooting, police said.Medics who were alerted to the shooting found the two men with serious penetrating wounds, with no pulse and not breathing, and declared them dead on the spot, the ambulance service said.Both shootings were of a “criminal” rather than nationalist nature, and “the circumstances are under investigation,” police said.The victims of the shootings were not immediately named.The incidents took place amid a prolonged violent crime epidemic in Israel’s Arab community that authorities have for years failed to quell.According to the Abraham Initiatives coexistence watchdog’s latest figures updated on Sunday, 168 members of Israel’s Arab community have been killed this year, as 2026 continues to outpace last year as the bloodiest year on record in Israel.
Homicides in Arab society soared to 244 in 2023 — more than double the previous year — and have stayed high each year since, with many blaming far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for inaction since he took office.
Army razes entire Palestinian village within IDF firing zone-US issues harsher censure of ‘West Bank violence,’ without explicitly blaming Israel
Washington urges legal action against perpetrators, but doesn’t use the word ‘settler’; 2 Palestinians reportedly shot dead after security forces enter village to find missing pets By Jacob Magid,Nurit Yohanan-and Noam Lehmann Today, 2:24 am-SEP 3,26
The United States went slightly further in condemning surging West Bank settler violence than it has in the past on Wednesday, urging legal action, though it did not use the word “settler” and avoided criticizing Israel for not cracking down on the phenomenon.“We condemn criminal violence by any party in the West Bank and call for investigations, arrests and convictions of those responsible,” a US State Department spokesperson said in response to a query from The Times of Israel on the matter.Previous statements from the State Department on the subject were slightly more vague and largely stressed the importance of maintaining stability in the West Bank, though this one does not mention either Israel or the Palestinians by name.“We are in regular dialogue with partners about improving stability and security in the West Bank,” the State Department spokesperson said, indicating that the US is raising the matter with Israel behind closed doors.Surging violence by Israeli settlers across the West Bank — largely unchecked by Israeli authorities — has been met with severe condemnation from Western allies in recent weeks.US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has been just about the only member of US President Donald Trump’s administration to criticize settler violence, calling perpetrators “terrorists,” while insisting that they’re not representative of the half-million Israelis living beyond the Green Line.But he too has refrained from explicitly criticizing Israel’s handling of settler violence, which goes largely unchecked, though President Isaac Herzog insisted to CNN during an interview aired Wednesday that Israeli authorities were taking the issue seriously.Herzog called the perpetrators “juvenile delinquents” and claimed “there is a major effort by our authorities to undermine these activities and bring people to justice.” He noted that a series of rare arrests were carried out earlier this week, though most of the near-daily settler attacks do not lead to arrests or prosecutions.Herzog also likened the phenomenon to “inner-city violence,” though they are different, as the perpetrators in the West Bank often profess that they are acting out of ideological nationalist motives, and seek to expel Palestinians from the West Bank.Still, Herzog called the Jewish extremists behind the daily attacks on Palestinians, a “shame on the face of Israel,” repeating a sentiment he has expressed previously.Meanwhile, no arrests have been made in a well-documented settler rampage that took place on Saturday in the northern West Bank Palestinian village of Qusra, which was also subject to a siege by settlers.On Wednesday evening, Palestinian media reported that two of three Palestinians who were shot in the village of al-Mughayyir, in the Ramallah area, died of their wounds after settlers and IDF troops entered the village. The Palestinian Authority’s WAFA news agency identified the two as 19-year-olds.Settlers were filmed close to