It seems that the Islamic extremist terror organization, Hezbollah, has turned its burning passion to destroy the nation of Israel into a passion for destroying Israel by burning it. After a couple of weeks of speculation, public safety officers have now officially acknowledged that at least some on the unusual number of forest fires in Israel this summer have been started by “spontaneous terrorism.”
Police and Fire Department officials told Israel Hayom that some of the series of forest fires that have plagued the region this summer have been intentionally set by Palestinian and Israeli Arabs who had been recruited by Hezbollah. Hagai Dotan, commander of the Coastal District of the Israeli Police, has created a special unit to investigate the “nationalistically motivated” fires. At the time he did that, he claimed to only be suspicious about the nature of some of the fires, which are now also being started in residential areas. “We have no intelligence to support that, but if you look at the entire country, with arson in Tivon, in Jerusalem and in Beit Shemesh – such a sequence of fires cannot be coincidental.”
Now Israel Police and Shin Bet agents have revealed that there is a growing network of Israeli Arabs operating in and around Nazareth and Ghajar. Officials pointed out that terrorism by arson is not complicated and requires very little in the way of “equipment” to start. In fact, terrorists-with-matches scattered around the country can stretch the fire fighting resources of the country beyond their capabilities in a matter of minutes. Once firefighters are pulled away from more populated areas – ones that are likely to be targeted by missiles – they do not have their normal ability to put out urban fires. That can make a missile strike even more destructive.
But Wait! There’s More!
As if that were not enough, the agents also revealed that the network has been smuggling drugs and “sophisticated” bombs across the Lebanese border into Israel. Hold on. This gets incrementally worse.
Whilst the agents have uncovered the smuggling ring operation, they have been unable thus far to find out where the bombs were headed. On top of that, “These aren’t the small devices we’ve seen in the past to blow up buses. These bombs have enough power to actually bring down a whole building.” Intelligence officials believe that what they are discovering are parts of a well-planned, coordinated attack within the borders of Israel. The terrorist attacks – using fires and bombs – would be initiated if and when Israel was to strike the Iranian military facilities. There is some thought that part of the strategy might be to invade and hold border-adjacent Israel communities if a strike is ordered.
God has a plan. He is in control. He has protected Israel by supernatural means time after time. He is no less God than He was then. He can do it again. Join with us, please, in praying for the safety and peace of Jerusalem. Whether fire or missile or suicide bomber, “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper . . . saith the LORD” (Isaiah 54:17
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