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00:00Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to propose fully reoccupying the Gaza Strip
00:21when he meets his security cabinet, Israeli media say.
00:25The D has been cast were going for the full conquest of the Gaza Strip pass in defeating Hamas.
00:31Sen, local journalists quote a senior official as saying,
00:35responding to reports that the army chief and other military leaders oppose the plan.
00:40The unnamed official said, if that doesn't work for the chief of staff, he should resign.
00:46The families of hostages fear such plans could endanger their loved ones,
00:50with 20 out of 50 believed to be alive in Gaza,
00:53while polls suggest three in four Israelis instead favor a cease-fire deal to return them.
01:00Many of Israel's close allies would also condemn such a move as they push for an end to the war
01:04and an action to alleviate a humanitarian crisis.
01:09Within Israel
01:10Hundreds of retired Israeli security officials, including former heads of intelligence agencies,
01:17issued a joint letter to United States President Donald Trump on Monday,
01:21calling for him to pressure Netanyahu to end the war.
01:25One of the signatories, ex-domestic intelligence agency chief Amy Ayalan,
01:30told the BBC that further military action would be futile.
01:35From the military point of view, Hamas is totally destroyed.
01:39On the other hand, as an ideology, it is getting more and more power among the Palestinian people
01:44within the Arab street around us, and also in the world of Islam.
01:49So the only way to defeat Hamas's ideology is to present a better future.
01:55The latest developments come after indirect talks with Hamas on a cease-fire and hostage deal broke down.
02:01Palestinian armed groups released three videos of two Israeli hostages, looking weak and emaciated.
02:07The footage of Ramblaslavsky and Evyatar David, both kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on the 7th of October 2023,
02:16has shocked and appalled Israelis David is shown, digging what he says is his own grave in an underground tunnel.
02:22The die has been cast.
02:26We're going for the full conquest of the Gaza Strip Poriyas and defeating Hamas,
02:30sought local journalists quote a senior official as saying.
02:34Responding to reports that the army chief and other military leaders opposed the plan,
02:39the unnamed official said,
02:40if that doesn't work for the chief of staff, he should resign.
02:44The families of hostages fear such plans could endanger their loved ones,
02:49with 20 out of 50 believed to be alive in Gaza,
02:51while polls suggest three in four Israelis instead favor a cease-fire deal to return them.
02:58Many of Israel's close allies would also condemn such a move as they push for an end to the war and action
03:03to alleviate a humanitarian crisis.
03:07Within Israel, hundreds of retired Israeli security officials,
03:12including former heads of intelligence agencies,
03:15issued a joint letter to us President Donald Trump on Monday
03:18calling for him to pressure Netanyahu to end the war.
03:21One of the signatories ex-Domestic Intelligence Agency chief Amy Ayalon told the BBC that
03:28further military action would be futile.
03:31From the military point of view, Hamas is totally destroyed.
03:36On the other hand,
03:37as an ideology,
03:38it is getting more and more power among the Palestinian people within the Arab street around us,
03:43and also in the world of Islam.
03:47So the only way to defeat Hamas' ideology is to present a better future.
03:52The latest developments come after indirect talks with Hamas on a cease-fire and hostage deal broke down.
03:58Palestinian armed groups released three videos of two Israeli hostages looking weak and emaciated.
04:03The footage of Romblas Lapsky and Evyatar David,
04:07both kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on the 7th of October, 2023,
04:12has shocked and appalled Israelis.
04:14David is shown, digging what he says is his own grave in an underground tunnel.
04:19To Netanyahu to propose full reoccupation of Gaza.
04:23Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to propose fully reoccupying the Gaza Strip
04:39when he meets his security cabinet.
04:41Israeli media say,
04:44The D has been cast.
04:45We're going for the full conquest of the Gaza Strip.
04:47The footage of Romblas Lapsky and Evyatar David,
04:50both kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on the 7th of October, 2023,
04:56has shocked and appalled Israelis.
04:58David is shown, digging what he says is his own grave in an underground tunnel.
05:03Hay is a human skeleton, Gaza, hostage brother tells BBC.
05:08There has been some speculation that the latest media announcements
05:11are a pressure tactic to try to force Hamas into a new deal.