homes in the village alongside the soldiers. Additional footage showed the troops detained one of the Palestinians. It was also reported that IDF troops fired tear gas.According to the IDF, troops were providing police and an Israeli civilian who entered al-Mughayyir to find missing pets, which it said were identified as belonging to Israelis, when the soldiers were attacked with bricks and stones.The IDF said the troops responded with live fire “toward the primary inciters to remove the threat. Hits were identified.”The army added that it was investigating “the events that preceded the incident and the management of it.”Arrests, car seizures and home demolitions-Separately, officers on Wednesday seized a white pickup truck allegedly used on Saturday in a settler attack on Qusra, and were stoned by settlers while taking the vehicle, police said.Operating in the illegal outpost of Mevasser Hashalom, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, the officers arrested two people from a crowd that had gathered to throw stones and block their path, according to police.The detainees were taken for questioning and “order has been restored,” police said.Police added they already seized several vehicles used in the Saturday attack, when settlers took over a Palestinian home in Qusra with a family inside and reportedly injured a woman, weeks after the start of a siege on a number of homes in the town.While no suspects in the Saturday attack were arrested, police said a “special joint investigative team of the Shin Bet and police” is working to locate the “extremist rioters” and has issued a warrant for their arrest.“The investigation is ongoing,” police said.Police also announced the arrest overnight of three suspects as part of an investigation into arson attacks and assaults against Palestinians south of Hebron.The suspects were residents of the West Bank and of central Israel, aged between 15 and 22, police said, adding that the investigation is ongoing.Following an interrogation, police will bring the suspects before a court to request that their detention be extended, police added.On Tuesday, police announced the arrest of eight other suspects in acts of arson and assault against Palestinians south of Hebron, and brought them before a court to have their detention extended.The court agreed to extend the detention of seven suspects and released the eighth under restrictions, police said.Police told The Times of Israel on Tuesday that some of the detainees were suspected of setting fire to a mosque and several homes in Khirbet a-Tuba in the South Hebron Hills on August 5, in an incident in which six Palestinians reportedly required medical attention after attackers beat them.Other detainees were suspected of setting fire to a mosque in al-Tuwani, also in the South Hebron Hills, on July 19.Additionally, on Wednesday, Israel demolished all the homes in a small Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills that has a population of 12 families, comprising around 70 people. The village, Khirbet al-Tabban, is located within IDF Firing Zone 918.????NOW: Israel is wiping out an entire Palestinian village of Khirbet a-Taban, in Masafer Yatta, the West Bank. The IDF has left more than twenty children and their parents homeless. The destruction of the village is part of a decades-long strategy to displace Palestinian… pic.twitter.com/T9MBGhkDtt — Breaking the Silence (@BtSIsrael) September 2, 2026-In 2022, the High Court of Justice ruled on a petition that had been pending for some 20 years, determining that Palestinians living in the firing zone had not permanently resided there before the area was declared a firing zone, and therefore had no right to live there. Around three years later, the IDF began demolishing some of the Palestinians’ homes in the area.According to a recent UN report in June, more than 2,200 Palestinians have been displaced this year due to settler violence or restrictions on access, and hundreds more have been displaced due to home demolitions by Israeli authorities.The report came just days after Amnesty International accused Israel of conducting a “state-sponsored” campaign of ethnic cleansing against Bedouin and Palestinian herding communities in the West Bank over the last three and a half years, designed to accelerate the annexation of the territory. The IDF rejected the charge.
