UPDATE: George Thomas reports from the Israeli Gaza border. It's the first day of Israel's official invasion of Gaza.
"All day it's been relentless. The Israelis have launched helicopter attacks. There have been gun battles, artillery fires from tanks, drones in the sky." -- George Thomas Reporting
Breakind Update: IDF Expans Operation inside Gaza
Breakind Update: IDF Expans Operation inside Gaza
Republicans have finally elected the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana is an Evangelical Christian who is being described as a staunch conservative, and he's clearly got the support of the majority of Republicans.
Here's an excerpt from his first speech.
TODAY'S ISRAEL- HAMAS PRAYER POINT: May the terrorists be captivated and captured by the overwhelming love of Jesus Christ. Father, we ask that you reveal yourself to them through dreams and visions. Give them such a revelatory experience through supernatural encounters that they immediately give their lives to you. We thank you in advance for the testimonies of how your saving grace rescued the souls of many associated with Hamas.
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FRONTLINE ISRAEL-HAMAS UPDATES w/ Chuck Holton
When will the ground operation into Gaza going to begin? Chuck offers some insight from Jerusalem.
Kibbutz Be'eri Still in Shock after Hamas Massacred 10 Percent of its People:
Still in shock, many Israelis are saying life will never be the same after the Hamas massacres in Israeli communities along the border with the Gaza Strip.
One week after the attacks, CBN News visited Kibbutz Be'eri on the Gaza perimeter. Myriam Kadouch is a tour guide who regularly brought groups to Be-eri before that fateful day, October 7, 2023.
"I bring delegations of people who want to know this beautiful area called – you know, the “fringe of Gaza” – because people don’t know these places used to be so green, to be paradise. The place you wanted to grow your children in. This used to be paradise, all green full of flowers," Kadouch recalled.
In early October, Afshin Javid was visiting Israel with his ministry Cyrus Call, which promotes friendship between Persians and Jews. But like millions of others, he found himself in the middle of a war when Hamas launched a bloody attack on Oct. 7. As a former Hezbollah fighter, Afshin himself is no stranger to violence. When Javid visited the CBN News bureau in Jerusalem, he met an Israeli woman named Sasha Ariev, whose teenage sister had been kidnapped by Hamas in the attacks of Oct. 7. He and his wife wept as they watched her story. He introduced himself to her, off-camera, prayed with her, and apologized to her. "There is absolutely no justification or explanation that can make any of this okay," he told her with tears in his eyes. "No one should celebrate when one of the sons of Father Abraham is killing another. And I just want to say I'm sorry that your family is going through this." Read the full story from CBN News: https://www2.cbn.com/news/israel/god-didnt-design-us-hate-former-hezbollah-fighter-now-ministry-leader-recalls-encounter
CBN FRONTLINE ISRAEL UPDATE w/ @chuck_holton: Our team has arrived this week to provide on the ground coverage. Please follow us for daily updates as we continue to cover the devastation in Israel.