ON THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST

ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB.

WELL, WELCOME TO THE 700

CLUB.

AN ISRAELI GROUND INTO GAZA IS

IMMINENT.

ISRAEL HAS CALLED UP THAN

300,000 RESERVES TO FIGHT

HAMAS.

IT'S THE LARGEST MILITARY

MOBILIZED MOBILIZATION IN 50

YEARS.

WELL, REPORTS OF UNSPEAKABLE

FROM THE TERRORIST MASSACRE

CONTINUE TO EMERGE.

WHILE DESPERATE FAMILIES OF

HOSTAGES PLEAD FOR HELP FOR

THEIR LOVED ONES.

CBN MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT

JULIE STALL REPORTS ON THIS

ESCALATING CRISIS.

ROCKET FIRE FROM THE GAZA STRIP

CONTINUED PUMMEL SOUTHERN

ISRAEL ON WEDNESDAY DAY FIVE OF

THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.

MEANWHILE ISRAEL SAYS IT STRUCK

AT LEAST 80 HAMAS TARGETS IN

GAZA OVERNIGHT WHILE ISRAELI

GROUND MASS ON THE BORDER FOR

AN IMMINENT INVASION.

THE TOLL IN ISRAEL CONTINUES TO

CLIMB.

MORE THAN 1200 CIVILIAN DEAD.

170 SOLDIERS SLAIN AND MORE

THAN 3500 ISRAELIS WOUNDED.

IN THE ISRAELI COMMUNITY OF A

FATHER, SOLDIERS DISCOVERED

BEEN DESCRIBED AS A MASSACRE.

YOU SEE THE BABIES, THE

MOTHER AS IT FALLS IS IN THE

BEDROOMS.

IN THE PROTECTION RULES.

AND HOW IS IT KILL THEM?

IT'S NOT A WAR.

IT'S NOT A BATTLEFIELD.

IT'S A MASSACRE.

IT'S A TERROR ACTIVITY.

MAJOR GENERAL ITAI ERUV LED THE

THREE DAY CAMPAIGN TO RETAKE

FOUR OTHER AFTER HAMAS

MILITANTS INVADED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I NEVER

SAW IN MY LIFE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE USED TO

IMAGINE AS OUR GRANDFATHER AND

GRANDMOTHER IN THE POGROM IN

EUROPE AND OTHER PLACES.

THEY MUST HAVE SHED THEIR

HUMANITY AND WHAT'S LEFT IS

SOMETHING INHUMAN TO SEE BABY

CARRIAGES WITH BULLET HOLES IN

THEM AND BLOOD WHO GOES UP TO A

BABY KILLS A BABY WHO KILLS A

MOTHER?

IDF SPOKESMAN MAJOR DORON

SPIELMAN PROPORTIONALLY IT

WOULD BE LIKE 25,000 PEOPLE

DYING IN AMERICA.

IT'S THE SAME RAGE ISIS

ALQAEDA AND HAMAS.

IT'S THIS ABSOLUTE DISREGARD

FOR HUMAN LIFE.

AND I KNOW FOR OUR SOLDIERS AND

FOR OUR PEOPLE IN THE MOTHERS

AND FATHERS LIKE MYSELF WE HAVE

TO SEE THIS BECAUSE THE ROAD

AHEAD IS GOING TO BE VERY.

AND IF WE DO NOT TAKE THAT ROAD

THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN.

ONE OF THE MOST HORRIFYING

ELEMENTS THIS WAR HAS BEEN THE

CAPTURE OF ISRAELI CIVILIANS

AND SOLDIERS WHO WERE THEN

TAKEN BY HAMAS INTO THE GAZA

STRIP.

AND THEIR IS UNKNOWN.

SOME OF THEM WERE AMERICAN

CITIZENS.

630 IN THE MORNING HAMAS

TERRORISTS BEGAN RAMPAGING

THROUGH THE KIBBUTZ IN THE

THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY SAW

OUTSIDE THE EARLY RISERS WERE

MURDERED ON THE SPOT.

JONATHAN DEKEL HEN AND HIS

SON SAJI ARE BOTH AMERICAN

CITIZENS.

IS MISSING AFTER HE AND OTHERS

WENT TO DEFEND THEIR COMMUNITY

OF NEAR OSE.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS

MAXIMUM EFFORT TO AT LEAST BE

ABLE TO TELL US WHAT BEFELL OUR

LOVED ONES BY ANY MEANS

POSSIBLE.

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN

ALL OF ITS AGENCIES HAS FRIENDS

IN THE WORLD THAT ISRAEL DOES

NOT HAVE IN THE NORTH OF A

SECOND FRONT.

OPENING UP ISRAEL STRUCK

LEBANESE ON WEDNESDAY AFTER

TERRORISTS FIRED ANTI-TANK

MISSILES THE BORDER AT ISRAELI

TROOPS.

THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS OF

PALESTINIAN FACTIONS IN SYRIA

FIRING ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL.

JULIE STAHL, CBN NEWS, TEL

AVIV AND JERUSALEM.

WELL CBN MIDDLE EAST BUREAU

CHIEF JOINS US MITCHELL HE

JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM ISRAEL.