New Gaza flotilla due to set sail in October in bid to break Israeli blockade-Ships will stop in Spain, Portugal and Italy to gather support and raise funds for their cause before departing for the Palestinian enclave By ToI Staff 2 September 2026, 8:48 pm
A new flotilla is expected to depart Europe next month and set sail on the Mediterranean in the latest bid by anti-Israel activists to break the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, according to reports Wednesday.Citing the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), news outlets including Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported that the new flotilla departing in October will make calls at ports in Spain, Portugal and Italy before heading toward Gaza.It will be the first attempt that the pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel organization has made to reach Gaza since Israel arrested 430 of its activists across 50 ships in international waters in May.The arrests sparked international backlash at the time, after several activists alleged experiencing abuse and sexual assault, including rape, while being held in Israeli detention.Israel denied these accounts, but National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir prompted further scrutiny and outrage by posting a video of him mocking bound, kneeling activists in a detention center.Since then, FFC activists have been sailing around Europe to gather support and raise funds for their cause ahead of October’s sailing.One ship, the Handala II, called at ports in Norway, Sweden and Denmark last month, while another, The Kate, sailed from Bristol, England, to Kinsale, in the Republic of Ireland, on Saturday.The Kate will stop at additional ports in Ireland, Germany and France over the next few weeks before joining up with the rest of the ships in the flotilla.One of the activists aboard The Kate is Fiacc Ó Brolcháin, a 74-year-old sailor who was arrested and deported by Israel in May, according to local Irish outlet The Southern Star.The FFC did not give an exact departure date for the flotilla, and didn’t provide details on how many ships and activists were expected to take part, or how much aid it would be attempting to bring into Gaza.There have been several attempts to reach Gaza by sea over the past three years, after Israel’s war with Hamas sparked a deep humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave.Israel says the attempts are largely performative, noting that the ships carry only symbolic aid and have refused Israel’s offer to transfer the goods to Gaza over land.None of the attempts have been successful, and each has ended with Israeli forces boarding the vessels and arresting the activists before bringing them to land and deporting them to their home countries.More than 73,400 people have been killed in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack sparked the war there, including more than 1,330 since the October 2025 ceasefire, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the enclave, which does not differentiate between combatants and civilians.The Israeli military believes that Hamas’s overall toll is largely accurate, with IDF officials estimating that two to three civilians were killed for every dead terror operative.
IDF says it hit Hezbollah after group launched 2 drones at troops in Lebanon-Military says explosive-laden drones aimed at forces in Ali Taher Ridge area, no soldiers injured; retaliatory attacks hit Nabatieh, 1 reportedly killed; EU countries to help train Lebanese Army By Emanuel Fabian-and Reuters 2 September 2026, 3:23 pm
Hezbollah launched two explosive-laden drones at Israeli troops operating in the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon overnight, prompting strikes on the terror group’s infrastructure in the area, the military said Wednesday.According to the IDF, one of the drones was shot down by the troops, and no soldiers were injured in the attack.Hezbollah has a major underground facility beneath the ridge in the Nabatieh area, and several operatives are believed by the IDF to still be holed up there.In response to the attack, the military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the Nabatieh area. The sites had been used by the terror group to advance attacks on Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon and against Israeli civilians, the IDF said, adding that the strikes were intended to “remove an immediate threat.”Lebanese official media said the Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed one person.“One person was killed and another wounded in a strike launched by an enemy drone” in the city of Nabatieh, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said.The IDF said it is continuing to operate at the Ali Taher Ridge and “will not allow terrorists in the area to advance and carry out” attacks.