05:15Israel's military says it already has operational control of 75% of Gaza.
05:22But under the proposed plan, it would occupy the entire territory,
05:26moving into areas where more than 2 million Palestinians are now concentrated.
05:31It is unclear what that would mean for civilians
05:33and for the operations of the UN and other aid groups.
05:36About 90% of Gaza's 2.1 million people have been displaced,
05:40some repeatedly, and are living in overcrowded and dire conditions.
05:45Humanitarian groups and unofficials say many are starving,
05:49accusing Israel of impeding the distribution of crucial aid.
05:53Israel, meanwhile, says it will allow local business people in Gaza
05:57to restart entry of some goods as
05:59Part of efforts to improve conditions there approved items include baby food,
06:03fruit and vegetables, and hygiene products.
06:06Private imports were previously stopped because of claims that Hamas was benefiting.
06:11The Israeli military has previously held back from taking over some areas of Gaza,
06:16including central parts.
06:18Because of an assumption that there are living hostages held there last year,
06:22six Israeli hostages were executed by their captors after ground forces moved in.
06:26There has not been a formal response,
06:29but officials from the Palestinian Authority,
06:32which governs parts of the occupied West Bank,
06:34denounced the Israeli proposal,
06:36calling on the international community to intervene to prevent any new military occupation.
06:43Palestinians point out that far-right Israeli ministers
06:46have been openly advocating for the full occupation,
06:49annexation of Gaza, and ultimately want to build new Jewish settlements there.
06:53In 2005, Israel dismantled settlements in the Gaza Strip and withdrew its forces from there.
07:01But alongside Egypt, it maintained a tight control of access to the territory.
07:06The new occupation idea comes amid growing international moves to revive the two-state solution,
07:12ITAS the long-time international formula to resolve the decades-old Israel-Palestinian conflict.
07:17It envisages an independent Palestinian state being created alongside Israel in the West Bank
07:24and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital.
07:28Last week, the UK and Canada joined France in announcing conditional plans for recognizing a Palestinian state.
07:36The Israeli PM is now expected to meet with key ministers and military leaders to decide next steps in Gaza.
07:42Israeli Army Radio says they are due to discuss initial army plans to surround the central refugee camps
07:49and carry out airstrikes and ground raids.
07:53Ned and Shahu said he would convene a full security cabinet meeting this week.
07:57Israeli media commentators have voiced skepticism and drawn attention to the practical military,
08:03political and diplomatic challenges, writing in the Yedioth-Ekranoth newspaper.
08:08He notes that the Israeli PM has repeated his vow to achieve all of his war goals.
08:20But after 22 months of bloody fighting, it is hard to take those kinds of promises seriously.
08:26It seems that Ned and Ahu has just one objective in the war in Gaza to prolong the war.
08:31Israel launched its military offensive in Gaza in response to Hamas's attack on southern Israel on the 7th of October 2023,
08:40in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others taken to Gaza as hostages.
08:48At least 61,020 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since then.
08:53The Hamas-run health ministry says
08:55The gospel is a message of peace in a world addicted to war.
09:04When leaders talk about full conquest or military reoccupation,
09:08it stands in stark contrast to the words of Yeshua,
09:11Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
09:16Matthew 5, 9
09:17The gospel does not glorify bloodshed but calls humanity to a higher way where reconciliation triumphs over retaliation and mercy over judgment.
09:26In times of escalating violence, followers of Yeshua must remember that peace is not weakness but divine strength.
09:34Human life holds immeasurable value in the eyes of God.
09:38Whether Israeli or Palestinian, every soul is made in his image.
09:43Scripture reminds us God created man in his own image.
09:46In the image of God, he created him.
09:48Genesis 1, 27
09:50Yeshua came for the whole world, not just one nation.
09:53For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son,
09:57that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
10:01John 3, 16
10:02The gospel calls us to see not political enemies,
10:05but precious lives worthy of compassion, justice, and hope.
10:10Military power can crush resistance, but it cannot destroy ideology.
10:14Even Israeli security leaders admit this.
10:18The Apostle Paul wrote,
10:20For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
10:24For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God.