SO CHRIS, WE'RE NOW SEEING A

UNITY GOVERNMENT FORMED JUST A

FEW DAYS AGO A WEEK AGO IT

LOOKED LIKE THINGS WERE GOING

IN TO SOME KIND OF PARALYSIS ON

THE GOVERNMENT BUT THEY'RE NOW

SAYING THERE'S A UNITY

GOVERNMENT.

SO TELL US HOW IS THAT TO WORK

?

WELL, RIGHT NOW IN ABOUT AN

HOUR, GORDON, THERE ARE GOING

TO BE A SECURITY CABINET

MEETING.

THEY HAVEN'T QUITE FINALIZED

THE NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE

GOVERNMENT.

WE HOPE THAT'S GOING TO COME

SOON.

I KNOW A NUMBER OF ISRAELIS

MOST ISRAELIS WANT TO SEE THAT.

WHAT IT MEANS HERE IN ISRAEL IT

PRESENTS A UNITED AND UNITED

FRONT.

THIS IS A PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WOULD

BE THE OPPOSITION WILL JOIN THE

COALITION AND PRESENT A UNITY

AN EMERGENCY UNIT IN THE UNITY

GOVERNMENT.

IT'S BEEN DONE MANY TIMES IN

ISRAEL'S HISTORY ABOUT NINE

TIMES FOR EXAMPLE DURING

SIX-DAY WAR THERE WAS A UNITY

GOVERNMENT.

THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW WILL BE

A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT OR

A NATIONAL EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT

THE DIFFERENCE BEING THAT A

UNITY GOVERNMENT WILL BRING ALL

OF THE PARTIES TOGETHER BUT THE

EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT WILL JUST

BE SOMETHING FOR THE TEMPORARY

CRISIS THAT ISRAEL IS FACING.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS DIVISION IS

SOMETHING ISRAEL HAS

EXPERIENCED FOR MORE THAN THREE

YEARS AND NOW MANY ARE PRAYING

THAT ISRAEL WILL BE UNIFIED AS

IT FACES ITS GREATEST CRISIS IN

DECADES THAT THERE BE IS ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, AS SHOCK GIVES WAY GRIEF

AND THEN TO ANGER.

WHAT'S THE ATTITUDE OF THE

ISRAELI PEOPLE TOWARDS GROUND

ACTION IN GAZA?

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE SHOCK

YOU THE MASSACRE YOU SAW IN

KFAR AZA, IT'S LIKE LOSING

THEIR FIRST BORN AND YOU KNOW,

I'VE HEARD THE PHRASES LIKE WE

HAVEN'T HEARD THIS SINCE THE

HOLOCAUST AND AS THE GENERAL

SAID, THIS IS REMINISCENT OF

THE POGROMS THAT JEWISH PEOPLE

HAVE FACED AND IN EUROPE IN

SOVIET FORMER RUSSIA.

AND SOME PEOPLE IT REMINDS OF

THE SCRIPTURE IN JEREMIAH 3150

AND IT SAYS THUS SAYS THE LORD

A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMA

LAMENTATION AND WEEPING RACHEL

RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN

REFUSING TO BE COMFORTED FOR

HER CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY ARE

NO MORE.

WELL THERE'S A LOT OF RACHEL'S

HERE IN ISRAEL TODAY.

YOU KNOW ON SATURDAY, GORDON

THEY WERE SHOCKED AND CONFUSED.

THEN THEY WERE TRAUMATIZED,

ANGRY AND NOW THEY'RE

HORRIFIED.

I WOULD ALSO SAY RIGHT NOW FOR

ISRAELIS THAT THEY'RE UNIFYING

AROUND, DEFEATING THIS ENEMY

AND FIGHTING FOR THEIR SURVIVAL

.

I WOULD SAY THAT'S NOW THE

RALLYING CRY OF THE COUNTRY AS

DARREN SPIELMAN SAID IN THAT

PIECE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SEE

WHAT HAMAS HAS DONE BECAUSE

IT'S A HARD ROAD AHEAD AND

THAT'S CERTAINLY WHY CHRISTIANS

NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR ISRAEL

AND THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM AT

THIS TIME.

WELL, CHRIS, THANKS FOR YOUR

INSIGHTS AND I'LL JUST

UNDERLINE FOR EVERYONE WATCHING

THE QUOTE FROM PRESIDENT

EISENHOWER USED ON MONDAY I

DON'T THINK GAZA IS QUITE

READY.

HAMAS CERTAINLY DOESN'T SEEM TO

BE READY FOR THE FULL FURY OF

AN AROUSED DEMOCRACY AS ISRAEL

UNIFIES.

THEY'RE GOING TO

WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO THIS

AGAIN.

WELL, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY

JONATHAN CONRICUS.

HE'S THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE

ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES.

SO JONATHAN, WE'RE SEEING

TROOPS TANKS BEING MASSED AT

THE BORDER.

HOW SOON WILL THEY INVADE AND

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THEIR

MISSION IS?

YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

OF COURSE I WON'T BE ABLE TO

ADDRESS YOUR FIRST QUESTION

ABOUT TIMING FOR OBVIOUS

REASONS I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE

MOBILIZED THE INFANTRY ARMOR,

ARTILLERY, LOGISTICS, COMBAT

AND COMBAT ENGINEERING TROOPS

TO NAME A FEW AND THEY ARE

PREPARING FOR THEIR MISSIONS

FOR THE NEXT STAGE OF

OPERATIONS AGAINST HAMAS IN

GAZA.

