JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T
MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE
MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET
SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO
OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
WAR
WITH IRAN - DAY 157 AUGUST 03,26 - WILFIRES RAGE-TRUMP SAYS NO BOMBING
IRAN.ANOTHER FALSE PEACE DEAL WITH THE DEATH CULT WELLBOY MAUDI
WORSHIPPERS.
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, ISLAM) 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)
Trump says talks with Iran will start Monday on deal to
reopen Hormuz-‘I’d love to do that. We’d save a lot of lives,’ US
president says, adding Gulf leaders’ input weighed heavily in decision
to hold off new strikes-By Jacob Magid,AP and ToI Staff Today, 5:39
am-AUG 3,26
US President Donald Trump said Sunday night that
negotiations with Iran would begin on Monday to finalize a deal that
reopens the Strait of Hormuz after he again called off a major attack on
the Islamic Republic over the weekend.“We’re talking to them in the
form of a negotiation. It begins tomorrow afternoon, and we’ll see if
it’s [good]. I’d love to do that. We’d save a lot of lives, save a lot
of unnecessary power,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.When he
announced the latest walk-back of a threat to conduct a massive bombing
campaign against Iran on Saturday, Trump claimed a deal with Iran was
imminent to reopen Hormuz and “end” its nuclear threat. Now, he declined
to give a timeline for when such a deal would be reached, and said
negotiations would only start tomorrow, though mediators have been
discussing such a deal for weeks.Trump didn’t specify on Saturday which
countries, besides Iran, had asked him not to launch the major bombing
campaign, but he now identified them as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates and Qatar. That contradicts reporting from the Wall Street
Journal, which said the UAE actually wanted Trump to escalate against
Iran.“We were all set to go at this time right now, and it would have
been a massive attack… but [then] the allies asked to call it off… The
reason they ask is they think there’s a deal. There’s a deal on Hormuz,
and then there will be a deal on the denuclearization of Iran,” Trump
said.The president had said on Saturday that the deal on the table would
address both Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear program. His latest comments
suggested that the nuclear file won’t be addressed until a subsequent
agreement, and that the first deal would largely restore the memorandum
of understanding that was inked in June. That MOU gave the sides 60 days
to reach a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, but there are now less than
30 days left in that window.Trump said Sunday that a plan had been in
place for US forces to carry out “the biggest attack since World War
II.” But he decided to scrap the plan and give diplomacy more time to
play out after hearing from Gulf leaders, as well as at the request of
unnamed Iranian officials.“I said to [Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman], ‘What would you rather do? Would you rather us do this or
not?’” Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he flew back to
Washington after spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster,
New Jersey. “They said we would much prefer a deal as opposed to an
attack, because you don’t know where these attacks lead.”Trump and the
crown prince spoke on Saturday before the US president announced in a
social media post that Mideast allies had reached the “perimeters” of a
deal.It was another turnabout for Trump, who a day earlier said he was
“losing faith” in negotiations with Iran and offered the ominous warning
that the US military “will be hitting them very hard.”Iran has
repeatedly attacked vessels attempting to transit through the Strait of
Hormuz without its authorization as part of its conflict with the US.And
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Sunday that
the Strait of Hormuz “will in no way return to the status it was before
February 28,” the day the war started.On a call with Iranian state TV,
he added that Iran is discussing shipping through the strait with Oman,
on the other side of Hormuz, but that there’s no current talk about
reopening the crucial waterway.Trump has announced halts to strikes on
Iran on several occasions since the United States and Israel attacked
Iran on Feb. 28, only for things to unravel and fighting to resume
again.Iran’s defense minister said on X that the country was “neither
surprised nor passive” following Trump’s announcement and said the
Islamic Republic remains alert in the face of concrete threats from the
US.While Iran’s leaders appear united in a war strategy signaling
strength and endurance, a struggle for control seems to be brewing
within the theocracy’s leadership between those who oppose all
negotiations with the US and others who count on military pressure to
win at the negotiating table.Trump on Sunday said he expected
negotiations to resume “tomorrow afternoon” but did not detail who would
be involved in such talks.A regional official said the proposal
announced by Trump over the weekend calls for the US and Iran to return
to negotiations and continue working out many of the issues that have
stymied prior progress on the deal.The official, who is involved in the
mediation efforts, said the proposal calls for reopening of the Strait
of Hormuz and halting attacks across the region, including by
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, on Arab Gulf countries and Jordan.The
US, in exchange, will end its naval blockade on Iran and allow Tehran to
export its oil as stated in the tentative ceasefire deal, he said.No
deal has been reached yet but mediation efforts are underway, said the
official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t
authorized to talk to the media.The US-Iran memorandum obligated Iran to
fully open the strait “for 60 days only,” and did not impose
restrictions after that.It collapsed amid competing claims over Hormuz,
with Trump insisting the strait would be open, while Tehran believed the
deal allowed it to dictate the route taken by ships through the key
waterway.Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, raised concerns
about the US potentially escalating the conflict when he spoke with
Trump by phone on Saturday.The call was “candid and constructive,”
according to a person briefed on the call who was not authorized to
comment publicly and requested anonymity.The crown prince conveyed that
an escalation in fighting could have a severe impact on the global
economy if Tehran responded to a new US bombardment by targeting some of
the United States’ Gulf allies.The call happened before Trump’s social
media announcement, the person said. The crown prince sought clarity
from Trump on what potential new action he was weighing to take against
Iran.Saudi officials, the person added, have underscored in their
engagements with the Trump administration that the kingdom — as well as
fellow Persian Gulf energy titans the United Arab Emirates and Qatar —
are in a good position to defend against further potential Iranian
attacks, but that Kuwait could be more vulnerable to attacks by
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.Trump suggested that his conversation
with the Saudi crown prince weighed heavily in his decision to halt his
plans to carry out strikes on Iran.“It would have been disastrous for
them. And they didn’t want us to do it,” Trump said. “And frankly, Saudi
Arabia didn’t want it either. They thought that a deal is
imminent.”According to Israel’s Channel 12, Israel was to be part of the
attack, which was called off about 24 hours before it was set to begin,
and only learned that it would not be carried out after Trump published
a message to that effect in a social media post.Planning for the attack
began on Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met
with Trump at the White House, according to the report.The US Central
Command prepared an attack plan on Iranian energy infrastructure.
“Israel was supposed to be part of the plan,” a US official told Channel
12.Israel told the US that if the attack did not significantly damage
Iranian economic and regime targets, there would be no point in carrying
it out, the report said.
Analysis-Déjà vu in Iran: Trump keeps
threatening major escalation, only to walk it all back-US leader’s
hardball negotiation strategy leaves all sides guessing what’s next, but
critics say even he doesn’t know where he’s going and may be looking
for a reset button-By AAMER MADHANI Today, 9:29 am-AUG 3,26
WASHINGTON
(AP) — US President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the
5-month-old Iran war.It starts with a grim warning to Tehran that he’s
on the cusp of ordering US forces to “obliterate” its power plants or
seize key parts of its oil industry if its leaders don’t quickly agree
to US terms to end the war. It ends with him edging away with a
last-minute declaration, sometimes at the behest of Gulf allies, that
he’s going to give diplomacy more time.The hardball strategy — one that
Trump honed during his years competing in New York’s real estate scene
and has employed in politics — aims to create movement in negotiation
through pressure and chaos. But the tactic is facing a challenge with an
Iranian theocracy that believes it holds a higher threshold for
strategic pain than Washington.While Trump has reveled in the US
military decimating layers of Tehran’s leadership and devastating its
air force and navy, Iran is betting it can outlast Trump as he faces
diminished stockpiles of munitions and the difficulty of executing a war
that is unpopular with the American electorate ahead of November’s
midterm election-The latest episode began on Friday when Trump,
surrounded by his Cabinet, grimly declared that he was “losing faith” in
negotiations with Iran and warned that the US military “ will be
hitting them very hard.”Hours later, the White House press secretary
Karoline Leavitt heightened speculation in Washington — and around the
globe — with an ominous statement asserting “Iran will continue to pay
until they come to the table in, what President Trump deems, a
meaningful way.”But by late Saturday night, Trump declared on social
media that there were signs of progress on reaching an agreement and he
was calling off a plan to carry out new, massive strikes for the time
being.The next day Trump emphasized that requests to give diplomacy more
time from unnamed Iranian officials as well as leaders from Gulf allies
— Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates — were key to his
about-face.“It would have been disastrous for them. And they didn’t want
us to do it,” Trump said of Iran as he spoke to reporters on his way
back to Washington from a weekend at his New Jersey golf club. “And
frankly, Saudi Arabia didn’t want it either. They thought that a deal is
imminent.”Critics see Trump reaching for a reset button in this
pattern-Trump may still come to the conclusion that a massive escalation
in the conflict with Iran is necessary.But critics say his hesitation
also may reflect an unspoken understanding inside the administration
that US military might alone may not be enough to compel Iran to back
down and bring an end to a now months-long war that Trump had earlier
downplayed as a weeks-long excursion.“I think what we’re seeing here is a
president who has an approach that’s just rather erratic,” said Sen.
Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee,
on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “At this point, he’s trying to get us
back to February. And I think if he could — if he had a big reset button
he could hit — he would certainly take that option.”There have been
several moments over the course of the conflict when Trump has
demonstrated his proclivity for the bellicose only to back off at the
last minute, while declaring his threats spurred progress.In early
April, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in an
announcement that came less than two hours before a deadline Trump had
set for Tehran to capitulate or face attacks on bridges and power plants
— strikes he said would mean “a whole civilization will die.”After days
of dire threats against Iran, Trump announced on May 18 he was holding
off on a major planned military strike because “serious negotiations”
were underway, crediting Gulf allies for persuading him to show
restraint.Then in June, Trump threatened to hit Iran “VERY HARD” and
seize Iran’s energy base on Kharg Island to “assume total control of
their Oil and Gas Markets,” he wrote on social media, only to call off
the strikes in a later post after claiming that peace negotiations had
progressed with high-level Iranian leaders.Left unsaid by the president
was that such an endeavor would require US boots on the ground in Iran —
a risky proposition politically for a president who campaigned on
avoiding foreign entanglements and criticized past administrations for
getting bogged down in endless wars.Call with Saudi crown prince
affected Trump’s decision-With this latest episode, Trump suggested that
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played a particularly important
role in his turning away from escalating the fight.The US president
spoke by phone with the de facto leader of the kingdom on Saturday
before announcing he was halting strikes that he later boasted would
have been one of the biggest US operations since World War II.The crown
prince conveyed that an escalation in fighting could have a severe
impact on the global economy if Tehran responded to a new US bombardment
by targeting some of the United States’s Gulf allies, according to a
person briefed on the call who was not authorized to comment publicly
and requested anonymity.Saudi officials, the person added, have
underscored in their engagements with the Trump administration that the
kingdom is in a good position to defend itself against further potential
Iranian strikes — as are fellow energy titans Qatar and the United Arab
Emirates — but that Kuwait could be more vulnerable to attacks by
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.As Trump threatens escalation,
Republicans face tough polling-Trump has insisted that November’s
midterm elections aren’t shaping his approach to the conflict that’s
spurred unease across the global economy.But it’s certainly on the minds
of his fellow Republicans.About two-thirds of US adults say the war
with Iran, which began February 28, has not been worthwhile, according
to polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs
Research published last week. That includes the vast majority of
Democrats and independents, as well as about 37 percent of
Republicans.One of Trump’s most outspoken allies on Capitol Hill
suggested on Sunday the administration needs to modulate its approach on
Iran.Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that
the debate in Washington has lost perspective on the devastation the US
military has inflicted on Iran since the start of the war.Still, the
Republican lawmaker acknowledged that further escalating the conflict
could lead to a further surge in already elevated energy prices and “a
lot of inflation for the American people.”Kennedy made the case that
tightening sanctions and targeting Iran’s nuclear program — rather than
escalating the conflict — might be the best bet for the moment.“They’re
all hellish choices,” Kennedy said. “But for the moment I’d maintain the
status quo.”
Minister: Israel will strike if Iran renews
nuclear, missile programs-Iran denies it asked Trump not to strike or
agreed to deal to split control of Hormuz-Regime’s media mocks Trump’s
climbdown; Israel still mum after US announces deal is imminent; Saudis
confirm pushing Trump to hold off attacks; Iranian armed forces remain
‘on high alert’By Agencies and ToI Staff 2 August 2026, 2:53 pm
Iranian
semi-official news agencies on Sunday denied US President Donald
Trump’s claim hours earlier that Tehran had asked the US to hold off on
any attack, and also negated reports that it had agreed to a deal that
would divide control of the Strait of Hormuz.Iran’s Mehr news agency on
Sunday denied the claim by Trump — made as he announced that he had
called off strikes since “the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to” —
that the Islamic Republic asked the United States to refrain from
conducting new strikes.Citing military officials, the agency said the
allegation “was nothing but a new lie” and that the Iranian armed forces
were “on high alert and ready for any eventuality.”Other Iranian media
outlets mocked Trump for the climbdown, with Kayhan saying he “backed
away from his positions once again, after about a week of boasting and
threats against Iran, claiming that an agreement was close.” Echoed
semi-official media outlet Mehr: “Trump once again backed away from his
hollow threats and presented his retreat to the world as a
favor.”Israel’s Channel 12 news reported Sunday that Trump called off
the strikes after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi agreed to a
compromise deal on opening up the Strait of Hormuz. According to the
report, based on two diplomats familiar with the situation, a compromise
deal put together by Qatar and the US would see ships enter the Persian
Gulf on the Iranian-controlled side of the strait and exit via the
Omani side.Oman agreed to the deal but sought assurances that the
agreement would be respected by Iran’s hardline Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps, which the Qataris are attempting to secure, according to
the report.The report made no mention of fees for transiting the strait,
which has been a major sticking point.But Iran’s semi-official Fars
news agency on Sunday quoted a member of the country’s negotiating team
saying that the Israeli media report was “false.”Fars also quoted the
official as saying that “as long as the United States maintains its
hostile actions, the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed” to any ship
that does not coordinate with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.The hardline
body is seen as a significant obstacle to reaching a deal and there are
questions regarding how much it is aligned with Iranian diplomats trying
to negotiate with the US.Iran has blockaded Hormuz since the start of
the war, requiring vessels to obtain permission and pay transit fees
before using the waterway.Deterrence-While there was no official Israeli
reaction, Energy Minister Eli Cohen said Sunday that there was close
security and intelligence coordination between Israel and the US on
everything happening in the region.“With or without an agreement, and
regardless of any external commitments, if Iran attempts to renew its
nuclear program or advance its ballistic missile industries, we will be
there. We will take action, and we will strike,” he told Army
Radio.While Trump’s announcement touted a deal on Hormuz, it did not
mention Iran’s nuclear or missile programs, the destruction of which
were key aims when Israel and the US launched the war.Cohen also claimed
that Iran feared an Israeli reaction and so had refrained from striking
Israel, while it had hit most other countries in the region that hosted
US forces.“Iran held off on attacking us, because they are deterred,
something that highlights Israel’s standing in the Middle East,” Cohen
said. “They attacked all the other nations in the region except for
Israel. It speaks for itself.”Iran also claimed that it has deterred the
US and Israel from renewing strikes.Iran’s acting defense minister,
Brigadier General Majid Ebn Al-Reza, said Tehran viewed recent US
threats as “psychological and cognitive warfare” but was treating them
seriously, adding that Iran would boost preparedness and deterrence
rather than be caught off guard or remain passive, Press TV
reported.Saudi influence-Trump announced a halt to what had been touted
as an imminent major attack on Iran after speaking via phone with Saudi
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday.In his call with Trump, the
Saudi crown prince, widely known as MBS, stressed the “necessity of
prioritizing dialogue to deescalate tensions” in the Middle East, “and
the importance of exerting all possible efforts to achieve a truce that
paves the way for diplomatic solutions,” according to a Sunday statement
from Saudi Arabia’s state news agency.A White House official told
Reuters that the two leaders had spoken but did not provide
details.Iranian state media said the Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers
also held a call and that Tehran also spoke with Pakistan and Turkey,
which have acted as mediators in the talks, about “the risk of
escalating tensions and insecurity in the region.”Trump’s apparent
deescalation after days of threats of new attacks from each side marked
the latest turn in the war the US and Israel launched five months ago.