10:27For pulling down strongholds, 2 Corinthians 10, 3 on 4
10:31Only the truth of Yeshua's kingdom can overcome the spiritual strongholds that drive hatred and terrorism.
10:37The gospel presents a better future rooted in redemption, not revenge.
10:43True victory, according to the gospel, comes not through domination, but through sacrificial love.
10:49At the cross, Yeshua did not destroy his enemies with swords, but forgave them.
10:54Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.
10:57Luke 23, 34
10:59Paul affirms this counter-cultural truth.
11:03Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
11:07Romans 12, 21
11:08The way of the cross challenges the logic of war and power,
11:12showing that love is the only force strong enough to defeat sin, end in death.
11:16The hope for the Middle East and for the entire world does not come from governments,
11:21cease-fires, or military strategies.
11:24Yeshua said clearly,
11:25My kingdom is not of this world, if my kingdom were of this world.
11:29My servants would fight John 18, 36.
11:32The peace we seek must begin in the human heart,
11:34and only the Messiah can bring lasting healing.
11:38The gospel offers peace not through negotiations, but through new creation.
11:42If anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation.
11:45Old things have passed away.
11:47Behold, all things have become new.
11:492 Corinthians 5, 17
11:51The horrifying stories of hostages in Gaza,
11:55such as emaciated captives digging their own graves,
11:58mirror the spiritual condition of humanity.
12:00We were all held hostage by sin, trapped in darkness.
12:04But Yeshua declared,
12:05The Spirit of the Lord is upon me to proclaim liberty to the captives,
12:09and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.
12:14Luke 4, 18
12:15The gospel is the divine rescue mission entering enemy territory,
12:20not with bombs, but with blood poured out in love.
12:24In moments of crisis, the church must act as a prophetic voice when leaders,
12:28whether Israeli, Palestinian, or international,
12:32pursue strategies that violate justice and mercy.
12:34The gospel commands us to speak up.
12:36Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy Proverbs, 31, 9.
12:43The prophets of Israel did not bless every action of their kings.
12:47They confronted sin with truth.
12:49Today, followers of Yeshua must be salt and light,
12:53speaking against injustice wherever it rises.
12:55The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is not just a political issue,
13:00it's a moral test for the global church.
13:03James writes,
13:05If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
13:09and one of you says to them,
13:11One ye depart in peace,
13:12be warmed and filled,
13:14but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body,
13:17what does it profit?
13:19James 2, 15, EHE 16
13:21Likewise, John says,
13:24But whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother in need,
13:27and shuts up his heart from him,
13:29how does the love of God abide in him?
13:311 John 3, 17
13:33The gospel compels action,
13:35feeding the hungry,
13:36sheltering the displaced,
13:38and loving the broken.
13:40Finally,
13:40the gospel reminds us that the kingdoms of this world will fall,
13:43that the kingdom of God will endure forever.
13:46In Isaiah's prophecy of Messiah's reign, he writes,
13:49He shall judge between the nations and shall rebuke many people.
13:53They shall beat their swords into plowshares.
13:55Neither shall they learn war any more.
13:57Isaiah 2, 4
13:58And in Revelation, John declares,
14:00The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Messiah,
14:05and he shall reign forever and ever.
14:07Revelation 11, 15
14:09In the end, it is not tanks or treaties that will bring peace,
14:13but the reign of Yeshua the Prince of Peace.
14:15Different layer of how the gospel relates to the crisis in Israel and Gaza,
14:19and how believers should respond spiritually, prophetically, and practically.
14:24Here's how we can faithfully apply them in the context of the current situation,
14:29and the gospel reflection provided.
14:32Peace Alm 122, 6
14:33Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
14:36May they prosper who love you.
14:37This verse is not a political slogan.
14:40It is a divine call to intercessory prayer for shalom,
14:44a peace that includes wholeness, justice, safety, and God's presence.
14:48In light of the violence and tension around Jerusalem and Gaza,
14:52this verse reminds believers that peace cannot be legislated by man alone.
14:57We are commanded to pray not just for political solutions,
15:01but for spiritual awakening and messianic restoration.
