Global SITREP C10-23: War! By Air, Land and Sea

Gaza's Unprecedented Bombardment

UPDATED 27 October 2023: On the evening of the 21st day of the war IDF armor took up positions inside Gaza. This movement was preceded by the most intense bombardment to take place in Israel's 75 years. It came from the IAF, from Israeli naval forces offshore and from IDF tanks and mobile artillery. The IDF spokesman announced this expanded ground maneuver would take place as the IAF began pummeling the terrorist network of tunnels. With this action many are now watching to see if Hezbollah and IRGC-QF militias in Syria will join in full-scale warfare.

The Coming Northern Warzone

UPDATE 1 November 2023: Despite media reports to the contrary the Islamic Republic of Iran will set its proxy forces loose to open the northern front against Israel. These forces are composed of Hezbollah and IRGC-QF proxy Shi'a militias from Iraq. They are now staged near the front with Israel in a line that stretches from Quneitra to Nawa to Dara'a in southern Syria (see map above). The figurehead leader of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, is powerless to prevent the use of his rump nation, now a fully subjugated vassal state of the Iranian Twelvers in the assault upon northern Israel. 

Many should recall that an agreement between Russia, Syria and Jordan to not allow Iranian forces or their proxies to encroach upon Jordan's border or within a certain distance of the UNDOF Zone on the Golan frontier with Israel. Apparently Russia feels it is now free to ignore than agreement having given Iran tacit permission to stage thousands of its proxy troops and their advanced equipment on this front. Yesterday, the MEMRI website published its Special Dispatch 10920 which contains many details with abundant footnotes. It is obvious that precursory to the opening of the Syrian front the attacks against US Coalition bases in recent days, warned about here for the past few weeks, have now approached at least 30 rocket, missile and drone attacks. US retaliation has occurred and will almost certainly continue with the recent buttressing of US and Coalition military forces in the region. Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah has announced he will issue and address, most likely on Friday of this week.

Updates as they occur...

Global SITREP C9-23: WAR! Phase IV

IDF Armor On-The-Move

UPDATE 22 October 2023: Warfare is in progress across the Middle East, from Tehran to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and of course in Israel where three fronts are active: the Southern Command, the Northern Command and the Homefront Command (Judea and Samaria). Bulleted highlights follow:

• The headquarters of the IRGC was attacked early Sunday. The source of the attack remain obscure for the moment, but videos have appeared indicating a series of explosions occurring in sequence. Possible drone attacks.
• The IAF blitzed many airports across Syria west of the Euphrates River knocking them out from receiving airlifted war materiel from Iran. Damascus and Aleppo international Airports were severely struck once again.
• Intense combat occurred across the Lebanese border between Hezbollah and Palestinian militias positions against the positions of the IDF.
• US Coalition bases across Iraq and Syria came under multiple drone and rocket attacks on Sunday. US forces around the Persian Gulf and Red Sea are in an increased DEFCON. A significant reinforcement of US air, sea and land forces occurring across the region.
• The IDF is engaged in Gaza, Lebanon and the Golan as well as in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley. An aerial attack occurred early Sunday against the Al-Ansar mosque and its underground tunnel system in Jenin that was serving as a HAMAS and PIJ command center. This interdiction prevented an imminent attack against Israeli civilians. Israeli security forces seizing large quantities of weapons, ammo, explosives. The number of terrorists that have been arrested throughout the region is nearing 1,000.
• All of this occurring as dozens of rockets fired from Gaza and Lebanon continue to be engaged by the IDF Iron Dome air defense systems. The IDF increased attacks on Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon. The IDF ground operation in Gaza remains imminent, and will likely result in all-out warfare in all of the above areas.

20 October 2023: At the urging of the Holy Spirit and in anticipation of IDF ground operations commencing inside Gaza within hours, all due attention was drawing early this morning to the prophecy of Amos, the humble sheep breeder of ancient Tekoa, who was given this prophecy circa 762 B.C. as an amplification to the Psalm 83 prophecy of Asaph circa 1000 B.C., or about 240 years prior. 

The details provided in the first two chapters of the Book of Amos are extraordinary and serve us as guide to the events which lie in the coming days. No part of this prophecy is "minor" in the literal interpretive view of Eschatology Today. In this prophecy Amos literally orates the word of God as he heard it. The prophecy in Amos 1 begins with "The Lord roars from Zion, and utters His voice from Jerusalem; the pasture of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers." We're all aware of Elijah's confrontation with the 850 pagan false prophets on Mount Carmel. Carmel is a very fertile region which extends from the Bay of Acre along the ridge of the Valley of Jezreel to a height of 1,700 feet above sea level and just south of Haifa. This sentence informs clearly about the damage that will occur as a result of this war, but the prophecy goes well beyond this. 

