VFI News Israel Retaliates Against Iran, Iran Eager to Launch Up to 1,000 Missiles

Israel Retaliates Against Iran, Iran Eager to Launch Up to 1,000 Missiles . . .

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American media reported on Thursday night, October 24, that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had given orders to prepare for war with Israel and to respond to Israel’s retaliation for Iran’s massive ballistic missile attack earlier this month with appropriate force.  

Four Iranian officials told the newspaper that the extent of the Iranian response will depend mainly on the extent of the Israeli attacks.  

According to the sources, if the Israeli attacks - in response to a barrage of missiles from Iran earlier this month - cause extensive damage and many casualties, Iran will respond with as many as 1,000 ballistic missiles against Israel, more than 5 times as many as it launched in early October in what was already the largest ballistic missile attack in history.  

But if Israel limits its attack to a small number of military bases, missile depots, and UAVs, Iran may not do anything.  

The sources also said that Khamenei ordered a strong response if Israel attacked oil and energy infrastructure or nuclear installations, or if it eliminated senior officials. (INN / VFI News)

“Dear Lord, we pray for Your divine protection from Iran and its proxies. We pray in Yeshua’s name that You prevent it from launching additional attacks and harming our civilians, and that all its plans will fail. May You shield us from all the enemies surrounding Israel, and bless us with peace and unity, according to Your perfect will.”

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The Israel Air Force struck around 20 military sites in three waves in a retaliatory strike on Iran on Saturday morning, October 26.  The attacks focused on disabling Iran’s air defenses and damaging its long-term ability to develop additional ballistic missiles, Israeli media reported. 

Multiple explosions were reported near Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj as Israel’s initial strikes appeared to have targeted a weapons depot, along with a barracks or office, senior Arab officials told American media. Iran also told French media that it had not received any reports of injuries from the strikes.

Further, there were no indications that the IDF’s over 100 aircraft and drones struck the Islamic Republic’s existing ballistic missile supplies, which would likely have required strikes at underground sites. 

Israeli media suggests that the operation was significantly targeted at weakening Tehran’s desire to use up additional ballistic missiles, knowing that they may be several months or more away from being able to restore future ballistic missile production. 

IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a statement that the IDF fired “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran “in response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel.” (JPost /VFI News) 

“The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright." - Proverbs 21:8

The Department of Families, Commemoration, and Heritage at the Ministry of Defense has published data on the casualties of Operation Swords of Iron so far. There have been 890 casualties in total, including IDF, Israel Police, ISA, civilian security coordinators, and town emergency squad members who fought in Gaza, the south, north, Lebanon, Judea, and Samaria.  

The fallen include 808 IDF casualties, 43 town emergency squad members, 75 Israel Police casualties, and 7 ISA casualties. About half of the casualties - 374 - are under the age of 21 and in mandatory service. 272 of them are aged 22-30, 143 are aged 31-39 and another 101 are over 40. 

Most of the casualties are men – 835 - and 55 women. 629 are singles and 261 are married, leaving behind 306 widows, 645 orphans, and 7 fiancées.  

Since 7.10.2023, 6 brigade commanders have fallen, 3 of them in the October 7th massacre. 240 reservists have fallen in various regions, alongside 217 conscripts and 43 town emergency squad members. 390 casualties are mandatory service personnel. 

The casualties left behind over 1,590 bereaved parents, 306 widows, 645 orphans, and over 2,730 bereaved siblings. (INN/ VFI News)

“Our Heavenly Father, we fervently pray that You comfort all the people who have lost dear family members and have been left destitute, widowed, or orphaned during the war. We send our sincerest condolences to them and pray that You will take them in Your loving arms and never let them go. We pray that You guide us into actively helping all these people, as this is the religion that is acceptable to You, and we lay everything at Your Feet. May You protect the weak, feed the hungry, keep the vulnerable safe, guide us into doing Your will, and keep reminding us of the sacrifices of the brave soldiers who laid down their lives so that we can be free. We also pray for our hostages, the ones who have suffered immensely for more than one year at the hands of enemies, that You rescue them and bring them home safely. In Yeshua’s name, we pray, amen.”

Hamas uses hospitals for terror purposes, an ambulance driver at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip confirmed while being interrogated by security officials, according to footage published by the IDF on Monday, October 28.   

In the video, the driver, reportedly apprehended on suspicion of involvement in terror activities, confirms his role as driver and paramedic at the Health Ministry in the Kamal Adwan and Al-Ahli Arab Hospitals.  

“Hamas military operatives are present; they are in the courtyards, at the gates of the buildings, in the offices of Kamal Adwan Hospital,” the driver stated. 

“They operate ambulances to transport their wounded military operatives, and to transport them for their missions, and this is instead of using the ambulances for the benefit of civilians.”  