HOW THE IDF GOING TO DEAL

WITH THE SITUATION BECAUSE

THERE SO MANY HOSTAGES BEING

HELD IN GAZA, I ASSUME THAT

RESCUE ATTEMPTS GOING TO BE

MADE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HAMAS IS

GOING TO USE THESE HOSTAGES AS

HUMAN SHIELDS.

HOW WILL THE IDF RESPOND TO

THAT?

YES, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE

SITUATION IS UNPRECEDENTED AND

IT NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE FACED

SUCH A SITUATION WHERE SO MANY

ISRAELIS ARE THE HANDS OR AT

THE MERCY OF A RUTHLESS TERROR

ORGANIZATION.

BY THE WAY, MANY OF THE

HOSTAGES ARE DUAL NATIONALS

AMERICANS, BRITS, GERMANS

FRENCH, ITALIANS AND BRAZILIANS

AND MANY OTHER NATIONALITIES

AND SOME ARE EVEN NOT EVEN

ISRAELIS.

THEY ARE THAI WORKERS THAT WERE

TAKEN ABDUCTED FOR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT REASON FROM

THE PART HAMAS MAYBE ONLY YOU

KNOW, AS A AS A SHOW A HORSE

AND THAT THEY COULD TAKE THESE

PEOPLE BUT THE MILITARY IS THAT

WE WILL HAVE TO FOCUS ON

DISMANTLING HAMAS AS MILITARY

CAPABILITIES.

THAT IS WHAT THE IDF WILL BE

DOING AND FOCUSING ON AS THIS

OPERATION EVOLVES GOES FORWARD.

WE'RE CURRENTLY STRIKING FROM

THE AIR QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY AND

AS THE OPERATION UNFOLDS WE

WILL CONTINUE AND DEVELOP OUR

MILITARY OPERATIONS AND THE

ANALYSIS ON THE INTELLIGENCE

FAILURES I'M SAYING A LOT IN

THE PRESS ABOUT MISDIRECTION

HAMAS.

THEY WERE SAYING ON THEIR

PRIVATE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

THAT THEY KNEW ISRAEL WAS

LISTENING IN AND THEY WEREN'T

INTENDING TO LAUNCH ANYTHING.

ALL THE WHILE WERE ABSOLUTELY

PLANNING IT AND THEN CELL PHONE

TOWER TOWERS WERE TARGETED TO

CUT OFF COMMUNICATIONS.

ANY ANALYSIS AT THIS POINT ON

THIS INTELLIGENCE?

YEAH, THERE IS DEFINITELY

AND WHERE YOU KNOW THE IDF FOR

SURE IS EAGER TO LEARN AND

UNDERSTAND MOSTLY TO MAKE SURE

THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND BEYOND WHAT YOU ASKED YOU

KNOW, THE INTELLIGENCE FAILURE

THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS BEING

ASKED BY ISRAELI CIVILIANS,

ISRAELI CIVIL SOCIETY AS TO HOW

AND WHY THIS HAPPENED AND MANY

OTHER VERY TOUGH QUESTIONS THEY

WILL GET ANSWERED BY THE IDF IN

DUE TIME AND THE PEOPLE ISRAEL

DESERVE THOSE ANSWERS BUT THEY

WILL BE GIVEN AT THE END OF THE

FIGHTING ONCE THE LAST HAMAS

TERRORIST IS EITHER DEAD OR HAS

SURRENDERED AND WE WILL HAVE

DISMANTLED HAMAS'S MILITARY

CAPABILITIES THEN WILL COME THE

TIME OF ALL OF THOSE AFTER

ACTION REVIEWS AND A RECKONING

AND HOW IT HAPPENED AND HOW WE

CAN PREVENT IT IN THE FUTURE.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL

WITH THE INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY

HEARD FROM THE EU THEN THE

UNITED NATIONS THERE HUMAN

RIGHTS CHIEF HAS ALREADY

CONDEMNED ISRAEL'S ACTIONS IN

GAZA.

I FIND IT ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

YOU HAVEN'T EVEN HAD TIME TO

BURY YOUR DEAD AND THEY'RE

ALREADY CRITIQUING YOU.

THIS MAKES NO SENSE.

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND IS

THAT IS ANY ANYWAY GOING TO

DISCOURAGE DISCOURAGE YOU ON

THE MISSION?

YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU

ABOUT ABSURDITY OF THE

SITUATION.

THE ISRAELI BLOOD HAS DRIED AND

ALREADY THERE ARE PEOPLE AND

ORGANIZATIONS FIND IT FIT TO

FOCUS ON ISRAELI ACTIVITIES.

I FIND THAT ACTUALLY

DESPICABLE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE

HOWEVER STRENGTHENED BY

SIGNIFICANT SHOWS OF SUPPORT

FROM AROUND THE WORLD CAPITALS

BEING LIT IN ISRAELI COLORS AND

WALL TO WALL SIGNS OF SUPPORT

BY PARLIAMENTS AND BY OF COURSE

THE U.S. CONGRESS AND THE

SENATE AND CLEAR UNEQUIPPED

STATEMENTS BY MANY OF THE FREE

AND DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES THE

WORLD SAYING THAT WE STAND WITH

ISRAEL AND ISRAEL HAS RIGHT TO

DEFEND ITSELF.

