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Israel At War – Day 371

Heart Changes Needed

Evidence Of Another 10/7

Although we heard that Hezbollah wanted to do their own October 7th attack, we really didn’t have proof of it, but we read in a report from CBN.com that the IDF has the receipts of those plans:

In southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces are showing the world that Hezbollah was set to use many homes just across the border from Israel as launching pads for a massive invasion of the Jewish nation.

The Israel spokesman detailed just how serious :

Walking from one shot-up house to another in southern Lebanon, IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari declared, "Every house is a terror base. I wanted you to see with your own eyes what we found here today."

He then notes how many terrorists were set to attack from the north and then just how they would get their weapons:

Then Hagari described how Hezbollah's elite Radwan units were set to strike Israel from six locations in southern Lebanon simultaneously with some 4,000 to 6,000 terrorists.

He rummaged through military items in one residence as he said, “In this house a storage of gear waiting for Hezbollah's Radwan forces – waiting for Hezbollah's Radwan forces with vests, helmets, night vision."

Such an invasion by those troops could have dwarfed Hamas' October 7th attack in both size and brutality.

Hezbollah used homes throughout southern Lebanon to store, helmets, mines, and more.

Hagari pointed to some of what they are finding:

Pointing to gear in another abandoned house, Hagari asked, “You see the hand grenades here? Sniper rifles, extremely high sniper rifles, shooting on our forces, shooting on our civilians from far away."

As we heard shortly after October 7th of last year, the intent to hit Israel from all sides was in the cards before Hamas literally jumped the gun and now we know how bad it could have been. If we needed any reasons to defeat Hezbollah as well as Hamas we have more now. As was the case in Gaza, the IDF is finding out just how evil these terrorists are and these houses were not of soldiers but civilians who allowed Hezbollah to use them. When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the goals were to demilitarize and deradicalize Gaza it is just as true all over where terrorists are working whether it is Lebanon, the West Bank, over anywhere. And it is seen in how they treat their captives.

“Civilians Beat Us”

We learn in an article from the Jewish News Syndicate what one released hostage says about his treatment:

In a poignant interview for the “Children of October 7” social media project, 13-year-old Eitan Yahalomi from Kibbutz Nir Oz shared the harrowing details of his captivity at the hands of Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

He told us how poorly he and others were treated:

The French-Israeli survivor, who was released in November, then aged 12, as part of a prisoner exchange deal, recounted instances of physical abuse, persistent hunger, and being forced to watch disturbing footage.

We are told how thing went down on that fateful day:

Yahalomi was kidnapped from his home during the Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught. His father, Ohad, who was shot during the abduction, remains in captivity, while his mother, Batsheva, and little sister Yael managed to escape an attempted kidnapping.

He was asked directly who if it was civilians who beat them:

“When we arrived in Gaza, many people beat us. We heard gunshots and shouting in Arabic. They were waiting for us. They were civilians,” Yahalomi said, describing his entry into Gaza.

Yahalomi was fearful:

When asked if he had felt scared, he responded candidly, “A bit, to be honest.”

The young man addressed how little they were fed and then mentioned the psychological terror Hamas employed:

Throughout his captivity, Yahalomi faced constant hunger. “My daily ration was a pita and a cucumber,” he revealed. He also spoke of being subjected to disturbing content. “They showed me videos of them killing people. They seemed happy about it.”

Even if he wanted to not see those videos he gave in and he also stated how it has scarred him:

When asked whether he tried to avoid watching, Yahalomi explained, “No, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway, he wouldn’t have allowed it. I saw even worse things. These images are constantly in my mind.”

He then said that he’s still dealing with the memories:

As for his ability to sleep at night, Yahalomi added with stark honesty, “Not much. I’ve been through the worst, and that’s that.”

We have heard from other released hostages that confirm his experience in a report from The Times Of Israel I wrote about back last December. The mother and daughter told us that they originally thought the families they stayed with were just good people in a bad situation. Here is an excerpt from that report I gave:

Throughout their captivity, especially when the guards appeared to be nice to them, they believed that their captors were good people at heart that were just doing bad things:

While describing scenes of friendly interaction, Agam stressed that “I don’t want anyone to think we had it good there, that they’re good there, that we saw humanity there. We’re telling these stories, about the things that were slightly normal in an abnormal situation, because that’s what kept us just a bit sane.”

Agam described one incident in which the family was staying at a school where “a nice woman welcomed us and offered us water and arranged a place for us to sleep,” and “I turned to my mother and said ‘There are good people in the world.'”

“And five minutes later, they shot a barrage of rockets from the school [into Israel] and everyone was shouting ‘Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar’ and I told her, ‘Forget what I said, they’re all the same.'”

She added that before the attack, “We believed that there are no bad people — only people who have it bad. But there are bad people.”

At some point forgiving Hamas for what they did to her family would seem to be a goal, but Agam isn’t there yet and even has a message for those who think peace is possible:

“We will never forgive and we will never show any kind of empathy towards these people,” Agam said. “If we previously believed that there was a chance for peace, we’ve lost all faith in these people, especially after we were there and among the population.”

It is sad, but these are people who were kidnapped on October 17th and both knew that the civilians were involved with how they were treated. As you and I pray for the peace of Jerusalem we need to factor in asking that all those people who have been literally brainwashed for decades to hate Jews will have their hearts changed. Only God knows their hearts and only God can change them.