NBC News is reporting that Israel launched a preemptive attack involving hundreds of rockets and drones into northern Israel this morning (8/25/2024). The heavy exchange of fire continues to up the risk of an all-out war involving the United States, Israel, Iran and militant groups across the region.
Israel launched the attack after determining Hezbollah was about to launch a heavy barrage of rockets and missiles into Israel. Soon after the Israeli airstrikes, Hezbollah announced that it had launched an attack on Israeli military positions as an initial response to the killing of Fouad Shukur, one of its founders, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month.
Hezbollah said its attack involved more than 320 Katyusha rockets aimed at multiple sites in Israel and a “large number” of drones, which it later described as the end of the “first stage of retaliatory strikes” against multiple targets, which included a list of 11 bases, barracks and military positions located in northern Israel and the Golan Heights.
The NBC News article may be read in full HERE.
Let’s remember what the bible has to say about the Jewish people and Israel:
Deuteronomy 7:6 (NKJV)
“For you [the Jews] are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself [emphasis mine], a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.”
Zechariah 2:8 (Amplified Bible)
“For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘[a]fter glory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.’”
And, as hard as it may be to accept, the bible says that there is a time when war becomes necessary:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (Amplified Bible)
A Time for Everything
“There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—[a] time to be born and a time to die; [a] time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal; [a] time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to weep and a time to laugh; [a] time to mourn and a time to dance. A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; [a] time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to search and a time to give up as lost; [a] time to keep and a time to throw away. A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; [a] time to keep silent and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to hate; [a] time for war and a time for peace [emphasis mine].”