AND I AS A PERSON I ALWAYS TRY

TO FOCUS ON THE GOOD AND THE

GOOD IN THIS CASE IS U.S.

SUPPORT AND MANY OTHER FREE

COUNTRIES THAT UNDERSTAND THE

SEVERITY, THE UNREST IDENTITY

SITUATION HERE AND ARE STANDING

BY ISRAEL NOT ONLY IN WORDS BUT

IN DEEDS VERY WELCOMING TO SEE

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND ISSUING A

STATEMENT AND MOVING TROOPS.

THERE IS A US BATTLE GROUP ON

ON ITS WAY IN THE EASTERN

MEDITERRANEAN TO MAKE SURE THAT

ALL OF THE OTHER ENEMIES

UNDERSTAND THAT ATTACKING

ISRAEL AT THIS TIME WOULD BE A

VERY FULL HEARTED ENDEAVOR AND

WE WILL TO FIGHT THE

INTERNATIONAL FIGHT FOR

LEGITIMACY TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW

OURSELVES TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT

AND DEFEND OURSELVES ON THE

GROUND LIKE ALWAYS PEOPLE FOR

SOME AND UNDERSTAND NOT

UNDERSTANDABLE REASON HAVE THIS

URGE TO CRITICIZE ISRAEL BUT WE

WILL ON THE JOB AND WE WILL NOT

BE DETERRED OR WEAKENED AND OUR

RESOLVE WILL BE STRONG UNTIL WE

DISMANTLE HAMAS'S MILITARY

CAPABILITIES IN GAZA AND MAKE

SURE THAT THIS WILL NEVER

HAPPEN AGAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL BE

ABLE TO ANSWER THIS BUT I JUST

HAVE TO SAY MY CONCERN IS THAT

HEZBOLLAH WILL BE MOBILIZED

WILL ATTACK FROM SOUTHERN

LEBANON AND.

I'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM SOMEONE

IN THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT THAT

THIS IS ACTUALLY A WAR AGAINST

WITH IRAN.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A WAR AGAINST

HAMAS.

HAMAS IS JUST A PROXY.

HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK IT

IS THAT THIS COULD ERUPT INTO A

MUCH LARGER CONFLICT?

YOU'RE VERY CORRECT.

THE FACT THAT WE ARE FIGHTING

ON THE GROUND IN GAZA DOES NOT

MINIMIZE THE FACT THAT WE ARE

FOCUSING AND VERY VIGILANT ON

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NORTH.

THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN THERE

HAVE ALREADY BEEN ATTACKS

AGAINST ISRAEL FROM THE NORTH

INCLUDING, HEZBOLLAH FIRING

ANTI-TANK MISSILES MULTIPLE

TIMES ISRAELI TROOPS.

WE HAVE RESPONDED AND SO FAR IT

HASN'T CROSSED A CERTAIN

THRESHOLD OF CASUALTIES AND

SEVERITY BUT WE HAVE MOBILIZED

TROOPS THE NORTH WE ARE

PREPARED AND HAVE LOTS OF

RESERVES SPECIAL FORCES,

INFANTRY, ARTILLERY AND ARMOR.

BUT ISRAEL IS NOW WE COULD SAY

HAVE ACTIVE COMBAT OPERATIONS

ON THREE FRONTS GAZA THE

PRIMARY SECTOR OF OPERATIONS

AND THEN CURRENTLY LOOKING AT

THE OPERATIONS ON THE LEBANESE

FRONT AND ON THE SYRIAN FRONT

OF THESE FRONTS HAVE BEEN

ACTIVE.

THERE HAS BEEN FIRE TOWARDS

ISRAEL AND WE HAVE TROOPS AND

VIGILANCE PREPARED FOR ANY

EVENTUALITY.

AND YES, THE COMMON DENOMINATOR

OF ALL OF THESE FRONTS IS

IRANIAN MONEY, IRANIAN

GUIDANCE, IRANIAN AND MOST

IMPORTANTLY IRANIAN VICIOUS

IDEOLOGY WHICH TRIES TO USE

PROXIES IN ORDER TO FIGHT

AGAINST ISRAEL.

WELL, JONATHAN CONRICUS,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME WITH US

AND THANKS FOR COMING AND BEING

ON WE STAND STRONG WITH YOU AND

WE STAND WITH YOU AS.

YOU ELIMINATE HAMAS.

IT'S TIME FOR HAMAS TO NO

LONGER EXIST.

WELL, PURE ON EVIL.

THAT'S HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN

DESCRIBED HAMAS ATROCITIES IN A

SPEECH TO THE NATION YESTERDAY

.

HE SAID ISRAEL HAS NOT ONLY

A RIGHT BUT A DUTY TO RESPOND

AND HE PLEDGED AMERICA'S

SUPPORT.

HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT

AMERICAN CITIZENS DIED IN THE

ATTACKS WHILE OTHERS ARE BEING

HELD HOSTAGE.

CBN WHITE CORRESPONDENT ABIGAIL

ROBERTSON REPORTS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE IT CRYSTAL

CLEAR THE US WITH ISRAEL AND

WILL SUPPORT THE JEWISH STATE

IN ITS EFFORTS TO DEFEND ITSELF

AGAINST THE HORRIFIC TERRORIST

ACTIONS OF HAMAS.