15:04Applied through the gospel lens, we pray not merely for a ceasefire,
15:09but for repentance, reconciliation,
15:11and the rule of Yeshua to be revealed among all peoples,
15:14Jew, Arab, and Gentile.
15:17True shalom will only come when hearts submit to the Prince of Peace,
15:20so our prayers must be bold, kingdom-centered,
15:23and fueled by love, not nationalism.
15:262 Kings
15:271724
15:29To then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon,
15:33Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Severvahim,
15:35and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel.
15:39And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
15:43This passage explains how,
15:45after the exile of the northern tribes of Israel,
15:48foreign peoples were brought in to inhabit their land,
15:51leading to a mix of religion, culture, and political conflict.
15:54The historical roots of Samaritan tension,
15:58territorial disputes, and spiritual syncretism began here.
16:02Applied to the current situation,
16:04it reveals that the conflict over land and identity in Israel and Gaza
16:08has ancient roots,
16:10but the gospel teaches us that land alone does not define God's people.
16:14What matters is a heart circumcised unto the Lord.
16:18Rupai D.S.
16:19Romans 2.28 R.A.T. 29
16:21The gospel calls all peoples in the land to worship the true God in spirit and truth.
16:27Regardless of historical claims or forced resettlements,
16:30the past may explain the conflict,
16:33but the cross offers a new identity in Messiah
16:35that transcends ethnicity, history, and territory.
16:40Ezekiel 5.5
16:41Thus says the Lord God,
16:43God intentionally placed Jerusalem at the geographical,
16:53political, and spiritual center of the world.
16:56From God's perspective,
16:58Jerusalem is not just a city.
17:00It is his prophetic stage for judgment, redemption, and glory.
17:04In today's headlines,
17:05Jerusalem remains at the center of global attention.
17:08This is no coincidence,
17:10but according to the gospel,
17:11Jerusalem is not only the political capital of Israel.
17:15It is the city of the great King Matthew 5.35,
17:19destined to be the place from which Yeshua will reign.
17:22Isaiah 2.2-2i4
17:24So as believers,
17:25we must view today's headlines through a prophetic lens.
17:28The shaking of Jerusalem is preparation for
17:31the return of Messiah.
17:32Isaiah, we should not be indifferent or neutral.
17:35We must be watchful, prayerful,
17:37and ready to proclaim the soon coming kingdom.
17:41Isaiah 19.21
17:42Isaiah 23.
17:44As I'd end,
17:45the Lord will be known to Egypt,
17:47and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day.
17:50In that day,
17:50there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria,
17:53and Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria,
17:56a blessing in the midst of the land.
17:58This is one of the most stunning prophetic promises in the Bible.
18:03Isaiah sees a future where Egypt,
18:05Assyria,
18:05modern-day Iraq,
18:06Syria,
18:07and Israel are united in worship of the God of Israel.
18:10Not through conquest,
18:11but through redemption,
18:13enemies become brothers,
18:14and ancient rivals are healed through the world.
18:17In the midst of the current Israel-Gaza war,
18:19this prophecy points to the end game of the gospel.
18:22Reconciliation among the nations through Messiah,
18:25Yeshua,
18:26the promise of a highway of holiness,
18:28stretching from Africa through the Middle East into Israel is not just symbolic.
18:32It is eschatological.
18:34The church must therefore be a bridge builder,
18:36not a divider.
18:38We must preach the gospel to both Jew and Arab,
18:41and prepare the way for this great healing,
18:44by refusing to take sides politically.
18:47The solution is indeed in Isaiah,
18:49as highway,
18:50not only as prophecy,
18:52but as a gospel-based roadmap for,
18:54true peace in the Middle East and beyond.
18:56Isaiah 19-21,
18:58Isaiah 23,
18:59Then the Lord will be known to Egypt,
19:02and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day,
19:04and will make sacrifice and offering.
19:08In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria,
19:10and the Assyrian will come into Egypt,
19:12and the Egyptian into Assyria,
19:15and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.
19:18In that day Israel will be one of three,
19:21with Egypt and Assyria a blessing in the midst of the land,
19:24whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying,
19:27Blessed is Egypt my people,
19:28and Assyria the work of my hands,
19:30and Israel my inheritance.
