It has been one year since Hamas attacked Israel, killing over 1,000 people and taking over 200 hostages. At the time, the world watched in horror as innocent people were raped, killed, and kidnapped.

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A year later, Israel is still at war. Not only is the IDF still fighting against Hamas, they are fighting against other forces as well. In fact, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently claimed that Israel is fighting a war on 7 fronts:

“We are fighting in Gaza against Hamas, the savages who murdered, raped, beheaded, and burned our people on October 7th,” the prime minister declared. “We are fighting in Lebanon against Hezbollah, the most heavily armed terror organization in the world, which was planning an even greater massacre than October 7th on our northern border, and that has rocketed Israeli towns and cities for nearly a year.”

Israel is also fighting the Houthis in Yemen, Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria, terrorists in Judea and Samaria, and the regime in Tehran that has hit Israel twice in the past six months with missile barrages and drones.

For many, the pain of October 7 is still fresh. Many are still in anguish over the lives lost, and many are still sickeningly anxious over the fate of the hostages still trapped in Gaza. In remembrance of this tragic massacre, President Isaac Herzog is currently undertaking a three-day journey to sites around Israel, such as military bases and communities that were impacted.

It is with solemn reverence that we acknowledge this anniversary. However, there are also many positive things to focus on. God has clearly shown his protective hand over Israel in the year since this attack.

We reported on how God protected Israel from Iran in April. We have also covered updates from Israel regularly on our Israel at War post. Most recently, IFA President/CEO Dave Kubal shared several answered prayers from Israel on October’s First Friday broadcast.

Over the weekend, the IDF destroyed a terror tunnel used by Hezbollah in northern Israel. You can see a video of this tunnel below:

 

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Hezbollah wanted to use this tunnel to carry out “the next October 7th,” according to an Israeli spokesman. Despite this, the IDF foiled the attack before it could be attempted. We thank God for this, and we pray that there never would be a “next October 7th.” On the first anniversary of the October 7 attack, we pray there would not be a second anniversary like it. We pray that the war would end before October 7, 2025. We pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed (Psalm 79:10).

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(Photo Credit: Oren Rozen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=139045129)