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Fears of a wider war grow
GZERO ^

Posted on 10/16/2023 4:23:43 AM PDT by FarCenter

Could the war between Israel and Hamas engulf other areas and actors in the region?

The biggest concern is that Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite Muslim political party allied with Iran – and deemed a terrorist organization by the US – will open a second front along the Israel-Lebanon border.

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Another possible flashpoint is the West Bank. Since the Hamas attacks last Saturday, at least 55 Palestinians have been killed and over 1,100 wounded in attacks by settlers and operations by the Israeli Defence Forces. The IDF said on Sunday that it had arrested 330 people in raids across the West Bank, including 190 connected with Hamas, as terror attacks against Israelis have escalated in the area.

Over 500,000 Jewish settlers live in nearly 150 settlements across the West Bank, alongside 2.5 million Palestinians. Since the attacks by Hamas, settler groups have been mobilizing. One WhatsApp group of over 800 participants has told residents to prepare for “the possibility of mobilizing for a joint activity with the security forces for the immediate demolition of terrorist houses.”

In response, the IDF has emphasized that the responsibility for security in the settlements and on the roads lies with the military alone. The fear is that settler attacks could cause an escalation of violence and provoke the opening of another front in the war, further stretching Israel’s military and hampering efforts to defend itself.

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1 posted on 10/16/2023 4:23:43 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

Hopefully Iran decides to get involved and Israel,fearing total destruction,decides to turn it into one huge wasteland. Something like an attack by Iran is *exactly* why Israel developed a nuke.


2 posted on 10/16/2023 4:28:40 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: Banana Republic)
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To: FarCenter

Is this article blaming armed Israeli settlers for escalating the war? Or am I just reading it before adequate Coffee consumption?


3 posted on 10/16/2023 4:32:00 AM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold,them to be. dead, fingers.)
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To: FarCenter

Fine time to have a certified idiot running the country.


4 posted on 10/16/2023 4:35:27 AM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I don’t think Iran will get involved. I don’t think they can afford to. They are begging us for the frozen funds, and aside from oil, have no viable industry.

They talk big, but I don’t think they’ll go to war.


5 posted on 10/16/2023 4:35:53 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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When making deals with those worshipping the devil and his demons one can be certain of the unexpected is actually expected ……


6 posted on 10/16/2023 4:46:36 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: FarCenter

“arrested 330 “

Is the IDF out of bullets?


7 posted on 10/16/2023 4:46:52 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: FarCenter

The nature of the attack by Hamas was so egregious that I fear it was deliberately planned as a means of drawing such a massive response in the south that other areas would be vulnerable to a surprise attack. Those sneaky sadiquis might have something up their sleeves.


8 posted on 10/16/2023 4:47:34 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Fido969
They are begging us for the frozen funds

Well they don't need to, right?

Qatar is releasing the funds despite the request to "re-freeze" them.

9 posted on 10/16/2023 4:49:37 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: FarCenter

What do you think?


10 posted on 10/16/2023 4:55:10 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Wdempsey

No need to be kind, it’s far, far worse than that.


11 posted on 10/16/2023 5:03:42 AM PDT by OKSooner (Nucular combat, toe to toe with the Rooskies! )
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To: FarCenter

I think the whole plan is to slowly widen the war and make it permanent.


12 posted on 10/16/2023 5:07:36 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: FarCenter
Re: "Another possible flashpoint is the West Bank. Since the Hamas attacks last Saturday, at least 55 Palestinians have been killed and over 1,100 wounded in attacks by settlers and operations by the Israeli Defence Forces."

Attacks by settlers?

Extraordinary allegation.

But - not one verifiable detail.

13 posted on 10/16/2023 5:10:31 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: FarCenter
It’s all outlined in this book so I don’t understand why some people are so shocked or surprised
Keep prayed up, don’t get left behind.
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14 posted on 10/16/2023 5:18:36 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: jeffc

War is the key to the Great Reset.


15 posted on 10/16/2023 5:24:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Fido969

Yes,that’s good point. But OTOH...what better way is there to die for “allah” than by fighting the “Little Satan”?


16 posted on 10/16/2023 5:30:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: Banana Republic)
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To: zeestephen

The israeli left loves selling the settler attacks narrative.

They willingly spread it across the world


17 posted on 10/16/2023 5:31:19 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: FarCenter

Ezekiel 38

New International Version

The Lord’s Great Victory Over the Nations

38 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him 3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[b] Meshek and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. 5 Persia, Cush[c] and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, 6 also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.

7 “‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. 8 After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. 9 You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.

10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme. 11 You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars. 12 I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.[d]” 13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages[e] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?”’

14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety, will you not take notice of it? 15 You will come from your place in the far north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army. 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.

17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18 This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord. 19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. 23 And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

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17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

19 In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.

20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

21 And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it.

22 And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.


18 posted on 10/16/2023 5:46:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Beleive me, these mullahs want to send OTHERS to meet the 72 raisins.


19 posted on 10/16/2023 6:02:36 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: FarCenter

And has nobody else considered that Biden just might bomb Uruguay ?


20 posted on 10/16/2023 6:08:56 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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