Hama s
is in VERY DIRE Straits!
It is desperate to claim a Victory,
Before agreeing to a UN Ceasefire,
Wanting to shoot down Israeli Plane,
Or take an Israeli soldier as a Captive,
Or just do something to say it won War!
A truce will come in followed by Ceasefire,
Which eventually is likely to produce a Calm
Of temporary “Peace & Safety” Across Israel!
I expect the truce to occur within three Weeks,
Paving a Way for the Middle East War Outbreak,
Starting at some point in time twixt 2010 & 2015!
January 11, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
The back of Hamas is being broken in the Gaza Strip. It will be a long time before they forget this current hammering defeat. They will not go out of existence, nor will they stop their yelling, screaming, chanting, threats, and flag burnings. Nor will Iran and Syria stop supporting them. But this crushing of their leaders and military infrastructure will necessitate a period of recovery, such that a ceasefire will soon come in, followed by a period of calm, which I believe will eventually lead to a long desired prolonged truce that fulfills the prophetic intent of “peace and safety” found in I Thessalonians 5:3,4. When it does come into the zone of fulfillment the Islamic nations that despise Israel will certainly “know it,” for they will be involved in the conspiracy that set it up. The attack from the north by these Islamic forces is likely to begin at a point in time lying between 2010 and 2015. Once it begins it will drive Israel into the Negev Wilderness, where she will remain trapped as a nation for 1260 days, but will breakout at the battle of Armageddon, which ends the 1260 days at the Second Advent of Christ.
I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
[4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ezekiel 38:14 – Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
Daniel 11:41 – He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Daniel 7:25 – And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and
the dividing of time.
Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Revelation 11:3 – And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand
two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Revelation 11:2 – But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Zechariah 14:1-3 – Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. [2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
[3] Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Zechariah 13:9 – And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Revelation 16:16 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Revelation 19:18-21 – That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. [19] And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. [21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Begin Excerpt 1 from Jerusalem Post
‘Hamas badly hit, but will fight on’
January 11, 2009
JPost.com staff and Herb Keinon , THE JERUSALEM POST
IDF Military Intelligence Head Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin on Sunday briefed cabinet ministers on the Gaza operation, stressing the dire straits Hamas and its leadership was in.
According to Yadlin, Hamas had realized its error in not anticipating an Israeli response to the ongoing rocket fire, and expecting neither a ground operation nor the cold shoulder the world has shown the group.
He spoke of the cracks in Hamas resilience, its disconnected leadership in Syria, and its waning public support following the extensive Israeli attacks on the organization, but predicted that while Hamas realized that it had no choice but reach a compromise with Israel, it was not about to succumb, and was still capable of striking Israel and the IDF.
Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yuval Diskin noted that the number of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel since the start of Operation Cast Lead was substantially lower than what security forces had predicted.
Diskin stressed the blow to Hamas’s ability to smuggle weapons via the Philadelphi Corridor due to the IAF attacks on it, and noted that alongside the inevitable anger at Israel for the bombardments, Gazans were angry at Hamas for bringing on such devastation to the Strip. He also noted that Hamas was executing Fatah supporters under the auspices of the ongoing clashes in the Strip.
Diskin said that Hamas was waiting for an agreement which would enable it to end the battles with some dignity, or reach some isolated military achievements. He also said that Iran was attempting to tighten a lethal noose consisting of Gaza, Syria and Lebanon around Israel’s neck.
Earlier at the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the IDF was getting close to the objectives set for Operation Cast Lead.
The prime minister warned that what had been achieved thus far in an “unprecedented effort” must not be lost at the last moment.
“Israel is approaching the goals it set for itself, but we require further patience, determination and effort so that our citizens can feel safety and stability,” said Olmert. “The Israeli public, especially the residents of the South, have the necessary patience and willingness – so does the government!”
Olmert also hit back at the mounting international criticism of the Gaza operation.
“No country in the world, even those preaching morals to us, would have shown the tolerance and restraint that we have,” he said.
“We have never agreed that anyone decide for us if we are allowed to strike at those who send missiles into our kindergartens and schools, and we never will,” continued the prime minister.
Olmert defended the Security Cabinet’s decision to continuation of the Gaza operation in spite of Thursday’s night’s UN Security Council resolution which called for an immediate and durable cease-fire.
“I must note that UN Security Council Resolution 1860 also sharply rules out continued attacks directed against civilians and does not forbid urgent action against them,” he said.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak emphasized that Operation Cast Lead was continuing even as diplomatic options were being examined.
“We are continuing to act in order to restore quiet to the South and to prevent weapons smuggling via the Philadelphi Corridor,” Barak said.
“The IDF is operating by air, land and sea and is also exploring the diplomatic channel,” he continued. “There is no contradiction between the two.”
Commenting on the operation following the meeting, Communications Minister Ariel Atias said that he had the impression that “Olmert is seeking more public backing, and that this operation won’t end till the goals are reached.”
Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit also stated that the goals of the operation were “to bring a long-term end to the fire on southern residents, and put an end to the smuggling. We would be happy if these objectives could be reached in other [non-military] ways, otherwise, we will continue [with the current operation].”
Housing Minister Ze’ev Boim was more direct in expressing the necessity of Operation Cast Lead.
“If we don’t expose the infrastructure, including the missile-production lines and take control of the Philadelphi Corridor, I think that in the next round [of violent confrontations] we will be hit by longer-range missiles and as yet unused weaponry, such as anti-aircraft cannons,” he warned.
Begin Excerpt 2 from Jerusalem Post
IDF confirms: Reservists now participating in Gaza operation
January 11, 2009
YAAKOV KATZ, AP and JPOST.COM STAFF , THE JERUSALEM POST
For the first time since Operation Cast Lead began over two weeks ago, the IDF on Sunday announced that reservists have been sent into the Gaza Strip to participate in the military effort.
The army refused to say whether the announcement was
an indication that the third phase of the operation had begun.
Defense officials have said that the IDF is prepared for a third stage in which ground troops would push further into Gaza, but are waiting for approval from the government.
The first phase consisted of aerial bombardment, and the second saw ground forces enter Gaza, seize open areas used to fire rockets and surround Gaza City.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity as military plans have not been made public, said the army also has a contingency plan for a fourth phase – the full reoccupation of Gaza and toppling of Hamas.
A limited number of reservists have been deployed as of Sunday, the army said. At the beginning of the operation, the cabinet gave the IDF approval to call up tens of thousands of reservists.
Earlier on Sunday, IAF planes attacked at least twenty smuggling tunnels along the Philadelphi Corridor, on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt. The tunnels were being used to smuggle weaponry into Gaza, according to the IDF.
The IDF said that it would continue to expand operations against such tunnels along the Corridor.
Also on Sunday, the IAF said that over the weekend Hamas operatives tried to shoot down an Israeli plane using an anti-aircraft missile.
The army has said that Hamas possesses several shoulder-held ground-to-air missiles, and in air raids overnight Saturday, the IAF hit a Gaza mosque in which a number of them were stored.
Meanwhile, in one of the fiercest ground battles since the start of Operation Cast Lead, IDF troops battled Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza City suburb of Sheikh Ajleen.
Fighting in Sheikh Ajleen erupted before dawn and continued into the day as IDF infantrymen and tanks advanced toward Gaza City and its approximately 400,000 residents, Palestinian witnesses said. Hamas and Islamic Jihad said they ambushed the soldiers, leading to some of the heaviest fighting since Israel sent ground forces into the territory on January 3.
Gunfire subsided in the early afternoon, with the IDF in control of buildings on the neighborhood’s outskirts.
At least 40 Palestinians had been killed across Gaza by Sunday afternoon, according to Gaza health officials. M any were noncomb
atants, they claimed, including four members of one family killed when a tank shell hit their home near Gaza City.
There were no reports of IDF casualties.
On Sunday, the IAF dropped additional leaflets urging Gaza residents to report the whereabouts of Hamas operatives, even providing a phone number to call.
“You can call the numbers listed below to inform us about the locations of rocket launchers, warehouses, tunnels and terrorist groups operating in your area,” the leaflet said in Arabic, promising “confidentiality guaranteed.”
On Saturday, leaflets were dropped on Gaza City warning residents of a wider offensive.
“The IDF is not working against the people of Gaza but against Hamas and the terrorists only,” the leaflets said. “Stay safe by following our orders.”
Since Saturday night, the IAF hit at least seven rocket cells, as well as the launcher used to fire the Grad-type rockets at Beersheba on Sunday morning.
In searches in the northern Strip on Sunday the IDF found several weapon caches, one of them containing communication equipment.
IDF armored corps destroyed homes believed to contain weapons, and in one case a tank crew opened fire at Hamas operatives planting a bomb.
The IDF has repeatedly stated that Hamas fighters are wearing civilian clothes and endangering civilians by operating out of heavily populated residential areas.
Overnight Saturday, IAF aircraft bombed over 60 Hamas targets in Gaza, including the home of Hamas military chief Ahmed Ja’abri.
Ja’abri was not expected to have been at home at the time as he is believed to be in hiding, possibly under Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in another bunker, or in an apartment building filled with civilians.
Also in overnight air raids, the IAF hit a mosque in Rafah which served as a training camp and meeting place for Hamas operatives as well as an anti-aircraft missile warehouse, the army said.
The air force also bombed nine tunnels along the Philadelphi Corridor and about ten other weapons storehouses throughout the Gaza Strip.
An IDF official told Army Radio that soldiers reported killing over 40 Hamas gunmen during overnight operations, while troops themselves emerged unscathed.
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