Attacks have spread across the Gulf to the Red Sea and even a
Mediterranean facility in Egypt.The risk of Iranian attacks has deterred
most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, an important conduit for
global energy supplies, since the start of the conflict, sending
shockwaves through the world economy.US embassies in capitals across the
Middle East had warned their citizens on Saturday to beware of
“unforeseen escalation” in the regional conflict and urged them to be
ready to leave, hours before Trump’s announcement appeared to calm
tensions.
WaPo: US gen. warns insufficiently equipped to defend
Israel-Trump said to order strikes aimed at forcing Iran’s surrender; US
citizens told to be ready to leave Mideast-Offensive could begin this
weekend, last several days; US embassies issue warnings to citizens;
Tehran says countries aiding US risk being ‘engulfed by flames of war’;
conflicting reports on Israeli role-By Agencies and ToI Staff 1 August
2026, 2:43 pmUpdated at 5:31 pm
US President Donald Trump has
ordered another wave of strikes against Iran, with the aim of forcing
the Islamic Republic’s surrender, The Wall Street Journal reported early
Saturday, with other reports suggesting Israel could take part in
attacks expected to target Iran’s energy infrastructure.Citing US
officials, the report said the bombing was expected to last several days
and could start as soon as this weekend.Trump had earlier indicated
that the US would be resuming hostilities.“We’ll be hitting them very
hard,” Trump said about Iran on Friday in an exchange with reporters
during a cabinet meeting. “You know, at some point they’re going to say,
‘We just can’t take it anymore.’”Asked if Americans should be prepared
for the back-and-forth strikes between the US and Iran to continue,
Trump responded, “A little bit.”US embassies in Jerusalem and other
Middle Eastern capitals later called on American citizens to avoid
traveling to the region, and advised those in the Middle East to
consider leaving or be ready to depart due to the “potential for
unforeseen escalation.”Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem – August
1, 2026 Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security
environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen
escalation. Advertisement Americans currently in the Middle East should
exercise caution and heightened vigilance… pic.twitter.com/lTAMRS9yKv —
U.S. Embassy Jerusalem (@usembassyjlm) August 1, 2026“The Iranian regime
is unpredictable, as seen by its recent decisions to attack areas in
the region without warning or provocations as well as to expand attacks
to areas not previously targeted (such as Egypt),” US embassies from
Cairo eastward said in identical messages published on their respective
websites.Previous talks between the two parties following an April truce
stalled, with the ceasefire collapsing about a month ago and Iran again
obstructing the Strait of Hormuz, a vital conduit for the global supply
of oil and gas.Iran blockaded the strait early in the war, which began
with US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic on February 28.A
deal last month between the US and Iran partially reopened the strait,
with future talks planned to resolve larger issues, including Iran’s
nuclear program. But the agreement, which Israel was not a party to,
collapsed in early July after Iran fired on vessels. Israel has also yet
to participate in the current round of fighting.Israel was not party to
the understanding and opposes a halt to strikes on Iran that would
leave its nuclear and missile programs intact.Conflicting reports on
potential Israeli involvement-Meanwhile, reports circulated about the
possibility of Israeli involvement in the planned strikes.CNN reported
that there was no indication as of Saturday that Israel would
participate in the potential offensive, after sources cited by CBS said
the US and Israel were jointly planning an imminent bombing campaign on
Iranian energy facilities.ABC News cited a source as saying the strikes
were discussed with Israeli officials, but that it remains unclear if
Israel will be directly involved.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
visited the White House this week for his first in-person talks with
Trump since the Iran war began in February, describing the meeting as an
opportunity “to coordinate on things that are important for the
security and for the future of Israel.”Beyond those remarks, few details
regarding the content of the discussions were made public. A senior
official in the prime minister’s entourage told The Times of Israel
shortly after the sit-down that they “talked about all arenas —
primarily Iran.”Following the report of US attack plans, Iran’s military
accused the US of “escalating tensions” in the Middle East, warning
countries in the region against cooperating with Washington.“The United
States is rapidly moving down the path of escalating tensions in the
region,” said Ali Abdollahi, head of Iran’s military central command.
“Any country serving as a defensive shield for criminal and aggressive
America will be engulfed by the flames of war.”‘Insufficiently equipped
to defend Israel’With the resumption of hostilities potentially
looming, The Washington Post reported that the head of the US
military’s European Command, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, sent the Pentagon a
written warning this week that if he does not receive another Navy
destroyer, he will be forced to choose defense of the United States
‘homeland’ over that of Israel, according to officials.The European
Command coordinates operations in the Mediterranean Sea, where its
vessels help shoot down projectiles launched at Israel from both Iran
and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Two of the European Command’s
five Rota, Spain-based destroyers were stationed in the Mediterranean as
of Friday, according to the newspaper.On the other hand, the European
Command is also responsible for protecting against potential Russian
incursions into NATO territory and the threat posed by Russia’s
long-range missiles, which can reach the US, the outlet noted.Earlier
this week, Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel “very much”
wanted to strike Iran, but that the US “is not approving it at the
moment because of the concern that Iran would attack neighboring
countries, causing a global oil crisis.”Iran’s army warned on Sunday
that the Middle East war would widen if the US chose to press ahead with
attacks on the Islamic Republic, with army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia
telling state television that he believed Israel was trying to prod the
US into resuming attacks.Israel is presumably not the only target of
Iran’s threats, as Saudi Arabia joined the US in striking Iran-backed
militant groups in Iraq earlier this week.Kuwait intercepts Iranian
drones-The US last struck Iran early Thursday, a day after Iran targeted
American troops in the region with ballistic missiles. Mediator
Pakistan insisted later that day that negotiations were ongoing. But
Iranian strikes continued on Friday and into Saturday.The Kuwaiti
defense ministry said Saturday that it intercepted drones fired by Iran
that targeted “vital” sites, including an unspecified government
facility in the Gulf state’s north and vehicles of a civilian company on
Kuwait’s Bubiyan Island.Shrapnel caused some material damage, but no
one was hurt, the Kuwaiti ministry said, vowing to “safeguard the
sovereignty of the homeland.”
Saudi leader said to have voiced
concern to Trump about plan-Trump says he and Israel have called off
Iran attack after being assured deal is imminent-US leader claims pact
will fully reopen Hormuz, ‘end’ Iran’s nuclear threat; Tehran had
threatened response to planned attack, warning Israeli gas fields would
be ‘burned to ashes’By Jacob Magid,Reuters and ToI Staff 2 August 2026,
8:06 am
US President Donald Trump said late Saturday that he had
called off a major attack on Iran after being assured by Tehran and
other Middle East countries that a framework for a deal to fully reopen
the Strait of Hormuz and “end the Iran nuclear threat” had been reached.
He added that Israel was also on board, though Jerusalem did not
immediately make a public statement on the issue.“The USA is locked and
loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels
of military terror, strength and Power not seen since World War II,”
Trump wrote on Truth Social.“Despite this, we have just been asked by
Iran, and other Middle Eastern countries to hold off any attack in that
the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to,” he continued. “This would
include the Immediate, complete, and total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT
and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat.”“Based on this request, I have
agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival
of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to
being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” he added.“The country of Israel
joins me in this commitment. Get to work, everybody, and get it DONE,”
he concluded.Since the outbreak of the Iran war, Trump has repeatedly
threatened to carry out major threats against Iran’s energy sites only
to walk it back, claiming mediators had assured him of an imminent
breakthrough in negotiations for a diplomatic settlement.Iranian
military officials quoted in the country’s heavily state-controlled
media on Sunday, however, pushed back on Trump’s claim that Tehran asked
for planned attacks to be called off as a deal to end the war comes
together.The unnamed sources called the claim a “lie” and accused Trump
of attempting to extort and pressure Gulf leaders. Iran’s forces are at
the highest level of readiness, the sources said, warning that should
fighting take place, it will be “decisive” and show who holds the real
power.‘All will be burned to ashes’Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas
Araghchi, in separate phone calls on Saturday with senior Turkish,
Pakistani and Saudi officials, warned the US against any “adventurous
action” and said Tehran would retaliate decisively if American forces
followed through on Trump’s threats of fresh attacks on Iranian
targets.Speaking to Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Araghchi said Iran would respond
decisively to any “aggression” and discussed the consequences of
“destabilizing actions” by the US, as well as prospects for heightened
regional insecurity, according to Araghchi’s Telegram account.Araghchi
later told Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan that any
attacks by the US and Israel or participation by regional countries in
such actions would be met with a “proportionate response.”Saudi Crown
Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to Trump on Saturday and “expressed
concern and asked for clarity” about US plans for Iran, a US official
told Axios.The Saudi crown prince spoke to Trump, a White House official
told media outlets including Reuters, but did not provide
details.Nournews, a media outlet affiliated with Iran’s top security
body, said on Saturday that US attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure
would prompt Iranian strikes on oil fields in Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates, as well as the gas fields of Qatar and Israel,
saying: “All will be burned to ashes.”According to a New York Times
report earlier Saturday, Iranian officials developed a step-by-step plan
to ramp up attacks in the region in order to pressure Trump, including
by enlisting its proxy terror groups– Hamas, Hezbollah and Shiite
militias in Iraq — to join in the escalatory attacks.The Iran
International opposition media outlet quoted Iran’s Fars news agency on
Saturday as listing Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar gas fields among major
energy facilities in the region as possible targets for an Iranian
response to US attacks.Fars also cited oil and gas fields and refineries
in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain among possible
targets.Israel’s Channel 12 had reported that Israel believed Iran would
have fired ballistic missiles at it even if the IDF did not initially
participate in Trump’s planned intensified offensive.At a cabinet
meeting on Friday at the Camp David retreat, Trump said he believed US
negotiators, including his son-in-law Jared Kushner, special envoy Steve
Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, could still reach a deal
with Iran.But Trump also said he was losing faith in the Iranians,
saying that “they break their word so often” — a claim Tehran has
frequently leveled at Washington — and said he would be “hitting
them.”Strait of Hormuz-Oil prices have stayed high since US and Israeli
forces started the war with strikes on Iran on February 28. Trump has
argued that his stated goal of keeping Iran from gaining nuclear weapons
justifies higher fuel costs in the near term, but the economic pain has
put political pressure on him to find a way to end the war.Benchmark
Brent crude futures rose 24 percent in July, and analysts polled by
Reuters expect prices to rise further this year.The risk of Iranian
attacks has deterred most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, an
important conduit for global energy supplies, since the start of the
conflict, sending shockwaves through the world economy.A government
facility in northern Kuwait and civilian property belonging to a company
on Bubiyan Island were hit on Saturday, with falling shrapnel causing
material damage but no casualties, the Kuwaiti army said.Adding to the
energy industry’s concerns, Iran’s Houthi allies in Yemen recently began
threatening the Bab el-Mandeb, the strait at the other end of the Red
Sea from the Suez Canal, another export route for Saudi crude.The United
Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Saturday it had received
reports of two maritime incidents off Oman, including one in which a
tanker was struck by an unknown projectile that damaged the engine room.
In the other incident, the master of a tanker reported seeing a large
splash and an explosion close to the vessel, though no damage was
reported.
Saudis said to gear up for ground invasion against
Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen-Saudi forces seen withdrawing from east of
Yemen, in possible prep for a campaign, report says, as Riyadh announces
14-country alliance to protect Red Sea shipping By Agencies and ToI
Staff 31 July 2026, 11:35 am
Saudi Arabia is gearing up for a
major offensive against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, by sea and
possibly including a ground operation, The Guardian reported
Thursday.According to the report, which cited Yemeni sources, Saudi
forces have been seen withdrawing from the east of Yemen, in what could
indicate preparation for a ground attack.The report came after the Saudi
defense ministry issued a joint statement with 13 other countries
announcing a maritime defense alliance to secure navigation around the
strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait.The alliance includes Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey and Yemen. The Saudis have also
asked the US, as well as several European countries, to join the
alliance.Saudi Arabia and the Houthis traded fire earlier this month for
the first time in years, threatening a 2022 truce that has held despite
expiring.On July 20, the Houthis declared a maritime blockade against
Saudi Arabia, opening a new front against the US and its allies in the
Iran war, which has already constrained global shipping due to Iranian
attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.The Iran-backed group has claimed
attacks targeting Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea and oil
infrastructure in the kingdom.Sailing through Bab el-Mandeb to Asia
takes on average 16 days, versus 50 days if cargoes are rerouted through
the northern Red Sea, through the Suez Canal and then via southern
Africa.Closure of the strait would deprive Saudi Arabia of a critical
alternative to the Strait of Hormuz and heighten fears of oil supply
shortages.Red Sea traffic has still not fully recovered from the
Houthis’ attacks on ships beginning in November 2023, in support of the
Hamas terror group in its war against Israel. The Yemeni group’s strikes
only ended with the Gaza ceasefire last October.