AND LET THERE BE NO DOUBT THE

STATES HAS ISRAEL'S BACK.

WE WILL MAKE SURE THE JEWISH

AND DEMOCRATIC STATE OF ISRAEL

CAN DEFEND ITSELF.

TODAY AS WE ALWAYS HAVE, BIDEN

CALLED THE ATTACKS BY HAMAS

PURE UNADULTERATED EVIL AND

ANNOUNCED 14 INNOCENT AMERICAN

CITIZENS DIED IN THE BLOODBATH

THAT, CLAIMED MORE THAN A

THOUSAND LIVES AND CONFIRMED

AMERICANS ARE AMONG HOSTAGES

BEING HELD.

HAMAS DOES NOT STAND FOR THE

PALESTINIAN PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO

DIGNITY AND SELF-DETERMINATION

.

IT STATED PURPOSE IS

ANNIHILATION OF THE STATE OF

ISRAEL ON THE MURDER JEWISH

PEOPLE THEY USED PALESTINIAN

CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS.

MASS OFFERS NOTHING BUT

TERROR AND BLOODSHED WITH NO

REGARD TO PRAISE THE PRICE THE

LOSS

HEARTBREAKING.

BIDEN SPOKE TO PRIME

MINISTER NETANYAHU FOR THE

THIRD TIME TUESDAY TELLING HIM

HE SUPPORTS A SWIFT AND,

DECISIVE RESPONSE FROM ISRAEL.

LIKE EVERY NATION IN THE

WORLD, ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO

RESPOND AND DEED HAS A DUTY TO

RESPOND TO THESE VICIOUS

ATTACKS.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CNN

JOHN KIRBY FROM THE NATIONAL

SECURITY COUNCIL BECAME

EMOTIONAL THE HUMAN TOLL OF THE

TERRORIST ATTACKS.

SORRY, IT'S IT'S VERY EXCUSE ME

VERY DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT THESE

IMAGES IN THE WAY THAT THE

HUMAN COST.

AND THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS

THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, THEIR

THEIR LOVED ONES COUSINS,

BROTHERS, SISTERS.

YEAH IT'S DIFFICULT.

SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH

MCCONNELL PUBLISHED A WALL

JOURNAL OP ED LAYING OUT FOUR

STEPS THE U.S. SHOULD TAKE TO

HELP ISRAEL, INCLUDING GIVING

IT THE TIME AND SPACE TO DEFEND

ITSELF OFFERING INTELLIGENCE

SUPPORT BOLSTERING AMERICA'S

NATIONAL AND IMPOSING COSTS ON

TERRORISTS AND COUNTRIES WHO

SUPPORT THEM.

PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO THE US

IS SURGING MILITARY SUPPORT TO

ISRAEL AND HE'S INSTRUCTED HIS

TEAM TO WORK WITH THEIR ISRAELI

COUNTERPARTS TO SHARE TO WORK

TOGETHER TO SAFELY BRING HOME

ALL HOSTAGES.

GORDON WELL ABIGAIL, WHAT

KIND OF ASSISTANCE MILITARY

ASSISTANCE ARE WE SENDING TO

ISRAEL?

WELL, YESTERDAY PRESIDENT

BIDEN SAYS THAT THE US IS

SENDING AMMUNITION AND

INTERCEPTORS TO HELP REPLACE

ISRAEL'S IRON DOME DEFENSE.

WE KNOW THE FIRST U.S. PLANE

CARRYING AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS

ARRIVED IN ISRAEL LAST NIGHT

AND MORE ARE EXPECTED TO COME.

CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING

ABOUT THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES WHO

THEY ARE AND ANY INTEL ON ON

THEY ARE.

WELL, THE WHITE HOUSE JUST SAID

YESTERDAY THAT THEY KNOW THERE

ARE ABOUT 20 AMERICANS WHO ARE

UNACCOUNTED FOR.

BUT WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW RIGHT

NOW IS HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE

ARE BEING HOSTAGE OR POSSIBLY

JUST STILL MISSING OR EVEN

POTENTIAL DEAD.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY ARE

WORKING HOUR BY HOUR TO LOCATE

EACH ONE OF THESE AMERICANS AND

TO DETERMINE HOW MANY ARE BEING

HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NOT

SURE.

ALL RIGHT, ABIGAIL, THANKS

SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

CERTAINLY BE PRAYING FOR THE

HOSTAGES AND PRAYING FOR THE

PEACE JERUSALEM AND PRAYING FOR

THE PEACE OF THE MIDDLE EAST,

PRAYING FOR THE PEACE OF THE.

WE NEED TO PRAY NOW AS

CHRISTIANS.

THAT'S THE BEST THING WE CAN

DO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS

HORRIFIC SITUATION.

DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT

HAMAS STANDS FOR RESISTANCE

MOVEMENT?

THEY DO NOT A TWO STATE

SOLUTION.

WHAT THEY WANT IS ISRAEL TO BE

DRIVEN INTO THE SEA.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR THIS THIS

PHRASE AND I THINK IT'S PURE

PROPAGANDA THAT SOMEHOW THERE'S

A FREE PALESTINE.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE'S A

ONE STATE SOLUTION, A

PALESTINIAN STATE WITH NO JEWS

ALLOWED.