Amos 1:3 then turns to Damascus, Syria which is responsible for threshing the region of Gilead with sharp-pointed implements of iron. Rockets in other words. The next, verse 4, concerns the destruction of Damascus fire that is sent down upon it. The clearly reiterates Isaiah 17:1. Therefore, Amos' prophecy involves both Psalm 83 and Isaiah 17. The next, verse 5, speaks to the end of the government of Syria as we know it today, and reiterating Isaiah 17:3. 

In the same breath Amos then turns to Gaza, and this is an amplification of Isaiah 11:14. Why Gaza? "Because they took captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom." This verse looks as it came out of the newspaper and TV broadcasts from Israel in the past two weeks and continuing through today. Edom stands for the descendants of Esau and we all know the story about Esau. And again, in the next breath Amos turns to Tyre, Lebanon which also receives fire from above.  And Amos then continues on to Teman, which is in present day western Jordan and known today as Basira. And once again here is a direct reference to Isaiah 11:14. At Amos 1:13 the attention turns to Ammon (Amman, Jordan) due to a animalistic action which we know also occurred in HAMAS invasion of Israeli kibbutzim on October 7th.

Amos 2 reiterates that which is also found in Isaiah 17 and the waning of the glory of Jacob. The text here is self-explanatory as all who read it can see for themselves. 

When the ground war commences in Gaza these prophecies will fulfill as a flood. Until then, we watch patiently. Updates upon their occurrence.

Global SITREP C8-23: War Phase III

 

UPDATED 15 October 2023: The State of Israel is on the cusp of a major multi-front war. This part of the war on Eschatology Today will be referred to as Phase III. The enemies in this war are the modern day nations and peoples cited in Psalm 83 by Asaph, Isaiah 11:14, Isaiah 17, Ezekiel 28:20-26 and the whole of Jeremiah 49. 

In support of Israel in this war are the military forces of the USA, UK as well as most of the governments of the NATO allies. The LORD God has throughout history expressed His sovereign will by blessing Israel with solid allies and in these last days we can expect the same. Who is it who can say our sovereign God can or cannot do as He pleases? Scripture advises us clearly and unquestionably on this issue. In this vein as the war progresses and in comments to this SITREP questions about this will not be addressed. We will cover key events and allow the will of God to follow His chosen course because we know and have been told in Scripture the end from the beginning.

Al-Ahli Baptist (Arab) Hospital Parking Lot, Gaza

The above image is of the Al-Ahli Baptist (Arab) Hospital parking lot in Gaza City. Obvious to everyone (but Islamists and their allies) is that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Holy War) rocket that misfired did not hit the hospital and kill 200 to 300 people. The rocket impacted on the hospital parking lit and ignited the fuel tanks of several vehicles. Any and all human casualties from this misfire is the responsibility of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Period. 

It only took the HAMAS-run Palestinian Health Ministry minutes to disseminate globally blatant lies and INFOWAR disinformation (INFOrmation WARfare) which was rapidly picked up and redistributed globally by the New York Times and CNN without any due diligence in assessing the truthfulness of the terrorist media report. 

Just as rapidly the PA, the governments of Egypt, Jordan and Turkey, as well as the World Health Organization (WHO) made grossly distorted statements blaming Israel. There were zero IDF or IAF activity over Gaza City at the time of the PIJ rocket barrage which resulted in this tragedy and carnage upon the hapless Gazans who had taken refuge at this hospital. This HAMAS INFOWAR gambit also led to the immediate cancellation of a war summit meeting between POTUS the terrorist PA, King Abdullah II of Jordan and other dignitaries scheduled for later today. One does not need to guess what this terrorist outrage will bring in the coming hours to the inflamed Middle East and around the world.

The anticipated and prophetic multi-front war seems assured at this point.

Global SITREP C7-23: WAR! Phase II

 

UPDATED 11 October 2023: Eschatology Today is expectant of the second phase of this war to commence shortly with the IDF ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, notwithstanding developments on the northern borders with Lebanon and Syria. 