Bennett says
Qatar a more dangerous enemy to Israel than Iran right now-In interview,
ex-PM again vows to declare Doha an enemy state for funding Hamas, Al
Jazeera, alleged influence in Netanyahu’s office; says ‘life’s mission’
is to replace Israel’s current government-By ToI Staff 2 August 2026,
12:45 am
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett described Qatar as
today “more dangerous” to Israel than Iran during an interview aired
Saturday, while again vowing to declare the Gulf emirate an enemy state
if elected into government later this year.Speaking to Channel 12’s
“Meet the Press,” the Together party leader explained his reasoning,
saying that “with Iran, everyone knows that [it says], ‘We’ll destroy
Israel.'”But Qatar, he said, “funded the Nukhba terrorists of October 7
[2023]… Qatar operates Al Jazeera, which is the most poisonous cancer
hurting us… Qatar reaches places of influence in American universities…
And most importantly, [it has access] to the most sacred place for the
security of Israel — that is the office of the prime minister of
Israel.”This was an apparent reference to the so-called Qatargate
scandal, in which former and current aides to Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, including senior aide Jonatan Urich, are alleged to have
taken money to spearhead a public relations campaign to cast Qatar in a
positive light for over a year after the October 7 Hamas onslaught.Qatar
“works against us and poisons us from within,” Bennett said, fuming
that Israel does not define Qatar as an enemy state.Therefore,
“according to the law today, anybody can work for Qatar. You can be an
agent for Qatar,” he said. “The most dangerous enemy to Israel is not
defined as an enemy [state].”Many in Israel are on Qatar’s payroll, he
claimed. “There are research institutes in Israel, there are influencers
in Israel, and maybe also officials in Israel who are on Qatar’s
payroll.”“In the next government, we will define Qatar as an enemy,” he
vowed, saying that it is “unforgivable” that this is not already the
case.The comments marked the second time in days that Bennett hit out at
Qatar, after he told a security conference on Monday that “the leaders
of Qatar have a goal of eliminating Israel, period.”“There are people
who call it a ‘complicated state’ – it’s not complicated; after October
7, nothing is complicated here. Qatar is an enemy. It’s simple,” he said
at the conference.Those remarks sparked condemnation from Doha, with
the Qatari Embassy in Washington accusing Bennett of “spreading
disinformation about Qatar in an attempt to further his own political
ambitions.”Bennett has previously called the Qatargate affair “the most
serious act of treason in Israeli history.”Gaza disarmament-Bennett was
also asked about the recent developments in the Gaza Strip, namely the
Hamas acceptance of the US-backed Board of Peace’s disarmament plan,
which would see Israeli forces pull back from positions in Gaza as the
Palestinian terror organization lays down its weapons and transfers
control of the enclave to a technocratic body.Netanyahu has yet to
comment, but statements attributed to a “senior Israeli official” have
said that Israel does not approve of the plan and accordingly will not
withdraw.“The situation in the Gaza Strip will be judged by the result,”
Bennett said when asked about his opinion of the deal’s terms.“As far
as I’m concerned, until Hamas completely disarms, I’m not giving a
millimeter to anyone — no concessions,” he said.He also warned that
Hamas has been working to rearm, saying that the terror group has more
operatives now than it had before the October 2023 attack. “These are
the facts on the ground,” he asserted.“They have recruited terrorists,
they smuggle drones and weapons out of Egypt, and they are getting
stronger before our eyes,” he claimed.‘Life’s mission’ to replace
Netanyahu-Turning to the upcoming election, which is scheduled for
October 27, Bennett said that his “life’s mission” is to replace the
current government, regardless of whether he serves as the next prime
minister.Bennett, who joined forces with Opposition Leader Yair Lapid to
form their new Together slate, has fallen well behind Yashar party
chairman Gadi Eisenkot as the main contender to defeat Netanyahu.“The
government should be diverse with a Zionist right, a Zionist left,
religious Zionists, secular Zionists, whose common denominator is to
make amends,” he said, adding that he and Eisenkot would come to an
agreement on a future coalition after the elections.Until then, he said
he wants to concentrate his efforts on winning enough seats that will
allow the Zionist opposition parties, meaning without Haredi or Arab
parties, to form a government.A recent poll by The Times of Israel’s
sister site, Zman Yisrael, predicted — like almost all recent polls —
that neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the Zionist opposition would secure
the 61-seat majority needed to form a government, though many voters are
still undecided.
Iran says talks with Oman over Hormuz are in
final stages-Deal said in the works to revive US-Iran MOU, open Hormuz
for 60 days without fees-Report says Israel planned to join US in attack
on Iran’s energy sites, was left in the dark when Trump called it off;
president had reportedly been told by Qataris that Tehran agreed to open
strait-By Lazar Berman,ToI Staff and Agencies 2 August 2026, 10:03 pm
A
deal is being mediated to return the United States and Iran to the
memorandum of understanding the two countries signed last month, sources
aware of the details told Channel 12 on Sunday.The deal would ensure
that the Strait of Hormuz remains open for 60 days without fees and
renew a ceasefire between the two sides, according to the report.Around
the same time, Iranian state media said negotiations between Iran and
Oman over a mutual mechanism to govern the strait were in their final
stages.The US-Iran memorandum obligated Iran to fully open the strait
“for 60 days only,” and did not impose restrictions after that.It
collapsed amid competing claims over Hormuz, with US President Donald
Trump insisting the strait would be open, while Tehran believed the deal
allowed it to dictate the route taken by ships through the key
waterway.Late Saturday, Trump said Iran had agreed to open the strait
and announced that he had called off a major attack on the Islamic
Republic, adding that Israel was on board. Tehran denied there was a
deal.According to Channel 12, Israel was to be part of the attack, which
was called off about 24 hours before it was set to begin, and only
learned that it would not be carried out after Trump published a message
to that effect in a social media post.Planning for the attack began on
Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Trump
at the White House, according to the report.The US Central Command
prepared an attack plan on Iranian energy infrastructure. “Israel was
supposed to be part of the plan,” a US official told Channel 12.Israel
told the US that if the attack did not significantly damage Iranian
economic and regime targets, there would be no point in carrying it
out.Qataris told Trump Iran agreed to open Hormuz-On Friday and
Saturday, Qatar engaged in intensive talks with Iran, the US, and Oman
to try to head off the attack and open up the Strait of Hormuz,
according to the report.Qatari officials told Trump on Saturday that
they needed another day to reach a solution with Iran, and he agreed.
Later in the day, Qatar told Trump that Iran had agreed to a proposal to
open the Strait.Meanwhile, Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman called
Trump to urge him not to strike, and Trump then posted on Truth Social
that he was calling off the attack and that Iran had agreed to open the
strait and end its nuclear program.According to the report, neither
Israel nor the US military’s Central Command were told of Trump’s
decision, and learned of it – along with the rest of the world – by way
of the president’s social media post.Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel
Katz, and other senior officials reportedly thought the statement was an
attempt to lull the Iranians into a false sense of security.Senior
Israeli official: ‘President Trump left us in the fog’Israel was left in
the dark for hours about the expected joint attack with US, senior
defense and diplomatic officials told Channel 12.“For hours, we were in
real uncertainty,” a senior official said. “President Trump left us in
the fog. Senior officers were updated about what was happening via
Trump’s social media.”Eventually military and diplomatic officials were
able to reach their American counterparts to verify that Trump had
indeed changed his mind about the strike, the report said.“The feeling
was that they left us behind,” said the senior Israeli official.“The
moment we lower our alert level, it takes a lot of time to reorganize,”
the source continued. “It is frustrating to commit all our resources to
one theater, and then to discover that we had been on high alert for
nothing. We don’t understand what the president’s endgame is.”However,
Israel believes Trump could change his mind in an instant, and Israeli
forces remain on high alert, the report said.UAE pushed Trump to take
decisive action, WSJ reports-The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday
that, while Saudi Arabia had pushed Trump to refrain from a major attack
on Iran over the weekend, the United Arab Emirates had lobbied him to
take more decisive action.The report, which cited senior Gulf officials
familiar with the discussion, said the UAE argued that the IRGC would
not budge on its demands without an escalation by the US, including
Washington taking control of the Strait of Hormuz and possibly launching
a ground incursion.The UAE has carried out its own strikes against
Iran, and hosted Israeli air defense troops on its soil to help counter
Iranian attacks.
Analysis Mojtaba Khamenei's position remains a
huge question mark-Iran’s leadership vacuum leaves two factions battling
for control over war’s aim-Ultra-hardliners — who control state TV —
are pushing for ‘total victory’ in the war and oppose any compromise,
while pragmatists see military pressure as a way to reach a deal-By
AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY and Lee Keath 2 August 2026, 8:44 am
CAIRO
(AP) — By escalating attacks against US bases and its allies over the
past week, Iran’s leaders showed considerable unity over their war
strategy: hanging tough, determined to show Iran can endure more than
America and its allies can.But within the leadership, there are sharp
differences over what the endgame should be.On one side, the
ultra-hardliners who oppose any negotiations with the United States are
pressing for total victory in the war. Known as the “Paydari” movement –
Persian for “stability” – they are hard-core ideologues who want to
enforce the Islamic Republic’s control over society.On the other, those
who support President Masoud Pezeshkian and powerful parliament speaker
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf — who doubles as Iran’s chief negotiator — see
military pressure as a way to win a negotiated deal with the United
States. This camp is also spurred by concern over the economic toll Iran
is suffering from the war and the need to adapt to social change in the
country.“Negotiation is a political tool and a complement to military
action to force the enemy to a point of compulsion and extract real
concessions,” an adviser to Ghalibaf, Mahdi Mohammadi, wrote on his
Telegram channel Thursday.The unusually open rivalry within the
theocracy’s leadership points to a struggle for control over Iran’s
postwar future. A huge question mark is where the new supreme leader,
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, stands. Reportedly injured in the strike
that killed his father in the opening minutes of the war on Feb. 28,
Khamenei remains in hiding, and both sides have claimed his support.In a
boost for Ghalibaf and Pezeshkian, the ceasefire deal reached with the
US in April received strong backing in Iran’s top leadership body, the
Supreme National Security Council. Twelve of its 13 members approved it,
including senior figures in the Revolutionary Guard and the
military.The lone vote against the deal is widely believed to have come
from Saeed Jalili, the most prominent figure in the Paydari movement.But
the ceasefire crumbled as the two sides traded strikes and as Iran
pressed for control over passage through the Strait of Hormuz which
before the war carried a fifth of the world’s traded oil and gas. Iran
was also frustrated that financial promises under the deal – including
the release of billions of frozen assets – didn’t materialize, and the
American blockade was back in place.With US President Donald Trump’s
late-night announcement that he was calling off a major strike on Iran
since “the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to,” the path ahead
still remains unclear for diplomacy between Washington and Tehran, whose
efforts to reach an agreement have repeatedly stumbled.The funeral for
slain Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, earlier this month appeared
to show the strength of the ultra-hardline Paydari. Crowds called for
revenge on the US and Israel for the war. Videos showed mourners in
Tehran welcoming Jalili, while Pezeshkian was greeted at one point with
insults and cries of “Death to the compromiser!”The ultra-hardliners
have used nightly rallies and their control of state television, known
by the acronym IRIB, to drum up opposition to negotiations. At rallies
and on TV, speakers have portrayed Iran as headed for total victory and
denounced those who compromise with the Islamic Republic’s archenemy,
the United States.State television cut off a June 30 live broadcast with
Ghalibaf as he discussed negotiations with Washington. Earlier this
month, it cut off broadcasting a speech by Pezeshkian to businessmen
seconds after he said that the elder Khamenei had given permission for
renewed US talks before his death.Pezeshkian and his camp have pushed
back, portraying IRIB as dividing the country at the time of war. The
president accused the broadcaster of making it like “the military are on
one side, and the government is on another side.”Last month, the
president’s media office condemned state television for what it
described as “censoring” the president and other government heads,
signaling an open rift.The hard-liners have sought to press their
influence in other ways. In past weeks, authorities shut down cafes in
central Tehran that were popular with residents during the ceasefire.
Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting
mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely.The closures were brief
but signaled that “religious extremist parties” were showing their
influence, said Mohamad Ali Abtahi, a reformist cleric and an aide to
former president Mohammad Khatami, who is still widely considered to be
the leader of Iran’s reformist groups.While Jalili’s supporters are a
minority, they are influential, said Vali Nasr, professor of
International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins
University.“They have a lot of money. They have a lot of power. They
have put a lot of people in the bureaucracy” and developed connections
in the Revolutionary Guard, Nasr said.The more pragmatic camp argues
that maintaining unity during the war requires addressing the public’s
unhappiness over the economy as well as political and social repression.
This, as Iran’s currency continues to slide, inflation spirals, and
unemployment rises. A final agreement with the US could bring Iran a
huge windfall with the lifting of sanctions and the return of billions
in assets.Small flashes of impatience with the war have emerged. In
July, more than 250 former lawmakers, clerics, professors and other
public figures signed an anti-war petition warning of the costs of the
conflict. “We believe that the overwhelming majority of the Iranian
people want peace and the right to a decent life,” the statement read.
Others have spoken out against stepped-up executions of protesters
following wide-scale anti-government protests in January.A top reformist
party that assisted Pezeshkian’s presidential campaign warned that the
war’s domestic toll was “undermining internal social cohesion.” That
brought a rebuke from Tasnim, a news agency close to the Revolutionary
Guard, which said the statement amounted to blaming Iran for a war
started by the United States.In mid-July, the president’s son and
influential adviser, Youssef Pezeshkian, posted a series of messages
about the need to balance realistic military aims with a weak economy.
Referring to the decades of sanctions and confrontation with the West,
he said Iran has “been prevented from growing and has suffered greatly.
It has become sick.”Ultimately, both sides are jockeying for power after
the war, given the unusual uncertainty brought on by the change in the
supreme leadership. Abtahi, the reformist cleric, said Mojtaba
Khamenei’s real views are still not known, so while some believe he
could be more radical than his father, others see the potential for him
to bring moderate change.The supreme leader, because of the power
invested in him, could act as a “brake” to restrain the more extremist
factions, Abtahi said. But over time, the confrontation with more
radical factions could grow more dangerous “if that brake isn’t
used.”Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Board of
Peace envoy laments recent Gaza strikes amid effort to implement Trump
plan-Nickolay Mladenov says team ‘working around the clock to
de-escalate,’ as Board official says Israel was briefed ‘extensively’ as
Hamas disarmament deal came together-By Jacob Magid,Lazar Berman,ToI
Staff and AP Today, 2:34 am-AUG 3,26
Board of Peace Gaza envoy
Nickolay Mladenov on Sunday lamented the past two days of Israeli
strikes in Gaza that “have killed civilians and destroyed medical
supplies that people depend on,” days after the body reached a
disarmament deal with Hamas that would also see Israel withdraw from the
Strip.Gaza medics said Israeli strikes Saturday overnight and into
Sunday evening killed at least 17 people, including children.In a post
on X, Mladenov said the strikes came “after intense efforts by the Board
of Peace and the mediators (Egypt, Turkiye, Qatar and the US) to bring
the Palestinian factions in Gaza to agree to a Roadmap on the full
implementation of President Trump’s plan, to hand over civilian
governance and to decommission their weapons.”He added that his team was
“working around the clock with the parties, the mediators, and regional
partners to de-escalate and create the space for the full
implementation of the president’s plan. Achieving a lasting peace is
hard, but achievable if everyone makes their best efforts.”The Board of
Peace had hoped that Hamas’s approval of its disarmament plan on
Thursday after months of negotiations would immediately trigger its
implementation.However, Israel has indicated that it does not approve of
the plan’s terms, and will not cooperate with it, leaving its
implementation in question.The deal would see Hamas gradually hand over
its weapons to a new Palestinian administration in Gaza, but the arms
would remain in the territory. It also mandates Israel to begin
withdrawing from land it holds in Gaza before Hamas has fully
disarmed.But an Israeli official said Sunday that Jerusalem had shared
“serious security concerns” with the White House regarding the proposed
deal. US President Donald Trump had previously claimed that Israel was
“very happy” with the deal.Doron Spielman, spokesperson for Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, told The Associated Press that
Israel’s intelligence assessment was that Hamas remains committed to
rebuilding its military rather than genuinely demilitarizing. He said
the Israeli military would not withdraw from Gaza — where it controls
more than 60% of the territory — before Hamas disarms.“Our assessment is
that if we redeploy before Hamas is truly disarmed, it will quickly
expand its presence throughout Gaza, rebuild its terrorist
infrastructure, once again threaten Israeli communities, and seek to
carry out another October 7-style attack,” he said, referring to the
deadly Hamas terror attack on Israel in 2023 that triggered the war in
the Gaza Strip.“Disarming means physically giving up the weapons.