“The IDF is operating and will continue to act with determination against Hezbollah’s repeated attempts to harm IDF soldiers,” the military added.European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday that more than 10 EU member states are willing to contribute resources and people to a planned mission to advise and train Lebanon’s armed forces.The proposed mission stems from the EU studying ways to strengthen Lebanese forces to help free up the Lebanese army to focus on disarming Hezbollah.Western countries have long called for Lebanon to disarm the Iran-backed terror group, and doing so is a central component of a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel aimed at ending the fighting that has run in parallel with the US-Israeli war against Iran.The mandate of a UN force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, is set to expire at the end of 2026, and the force is expected to begin a yearlong drawdown and withdrawal.“The EU is not seeking to replace UNIFIL,” Kallas told reporters in Ireland following a gathering of European defense ministers.“Our objective is to strengthen the Lebanese armed forces and the ability of the Lebanese state to provide security across its territory,” she said, adding that planning was progressing well.An EU official told Reuters that the bloc’s aim is to establish the mission in mid-October and then deploy personnel in late 2026 or early 2027.Kallas did not provide details on which EU countries would be involved.France has been trying for several months to organize an international conference that would aim to strengthen the Lebanese armed forces, and also proposed creating an international force as part of efforts to replace UNIFIL.A senior Western diplomat told Reuters on Tuesday there was limited prospect for major decisions on Lebanon’s future before Israel’s election in late October. The diplomat also said there was little chance of progress without any clear strengthening of the Lebanese armed forces that would enable them to move into areas previously controlled by Hezbollah.On Saturday, the Nidaa Al-Watan outlet reported that Hezbollah has so far rejected overtures by the Lebanese government to pull its forces out of the contested Ali Taher Ridge.Unnamed sources warned this intransigence could lead the Israeli military to escalate and widen its campaign against Hezbollah, adding that Israel appeared unwilling to make further concessions until Lebanon takes more concrete steps to disarm the terrorist organization.The sources also said the confrontation has stalled efforts to schedule a new round of US-backed negotiations between Jerusalem and Beirut in Rome, which has hosted multiple rounds of talks in recent months, with the report suggesting that international support for Lebanon’s army could be undermined if Hezbollah still holds the Ali Taher Ridge the next time negotiators convene.Hezbollah’s refusal to hand over control of the Ali Taher Ridge to the Lebanese army has reportedly become an obstacle to efforts to advance towards a permanent ceasefire agreement to end an ongoing war.Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the broader Middle East conflict in March by launching rockets at Israel in support of its sponsor Iran, which had come under attack by a US-Israeli air campaign. Israel responded to the Hezbollah attacks with a heavy air campaign and ground invasion.Despite the ceasefire declared in Lebanon in April, fighting has persisted to a lesser extent. Israeli forces continue to operate inside a self-declared “security zone,” which runs around 10 kilometers (six miles) deep inside Lebanese territory along the border.Israel has increased its attacks on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in recent days — particularly in the Nabatieh area where the Ali Taher Ridge is located — while the terror group has targeted troops operating in the area.In June, Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement committing Lebanon to restoring sovereignty over its territory through the “verified disarmament of non-state armed groups,” which would in turn enable a progressive Israeli withdrawal. The State of Lebanon, along with Israel and the US, signed the agreement, but Hezbollah and its allies are opposed to it.Israel has so far pulled forces out of three pilot zones into which the Lebanese army entered, but has said it will not carry out any further withdrawals before Hezbollah is disarmed.
German Navy tests Israeli ballistic missile, will move forward with procurement-LORA missile launched from German frigate in trial in North Atlantic; Israeli Navy’s sixth purchased Dolphin 2-class submarine, Drakon, departs Germany for Haifa By Emanuel Fabian-2 September 2026, 1:16 pm