It is anticipated that the IDF operation in Gaza will mirror very closely the imagery contained within the Hebrew text of Isaiah 11:14.  They key words as pronounced are Oof kah-thayf and their meaning is to cover or obscure the shoulder. This evokes the image above of the map of Gaza and the two "shoulders" of the region on the upper right and lower left. This text may be descriptive of a classic pincer movement of armored forces simultaneously moving into Rafah and Gaza City. Another visualization of these two words would be to liken them to a bird covering her young with her wings, or, if you will, how the cherubim covered the Mercy Seat on the Ark of the Covenant with their wings. There are the images that come to my mind, others may consider them differently.

There's one other important thing to note that relates to this war. Prior to Saturday Israel was deeply divided, to the point of violence and verbal assaults among the two political camps of the citizens. This appears to be reflected in Isaiah 11:13 where Ephraim and Judah join together and Oof kah-thayf against their common enemy. 

IN THE NORTH The developments in the north could intensify in ferocity and breadth of military action at any moment as for the past couple of days intermittent strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria push towards a literal fulfillment of the Psalm 83 prophecy. At the time of this posting there are ongoing alerts of airborne threats to Israel from Lebanon and Syria.

Today at approximately 10:30 Hezbollah fired and anti-tank missile (ATM) at an IDF M113 personnel carrier known in the IDF as a Zelda. The Zelda was along side the access road to the Blue Line in Avivim, northern Israel, less than a half kilometer from Lebanese territory. The rocket struck the reactive armor on the front of the vehicle but apparently did not destroy it. So we see here that Hezbollah troops are forward deployed up against Israel's border.  Israel's retaliation consisted of addition UCAV air strikes on Hezbollah observation towers in extreme southern Lebanon and saturation artillery fire in the area where the ATM had been launched from. Israeli residents in the Mater Asher region have been directed to their shelters. Israeli police and counterterror forces are prepared for extreme outbreaks of violence and rioting in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem.

INTERNATIONALLY Russia, Byelarus, Turkieh, Iraqi militias loyal to Iran, Houthi-ruled Yemen and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan have clearly and unsurprisingly sided with the Islamic terrorists against Israel. In the US the Biden speech yesterday fell woefully short in complete omission on the culpability of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the IRGC-QF specifically, as bearing responsibility for instigating this war and providing materiel support which made it possible. This war might have been delayed had Biden moved the 6th Fleet much earlier into the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and said "Don't" to Iran weeks ago instead of releasing $6 billion in funds to the mullah terrorists. He bears personal responsibility for this  inaction. 

UPDATE 13 October 2023: Through the UN the IDF has given instructions to Gaza civilians where they are to immediately move to ensure their personal safety. In the map above is a dark line south of Gaza City that stretches from the Israeli border to the Mediterranean Sea. This line is the Wadi Gaza, or Nahal HaBesor, a/k/a the Gaza River. There are just a very few hours remaining before the IDF executes military operations in the entire region of Gaza north of the Wadi Gaza.

Given the Islamist threat of violence for today caution is advised in public gatherings and Jewish neighborhoods everywhere.

Updates will continue as necessary...

Global SITREP C6-23: WAR!

Barak (Lightning) Merkava V MBT of the IDF

8 October 2023: The Lebanese Hezbollah, with Iranian approval no doubt, have joined the war by launching missiles into northern Israel this morning.  This attack targeted three IDF posts in the Sheba'a Farms using artillery and guided missiles.

Sheba'a Farms is located in the tri-border region where Israel, Lebanon and Syria frontiers all meet on the Golan Heights. The IDF has engaged Hezbollah with UCAV airstrikes in southern Lebanon. The IDF-Hezbollah cross-border engagement continues. Unsurprisingly, global media (AP and NBC for example) continue to refer to the Golan Heights as Israeli-occupied Syrian territory. 

In southern Israel there remain groups of HAMAS terrorists in a handful of kibbutzim, several other kibbutzim have been cleared of terrorist by the IDF. Yesterday's invasion by HAMAS of southern Israel was carried out by hundreds of its soldiers by air, sea and land. In launching this invasion and war the HAMAS leadership, as Eschatology Today noted in Global SITREP C5-23: The Coming War, did so having been assured their Islamic allies would join them in a "comprehensive war" against the State of Israel. HAMAS allies include Iran, Iranian proxy militias under IRGC-QF operational control in Syria and other terrorist cells in Judea and Samaria. A watchful eye is also upon Jordan. 