Nothing less,” Spielman said.A statement issued by Netanyahu’s office on
Thursday had said Israel demands “the full disarmament of Hamas,
including removal of the weaponry from Gaza and the complete
demilitarization of the Strip as a condition for any process” of
withdrawal. The statement added that the agreement does not include “a
sufficient response to those demands.”A Board of Peace official told The
Times of Israel on Sunday that “we’re in a tense moment,” as Israel
continues to carry out lethal airstrikes in Gaza, and senior Israeli
officials stress that they have not agreed to suspend attacks against
Hamas.“There’s been a lot of rhetoric and a lot of things said, and now
quite a few actions in the last hours,” the official said. “We’re trying
to get over the hurdle and just get some calm in because I think that’s
a critical first step.”Israeli airstrikes Saturday night and Sunday
killed at least nine people, according to local health officials, and
Energy Minister Eli Cohen vowed that strikes in the territory would not
stop despite Hamas signing the US-backed disarmament plan.“It’s very
clear that the plan shows that cessation of military operations is a key
element that we work to get to,” the official said.The official said
that Israel was briefed “extensively” as the deal came together.“If you
look at the roadmap from when we started this negotiation to when we
concluded, very little has changed,” the official commented. “We’ve
stuck to the principles that we started with at the beginning. This is
an implementation of the comprehensive peace plan that President Trump
unveiled last year that was enshrined by the UN Security Council. Israel
agreed to both. And they’ve been kept fully abreast on the sequencing
of it.”Amid growing frustration with Israel from the Board of Peace,
exiled Palestinian politician Mohammed Dahlan said the mediators had
expected Netanyahu to try to undermine the Gaza disarmament roadmap.“We
had been aware since yesterday that Netanyahu would do everything in his
power to kill the opportunity that President Donald Trump worked on in
collaboration with Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey,” Dahlan wrote on X. “We
worked for weeks and warned against the criminal behavior of the
occupation and what Netanyahu might resort to, and today the entire
world sees the gravity of the massacre he committed to block the path to
the greatest promising opportunity to begin ending the war and
establishing security for our people in Gaza and for all parties.”He
added: “We pledge to our people that we will work night and day to stop
the aggression and save our people from the crimes of Netanyahu and his
government.”Channel 12 on Sunday quoted an unnamed US official
expressing frustration with Israel’s actions.“These are the fruits of
eight months of negotiations meant to bring about the demilitarization
of Gaza — why continue the assassinations now and give [Hamas] an excuse
to withdraw?” the unnamed source told the network. “This further
isolates Israel in the Middle East, as all the mediating countries view
it as proof that [Netanyahu] does not keep his word or want peace.”The
source added: “He killed three innocent children, which makes Israel
look like bloodthirsty savages.”Trump’s 20-point peace plan calls on
Hamas to surrender its weapons and destroy its vast network of tunnels.
It also envisions Israeli forces withdrawing from Gaza, the arrival of a
new technocratic Palestinian government, deployment of an international
security force and the rebuilding of the battered Palestinian
enclave.Hamas disarming has been a sticking point and has deadlocked
negotiations for months. In announcing the deal on social media on
Thursday, Trump said it would be carried out in “carefully structured
phases.”The agreement stipulates that all weapons held by the Hamas-run
police will be transferred to the US-backed Palestinian technocratic
committee, known as the National Committee for the Administration of
Gaza (NCAG), upon its arrival in the enclave. It’s not clear when that
would happen since it is contingent on other steps.A process to
decommission and store heavy weapons and to dismantle military
production sites and tunnels will begin after the arrival of the
Palestinian committee and the deployment of international forces. The
process will be linked to a phased Israeli withdrawal, according to the
agreement.Eventually, armed groups are to hand over all weapons to NCAG,
but the timeline for this has not been finalized.The areas Israel
controls in Gaza have been mostly destroyed and depopulated. Most of the
territory’s 2 million Palestinians are in the Hamas-held part, where
hundreds of thousands live in squalid tent camps and destroyed
neighborhoods.Israel appears unlikely to pull back significant forces or
make other concessions ahead of its October elections. Netanyahu faces a
tough reelection battle, with his far-right coalition partners urging
him to keep up the pressure on Hamas and leave forces in Gaza.While the
heaviest fighting in Gaza has subsided, at least 1,230 people have been
killed in Gaza since a ceasefire took effect in October 2025, according
to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry. The toll does not
differentiate between combatants and civilians and is not verified,
though Israel has generally accepted Hamas’s tally. Israel says its
strikes respond to violations of the ceasefire or target operatives
posing a threat.Gunmen have continued to carry out shooting attacks on
Israeli troops, and Israel says its strikes are in response to those and
other violations. Five Israeli soldiers have been killed since the
ceasefire began.
'It doesn’t have a spirit, doesn’t understand
what it says'AI rabbis? Some NY Hasidic groups see new technology as a
challenge, others as a tool-Artificial intelligence that can answer
questions of Jewish law may threaten congregants’ relationships with
religious leaders, but also serves as a powerful educational resource-By
David Pinto 2 August 2026, 4:04 pm
NEW YORK — In the heart of
Brooklyn’s Satmar Hasidic community, a young man entered an electronics
shop and made his way to the back office, where he placed a new iPhone
on the table.The store manager, Baruch Kahana, inspected the phone
through thin-rimmed glasses. He plugged the device into a computer and
began to tinker, blocking access to certain sites and apps to protect
the customer from perceived technological risks. His objective: a
“kosher” phone.Kahana had koshered thousands of devices in his 10 years
at the Technology Awareness Group (TAG), a nonprofit that says it helps
religious Jews install filters on electronic devices “to retain our
Yiddishe values.”The customer’s request was a new challenge, though — he
had asked Kahana to remove an AI assistant from WhatsApp, something
Kahana had never done.“Some temptations I am able to deal with myself.
Some temptations I have to block,” the customer said.Kahana got on the
phone with TAG colleagues and began speaking in Yiddish. He improvised a
solution and sent the customer home with an AI-restricted phone.With
the rise of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Hasidic
communities are grappling with the intersection between AI and the need
to preserve religious customs. Some see artificial intelligence’s
instant answers — including for religious questions — as a challenge to
faith and religious leadership. Others are embracing the new technology
as a potential educational tool or a way to ensure their
lifestyles.Groups that are amenable to new technology, such as rabbis
affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, are designing their own
AI applications. Meanwhile, firms that serve more insular movements,
including Satmar, are using AI to filter the internet and restrict
access to LLMs to prevent responses on sensitive topics such as sex,
politics and religion.Keeping the faith-Clerics in other faiths are
contending with similar issues, as AI platforms respond to users’
prayers and provide answers to religious queries. With the “faith tech”
industry on the rise, Christians can now confide in an AI Jesus, while
Muslims can turn to the Islamic chatbot WisQu.Tensions between faith and
technology are apparent in the insular Hasidic communities, though.The
Satmar community in Williamsburg, in the Brooklyn borough of New York
City, lives a different lifestyle from many of its neighbors. The
northern part of the neighborhood is known for its hipster affluence,
while in the southern section, Hasidim speak Yiddish, attend their own
schools and stick to kosher eateries.Television, internet access and
social media are limited by rabbinical councils and social mores.“Few
religious communities outright reject new technologies,” said digital
religion scholar Dr. Ruth Tsuria, a former Orthodox Jew.Instead,
religious movements “culture” those technologies, said Tsuria, who
teaches communication at New Jersey’s Seton Hall University.In one
example, in recent decades a “kosher tech” ecosystem has emerged in
Williamsburg and other Haredi — or strictly traditionally Orthodox —
communities.When smartphones first became popular, stores in these areas
started selling so-called “kosher phones” — a simple flip phone lacking
certain features, like an internet browser, which were seen as a
potential channel for indecent secular content.In Israel, Haredim have
protested outside stores that sell unfiltered or non-kosher smartphones.
Several of those protests have erupted in violence.Challenging human
authorityToday, the front line in the holy war with technology is AI,
and battle lines are being drawn.After OpenAI released the first version
of ChatGPT in 2022, one Hasidic group in New York banned AI use,
calling it a window to “heresy.” Some groups in Israel have also sought
to limit their members’ use of AI, including for religious
queries.Generative AI has penetrated some Orthodox communities, though,
including for religious uses.In early 2025, Tsuria conducted a small,
informal survey of around 40 Orthodox Jews from around the world about
generative AI. Of that sample, 94% said they use-AI at least once a
week.While about half said they resist using AI for religious purposes,
the others acknowledged using it to search for answers to “religiously
and spiritually meaningful” questions. Most significantly, 66% of the
respondents who use AI said they ask the platforms questions about
Jewish law, or halacha — a role traditionally reserved for
rabbis.“There’s some fear because the way we interact with generative AI
feels human,” Tsuria said.The fact that most LLMs are conversational
chatbots is no accident — there were many ways AI technology could have
been packaged, but OpenAI and other companies recognized the potential
of making the product feel human to better connect with users, she
said.Some experts, like Israeli intellectual and historian Yuval Noah
Harari, have speculated that, unlike previous digital technologies, AI
could use its vast knowledge base to supplant the authority of religious
scholars. With AI being treated like an all-knowing sage by millions of
users, some models, like theCatholic Magisterium AI, are already
mastering religious texts.Harari summed up the dilemma at the 2026 World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying, “What happens to a
religion of the book when the greatest expert on the Holy Book is an
AI?”A way forward-Chabad, one of the largest Hasidic movements with an
estimated 90,000 followers, is known for its outreach to other Jews and
has long been an early adopter of new technologies.Rabbis affiliated
with the movement approached computer scientist Dr. Moshe Koppel in 2025
about incorporating their literature into a Jewish chatbot. Koppel
developed a program, called Rav Dicta, that can answer questions using a
specialized dataset of Jewish commentary, rabbinic literature and the
Torah.Rav Dicta is among the first AI applications made in collaboration
with Hasidic leaders. The program — one of several similar initiatives
affiliated with the Chabad movement — is an early example of how
Orthodox groups are sculpting AI for their own purposes, and how AI can
influence religious practice in turn.“My ambition is to get every
significant Jewish book, from every group, into my library, then be able
to respond to every question that anybody would have at whatever level
they’re interested in,” Koppel said in an interview in Jerusalem.The
program comes as an array of institutions — religious and secular —
train their own AI models on private datasets to provide more curated
answers than those available from platforms created for the general
public.Koppel is a computer scientist, Torah scholar and political
activist who runs two organizations — the machine learning nonprofit
Dicta and the conservative think tank Kohelet. He was an architect of
the Netanyahu coalition’s judicial overhaul, which sparked massive
protests against the government in 2023.In 2015, Koppel started
researching how to answer halachic questions using AI and is now working
with several Hasidic groups to build custom AI engines.These engines,
under the umbrella of Rav Dicta, answer questions based on each group’s
own body of literature and the Torah. Rav Dicta is technically an
LLM-based agent, meaning it sits atop the existing AI model Claude, but
uses a specialized dataset to produce more refined answers.During the
annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries in
November 2025, Koppel ran an AI panel in which he demoed the new AI
engine in front of rabbis from around the world. The emissaries run
“Chabad houses” in dozens of countries, including far-flung locales,
that cater to Jewish residents and visitors.Reactions to the panel were a
mix of awe and alarm. One rabbi asked Koppel if Rav Dicta would put him
out of business.Koppel said there was no substitute for the human
relationship between a rabbi and his congregant, though.“When somebody
comes to the Chabad emissary in Kathmandu, it’s because they’re looking
for a human connection. The question is only a vehicle for them to
develop a relationship,” Koppel told The Times of Israel.During the
interview, Koppel demonstrated Rav Dicta on his laptop, and clearly
visible at the top of the page was a warning message: “Rav Dicta is not a
substitute for a human rabbi. Its answers are for study, not
practice.”The Times of Israel posed questions to Rav Dicta. Asked, “Why
do bad things happen to good people?” — among the hardest religious
questions — the program “thought” for seven minutes, then delivered a
five-paragraph response.It began with the refrain: “What appears to us
as ‘evil’ is actually hidden divine goodness that we cannot understand
due to our human limitation.”The answer was cogent and took a more
mystical tone toward the end.“In the world there are sparks of holiness
that have fallen into dark places and can only be rescued through
difficulties and trials,” it said.Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone, the social
media editor of Chabad.org, critiqued the response.“It lacks the
direction that a rabbi might give to a person,” he said.Normally, when a
congregant asks a religious leader such a challenging question, they do
so with regard to something that happened in the congregant’s own life,
Lightstone said.He saw Rav Dicta’s answer as too generic to be
useful.“It gives a lot of food for thought, but without knowing where
the person asking is coming from, the AI can’t begin to answer any of
that,” he said.Lightstone agreed that AIs will not replace rabbis any
time soon.“I’m not worried about my job being replaced by ChatGPT,” he
said. “I tend to subscribe to the broader idea that this is a stochastic
parrot. It’s not alive. It doesn’t have a spirit. It doesn’t understand
what it’s saying.”‘A signal from God’For now, the Chabad-oriented Rav
Dicta appears to be a winning solution to Hasidic communities’ AI
challenge, providing an educational resource without supplanting
religious authorities.Elsewhere, attempts to control widely used LLMs
appear to be struggling. The New York-based Orthodox technology
companies Geder and Meshimer, and New Jersey’s TAG, are all facing
challenges in making AI filtering work.“We’re not doing it very
effectively now,” Nechemiah Gottlieb, the founder of TAG, said in an
interview.Geder, another popular Jewish internet filtering company that
says it has installed software for more than 30,000 users, uses AI
software to analyze and censor web pages in real time. The software
detects nudity on the user’s device and “paints over” exposed skin with a
black mask, for example.Websites evolve at a rapid pace, though,
incorporating new elements that Geder’s filters are not trained to
detect. In response, Geder designs new, more sophisticated filters. This
amounts to a technological arms race between Jewish filtering companies
and the internet.Gottlieb sees the threat of AI as a welcome challenge,
though.“We view this as a signal from God: ‘I want you to be more
religious. I’m going to stress test you. I’m going to send big
challenges to the world because I want you to up your game,’” he said.In
Kahana’s TAG branch in Williamsburg, Yiddish magazines strewn on the
tables warned of a technological apocalypse. One cover depicted a young
Hasidic man being pulled apart by robotic arms, under the headline,
“Experiments in artificial intelligence you should never try.” A
four-part DVD boxset on the “Dangers of the Impurity of the Internet”
sat on the front desk, showing graphics of humanoids plugging computers
into their brains.Kahana, packing up his belongings before heading to
the synagogue for evening prayer, pointed out that AI is not trusted to
dish out verdicts in the American justice system.“So why should we trust
it with our religion, which we believe is much higher, much truer than
the laws of the land, because it’s from God himself?” he said.
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.”