“We, the public in the northern Gaza Strip, are sick of this situation. We have had enough; they (Hamas) are stationed in the hospitals, stationed in the schools,” the driver confirmed. (JPost / VFI News) 

“Lord, we pray for the people of Gaza. We pray that they are freed of Hamas and that they will not be used by the terrorist group any longer. We pray in Yeshua’s name that we and the innocent Gazan civilians will be able to live peacefully and cordially in the near future, in the beautiful land You have given to our forefathers. We hope that You will comfort everyone who needs emotional support, reveal Your Son to them, and tend to their physical needs as well. May You strengthen our soldiers into dismantling any terrorist entity in our land so that we may live as You intended it from the beginning.”

Holocaust survivors are some of the bravest people you will ever meet; they have lived lives full of extraordinary hardship and trauma and yet chose to pioneer Israel to rebuild their lives and create new families. Unfortunately, after giving their hearts and souls to fight for Israel and populate it, they find themselves often forgotten and neglected by society, needing help, and in need of company in their old and vulnerable age. That is why Vision for Israel organizes celebration events full of fun to honor them and show that they are still seen. We fill the tables with food, elevate their joy with music and dancing, and spend time showing them just how much we value them.

Any downgrade in Israel’s status or standing at the UN General Assembly will result in a corresponding downgrade of US financial, material, and political support to the UN, more than 100 bipartisan members of Congress wrote in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.  

Reps. Mike Lawler (R-New York) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida) spearheaded the letter, which stated that Congress has taken note of the numerous UN actions “aimed to delegitimize Israel’s right to self-defense.”  

“We have concluded that the UN is not a neutral party but one that has definitively taken sides against Israel. We remind you that the US is the largest donor to the UN,” according to the letter. 

“Our contributions account for one-third of the body’s collective budget. We will not accept the UN’s ongoing hostility to our ally Israel.”

According to Lawler’s office, the letter is endorsed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Action, Endowment for Middle East Truth, the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, Zionist Organization of America, Christians United for Israel, the Republican Jewish Coalition, Jewish Federations of North America, and the Combat Antisemitism Movement.  (JPost/VFI News)

“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” - Proverbs 18:24

The state will not provide a written response to the hostage families’ petition to the Supreme Court accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of alleged illegal conduct.  

The hearing on the petition submitted by the hostage families to the Supreme Court, claiming that Netanyahu is making decisions regarding the fate of the hostages that contravene the law, will take place without a written response from the prosecution.  

According to the usual procedure in the Supreme Court, after a petition is submitted, the prosecution representing the state responds in writing – and only then is an oral hearing held. 

In this case, the Prime Minister and his office are represented by the prosecution and the Attorney General, who held two meetings but reportedly could not formulate a written response as normally required. 

Instead, they requested several extensions until Justice Yitzhak Amit proceeded with the hearing without their written response. (JPost/VFI News)

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had his Hebrew Twitter/X account suspended overnight after just two posts. “Account suspended. X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules,” the statement on the account read.   

Khamenei first opened his account on Saturday, October 26, and later wrote in Hebrew, referencing Israel’s Saturday attack on Iran, “The Zionist regime made a mistake and miscalculated regarding Iran. We will make it understand the power, capability, initiative, and determination of the Iranian nation.” 

Khamenei made a similar comment on his English account, stating, “The Zionist regime made a wrong move two nights ago. We must make them understand the power, determination, and initiative of the Iranian people.”  

“Our officials should be the ones to assess and precisely apprehend what needs to be done (to show the power of Iranian people to enemy) and do whatever is in the best interests of this country and nation,” he added. 

Khamenei further wrote, “Zionists are making a miscalculation with respect to Iran. They don’t know Iran. They still haven't been able to correctly understand the power, initiative, and determination of the Iranian people. We need to make them understand these things.” (JPost /VFI News)  

“Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.” - Isaiah 59:7

These days, Brian Cohen, the executive director of the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life at Columbia University, spends more time than he would like explaining the meaning behind social media posts to campus administrators — from one featuring an infamous photograph of a man holding up his bloody hands during the Ramallah lynching in 2000, to others highlighting the inverted red triangle used by the Hamas terror group to paint targets.  

“The administration needs to understand who that guy in the window [with the bloody hands] is to understand why that post is so problematic,” Cohen said. 

“Personally, I am afraid for the safety of the community for everyone at the university; I can see one random student get inspired to do something violent.”  

Since the start of the fall semester, Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), an anti-Israel coalition of more than 100 student organizations, has used explicitly violent rhetoric and images in its online postings.

In its October 8 statement, the umbrella group wrote, “We support liberation by any means necessary, including armed resistance. In the face of violence from the oppressor equipped with the most lethal military force on the planet, where you’ve exhausted all peaceful means of resolution, violence is the only path forward.”  (TOI / VFI News)

“Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.” - Psalm 140:1-2

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