19:33The Isaiah 19,
19:35Highway a Gospel Blueprint for the Middle East
19:37This prophecy is unlike any other.
19:40It envisions former enemies,
19:43Egypt,
19:44Assyria,
19:45and Israel worshipping the Lord together,
19:48reconciled and unified.
19:49What was once a region of bloodshed
19:51becomes a region of blessing.
19:54It presents the only lasting solution.
19:57Not reoccupation.
19:59Note retaliation.
20:01Note unresolution.
20:03Not even a two-state deal.
20:06But worship,
20:07reconciliation,
20:08and the healing power of the Gospel of Yeshua.
20:11It's a highway of worship.
20:13The Egyptians will know the Lord in that day,
20:15and will make sacrifice and offering.
20:18This is a prophetic image of revival across the region,
20:21not just in Israel,
20:23but in Arab nations too.
20:25This means that God is not choosing sides politically,
20:28but calling all peoples to worship Him in spirit and in truth.
20:32The true peace plan is not forged at summits,
20:34but at altars of worship.
20:36It's a highway of reconciliation.
20:39The Assyrian will come into Egypt,
20:41and the Egyptian into Assyria.
20:44These as were bitter enemies,
20:45nations who had enslaved,
20:47conquered,
20:47and oppressed each other.
20:48But through the Gospel,
20:50they are reconciled and traveling freely.
20:53This is the fruit of Messiah's cross,
20:55where hostility is torn down.
20:57Ephesians 2.14,
20:59Batschis 16,
21:00and one new man is formed from Jew and Gentile Arab and Israeli.
21:05This highway is a path of peace,
21:07not through military occupation,
21:09but through mutual submission to the God of Israel.
21:13It's a highway of regional unity under God.
21:16Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria,
21:20a blessing in the midst of the land.
21:21Here we see Israel not dominating nor being isolated,
21:25but co-equal in divine purpose.
21:28Isaiah even declares something shocking.
21:31Agib sought my people.
21:33Assyria,
21:34I do the work of my hands.
21:36Israel,
21:37am my inheritance.
21:39All three are claimed by God.
21:40This explodes narrow nationalism.
21:43The Gospel reveals that God is building a united spiritual family
21:47from diverse ethnic and national groups.
21:50Yeshua is the highway of peace.
21:52He said,
21:53I am the way,
21:53the truth,
21:54and the life.
21:54No one comes to the Father except through me.
21:57John 14.6
21:58Through his blood,
22:00he made a new and living way.
22:02Hebrews 10.20
22:03Isaiah 35 also describes a highway of holiness
22:07where the redeemed walk safely a parallel to this prophecy.
22:11Only by coming to Yeshua,
22:13can Egypt,
22:14Assyria,
22:15and Israel walk this path together.
22:17Pray not just for the peace of Jerusalem.
22:19Psalm 122.6
22:21But for the Isaiah 19 highway to be unveiled.
22:25Preach the gospel of Yeshua boldly to Jews, Arabs, and Gentiles.
22:30Alike, he is the only way to peace.
22:32Partner with ministries that work across borders
22:35to bring healing and reconciliation.
22:38Prophesy this vision over the region.
22:40Declare the highway even when the ground is full of rubble.
22:44Prepare the church to embrace a new wineskin.
22:47One that includes Arab believers, Messianic Jews,
22:50and nations walking together in humility and unity.
22:53The highway is the only way forward.
22:56Political solutions will remain fragile.
22:59Armies may bring temporary control but not transformation.
23:02The Isaiah 19 highway is God's own peace plan
23:07where enemies become worshippers and rivals become family.
23:10It is a prophetic vision of what the gospel is meant to do in the Middle East.
23:16Heal the wounds of history.
23:18Unite former enemies.
23:19And glorify Yeshua in Zion and beyond.
23:23And glorify Yeshua in Zion and beyond.
23:23Shema Yisrael, Shema Yisrael, Adonai Elohim, Eito.
23:40Shema Yisrael, Shema Yisrael, Adonai Elohim, Eito.
24:10Shema Yisrael, Adonai Elohim, Eito.
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