Israel’s
UN envoy sparks Spain spat with accusation of ‘colonial enclaves’ in
Africa-Danon’s criticism over Ceuta migrant crisis fuels conspiracy
theories accusing Jerusalem of helping orchestrate incursion and draws a
rebuke from Israel’s ambassador in Madrid-By ToI Staff 1 August 2026,
10:38 am
Diplomatic tensions flared between Spain and Israel on
Friday after Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon
slammed the Spanish government for its handling of the country’s migrant
crisis, prompting backlash in Madrid and a public rebuke from Israel’s
top diplomat in Spain.“Spain, which never misses an opportunity to
lecture Israel, has declared a state of emergency in Ceuta following the
crisis over its immigration policy,” Danon wrote on X. “Maybe before it
continues lecturing us, it’s time it explained to the world why it
still maintains colonial enclaves in Africa.”His remarks came after tens
of thousands of migrants illegally crossed the border from Morocco into
Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa.Spain’s Interior Ministry said
on Friday that around 50,000 people had entered Ceuta since Thursday
morning, and estimated that nearly all of them, 48,000, had already
turned and gone back.The Spanish government’s representative in Ceuta
said 57 bodies of people killed during the incident had been recovered
on the Spanish side of the border and that there could be additional
casualties on the Moroccan side.It said some drowned and some were
crushed while trying to climb the breakwater that holds the border
fence.Spain, which never misses an opportunity to lecture Israel, has
declared a state of emergency in Ceuta following the crisis over its
immigration policy. Maybe before it continues lecturing us, it’s time it
explained to the world why it still maintains colonial enclaves in…
Advertisement — Danny Danon ???????? ×“× ×™ ×“× ×•×Ÿ (@dannydanon) July 30,
2026-Spanish Transportation Minister Óscar Puente Santiago responded to
Danon’s post directly, writing, “Well, things are starting to get pretty
clear.”Though vague, Puente’s remark was largely interpreted as
supporting the growing conspiracy theory that Israel and the United
States helped orchestrate the large-scale migrant incursion, despite no
public evidence supporting the accusation.“It is a coordinated attack
between Morocco, the United States, and Israel, with the collaboration
of the European and Spanish far right, as retaliation for [Prime
Minister] Pedro Sánchez’s trip to Algeria and, in passing, with the
intention of annexing Ceuta and Melilla,” Spanish political commentator
Carolina Alonso wrote on X, referring to Sánchez’s recent visit to
Algeria, the first in four years, after relations ruptured in 2022 when
Spain abandoned its longstanding neutrality on Western Sahara and backed
Morocco’s sovereignty claim for the disputed territory.Ceuta and
Melilla are Spanish enclaves on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast whose
sovereignty is claimed by Rabat but rejected by Madrid.Alonso was
responding to a post by Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani
calling for Spain to be removed from the Schengen Area due to its
migrant crisis.The Schengen Area is a zone of 29 European countries that
have abolished passport checks at their mutual borders, allowing
passport-free travel — meaning migrants who enter Spain can more easily
move onward to other participating countries.Italy later announced it
had suspended its Schengen agreement with Spain, with Italian officials
saying the suspension would take effect on Saturday and last for one
month.The conspiracy theory surrounding Spain’s migrant crisis was
further promoted by spokesperson of the Republican Left of Catalonia
party Gabriel Rufián, who wrote on X, “The Moroccan dictatorship, in the
service of the US and Israel, is once again blackmailing Spain and
Europe this summer by turning its own people into disposable cannon
fodder.”Following the backlash, Israel’s Ambassador to Spain Dana Erlich
publicly distanced Jerusalem from Danon’s remarks. Writing on X in both
Spanish and English, she said she was monitoring the situation in
Ceuta, adding, “The comment made by Israel’s Ambassador to the UN on the
issue does not represent the position of the State of Israel.”Siguiendo
de cerca la situación en Ceuta. El comentario realizado por el
embajador de Israel en la ONU sobre el tema no representa la posición
del Estado de Israel. == Closely monitoring the situation in Ceuta.
Advertisement The comment made by Israel’s Ambassador to the UN on the
issue… — Dana Erlich ???????? (@DanaErlich) July 31, 2026-Diplomatic
tensions between Madrid and Jerusalem have reached an all-time high in
recent years.Spain has been among Europe’s most vocal critics of
Israel’s actions in Gaza since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, atrocities
triggered the two-year-long war there. In May 2024, it formally
recognized a Palestinian state, joining a growing number of European
countries advocating greater international recognition of Palestinian
self-determination. Sánchez, a socialist, has been at the forefront of
that push, emerging as one of Europe’s leading critics of Israel’s
conduct in the war.
Court freezes transfer of crocodiles to
prison moat, putting Ben Gvir’s plan on hold-Following petition from
animal rights group against move to surround Ketziot Prison with Nile
crocodiles, Jerusalem District Court gives state until Wednesday to
respond-By ToI Staff 2 August 2026, 8:27 pm
The Jerusalem
District Court on Sunday imposed a temporary injunction freezing the
transfer of crocodiles to Ketziot Prison, putting National Security
Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s plan to deploy the deadly reptiles in a moat
around the facility on hold.The court issued the order following a
petition filed by the Let the Animals Live animal welfare group, which
requested that crocodiles be reclassified as a protected species,
arguing that Environmental Minister Idit Silman had ignored the
professional opinions of legal advisers and the Nature and Parks
Authority, and that the government had no authority to move forward with
the plan.Last month, Silman reclassified the Nile crocodile from a
protected species to a “tended” wild animal, clearing the way for their
introduction to a moat system that is already being dug out around
Ketziot Prison in northern Israel.Judge Avraham Rubin wrote in his
Sunday ruling that “the claims regarding the expected harm to the
crocodiles merit investigation and justify issuing an order prohibiting
the transfer, or any action related to locating or preparing crocodiles
for transfer.”Rubin ordered that no crocodiles be transferred to the
facility until a final court ruling is made on the matter, and gave
Silman, Ben Gvir, and the Israel Prison Service until Wednesday to
respond to the petition.The legally questionable decision to reclassify
crocodiles to allow their entry into prisons was made despite
longstanding protest from the Nature and Parks Authority and other
nature organizations, which have said it would endanger the animals and
the environment, as well as prisoners and staff.“The Nature and Parks
Authority found no professional or scientific basis anywhere in the
world for bringing crocodiles into a detention facility for use as a
security measure,” the agency said in a statement last month to The
Times of Israel.Introducing “a large, longevous, non-native predator
into the ecosystem could create numerous and varied risks to both
Israel’s natural environment and the public,” it added.Ben Gvir’s office
has confirmed that digging for the moat is underway, saying: “Whoever
thought this was a gimmick was mistaken.”“The Prison Service is all set.
The plan exists in the finest detail, from the maintenance and care of
the crocodiles to the crocodiles’ resting cells,” the far-right
minister’s office added.According to the statement, the National
Security Ministry has budgeted NIS 21 million ($7 million) for the
construction of the moats.Ben Gvir’s plan appeared to draw inspiration
from the South Florida Detention Facility, colloquially known as
Alligator Alcatraz, which the White House opened in an
alligator-infested area of the Florida Everglades in July to jail
migrants.The facility has faced complaints about poor conditions and
lawsuits from environmental and Indigenous groups.
Iran hangs two
accused of spying for Israel as wartime executions ramp up-Tehran says
Omid Behzad and Pouria Safvat were convicted of espionage for
‘transmitting the coordinates of sensitive military and security sites
to Mossad agents’By AFP and ToI Staff Today, 12:52 pm-AUG 3,26
Iran
on Monday executed two men convicted of spying for Israel, the
judiciary said, the latest in a wave of hangings over alleged
espionage.Since the start of the war with Israel and the United States
in February, Tehran has ramped up executions, with many of the convicts
accused of spying for Israeli intelligence.“Omid Behzad and Pouria
Safvat were hanged this morning for transmitting the coordinates of
sensitive military and security sites to Mossad agents,” said Mizan, the
media outlet for Iran’s judiciary, referring to Israel’s foreign
intelligence service.It did not specify when the pair were arrested or
when they went on trial, but said they were convicted of “espionage and
collaboration with the Zionist regime.”“They helped the intelligence
services achieve their objectives by providing them with information on
military and security centers during the war,” Mizan added.One of the
executed individuals was accused of passing coordinates to the
administrator of a Telegram channel that the IRGC charges was linked to
Israel’s Mossad spy agency, according to Mizan.Iran executed two
political prisoners convicted of “spying and intelligence cooperation
with Israel” early on Monday, the judiciary's Mizan news agency
reported, extending a recent surge in executions tied to national
security charges. Omid Behzad and Pouria Safvat, the…
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(@IranIntl_En) August 3, 2026-The second person, described by Mizan as
“one of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s soldiers,” was
said to have sent information to the Mossad as well as to Iran
International, a leading news outlet for dissidents in exile that Tehran
accuses of also being an intelligence front.The number of executions in
Iran has risen since the start of the war, which broke out on February
28 with massive US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran’s supreme
leader.Iran is the world’s second-most prolific executioner after China,
according to rights groups including Amnesty International.The
authorities executed at least 1,639 people last year, a record high
since 1989, according to Iran Human Rights, an NGO based in Norway, and
Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), which is headquartered in
Paris.Last Tuesday, Amnesty denounced what it said was the “escalation”
in executions after Iran announced the hanging of two men found guilty
of taking part in anti-government protests during the winter.
Morocco
blames misinformation for Ceuta migrant rush; Israel conspiracy
theories spread-Rabat also points finger at human trafficking networks
for crisis; watchdog finds baseless claims of Israeli involvement
reached over 100 million people on X-By Reuters and ToI Staff Today,
7:00 am-AUG 3,26
Morocco’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday that
recent mass crossings to the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla were
fuelled by misinformation on social media, human trafficking networks
and misinterpretation of a Spanish ruling banning immediate returns of
migrants intercepted at sea.Spanish officials said the death toll from
the mass rush of migrants from Morocco into Ceuta last week reached at
least 72 on Sunday, as five more bodies were found along the North
African coast.More than 50,000 people crossed into Ceuta by land and sea
in an unprecedented surge that began on Thursday at one of the European
Union’s only two land borders with Africa, prompting alarm across the
bloc. More than 48,000 returned to Morocco within 48 hours and more did
so over the weekend, Spanish authorities said.The Spanish government
representative in Ceuta, Miguel Angel Perez, told reporters on Sunday
that, in addition to the 72 fatalities, more than 1,000 people had been
treated by health services. The situation in the enclave had improved
markedly, he said, but more remained to be done to re-establish
normality.Some migrants drowned and others were crushed while trying to
climb a breakwater and border fence. Many had been driven to migrate by
economic hardship and encouraged by social media rumors.The number of
fatalities was considerably higher than what was announced by Moroccan
authorities on Sunday. Morocco’s Interior Ministry said in a statement
on Sunday that 11 people had died, mostly by drowning while trying to
cross into Spanish territory, noting that it was fact-checking reports
on deaths from the other side of the border.The ministry blamed the rush
of migrants on social media misinformation, human trafficking networks
and misinterpretation of a Spanish ruling banning immediate returns of
migrants intercepted at sea. That statement was similar to the Spanish
Foreign Ministry’s comments on the matter.Moroccan authorities set the
number of those involved in the crossing at 40,000, far lower than the
figure used by Spanish officials, adding that 1,135 were stopped from
entering Melilla, another Spanish enclave.The statement reiterated that
Morocco was committed to countering illegal migration and called for the
burden of managing migration to be shared.Antisemitic conspiracy
theories soar online-Following the crisis in Ceuta last week, posts
accusing Israel and Jewish people of orchestrating the event spread
quickly on social media, reaching an estimated 103 million people on X
within 72 hours, according to an analysis by the Combat Antisemitism
Movement’s Antisemitism Research Center (ARC).The report examined 173
high-impact posts from 119 influencer accounts. Together they generated
57.5 million views, an estimated reach of 103.1 million, 1.9 million
likes, and 368,400 shares in two days, ARC calculated.Posters falsely
claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed migrants into
Spain due to its policies regarding Israel. In one, viewed 5.3 million
times, an AI-generated image showed a boat sporting a giant Netanyahu
figurehead, with a line of migrants filing out from his open mouth onto a
Spanish beach, ARC said.If we're being honest about what's going on in
Spain: pic.twitter.com/lSiUjg3kmy — Forbidden HQ ???? (@WearForbidden)
July 31, 2026-Another account claimed Israel had “admitted” engineering
the migration through Mossad.“This is not a story about a few bad
actors,” said CAM CEO Sacha Roytman Dratwa. “It is a story about a
platform whose design rewards the fastest and most inflammatory
explanation available, and on X that explanation is increasingly a
Jewish conspiracy.”Diplomatic tensions flared between Spain and Israel
on Friday after Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon
slammed the Spanish government for its handling of the country’s migrant
crisis, prompting backlash in Madrid and a public rebuke from Israel’s
top diplomat in Spain.“Spain, which never misses an opportunity to
lecture Israel, has declared a state of emergency in Ceuta following the
crisis over its immigration policy,” Danon wrote on X. “Maybe before it
continues lecturing us, it’s time it explained to the world why it
still maintains colonial enclaves in Africa.”Spanish Transportation
Minister Óscar Puente Santiago responded to Danon’s post directly,
writing, “Well, things are starting to get pretty clear.”Though vague,
Puente’s remark was largely interpreted as supporting the growing
conspiracy theories that Israel and the United States haf helped
orchestrate the incursion.The conspiracy theory surrounding Spain’s
migrant crisis was further promoted by spokesperson of the Republican
Left of Catalonia party Gabriel Rufián, who wrote on X, “The Moroccan
dictatorship, in the service of the US and Israel, is once again
blackmailing Spain and Europe this summer by turning its own people into
disposable cannon fodder.”Spanish border patrols reinforced in
Ceuta-Ceuta leader Juan Jesus Vivas told the newspaper El Pais the
city’s morgue had received 88 corpses, including some who had died in
earlier, smaller attempts to reach the territory in hazardous night-time
swims over the past two weeks. He said Moroccan authorities were also
recovering bodies from the sea, but no official information was
available.Authorities have reinforced police and army patrols. A
500-meter (1,600-foot) floating barrier was installed off Ceuta on
Saturday.“It pains me deeply that young people are dying at sea. It’s
not right that, in the year 2026, women with children as young as two
months old should be crossing the sea only to die,” Karima Abenaz, a
French national in Ceuta with family in Morocco, said while holding back
tears.“In Morocco, there’s food, there’s everything we need,” she
added. “If we don’t have a decent job, we should go on strike and demand
our rights from the government. We shouldn’t be dying at sea, it’s not
right.”Twenty-two European Union member states wrote a letter asking for
coordinated action to protect external borders and other measures after
the Ceuta incident. Italy suspended passport-free Schengen travel
arrangements with Spain for one month.Spain has adopted a more open
stance on migrants than most other EU countries, introducing a program
to grant residency to more than half a million undocumented people.It
has rejected suggestions that the scheme encouraged the rush into Ceuta,
saying that those who entered the enclave irregularly could not travel
on to mainland Spain or elsewhere in the Schengen zone.