THEY WILL DRIVE THEM TO THE

SEA.

THEY WILL SLAUGHTER THEM JUST

AS WE JUST SAW THE HORRIFIC

ATTACK WHERE THEY WERE

MURDERING BABIES, BEHEADING

BABIES.

THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

WHEN YOU HEAR THIS SIDE THAT

SOMEHOW ISRAEL IS AN OPPRESSOR

,IT IS SORT OF APARTHEID STATE

THE REASON THEY HAVE THE

SEPARATION IS THEY DON'T WANT

TO BE KILLED.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO

ISOLATE INTO PARTICULAR AREAS.

THEY DON'T WANT TO DIE.

I THINK A GOOD THING TO DO AND

WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM.

WELL, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE JEWISH AND

ARAB PLANES TO THE LAND OF

ISRAEL.

SO WE PUT TOGETHER A DVD FOR

YOU THAT THE HISTORICAL

BACKGROUND TO THE NEWS YOU'RE

SEEING TODAY.

IT'S CALLED WHOSE LAND IS

IT?

IT HAS THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

SUCH AS WHETHER OR NOT GAZA AND

THE WEST BANK ARE OCCUPIED

TERRITORY WHY THE PALESTINIAN

CRISIS STILL REMAINS A PROBLEM

MORE THAN 70 YEARS LATER.

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BOTH IRAN AND HAMAS DENY TEHRAN

HAD ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE

ATTACK FROM THE GAZA STRIP

ALTHOUGH A HAMAS COMMANDER IN

GAZA SAYS THE ISRAELI ASSAULT

ON GAZA LIKELY WILL FORCE ITS

ALLIES JOIN THE FIGHT.

WITH REPORTS OF ATTACKS NOW

COMING FROM BOTH LEBANON AND

SYRIA CBN NATIONAL SECURITY

CORRESPONDENT KAITLIN BURKE

BRINGS US A LOOK AT WHAT

REGIONAL AND WHAT A POTENTIAL

MULTI-FRONT WAR COULD MEAN.

WHILE THE IDF IS FOCUSED ON

HAMAS, A MASSIVE MILITARY

CAMPAIGN AT ITS SOUTHERN

BORDER, MILITARY LEADERS ALSO

WATCHING THE NORTH ALL TOO

AWARE THAT ENEMIES SURROUND

THEM.

YOU'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY HAMAS

IN THE SOUTH IN GAZA STRIP BUT

YOU ALSO HAVE HEZBOLLAH, THE

IRAN BACKED SHIA TERRORIST

GROUP IN LEBANON AND YOU HAVE

OTHER TERRORIST PROXIES

SURROUNDING ISRAEL AND THIS IS

NO ACCIDENT.

NATHAN SALES, AMBASSADOR AT

LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR

COUNTERTERRORISM CALLS ALL PART

OF IRAN'S DESIRE TO WIPE ISRAEL

OFF THE MAP IS THE WORLD'S

WORST STATE SPONSOR OF

TERRORISM.

SO IT SHOULDN'T COME AS ANY

SURPRISE THAT IRAN IS GOING TO

SPONSOR TERRORISM AGAINST

ISRAEL.

NOW THEIR MAIN PROXY FOR DOING

THAT OVER THE YEARS OVER THE

DECADES HAS BEEN HEZBOLLAH.

WHAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN

BEFORE WAS A LEVEL OF

SOPHISTICATION FROM HAMAS THAT

HAS ALLOWED IT TO CARRY OUT

THESE SORTS OF AMBITIOUS

OPERATIONS LIKE WE SAW OVER THE

WEEKEND.

THE THAT HAMAS IS NOW

CAPABLE OF DOING THAT HAS IRAN

FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER IT.

SALE SAYS WHILE IT'S CLEAR

ISRAEL'S TO HAMAS WILL BE ONE

OF STRENGTH, THERE'S A RISK IT

COULD OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS TO

ATTACK.

THAT IS THE TRUE NIGHTMARE

SCENARIO WHERE ONE AFTER THE

OTHER AFTER THE OTHER TERRORIST

STARTS PILING ON.

I THINK TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

NO MATTER WHAT THEIR IDEOLOGY

UNDERSTAND STRENGTH AND SO IT'S

REALLY FOR ISRAEL TO ESTABLISH

DETERRENCE BY SHOWING IF YOU

COME AT US IT'S NOT GOING TO

END WELL FOR YOU.

AS FOR IRAN, SALES PREDICTS

FOR NOW IT WILL MOST LIKELY

CONTINUE USING THESE PROXIES.

THE SAYING GOES THEY'RE

WILLING TO FIGHT TO THE LAST

PALESTINIAN.

OR IS WILLING TO FIGHT TO THE

VERY LAST LEBANESE.

IT'S A WAY OF INSULATING

THEMSELVES FROM THE COSTS OF

WARFARE AND ALSO HELPS PRESERVE

A CERTAIN AIR OF DENIABILITY.

YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T US.

IT WAS OTHER GUYS.

NOBODY SHOULD CREDIT ANYTHING

IRAN SAYS WHEN THEY TRY TO WASH

THEIR HANDS OF THE BLOODSHED IN

ISRAEL.