The German Navy said on Wednesday that it had successfully tested an Israeli ballistic missile system the previous night and would now begin to advance plans to procure the projectiles.The Long-Range Artillery Weapon System, known by the acronym LORA, has a range of 400 kilometers and is accurate to within 10 meters, according to its manufacturer, Israel Aerospace Industries. It is classified as a short-range ballistic missile.Citing a German Navy spokesman, news agency DPA reported that two German frigates were deployed to waters between Ireland and Iceland for the “secret” test of the Israeli-made LORA on Tuesday night.“With the successful launch of a ballistic missile last night in the North Atlantic, we made naval history. I am extremely satisfied with this achievement,” said Vice Adm. Jan Christian Kaack, chief of the German Navy, in a post on Instagram.Kaack said the LORA “can be successfully deployed from our units, and the potential range exceeds anything we have known before.”“For the protection of Germany and our allies, this test marks a new chapter in deterrence and defense readiness at sea,” he added.German Navy test-fires an Israeli-made LORA ballistic missile from a Baden-Württemberg-class frigate. pic.twitter.com/ozqp4Zmr5r — Fabian Hinz (@fab_hinz) September 2, 2026-Alongside the remarks from Kaack, the German Navy published footage showing the test of the LORA.DPA reported that Germany now plans to advance the procurement of the LORA, which would be part of efforts to deter Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.IAI, in a press release, said during Germany’s test, “the missile was launched to its trajectory, navigated its course to the target, and hit it with utmost precision.”“Both the weapon system and the missile successfully met all the trial’s objectives,” the Israeli defense firm said.Israeli Navy’s sixth Dolphin 2-class submarine, Drakon, on its way to Israel from Germany-Meanwhile on Tuesday, the Israeli military and Defense Ministry announced that the Israeli Navy’s sixth submarine, INS “Drakon” — or Dragon — is now en route to Israel from Germany.A ceremony was held earlier this week at Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ shipyard in Kiel, Germany, to mark the Dolphin 2-class submarine’s departure for Israel.“An Israeli flag was raised aboard the submarine, officially marking the beginning of its voyage to Israel,” the statement said. Another ceremony will be held at the Haifa Naval Base upon its arrival.The INS Drakon was to be equipped with “innovative and advanced technologies that place Israel at the forefront of global military technology and will enhance the Israeli Navy’s operational flexibility for years to come,” the military said.The submarine’s originally proposed name was Dakar, after an Israeli submarine that sank in 1968. Dragon is meant to be a compromise after some of the families of the fallen sailors from the original Dakar protested the proposal to recycle the name.“Dakar” will instead be reserved for the overall name of a new advanced class of future Navy submarines, which are scheduled for delivery in the early 2030s.The Dakar-class submarines will replace the three aging first-generation Dolphin-class vessels, which have been in service since around 2000.
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
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.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) 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-HEAVENLY OBJECTS) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
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: 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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
DEUTORONOMY 28:24
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
JAMES 1:11
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
The Hebrew noun accurately translated “oven” refers to a “baking oven” as distinct from a kiln or smelting furnace—both of which burn much hotter. (The Hebrew nouns for “kiln” or for “smelting furnace” are more likely to appear in contexts of God's wrath or judgment.)
21 They have roused me to jealousy with a non-god, they have exasperated me with their idols. In my turn I shall rouse them to jealousy with a non-people, I shall exasperate them with a stupid nation.
22 Yes, a fire has blazed from my anger, it will burn right down to the depths of Sheol; it will devour the earth and all its produce, it will set fire to the footings of the mountains.
23 I shall hurl disasters on them, on them I shall use up all my arrows.
Ephesians 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,(LIBERAL GODLESS AIR WAVES) the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:(GODLESS)
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
Daniel chapter 10 provides us with a particularly fascinating incident from the life of the prophet Daniel. The incident has to do with answers to prayer and why those answers sometimes get delayed. In Daniel’s case, his answer was delayed for three full weeks.
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day (3 WEEKS EARLIER) that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.(THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE MICHAEL THE ARCH ANGEL ISRAELS WAR ANGEL OF PROTECTION.) THAT CAME TO DANIEL.
13 But the prince (TERRITORIAL DEMON OVER IRAN) of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days:(3 WEEKS) but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.(THE POINT HERE IS THAT SAME TERRITORIAL DEMON THAT STOPPED DANIELS PRAYER FROM BEING ANSWERED FOR 3 WEEKS-IS STILL OVER IRANS TERRITORY THAT LEADS THE LEADERS OF IRAN). THATS WHY IRAN WILL NEVER STOP MAKING NUKES TILL ISRAEL IS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. WITH THIS TERRITORIAL DEMON CONTROLLING THE MINDS OF KHAMENEI AND THE LEADERS IN IRAN.