Islamic
Jihad reportedly agrees to disarmament plan-Senior minister says Israel
not halting attacks in Gaza as 17 said killed in IDF strikes-Eli Cohen:
Cabinet yet to discuss disarmament plan that Hamas agreed to; PMO says
it shared ‘concerns’ with US; kids reportedly among dead in Gaza, IDF
says it hit Hamas targets-By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian-2 August
2026, 4:57 pmUpdated at 9:53 pm
Israeli airstrikes overnight
Saturday and into Sunday killed at least 17 people, according to local
health officials, and a senior Israeli minister vowed that strikes in
the territory will not stop despite Hamas signing a US-backed
disarmament plan and earlier reports that Israel agreed to halt
attacks.The US announced Friday that the terror group had agreed to the
Board of Peace’s disarmament plan, which envisions Israeli strikes
ending immediately once it is in place, as well as the transfer of all
weapons to a Palestinian police force under the authority of the new
technocratic government in Gaza. Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the other
main terror faction in the Strip, reportedly also signed off on the
plan.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to officially comment on
the development, leaving top ministers and anonymous “senior officials”
to voice Israel’s disapproval of the plan, despite US President Donald
Trump’s assurance that Israel was “very happy” with the deal. Adding to
the confusion, a senior Palestinian figure close to the Trump
administration said Saturday that Israel had agreed to halt its strikes
in Gaza, only to delete the post less than two hours later as Israel
stepped up its attacks in the Strip.Speaking to Army Radio on Sunday,
Energy Minister Eli Cohen said that Israel has not signed off on any
such agreement.Cohen, a member of Netanyahu’s top-level security
cabinet, said that “there has not been a cabinet discussion [on the Gaza
plan] in the past 72 hours.”“Any armed actor who operates, threatens,
that is involved with terrorism, we will eliminate him,” he added,
voicing doubt that that Hamas would actually go along with the plan and
hand over its weapons, while saying Israel would like to see the group
doing so.“We will of course give the opportunity” for the plan to
succeed, Cohen said, noting that Israel preferred that Hamas disarm
through diplomatic agreements.Later Sunday, Prime Minister’s Office
spokesperson Doron Spielman told The Associated Press that Israel has
shared “serious security concerns” with the White House regarding the
proposed disarmament deal with Hamas.The official said that Israel’s
intelligence assessment is that Hamas remains committed to rebuilding
its military rather than genuinely demilitarizing. He said that the IDF
will not withdraw from Gaza — where it controls more than 60 percent of
the territory — before Hamas disarms.“Our assessment is that if we
redeploy before Hamas is truly disarmed, it will quickly expand its
presence throughout Gaza, rebuild its terrorist infrastructure, once
again threaten Israeli communities, and seek to carry out another
October 7-style attack,” he said, referring to the onslaught in 2023
that triggered Israel’s war in Gaza.“Disarming means physically giving
up the weapons. Nothing less,” Spielman said.Joining Hamas, the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group has also agreed to the
disarmament plan, according to Arab sources cited by the Saudi
Al-Arabiya newspaper.Islamic Jihad did not officially comment on the
report. The group is closely linked to and funded by Iran, and is
smaller and less powerful than Hamas, but still a major player in the
Strip.Strikes said to kill 17, including kids-Meanwhile, Israeli strikes
on Gaza overnight Saturday and into Sunday hit multiple residential
buildings and killed at least 17 people, including multiple children,
authorities in the Strip reported.Palestinian health officials said
Israeli warplanes carried out separate strikes across the enclave in the
northern Gaza City, central city of Deir al-Balah, and the southern
area of Khan Younis.A man and his wife were killed and four people were
wounded in an airstrike on an apartment in Deir al-Balah, while two more
people, including a child, were killed in a strike on an apartment in
Gaza City, medics said.A father, mother, and their 9-year-old son were
killed around dawn in a strike on a house in the Mawasi area of Khan
Younis.Another person was killed near Jabalia in northern Gaza.The
military said the strikes in Deir al-Balah were targeting two commanders
of Hamas’s elite “Nukhba” force.The Gaza City and Jabalia strikes also
targeted “military operatives” but the military was still reviewing the
situation, it said.The strikes followed similar heavy attacks on
Saturday, which the army said targeted several Hamas weapon depots.
Local officials said the strikes killed two people, destroyed medical
warehouses and damaged a hospital.The IDF said Sunday morning that the
Saturday strikes also killed a Hamas terrorist who invaded Kibbutz Nir
Oz during the October 7, 2023, terror onslaught, identified as Salem
Jamal Abd al-Rahman Abu Labad.A separate strike in central Gaza on
Friday killed Muhammad Abd al-Nasser Muhammad Khatib, identified by the
IDF as a Hamas commander in the terror group’s Maghazi
Battalion.Additionally, the army announced that recent strikes in Gaza
also killed three terror operatives who were advancing attacks on
Israeli troops.One strike in Gaza City Saturday killed Alaa Imad Khamis
Tarams, a member of the Army of Islam terror group, and Hassan Ibrahim
Shehadeh Qahman, a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, according to the
IDF.A separate strike last week in the Strip’s north killed Ahmad
Khudar, a commander in Hamas’s Jabalia Battalion, the military said.The
military justified the strikes during the ceasefire by saying that
terror operatives had been advancing attacks on troops.While the
heaviest fighting in Gaza has subsided, at least 1,230 people have been
killed in Gaza since a ceasefire took effect in October 2025, according
to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry. The toll does not
differentiate between combatants and civilians and is not verified,
though Israel has generally accepted Hamas’s tally. Israel says its
strikes respond to violations of the ceasefire or target operatives
posing a threat.Gunmen have continued to carry out shooting attacks on
Israeli troops, and Israel says its strikes are in response to those and
other violations. Five Israeli soldiers have been killed since the
ceasefire began.Agencies and Times of Israel staff contributed to this
report.
Moscow blast kills 3, including suspected bomber, and
injures 21, authorities say-Woman reportedly may not have known she was
carrying explosives; other fatalities are customer at restaurant in city
center and security guard who stopped her; background unclear-By Andrew
Osborn 2 August 2026, 2:32 am
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — A
homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people — including the
suspected bomber — and injured at least 21 in an explosion near an
upscale restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, Russian
authorities said.The explosion occurred just before 8 p.m. local time
close to an Italian restaurant located in one of Moscow’s seven
Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinkskaya Square, the police said.Russia’s
Anti-Terrorism Committee said that an unidentified woman had tried to
get into the restaurant but was stopped by a security guard, the state
RIA news agency reported.It said the woman, the security guard and a
customer at the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant had been killed in the
blast that followed.Those injured received wounds of varying
seriousness, the police said.Russia’s state RIA news agency released
video of heavily armed law enforcement officers at the scene, which had
been closed off to the public.The authorities did not name those killed
or injured, nor did they say who they thought might have been
responsible.More than four years into a full-scale war with Ukraine,
Russia’s FSB security service said earlier this year that authorities
would step up protection for high-ranking military officials after a
series of assassinations and attempted killings it blamed on Kyiv.The
Kommersant daily newspaper cited its own sources as saying that the bomb
had been intended to maim and kill guests who were enjoying themselves
on the restaurant’s summer terrace outside.It suggested that the bomb
had been set off by someone else remotely and that the woman carrying it
may not have known that it was an explosive device.The restaurant’s
website said the venue had been closed on Saturday for a private event.
After
Minnesota, suspected Iranian hack spreads to water systems in
Michigan-NYT says at least 5 other US states have been targeted, with
Iran considered the top suspect; Trump lashes out at Minnesota, claims
it’s to blame for being ‘grossly incompetent’By Agencies and ToI Staff 1
August 2026, 10:10 pm
Michigan on Saturday joined Minnesota in
reporting cyberattacks on nine of the state’s water systems, but an
official maintained all systems were operating “safely,” as a report
said US law enforcement was treating Iran as the main suspect in those
attacks.Earlier this week, authorities said cyberattacks targeted over
30 water systems in Minnesota. The source of the attacks is being
investigated, but they came amid warnings that Iranian hackers have been
focused on such systems, with The New York Times reporting that at
least five other unidentified states have been targeted.The reports in
Michigan surfaced after the state received a federal cyber alert Tuesday
about attempts to tamper with operational technology at water
systems.Soon after, the state received “a small number of reports from
Michigan communities indicating activity consistent with what federal
agencies described,” said Dale George, the director of communications at
the state’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. He
later said nine systems were impacted.“All systems continued to operate
safely, issues were addressed by local operators, and there are no known
impacts that posed a public health concern,” George said in a
statement.The FBI, which is investigating, has not publicly identified a
culprit and a spokesperson declined to say Thursday who the bureau
thought might be responsible, though federal officials told the New York
Times that Iran was the chief suspect, with Braham Mayor Nate George
quoted as saying he was “pretty sure it’s Iranian actors” but was
hesitant to say so publicly. The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency and other agencies warned in an advisory last week that
Iranian hackers have been targeting water and wastewater systems and the
operational controls of other critical infrastructure sectors.“The FBI
is aware of recent public reporting around Water and Wastewater (WWS)
sectors,” the agency said in a statement Saturday. “The FBI and our
interagency partners are fully engaged to protect critical
infrastructure and we remain well-equipped to protect against cyber
threats of all varieties.”Digital warfare has become ingrained in
military conflict, and local water plants or healthcare facilities often
lack the funds and know-how to install the latest software patches or
take other security steps. That has made them a favorite target, both
because of the relative ease of penetrating them and because of the
panic such disruptions can cause.Iran’s interest in the operations of
water systems inside the US dates back years. In 2016, the Justice
Department charged a group of Iranian hackers in connection with a
cyberattack targeting a small dam near New York City.Minnesota IT
Services said that as of Thursday, there were no active requests from
Minnesota communities for residents to modify usage of their drinking
water. The state agency said most of the confirmed attacks involved
technology that water systems use to remotely monitor and control
equipment. It said that being impacted meant investigators confirmed
there was malicious activity involving the system’s technology and
didn’t mean every impacted community had their water service
disrupted.For a few hours on Monday, the city of Braham asked residents
to minimize water use as they tried to determine why the water plant was
offline. The city of about 1,700 people, located about 70 miles (113
kilometers) north of Minneapolis, said in a news release that the water
plant outage was due to a cyberattack, but it didn’t cause any issue
with water quality.The city said the attackers shut down the operating
controls that shut down the well and water treatment plant. That left
the city for a time only able to provide residents with the water held
in the water tower.In Plymouth, a city of about 80,000 located outside
of Minneapolis, officials said on social media that their water
infrastructure communications had been restored by Tuesday afternoon
following a cyberattack.During a cabinet meeting on Friday at the Camp
David presidential retreat in Maryland, US President Donald Trump
claimed without evidence that recent cyberattacks in Minnesota were the
fault of the state, including Democratic Governor Tim Walz.“We heard in
Minnesota there was a cyberattack, and they blame it on Iran. I don’t
think so,” Trump said. “I think I blame it on Minnesota because they’re
grossly incompetent.”Waltz responded on social media, saying Trump
“knows exactly who is responsible for this attack, and knows that other
states were hit too.”Trump has previously politicized major cyber
incidents, including when in 2016 he urged Russia to hack Hillary
Clinton’s emails, or when he downplayed Russian hacking efforts in the
2016 elections.
IDF carries out wave of strikes against Gaza arms
depots-Exiled Palestinian leader says Kushner told him Israel would
halt Gaza strikes; deletes post-After claiming Israeli strikes would
halt on Sunday, Dahlan says US still working with Israel to end attacks;
Board of Peace official walks back claim that disarmament plan has
already started-By Jacob Magid,Emanuel Fabian,Agencies and ToI Staff 1
August 2026, 8:00 pm
Senior Palestinian figure Mohammad Dahlan
claimed late Saturday that US President Donald Trump’s top aide Jared
Kushner had assured him Israel would be ending its strikes on Gaza, only
to delete the post less than two hours later.“After Hamas and the
Palestinian factions agreed on the 15-point [disarmament] document, Mr.
Jared Kushner confirmed to us that he agreed with the Israeli side that
it will stop the attacks on Gaza starting tomorrow morning,” Dahlan
wrote in a social media post.The post quickly made headlines, given that
Dahlan has rarely issued such public comments and because Israel had
not yet revealed a decision to halt its Gaza strikes.In fact, it carried
out a major wave of bombings on Saturday, two days after the US
announced that Hamas had agreed to the Board of Peace’s disarmament
plan, which envisions such strikes ending immediately once it is in
place.Dahlan — a former Gaza security chief for the Palestinian
Authority, who is living in exile in the United Arab Emirates —
apparently got word from Kushner or other officials involved that he had
overstepped — leading to the updated post that was far less conclusive
about the timeline of any halt to Israeli strikes.“Mr. Jared Kushner has
informed us that he is working with the Israeli side to halt the
attacks on Gaza,” Dahlan wrote in the updated post.Dahlan has become a
close adviser to UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed, and Kushner has also
regularly consulted with him while advancing his plan for the postwar
management of Gaza.Dahlan has preferred to largely remain behind the
scenes, but one of his aides confirmed his involvement in the Hamas
disarmament talks for the first time earlier this week, claiming that
the former PA official’s contacts with Kushner and the various
Palestinian factions helped secure the breakthrough that led Hamas to
accept the Board of Peace’s proposal on Thursday.Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has yet to comment publicly on the plan, but a pair of
statements attributed to a “senior Israeli official” have indicated that
Jerusalem does not deem the proposal sufficient and accordingly will
not carry out any withdrawals from Gaza as the plan requires.Meanwhile,
Israel conducted a wave of strikes in Gaza on Saturday — something it
will be required to cease once the disarmament plan is in
place.Meanwhile, a Board of Peace official said Saturday that the US-led
panel overseeing the postwar management of Gaza is hoping to commence
its Hamas disarmament plan in the coming days after it was approved by
the terror group on Thursday.The official walked back an earlier
statement made Thursday that Hamas’s approval of the disarmament plan
immediately triggered the first 14 days of the deal — which would see
Israeli forces pull back from positions in Gaza as the terror
organization lays down its weapons and transfers control of the enclave
to a technocratic body — and acknowledged the agreement has yet to enter
into force.The Board of Peace official said the US-backed agency hoped
the disarmament plan would begin in the coming days.Once in place, the
deal begins with a two-week period during which the sides will finalize
the timeline for the full implementation of Hamas’s disarmament over a
period of 200 to 350 days, officials told reporters on a briefing call
on Thursday.But the hold-off on commencing the deal may have to do with
Israel’s opposition to it.A senior US official told reporters on
Thursday Trump would be “very disappointed” if Israel does not move
forward with the plan.Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim told AFP
on Saturday that “the ball is currently in the Israeli occupation’s
court” and called on mediators to “pressure Israel to halt violations
and breaches of the ceasefire.”Palestinian civilians in Gaza have also
expressed skepticism, saying they have been repeatedly promised that the
war will stop and their lives will improve.“This is enough. We need
improvement in our lives,” said Ayman Ahmed, a displaced Palestinian
living in southern Gaza. He said he hopes Hamas gives up its arms, but
does not see it happening anytime soon.“They don’t care about
Palestinians’ lives,” he said.“They can talk about withdrawal and
disarmament,” said Abdel Moneim Aboul-Roos, 24, a tuk-tuk driver who
lost his leg in an Israeli airstrike. “I don’t care about any of it as
long as there is no food or medicine.”IDF says it hit Hamas arms depots;
Gaza hospital said damaged-Five Hamas weapon depots were destroyed in
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight, the military and Shin Bet said
Saturday afternoon.The IDF said the sites were used by Hamas to store
assault rifles, explosive devices, anti-tank launchers and other
military equipment.One of the weapon depots was located adjacent to
Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, according to the
military.“This is another example of Hamas’ systematic use of and
embedding within civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities,
to plan and carry out terrorist activities,” the army said.The military
justified the strikes amid the ceasefire by saying that Hamas intended
to use the weapons in attacks on Israeli forces in Gaza and Israeli
civilians. The weapon depots were “destroyed to remove the threat,” the
IDF added.That strike destroyed two warehouses that were used to store
medicine, Hamas’s health ministry said in a statement, adding that two
other warehouses storing medicine and the hospital’s outpatient clinic
were damaged.There were no immediate reports of any injuries.The
hospital said the warehouses had stored essential medical supplies used
to treat kidney failure patients undergoing dialysis, along with other
materials such as gauze used in wound care and routine treatment.“The
Israeli occupation has committed a heinous crime,” Khalil al-Daqran, a
doctor at the hospital, said of the strike.“In the middle of the night,
(the military) targeted a warehouse containing medical supplies for the
hospital, and the occupation completely destroyed it,” he told
Reuters.Witnesses said the military had issued an evacuation warning for
the area before carrying out the strike in Deir al-Balah.Video from
Deir Al-Balah shows the destruction left after an Israeli strike hit a
medicine storage warehouse at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza.