AMBASSADOR SAYLES IS CALLING ON

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DO

EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO HELP

ISRAEL WIN.

THIS INCLUDES FINANCIAL

PRESSURE ON IRAN IN ORDER TO

CUT OFF FUNDING TO THE

TERRORISTS FIGHTING THIS WAR.

JOHN MCCAIN ON IRAN'S SUSPECTED

INVOLVEMENT HOW IS THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION PLANNING TO

CHANGE ITS POLICIES TOWARDS?

WELL, WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OVER

THE LAST TWO YEARS ARE A LOT OF

CONCESSIONS THEY'VE WANTED TO

GET BACK INTO SOME SORT OF A

NUCLEAR DEAL AND IN WORKING

TOWARDS THAT EXPERTS

THEY'VE PAID FOR DIPLOMACY IS

TOO HIGH.

TEHRAN'S OIL REVENUE IS NOW

FIVE TIMES WHAT IT WAS DURING

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND

WITH SO MANY RESOURCES AT ITS

DISPOSAL THEY HAVE PLENTY OF

MONEY TO FUND AN ATTACK LIKE

WHAT WE SAW AGAINST ISRAEL.

SO AMBASSADOR SALE SAYS IT'S

TIME TO PUT THE PRESSURE BACK

ON JOHN.

ALL RIGHT.

CBS NATIONAL SECURITY

CORRESPONDENT CAITLIN BERG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAITLIN.

WELL, AS THE WORLD LOOKS ON

WITH HORROR AT THE ATROCITIES

OF HAMAS AND ISRAEL, AMERICAN

CITIES ARE SHOWING THEIR

SUPPORT FOR THE ISRAELI PEOPLE.

CBN'S BRODY CARTER REPORTS FROM

VIRGINIA BEACH COMMUNITY

GATHERINGS LIKE THIS ONE HERE

AT THE UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION

OF TIDEWATER IN VIRGINIA OFFERS

THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY,

GRIEVE AND BEGIN THE HEALING

PROCESS.

NOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS

HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH IS WHAT'S A

DRIVING FORCE WITH HIM TO STAND

THE NATION OF ISRAEL.

AND HE INVITES AMERICA TO DO

THE SAME THING.

THINK MY FAITH TELLS ME THAT

I'M THE GRIEF OF THOSE THAT ARE

GRIEVING.

AND RIGHT NOW SO IN THE JEWISH

COMMUNITY ARE GRIEVING.

VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL

JASON MIJARES IS AN OUTSPOKEN

ALLY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

IN FEBRUARY HE HELPED THE

STATE'S ANTISEMITISM TASK FORCE

AWARE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT EVER

TO PROTECT AMERICAN JEWS.

RIGHT NOW OUR MOST IMMEDIATE

CONCERN SECURITY.

I'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT

COMMUNICATION WITH THE

SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY THE

STATE POLICE ABOUT ENHANCED

SECURITY AT JEWISH SCHOOLS OR

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS.

I PERSONALLY CAN'T SPEAK FOR

OTHERS BUT I PERSONALLY FEEL

VERY COMFORTABLE AS AN ISRAELI

AND TIDEWATER ISRAELI NATIVE

KNOW FAR TREM CAME TO AMERICA

FIVE YEARS AGO.

HER FAMILY REMAINS ISRAEL AND

SURVIVED THE ATTACK.

STAND UP FOR ISRAEL AS AS

YOU CAN WHETHER IT'S IN

PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS ON

SOCIAL MEDIA.

CEO OF THE UNITED JEWISH

FEDERATION OF TIDEWATER, BETTY

ANN CONDEMNS THE ASSAULT IN THE

STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT JEWS AND

PALESTINIANS.

THIS IS ABOUT A TERRORIST

ORGANIZATION WANTING TO GO IN

AND WIPE OFF THE MAP SUPPORT

HIS GROWING NATIONWIDE WITH 18

RALLIES HELD IN MAJOR CITIES

INCLUDING YORK, BOSTON AND LAS

VEGAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE

ISRAELI AMERICAN COUNCIL.

TOO MANY TO NAME

INDIVIDUALLY TODAY.

AND WHILE THE TRAUMA WILL

LINGER, THE HOPE REMAINS THAT

HEARTS WILL BEGIN HEAL.

REPORTING IN VIRGINIA BEACH,

VIRGINIA BRODY CARTER, CBN

NEWS.

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WELL, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER,

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YOU CAN THE TRUTH ABOUT THE

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WELL, PASTOR STEVE BELLAVIA

WELL, PASTOR STEVE BELLAVIA

AND A TEAM OF A DOZEN PEOPLE

FROM THE LATE CHURCH IN

SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA TO JERUSALEM

FOR A MISSION TRIP THIS PAST

WEEKEND.

BY THE TIME LANDED THE COUNTRY

HAD BECOME A WAR ZONE.

RETURN KEPT GETTING CANCELED.

HIS TEAM HAS HAD TO SHELTER IN

PLACE.

AND I HAD THE CHANCE TO

SPEAK WITH HIM ABOUT HIS

HARROWING ORDEAL.

WELL, PASTOR STEVE, THANK YOU

SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US

TODAY.

AND FIRST I JUST HAVE TO ASK

HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR TEAM DOING

AMIDST THIS CRAZY SITUATION?