And the Taliban of Afghanistan, flush with billions worth of American arms abandoned by the Biden Administration, has request Arab Muslim nations to allow their soldiers freedom of passage so that they also may join in the war against Israel. Iranian troops and the Taliban have fought numerous engagements along their common border recently, so this is an interesting potential development. 

At this hour (11:30-12:30 IST / 04:30-05:30 EST) Israel's security cabinet is engaged in a situational assessment at the Kirya in Tel Aviv. The Kirya is Israel's "pentagon" headquarters. One key item is the number of Israeli civilians taken by HAMAS, and who range in age from young children to grandmothers in their 80's. These Israeli are HAMAS; human shields deliberately taken to forestall the anticipated IDF storming of Gaza. Will Israel's government proceed with its vengeful retaliation in considering these civilian captives as "combat fatalities?" Perhaps, since the IAF continues to turn all known HAMAS and other terrorist-controlled high rise buildings in Gaza into piles of dust and rubble. Thus far no quarter is being given, even after a several hour warning for Gaza civilian non-combatants to flee into Egypt immediately.

7 October 2023: The State of Israel has declared a STATE OF WAR exists between itself and the terrorists in Gaza. HAMAS bears full responsibility.

In the early hours of this morning (06:30 Israel time) teams of heavily armed terrorists invaded Israel in multiple locations from Gaza. Several border communities in Israel were in enemy hands. There are many dozens, if not hundreds of casualties (dead and injured) amid fears that some Israeli soldiers and citizens have been taken as POWs (hostages) back into Gaza. Many of the terrorist squads entered Israel by way of paragliders. Several thousand rockets, some reports say as many as 5,000, have been fired into Israel in the first 20 minutes of hostilities. 

IDF and IAF forces, buttressed by extensive mobilization of reserves, are currently engaged in clearing operation battles in every location where Gaza terrorists have entered Israel. A counter-invasion and neutralization of all Gaza terrorist organizations is highly likely as the IDF ground battalions forward deploy in their battle formations following clearing operations.  DM Galant: "The State of Israel will win this war."  PM Netanyahu: "The enemy will pay an unprecedented price."

As expected and foretold in Bible prophecy, HAMAS has called upon its allies in Judea, Samaria and all Arab and Islamic nations to join the war against Israel. US President Joe Biden released $6 billion in frozen funds to the terrorists in Iran's theocratic dictatorship, and days later this war erupts. Once again Biden and the uniparty in Washington, DC have been played like a fiddle by the Ayatollah.

At least 10 zones have been identified by the IDF as points of the land invasion. Kfar Aza, Magen, Re'im military camp, Sderot, Zikim, Be'eri, and the Erez crossing are seven of the ten named locations. All parts of Israel within 80 km of Gaza and the entirety of Gaza itself have been designated as a "special military zone" by the IDF. Clearly robust IDF contingency planning has gone into full execution, and is inclusive of the Lebanon and Syria frontiers as well as Judea and Samaria.

Marana'tha!

Global SITREP C5-23: The Coming War

 

Nasrallah (center) with Al-'Arouri (right) and Al-Nakhaleh

2 October 2023: Exactly one month ago (2 September 2023) the above image appeared in Lebanese terrorist media. These terrorists held a series of meetings on the subject of the coming war with Israel. There is no way that the intelligence services of Israel the US and EU countries are unaware of these meetings and their purpose. What these intelligence circles are probably unaware of is the direct relationship to Bible prophecy.

That prophecy has long been a central thesis of the Eschatology Today blog -- the inspired Psalm 83 prophecy of Asaph. The first eight verses explain how the named enemies of Israel engage in crafty counsel and consult together against the people of Israel, the purpose of which is to "cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more." 

None of this is news to the readers of this blog over the past fourteen consecutive years. What may be news to the readers is what the terrorist media quoted the leader of HAMAS, Saleh 'Arouri, as saying with regards to what the series of meetings between Hezbollah, HAMAS and the PIJ were focused on. 

"We are preparing for a comprehensive war and are discussing this in closed chambers with all the elements and components [of the resistance axis] that are connected to this war. The resistance [has the] presence, motivation and the desire for a regional war to occur, and has an interest in this."

And some people say that Asaph the choseh (prophet) did not write an inspired prophecy for these last days? Well, here is the proof in imagery and in text from the one of the key participants in the "closed chambers and "consultations" in their plans for a comprehensive regional war against the people of Israel. Boom.