The attack displaced dozens of families who had been taking refuge at
the site, forcing them to seek shelter elsewhere.
pic.twitter.com/2tvVYV6P5h — Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 1,
2026-The fragile ceasefire deal reached in October 2025 largely halted a
two-year-long war between Israel and Hamas that began with the
Hamas-led October 7, 2023, onslaught.The heaviest fighting has subsided,
but at least 1,100 people have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire
took effect, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry. The
toll does not differentiate between combatants and civilians and is not
verified, though Israel has generally accepted Hamas’s tally. Israel
says its strikes respond to violations of the ceasefire or target
operatives posing a threat.Gunmen have continued to carry out shooting
attacks on Israeli troops, and Israel says its strikes are in response
to those and other violations. Five Israeli soldiers have been killed
since the ceasefire began.
DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN.
REVELATION 6:7-8
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)(SICKLY) and his
name that sat on him was Death, and Hell (TORMENTS) followed with him.
And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2
billion) of (8 billion) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and
with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 million) and with death,(INCURABLE
DISEASES)(500 million) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN
DISEASE)(500 million).
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
1 PET 5:8
8
Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he
may devour:
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle
shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and
of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants
were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all
nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of
their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG
PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION
FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
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.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his
vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every
living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6
For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion)
have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them
blood to drink; for they are worthy.
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.
REVELATION 16:21 80-120LB HAIL ON HUMANS
21
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about
the weight of a talent:(80-120 LBS) and men blasphemed God because of
the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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)
THIRD ANGEL: EUROPE
Then
one of the angels with wings showed me Europe from one end to the other
- from the north all the way down to Spain and Portugal. In his hand he
had a scale of measurement. I saw him fly over Europe, and I heard the
words: "I am grieved. I am grieved. Unrighteousness, uncleanness,
ungodliness - all over Europe. The sin has risen to heaven. The Holy
Spirit is grieved."I saw the rivers of Europe flooding and covering
millions of houses. Millions drown. After seeing this, I read the news a
few weeks ago: Czechoslovakia had the worst flooding ever. I also heard
that the big river in China is in tremendous danger of thousands of
houses being destroyed in flooding. I didn't know all this news until
after I had seen the vision and heard what the angels told me.Suddenly I
heard earthquakes all over Europe."Countries that have had no
earthquakes shall be shaken," said the angel.And suddenly, in my spirit,
I saw the Eiffel Tower in Paris crumbling and falling down. A great
part of Germany destroyed. The great city of London - destruction
everywhere. I saw floods all over Scandinavia. I looked to the south and
saw Spain and Portugal passing through hunger and great
destruction.Many will die from hunger all over Spain and Portugal. I was
disturbed by all this news, and I said:" Lord, what about your
children?"The angel said: "I shall prepare them. They shall be looking
for the appearing of the Lord. Many will cry to me in those days and I
will save them. I shall perform mighty miracles for them and show them
My power."So in the midst of great destruction, there will be the grace
of God in those countries. I was happy that God has His protection over
His children.
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.
Earthquake
strikes eastern Egypt, injuring one; is felt in Israel-Egyptian
authorities report minor damage caused after 5.5 magnitude quake north
of Suez; alerts sent to Israelis came from Android, not Home Front
Command warning system-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 8:18 am-AUG 3,26
A
magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook eastern Egypt early Monday and was felt
in parts of southern and central Israel, monitors said.The quake struck
about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the city of Suez at 3:00 am
(0000 GMT), according to Egypt’s National Research Institute of
Astronomy and Geophysics, which revised an earlier estimate of 5.2.The
German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) measured the earthquake at
magnitude 5.4 and said it struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).
The US Geological Survey put the shallow tremor at magnitude 5.0,
revising down an earlier reading.Tremors woke people across Cairo and as
far as El-Arish, near the border with Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Israelis
reported feeling tremors in Beersheba and near Jerusalem. Tremors were
also registered in Jordan and Lebanon.Egyptian Health Minister Khaled
Abdel Ghaffar ordered emergency response plans activated across the
country and directed ambulance services to be at “maximum levels of
preparedness.”Authorities said three families were evacuated from a
collapsing building in the northern Cairo neighbourhood of Rod
al-Farag.The Egyptian Red Crescent received another report of a
collapsed balcony near the quake’s epicenter in Suez.The rescue
organization urged residents to stay away from old and dilapidated
buildings, which are common in many of Egypt’s working-class
neighborhoods.Egypt’s health ministry reported only one injury.Intense
earthquakes are uncommon in the northeast African country. The country’s
deadliest earthquake in modern history struck in October 1992, when a
5.8-magnitude quake shook the capital, killing over 500 people and
displacing thousands.Alerts in Israel-In Israel, Android users received
earthquake alerts early Monday after an internal system registered that
numerous devices with the same operating system had shaken at the same
time, the Israel Geological Survey said on Facebook, stressing that it
was not an official alert from the IDF Home Front Command.The Android
system concluded from the simultaneous shaking that an earthquake was
taking place, and warned users in the region, including in Israel, of a
5.9-magnitude rattler, according to the Geological Survey.The state body
added that its own nationwide alert system, dubbed Truaa, “identified
the quake in real time, but given its magnitude and the distance from
the state’s borders, the system was not supposed to activate warnings to
Israelis, even if it was felt in part of Israel.”The survey added that
the Google system had “accidentally identified” a 5.1-magnitude
earthquake in Israel on the morning of June 13, 2025, when the Home
Front Command triggered a nationwide missile alert to warn that Israel
was striking Iran, causing millions of Israelis to fumble for their
phones and scramble for shelter.
Extreme heat wave across Europe
fuels wildfires in France, Greece, drought in Hungary-Hungary’s sole
nuclear power plant to shut for the first time in over four decades due
to drying out of the Danube; in Israel, temperatures in Jordan Valley
hit 113°F on Saturday-By Agencies and ToI Staff 2 August 2026, 3:19 pm
Temperatures
soared across much of Europe on Sunday, with firefighters battling
massive blazes and droughts raising alarms in multiple countries as
residents battle to stay cool.Large parts of Europe have been hit by
prolonged heat and drought, lowering river levels and raising concerns
about water supplies, river transport and power generation.Europe is the
world’s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing at
twice the speed as the global average since the 1980s, according to the
European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.An extreme heatwave
has also hit Israel.The Israel Meteorological Service said Saturday that
the highest temperature of the day was recorded in the Jordan Valley at
45.2°C (113°F), with Tiberias hitting a high of 42.5°C (109°F) and
Jerusalem maxing out at a relatively cool 36.1°C (97°F), with a slight
rise in temperatures expected on Sunday.The Jordan Valley and the
eastern flank of the country stretching from Eilat to Metula are under
an extreme heat warning issued by the IMS, while the rest of the country
is under moderate and mild heat warnings.Wildfires and winds-In nearby
Greece, firefighters continued to battle multiple wildfires on Sunday
believed to have devastated swaths of forest and agricultural land, with
the prime minister warning of “extremely difficult” days ahead.Prime
Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece had faced “extreme weather
conditions and winds” that often reached 100 kilometers (62 miles) an
hour.“When the winds blow with such force, even the dozens of aircraft
we have at our disposal cannot operate safely,” he wrote on Facebook.
“There are moments when nature and the intensity of weather phenomena
surpass any human planning and any operational capability.”Nearly 500
firefighters were battling blazes around the popular coastal village of
Porto Germeno, some 70 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of Athens, the
fire department said.They were also attempting to keep the fire from
approaching the western outskirts of Athens after it scaled a mountain
overnight.Some 100 firefighters were fighting another blaze in Aigialia
in the northern Peloponnese. A new fire broke out late Saturday on the
Ionian Sea island of Cephalonia.Earlier this week, fires on the islands
of Crete and Paros affected another 6,000 hectares according to The
National Observatory’s climate tracker meteo.gr. Three firefighters died
this week in the line of duty, two in Crete and one in the
Peloponnese.Over in France, a vast wildfire near Bordeaux, which
scorched an area four times the size of Paris and forced 224,000 people
to evacuate, remained contained Sunday but was still burning.Hundreds of
kilometers (miles) away, a newer blaze in Provence had stopped
advancing overnight but was not yet contained. About 3,000 firefighters
remained deployed across the two fronts, extinguishing hot spots,
cutting firebreaks and securing areas of burned forest as high
temperatures and wind threatened to breathe new life into smoldering
embers.The fire in the Gironde region burned about 420 square kilometers
(162 square miles) in just 10 days before authorities declared its
advance stopped over the weekend.“The fire is now fixed, which does not
mean that the fire is extinguished,” the Gironde prefecture said Sunday,
using the French firefighting term for a blaze that has been contained
within its perimeter.The region remained under France’s highest red
forest-fire alert. Dry conditions and soaring temperatures in Bordeaux,
along with afternoon winds, risked rekindling flames.Nuclear shut
down-And Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said Sunday that Hungary
faces a critical five days, as the drying out of the Danube forces the
country’s sole nuclear power plant to shut for the first time in over
four decades, with a new heat wave looming.Hungary’s 2 gigawatt Paks
power plant, which runs four Russian-built reactors, was operating at
just over 10% of its total capacity on Sunday after the Danube, whose
waters it uses as a coolant, fell to a record low.The water authority
was projecting that the level of the river, which flows from Germany to
the Black Sea, would drop further in the coming days.“We are facing the
most critical five days ahead,” Magyar said in a Facebook video.
“Tomorrow, the Paks power plant will not be generating, while the
hottest, 40°C days are ahead.”“The power grid, our public services and
ourselves will all come under enormous strain,” said Magyar, who has
warned that Paks could remain idle for weeks.Falls in water levels have
also disrupted shipping and tourism in Hungary and triggered water-use
restrictions in more than 100 cities and villages, including on the
outskirts of Budapest, according to government records.Magyar reiterated
a call for companies, public institutions, local governments and
households to significantly reduce or reschedule electricity use during
evening peak hours between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.Not just Europe-Meanwhile
South Korea registered its highest temperature since records began more
than a century ago on Sunday, as authorities warned people to
“immediately” stop all outdoor activities in affected areas.The
southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5°C (109°F) at
1:26 pm, the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its
website.Yangsan has been the epicenter of the ongoing heatwave, where
temperatures exceeded 40°C for a fifth consecutive day on Sunday, while
many other cities including Daegu and Busan are seeing temperatures
climb into the high 30s.People flocked to air-conditioned shopping malls
or cafes to escape the blistering temperatures, an AFP reporter saw.
More than 20 localities were under emergency heat wave alerts on Sunday —
a new warning category introduced this year to better address rising
temperatures.Scientists warn that extreme weather events such as heat
waves are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of
human-induced climate change.Adding to the extreme weather is the return
this year of El Nino — a natural climate phenomenon that warms Pacific
Ocean surface temperatures and typically occurs every two to seven
years.
Large firebreaks created to stop wildfire's spread-Just now-Luke Dealin Westleton-AUG 3,26
The
creation of firebreaks - metres-wide strips of land which have been
cleared of trees and vegetation - have "really helped" stop the spread
of a major wildfire in Suffolk, the fire service has said.Firefighters
remain at the scene at Dunwich after 371 acres of heathland (150
hectares) went up in flames on Wednesday.Crews have remained at the
scene over the weekend and Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said the
blaze remained "stable", but it was still a "live major incident".Chief
fire officer Jon Lacey said firebreaks had been created around the
entirety of the affected site, to stop flames going any further.He said
they were 15m (49ft) wide and they were made over the weekend through
the use of bulldozers, and local farmers had similarly helped with
tractors.He also thanked the local Sizewell nuclear plant for help
providing vehicles.At its height, the fire was at a size equivalent to
210 football pitches, affecting the National Trust's Dunwich Heath and
nearby RSPB Minsmere.This week, 10 fire appliances will remain at the
scene in the day and reduce to six overnight. Crews are due to remain on
site all week.During a meeting of stakeholders earlier, it was told the
temperature underground in some hot spots was about 600C (1,112F), and
60C (140F) on the surface.Crews from Wiltshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire
and London are also still assisting.Lacey told BBC Radio Suffolk: "We
still do see extreme heat underground from the original fire which
continues to burn, so we're putting it upon our fire crews to check
those hot spots and put water on them as and when we find them."We get
the odd bit pop up, but it's under control at the moment."The firebreak
has really helped, so thank you to all the plant teams that have come
in, Sizewell B and C, and the assistance they provided to enable us to
do that."We'll be on the scene for at least a week with significant
resources to make sure that we attack those hot spots when they pop
up."He also urged the public to "remain vigilant" and avoid having
barbecues, bonfires or throwing cigarettes on the ground.Asked if
investigations into the fire would begin soon, he added they would start
but it was too early to know what sparked the blaze.Andrew Turner,
chair of Westleton Parish Council, explained that the authority had made
its own firebreak years ago following a wildfire to safeguard the
village."As a consequence of that, the parish council - which owns some
land on a hill just bordering the village - did build our own
firebreaks," he said."So the sense that fire is an increasing risk has
been there. This has simply focused our minds even more because this was
a much larger fire."Fortunately it was kept well away from us, but in
different circumstances there may have been a different outcome."The
fire also led to the evacuation of holiday sites such as Cliff House
Holiday Park, which avoided damage.Louise Eagle, its general manager,
said the blaze had been "really upsetting".On Friday, Eagle and Adam
Burrows - head of maintenance at the park - helped holidaymakers collect
their personal belongings through an escorted visit, so they could
finally head home.Burrows said the campsite now had an "eerie and quiet"
feeling over it and he was focused on helping it eventually reopen."Our
power is back on now, so all we can do is wait until the authorities
tell us [we can go back], have a clear up, get people in, and just try
the best that we can do to reopen."There had been reports over the
weekend that people had been travelling to Dunwich to look at the fire
and surrounding scene.The fire service said all roads and footpaths
remained closed and people should stay away from the area.Eagle said it
was a "shame" and "really silly" to hear of people going against
advice."People really need to listen to what's happening and give the
fire service space to do everything in their power to save as much of
the heath as possible," she added.Watch: Smoke fills the sky from
heathland fireJenny Riddell-Carpenter, MP for Suffolk Coastal, similarly
encouraged people to stay away from the area."I do get on one hand why
people are curious, and they want to see it, but it's incredibly
unhelpful at the moment when people are gathering and heading there,"
she said.