Some 30 Jews are among the missing, Chabad says-Nepal turns to rehabilitation as hope fades for nearly 4,000 missing after glacier disaster
Rescuers make last search of hydropower tunnels a week after devastating flash floods left more than 1,100 dead; authorities fear many are buried under debrisBy Gopal Sharma and Saurabh Sharma 2 September 2026, 11:39 am
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) — Hopes of finding more survivors among the thousands still missing in Nepal were fading, authorities said on Wednesday, a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas unleashed flash floods that devastated the mountainous nation.At least 1,114 people have been killed, and nearly 4,000 remain unaccounted for, with officials fearing many are buried under debris left by the floods that tore through towns and valleys near the Chinese border.Two Israeli citizens are among the missing, and about 30 Jews are among the missing.Across the border in Tibet, China’s official toll has held steady since Sunday at 16 dead and 546 missing.“The hope of finding survivors is decreasing,” said Phanindra Paudel, a senior official at the government’s National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC). “We pray and are hopeful. Hope is hope!”Rescuers are trying to find survivors believed to be trapped inside the tunnels of several hydroelectric plants, whose powerhouses have spaces and rooms for people to stay, army spokesperson Raja Ram Basnet said.Authorities said 279 people had been rescued from the ruins of hydropower projects but at least 639 more were still missing, some of whom are believed to be trapped in tunnels.Specialized rescue teams from India, China and the United States were involved in the tunnel rescue attempts, authorities said.“The plan today is to get on a helicopter and go to the hydro tunnels where they believe there’s still life,” Ferrin Cole, a member of the US crisis response team that is currently in Nepal, told ANI news agency.“We have high-technology listening equipment to listen for sounds of life. And then the safety teams to go in and check.”Some 30 Jews are among the missing-On Tuesday, the head of Chabad of Nepal in Kathmandu, Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, said that around 30 Jews, including the two Israelis confirmed missing, are among the missing.He told Chabad.org that the center he runs is working intensely with authorities to help coordinate searches for people missing in the floods.The Chabad center has also sent aid and assistance to flood victims, Lifshitz said.He did not explain how he had reached the estimated number of Jews missing, but his wife, Chani Lifshitz, said they were “in contact with the families, local communities and officials on the ground, trying to piece together every detail.”“We are checking every report, every name, every location and every possible lead,” she added.“For several nights this week, my husband and I barely slept,” she said, adding that preparations for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, next week have come to a standstill.“More and more missing Jewish families are turning to us, and we know that some of them [may have been swept away],” Lifshitz wrote on Chabad of Nepal’s Facebook page. “The thought that we will not be able to give them a Jewish burial gives us no rest.”Focus shifting to rehabilitation-“Looking at the nature of the disaster and the area which has been hit by the flood, as days go by there are less chances of human survivors,” said Binoj Basnet, a retired senior army general who oversaw the search and rescue operation during the 2015 earthquake in which about 9,000 people were killed.Prime Minister Balendra Shah said the focus would shift from search, rescue and relief operations towards rehabilitation and reconstruction.“The government is now focusing on rehabilitation while working to protect the lives of people in the affected areas and providing necessary medical treatment and psychological counseling,” Shah said in a late-night post on social media on Tuesday.The disaster left at least 2.2 million tons of debris, according to a preliminary estimate by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), including parts of buildings, rocks, and sediment, the equivalent of six Empire State buildings.“The amount of debris shows the scale of the destruction and the challenge communities face as they clear homes, roads and public spaces and begin to rebuild,” it said.Residents in affected areas walked around the remains of what were once bustling villages and towns, trying to salvage whatever they could of their belongings.“My husband and I were able to escape safely. But we could not pick up anything,” Shanta Sunar, 45, a small shopkeeper and survivor from Nuwakot, said.“We have lost whatever we had. But we are lucky nothing happened to us.”Public health risk-UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said aid agencies were “very concerned” about the growing public health risk from overcrowded shelters, contaminated water and damaged health facilities, particularly for women and children during the monsoon season.About 3,900 people remain unaccounted for, and nearly 3,500 people are living in 27 displacement sites across the hardest-hit districts of Nuwakot and Rasuwa, Dujarric told a regular UN press briefing on Tuesday.Shah said his government had stepped up surveillance and response measures to prevent possible outbreaks of disease in flood-affected areas.Climate change catalyst-The Himalayan region faces severe risks from future glacial floods, a senior UN official said on Tuesday, a sentiment that Shah echoed in his post.“Questions about why the ice and rock collapsed and how such a large volume of water was generated must be answered by the global community,” Shah said.China has also linked the flood to climate change.Zev Stub and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
I KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.)
THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo
Bank of Israel slashes rates to four-year low to bolster postwar economic rebound-Central bank cuts borrowing costs to 3.25%, warning of partial recovery; manufacturers accuse Governor Yaron of doing too little too late, as strong shekel hurts exporters’ profits-By Sharon Wrobel-Today, 8:54 pm-SEP 1,26
The Bank of Israel on Tuesday cut interest rates to the lowest level in almost four years to help stimulate postwar economic recovery and provide some relief for struggling households and businesses.The central bank, led by Governor Amir Yaron, decided to lower borrowing costs by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent after trimming interest rates in July, May, and January.High credit costs for borrowers have been reduced by a cumulative 1% so far this year as households and businesses struggle to make mortgage and loan repayments after more than two and a half years of hostilities on multiple fronts.The central bank’s move comes as the annual inflation rate in July fell to a five-year low of 1.5%, well within the Bank of Israel’s 1% to 3% target range, allowing policymakers to shift focus to supporting growth in the economy.In its announcement, the Bank of Israel raised concerns that recent growth figures for the first half of the year only “partly reflect recovery of the economy from the impact of the military operation against Iran” in late February, as “excluding production of Israeli companies abroad, activity was more moderate.”“Current indicators of economic activity show that credit card expenditures in current prices are volatile and slightly below the long-term trend line,” the central bank said. “Foreign trade data for July indicate a moderation of goods imports following a sharp increase in May and June.”Ahead of Tuesday’s decision, forecasters were split over whether the Bank of Israel would lower borrowing costs or take a more cautious stance and take a breather, as major central banks of advanced economies left interest rates unchanged and pressure has been mounting for rate hikes.“The Bank of Israel has opted for a more dovish stance, providing a lifeline to the local economy,” said Gali Ingber, head of finance studies at the College of Management Academic Studies. “It highlights the unique challenges facing the Israeli economy: the need to curb prices on the one hand, and the urgent need to support real economic activity by providing relief to households and businesses amidst prolonged uncertainty on the other.”“The economy has been swept up in geopolitical turmoil, creating a critical need to support the business sector, investment, and growth, and with this move, the Bank of Israel is essentially signaling its willingness to take a calculated risk to avoid stifling local economic activity,” Ingber added.The overly strong shekel has also helped drive deflationary forces, as it makes imports cheaper, restrains price increases, and enables the Bank of Israel, which is concerned about price stability, to lower interest rates.However, the shekel’s 10% appreciation against the dollar over the past year has also been hurting exporters’ competitiveness and profitability as they earn in dollars but pay expenses in shekels. Exports make up as much as 40% of Israeli economic activity.In recent months, local manufacturers and exporters have accused Yaron of doing too little too late to help moderate sharp gains in the shekel, which has been trading around a 33-year high against the US dollar.Exporters have been warning that the local currency’s strength poses a risk to growth prospects in the economy, and have been calling for larger and faster interest rate cuts.The Israel Manufacturers’ Association welcomed the central bank’s action as a “correct and necessary step.”“The Bank of Israel’s interest rate cut is a step in the right direction, in light of the moderation in inflation over the past year,” said Israel Manufacturers’ Association President Avraham (Novo) Novogrotzky. “But industry and the export sector need to be able to rely on monetary policy action aligned with current economic realities, rather than a lagging response as the local currency’s appreciation continues to erode profits and competitiveness, hampering investment, expansion, and the maintenance of operations in Israel.”“The Bank of Israel should capitalize on the window of opportunity that has opened and pursue a continuous, more rapid path of rate cuts, as long as inflation remains near the target range,” he demanded.The next Bank of Israel interest rate decision is on October 21, just days before Israel’s national elections.“The Bank of Israel is unlikely to lower borrowing costs close to the elections; therefore, any further rate cut will only take place after,” said Israel Discount Bank chief economist Einat Meir.