Washington state wildfires force 60,000 people to evacuate homes-2 hours ago-Alicia Curry
Over
60,000 evacuated from wildfire danger, says Spokane mayor Lisa
Brown.Wildfires have forced around 60,000 people to evacuate parts of
Washington state, destroying hundreds of buildings and leaving thousands
without power.Three major blazes continued to burn around the city of
Spokane on Monday, with officials warning that the fires had not been
contained.Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown described the situation as "the worst
natural disaster our region has faced", adding that authorities were
assessing the extent of the damage and were "still discussing the
potential for lives to be lost".No deaths or injuries have been
confirmed.The fires in Spokane are among a total number more than a
dozen wildfires in the state including 10 large ones, according to the
dashboard on the state's department of natural resources.The National
Weather Service (NWS) had warned of "extremely critical" fire weather
over the weekend, with strong winds and unusually dry conditions helping
the flames spread rapidly.Scientists have said that human-induced
climate change makes the warm, dry conditions that lead to wildfires
more likely - as well as leading to more frequent and intense heatwaves,
and potential summer droughts.Videos from Spokane - the second most
populous city in the state - show huge plumes of smoke and roaring fires
close to nearby houses, as helicopters fly above working to put out the
flames.The fires have destroyed around 600 buildings, including homes
and businesses. More than 10,000 electricity customers have been left
without power, according to Avista Utilities.Washington State Governor
Bob Ferguson has declared a statewide emergency and told a news
conference on Sunday that he had requested federal assistance after
speaking to US President Donald Trump.Speaking to BBC News, Mayor Brown
said: "The most important thing is that people need to remain vigilant
and be patient and comply when we ask them to be ready to evacuate or
when we say it's time to evacuate".She added: "Although people are very
generous and engaged and our first responders are working around the
clock - we need help in order to really meet the magnitude of the
displacement and the lack of housing and the need for essential living
supplies".Although lighter winds are expected on Monday, forecasters
have warned temperatures are likely to rise again later in the week.
Two
crew killed after firefighting helicopters collide in Greece, as
British pilot survives-12 hours ago-Paulin Kolaand-Nikos Papanikolaou
Two
crew members have been killed after two helicopters collided mid-air in
Greece while battling wildfires.The fatalities were a Danish pilot and a
Greek fire service liaison officer. A British pilot and another Greek
co-ordinator on the second helicopter survived.Video of the incident
some 65 km (42 miles) west of the capital Athens shows one of the two
Bell helicopters hitting the rotors of the other, which bursts into
flames and crashes in a ravine. The other aircraft made an emergency
landing.Wildfires have broken out in Greece this week, prompting mass
evacuations. Other European states have also suffered devastating blazes
during prolonged heatwaves.According to the Greek Fire Service, the two
Bell helicopters leased from Australian company McDermott Aviation
collided on Sunday while taking part in efforts to tackle a large
wildfire burning on the Attica-Boeotia border.The crew members of one
aircraft were rescued alive, while the second crew were recovered
unconscious and later pronounced dead.Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos
Mitsotakis expressed his "deepest sorrow" over the accident.In a post on
X, he said the loss of the Greek coordinator and Danish pilot "fills us
all with grief". He also sent condolences to their families.Map of
southern Greece showing wildfire activity recorded by NASA FIRMS up to 2
August. Dark red dots mark fires active in the last 24 hours and are
heavily concentrated around Psatha, west of Athens, where the largest
cluster is visible. Smaller active fire clusters appear near Patras on
the Gulf of Corinth and on the island of Kefalonia. Pale red dots
indicate fires detected since 26 July, scattered across the wider
region, including around Athens, central Greece and parts of the
Peloponnese. Source: Nasa Firms data.According to protocol, all Bell
helicopters across the country have been grounded, a source from the
civil protection ministry told the BBC.The source added that the second
Bell helicopter involved in the collision made an emergency landing in
an area of low vegetation."The two people on board, a British pilot and a
Greek fire service liaison officer - escaped with minor injuries," the
source said."Both remained conscious and have been admitted to hospital,
where they will remain under observation for 24 hours as a
precaution."The source also told the BBC the British survivor was a
private pilot hired for the wildfire season.He was not part of any
exchange between the UK and Greece, and there was no request for
assistance from Athens.Meanwhile, Greece's Ekathimerini news website
said the two survivors immediately reported the collision, guiding
rescuers to the crash site.The names of the four crew members have not
been publicly released.John McDermott, the founder and president of
McDermott Aviation, said his staff's "thoughts and deepest condolences
are with the families, friends and colleagues of those affected by this
tragic incident.""McDermott Aviation is working closely with the
relevant authorities and will continue to assist as they undertake their
investigation into the incident," he added.Erickson Air-Crane and
Chinook helicopters, as well as Canadair water-bombing aircraft are
continuing to carry out firefighting efforts.Early this week, France and
Spain battled huge fires - two of the main ones were close to Madrid
and Bordeaux respectively. Those have now been contained, though they
are still burning. Some 300,000 people who were evacuated have started
to return to their homes.In Greece, media reports describe "a titanic
battle" along a swathe of territory that includes Porto Germeno, Psatha,
Fokida, Megara and Kefalonia, where more than 500 firefighters have
been struggling to bring the situation under control over the past 72
hours.Most wildfires are sparked by people, whether intentionally or
accidentally, but climate change is making the conditions for them more
common.Last winter was mild and wet, encouraging vegetation growth,
which has then dried out in successive hot spells, generating fuel for
wildfires.
B.C. wildfires destroy lakeside homes, with 30 new
added in past 24 hours-By Staff The Canadian Press-Posted August 2, 2026
10:49 am
A wildfire fanned by 115 kilometre per hour winds razed
homes along the west side of British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake, forcing
many residents to escape to safety.Video and photos posted online show
flames in the night sky, and later, the charred remains of buildings
along the northern end of the lake, near Vernon.The BC Wildfire Service
said Sunday that winds from an intense weather system on Saturday were
too much for aircraft to hold back the Bradley Creek fire.It prompted
the evacuation of the Okanagan Indian Band reserve, while separate
evacuation orders and alerts are up near the cities of Vernon and
Armstrong.The wildfire service reports that dozens more fires have been
sparked and have expanded quickly, due to high winds and lightning
strikes, with almost half of the 130 wildfires burning in the province
out of control.An update posted on the Bradley Creek fire said a cold
front passed across the region and brought significantly elevated winds,
beyond what had been in the forecast.“Gusts were forecast to reach up
to 70 km/h in the Okanagan, however crews on the ground observed
sustained 80 km/h winds over the fire and 115 km/h winds at elevation,”
the update posted online said.“These winds caused significant challenges
and the firefighters, helicopters, airtankers and skimmers were unable
to hold the fire.”Shifting winds Saturday forced the fire across Highway
97, which has been closed.As of Sunday morning, there were 42 separate
evacuation orders for communities across the province and another 40
alerts.The Regional District of North Okanagan said if people have a
recreational vehicle, and time permits, they should bring it with them
as accommodations will be limited.The wildfires and Saturday night’s
storm have also knocked out power to several areas of the province,
especially in the Okanagan and Kootenay regions where more than 23,000
customers are without lights.The BC Wildfire Service is recommending
that British Columbians be prepared for a possible quick departure, even
if wildfires aren’t threatening their areas.The service says there are
five wildfires of note now in the province, all of them burning near
communities.
‘Everything was orange’: Residents recall fleeing
B.C. wildfire, as officials confirm structures lost-By Lisa
Steacy-Published: August 02, 2026 at 2:12PM EDT
Strong winds
fanned the flames of the Bradley Creek wildfire in B.C.'s North
Okanagan, prompting a number of evacuation orders and alerts.Strong
winds fanned the flames of a wildfire in B.C.’s north Okanagan, forcing
additional evacuations as crews struggled to battle a blaze which
officials confirmed has destroyed some structures.The Bradley Creek
wildfire is estimated at over 26 square kilometres as of Sunday after a
period of rapid growth fueled by gusts of between 70 km/h on the ground
and 115 km/h at elevation, according to officials.“These winds caused
significant challenges and the firefighters, helicopters, airtankers and
skimmers were unable to hold the fire,” an online update from the B.C.
Wildfire Service said.Provincial officials, at a news conference, said
structures have been lost within the evacuation zone but that a full
assessment of the destruction will not be possible until conditions
improve.Evacuees describe fast-moving fire-Kate Erickson, whose 160-acre
property is in the evacuation zone, said when the wind whipped up her
family scrambled to get their animals loaded into vehicles.“They’ve got
the cat, the dogs, and the horses and a change of underwear, maybe,” she
said. “It breaks my heart.”Some evacuees were being directed to a
reception centre at Kal Tire Place in Vernon.One woman who fled there
with her husband and their dogs described how tense things were before
the order came down.“It was very scary. It was the whole day of seeing
the fire,” she said. “Everything was orange.”Although she and her
husband were not completely caught off guard by the evacuation order,
she described the panic that set in when it was issued.“It was just
running, running, running because you’re never totally prepared, you
think you have everything but you don’t,” she said.The fire crossed
Highway 97, resulting in its closure in both directions between Salmon
River Road and Old Kamloops Road. However, it did not cross Okanagan
Lake.The Bradley Creek blaze exploded as dozens more were sparked over
the past 24 hours during what the BCWS described as a “dynamic weather
event.” In addition to the fierce and “erratic” winds, there were more
than 2,200 lightning strikes recorded—igniting tinder-dry fuel sources.
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notebook 'In an area so divided, nobody takes responsibility'As toxic
sewage and factory sludge choke Hebron stream, locals refuse to go with
the flow-Inadequate infrastructure and coordination result in dumping by
Palestinian residents and industry, causing soil and groundwater
pollution. Israel’s response has been frustratingly partisan-By Sue
Surkes-2 August 2026, 5:02 am
It’s the stench that hits first — a
nauseating wave that reveals raw sewage coursing through the Hebron
Stream beneath the Jewish settlement of Otniel in the southern West
Bank, a riverbed meant to be dry in July.Its banks are caked in a
blinding white crust that allows only the most resilient of plants to
survive. The white powder is not natural to the stream; it has entered
via the city of Hebron’s sewage pipe network, originating at
stone-cutting factories that use large amounts of water to cool lathes
that cut Hebron stone — also sometimes known as Jerusalem stone — into
slabs for the area’s characteristic building facades, flooring and
tiles.For years, the Palestinian Authority has been building an
internationally funded wastewater treatment plant for Hebron. Delays
were caused partly by Israeli changes of plan. But even once finished,
the facility will sit idle until the stone dust problem is resolved — it
would chew the machinery to bits.For years, the toxic cocktail of raw
sewage and marble sludge has flowed beyond the city limits. In winter,
floods spill the slurry onto the banks; when the rains stop, it bakes
into a concrete-like crust.Hundreds of thousands of residents from
communities not connected to sewage infrastructure add their untreated
waste to the current, helping to drive ecological devastation.Unless the
stone sludge is thick enough to seal the stream bed, the filth
percolates downward, threatening the Mountain Aquifer — the most
critical remaining source of natural sweetwater in the region.At the
Israeli border, a specialized filtration facility strains out the white
dust, channeling the remaining raw sewage toward the Shoket wastewater
treatment plant. When Shoket overflows, the deluge pours directly into
the Beersheba Stream, carving a stinking path through a key municipal
park and spreading foul odors to neighborhoods nearby.A jurisdictional
jigsaw-Instead of leading to a permanent Israeli-Palestinian peace, as
intended, the 1990s Oslo Accords have created a bureaucratic
nightmare.Israel wields civil and security control over 60% of the West
Bank — designated during the accords as Area C — home to Jewish
settlements, military zones, open and agricultural land, and Palestinian
villages. Half of Hebron’s stone-cutting factories operate in Area C,
where Israel, through its Civil Administration, holds exclusive planning
authority. The other factories operate in Area A, entirely outside
Israel’s civilian reach.In late June, a legal battle erupted. Green Now,
a Jewish West Bank environmental group, joined forces with the
right-wing Regavim — co-founded two decades ago by current pro-settler
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich — to petition the High Court. They
want an immediate crackdown and closure of polluting Area C
stone-cutting plants. The court has given the state 60 days to
respond.Meanwhile, EcoPeace Middle East, a left-wing NGO with directors
in Israel, Ramallah and Amman, has chosen the path of diplomacy, signing
a Memorandum of Understanding with Palestinian marble engineers to fund
and engineer sustainable upgrades.Yet, EcoPeace Israel director Gidon
Bromberg warns that the division of the West Bank is the culprit.“It’s
hard enough to manage things between countries,” Bromberg said. “When
one area is divided into three jurisdictions with two responsibilities,
nobody takes responsibility.”He noted that even Hebron is divided
between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.Decades of explosive
population growth had not been met with infrastructure investment, he
said.“Hebron is behind, but so is [the] Gush Etzion bloc… Even the most
liberal settlement bloc doesn’t treat its sewage properly, so let’s stop
the blame game,” he said. “We have to stop managing the conflict and
resolve it — if not for the people, then for the environment.”Inside the
black hole-A drive down Route 60 with Green Now’s head, Barak Verker,
and Regavim’s international director, Naomi Kahn, exposed the stinking
problem.Below the Jewish settlement of Shim’a, dusty dirt tracks lead
down into a valley below ad-Dhahiriya in Area A.Here, sewage and rock
dust collide with secondary pollution in the form of pirate waste dumps.
Stream banks are littered with twisted scrap metal and rotting sheep
carcasses, all leaching poison straight into the groundwater.Kahn points
a finger squarely at the Civil Administration, accusing officials of
turning a blind eye out of fear that enforcement will create an
international backlash. She said that this approach also helps keep
marble costs down for Israelis.“When you have jurisdiction but don’t
take responsibility, you create a black hole within which bad things
happen,” Kahn warned. “Governance is more important than
sovereignty.”Behind the scenes, the Civil Administration is working with
the Palestinian Authority on two main plans. One envisions pipes
parallel to the sewage system to siphon the abrasive stone slurry away
to a special treatment facility to be built with international funds
near the al-Fahs industrial zone, on Hebron’s outskirts, in Area C. The
other is for a pipeline that will run parallel to, and downhill from,
the stream. This will use gravity to collect sewage from the stream,
from Otniel to the Green Line. From there, it will be sent to an
expanded Shoket treatment plant.Plans without budgets-A source from the
Mount Hebron Regional Council who declined to be named said that the
municipality was revoking building permits for polluting factories in
the al-Fahs industrial zone and blocking off access for illegal slurry
into sewage pipes, with the result that the rock dust problem had
diminished substantially.Meanwhile, the head of the council, which
represents the interests of Israeli settlers living in the West Bank’s
southern Judean Hills, placed the blame squarely on the Palestinians
living in the vicinity.“The problem in the Hebron Stream stems from the
[Palestinians] discharging raw sewage directly into the stream, in
violation of the agreements they are obligated to uphold,” said Mount
Hebron Regional Council head Eliram Azulay. “This causes severe
environmental damage and contaminates the water consumed by all
residents of the Negev — Beersheba, Omer, Meitar, farmers in Bnei Shimon
and as far as the Eshkol Stream. They all suffer from the pollution
caused by the [Palestinians] in Hebron and the surrounding area.”The
Beersheba Municipality said it was leading the fight to keep the filth
out of the stream running through the city and the park.“I call on the
State of Israel to take responsibility, carry out the wastewater
treatment and recover all the costs from the Palestinian Authority,
simply because they cannot be trusted to do it voluntarily,” Azulay
said.And while there may be extensive plans, the catch is that there are
no confirmed budgets nor any timelines.“Most of these plans remain
plans,” said Bromberg, noting other projects to upgrade old and poorly
functioning wastewater treatment plants elsewhere in the West Bank.