YEAH, EVERYONE IS DOING

REALLY GOOD.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM

THAT US TOGETHER.

EVERYBODY'S BEEN ABLE TO HAVE

PEACE DESPITE EVERYTHING GOING

ON AND TRYING MAKE THE BEST OF

IT, TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE AND

TRYING TO STAY SAFE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT CAN YOU JUST START FROM

THE BEGINNING?

WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED?

WELL, WHEN YOU AND THE TEAM

LANDED IN ISRAEL.

WE HIT THE GROUND AT AT 9

A.M. ON SATURDAY NOT KNOWING

THAT JUST 2 HOURS AGO WAS WHEN

ALL THE ROCKETS JUST YOU KNOW,

THE FULL ON ATTACK HAD TAKEN

PLACE AND SO WE LIKE WE JUST

GOT OFF THE PLANE KIND OF

ASSUMING THAT THINGS WERE SORT

OF AS NORMAL AND AND THEN

FINDING OUT THAT REALLY OUTSIDE

THE WALLS WAS JUST TOTALLY NOT

NORMAL.

YEAH.

SO WE YEAH, IT WAS A CRAZY,

CRAZY EXPERIENCE TO JUST WALK

INTO THAT.

YEAH, I SEE.

WELL, OKAY.

OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS DOWN IN

ISRAEL YOU GET TO YOUR HOTEL.

I MEAN WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN

DOING SINCE THE WAR STARTED?

HAVE YOU JUST BEEN STUCK IN

YOUR HOTEL OR HAVE YOU BEEN

ABLE GET OUT AT ALL?

YEAH.

NO, WE THANKFULLY WE'VE ABLE TO

GET OUT SOME IT'S DRASTICALLY

CHANGED THE TRIP.

I MEAN THE GOAL THE TRIP WAS

SORT OF LIKE A HYBRID MISSION

AND TOURING TRIP YOU KNOW WE WE

PRETTY MUCH WE'RE PLANNING TO

GO TO UP TO TIBERIUS GALILEE

NAZARETH I MEAN JUST SORT

GETTING THE FULL GAMUT OF THAT

LIKE ISRAEL EXPERIENCE AND

WE'VE BEEN PRETTY MUCH STUCK IN

JERUSALEM FROM THE INTEL

INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE BEEN

GETTING JERUSALEM STAYING

WITHIN THE WALLS AND AND KIND

OF STAYING IN THIS VERY TIGHT

AREA IS PROBABLY WAS OUR SAFEST

BET.

SIRENS ARE GOING OFF AND

GETTING INCREDIBLY COMFORTABLE

WITH THE SOUNDS OF MISSILES AND

THINGS LIKE THAT EXPLODING IN

THE BACKGROUND, SLEEPING TO

THAT AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY

BEEN A CRAZY CRAZY EXPERIENCE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, YOU AND ACTUALLY A FEW

MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAD AN

INTERESTING EXPERIENCE AT

ZACHARIAS TOMB.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

YEAH.

SO IT WAS ACTUALLY THE BULK OF

THE TEAM WAS DOWN IN THE VALLEY

AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST

EXPOSED THAT WE'VE BEEN TO

ANYTHING.

RIGHT.

DURING THAT TIME BEAR RAID

SIRENS WENT OFF AND SO YOU

KNOW, THE TEAM IS DUCKING FOR

COVER AND THEY FIRST WENT INTO

LIKE ON ALMOST LIKE SCRIPTURE

LIKE A LIKE A PART OF A CAVE

THE CREST OF THE ROCK OR

WHATEVER AND AND SO THEY THEY

KIND OF WENT IN THERE AND SORT

OF YOU HEARD MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS

AND JUST LOUD LOUD STUFF

HAPPENING AND SO EVERYBODY SORT

OF TRYING TO KEEP CALM ENDED UP

STARTING TO SING A WORSHIP SONG

JUST TRYING TO KEEP PEACE.

EVENTUALLY ONE OF THE WORKERS

CAME IN AND UNLOCKED ZACHARIAS

TOMB AND SO EVERYBODY WAS ABLE

TO GO INTO INTO THERE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

HAVE YOU GUYS HAD ANY CONTACT

WITH THE EMBASSY AT ALL?

YEAH.

YEAH, WE HAVE.

WE WE DEFINITELY FILLED OUT

FORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND

I'M SORRY MY VOICE A LITTLE

JUST EMOTIONAL WITH WITH

THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE

STUFF WITH THE TEAM BUT YEAH, I

FILLED OUT ALL THE FORMS AND.

EMBASSY KNOWS THAT WE'RE

HERE AND.

MM HMM.

YEAH, WELL, OF YOUR TEAM

MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO GET HOME

AND THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST

ISSUE FOR YOU GUYS.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME

HOME TO THE STATES.

YOUR FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED

SINCE ALL OF THIS HAS GONE

DOWN.

SO FOR PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET

HOME BY SERIOUSLY A WORK OF A

MIRACLE WHEN WILL THE REST OF

THE TEAM BE ABLE TO GO HOME DO

THINK.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION WE'RE

FLIGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FLY

OUT SATURDAY WE'RE CONFIRMED ON

A FLIGHT NEXT WEDNESDAY.

SO WE SAW ANOTHER WEEK THAT WE

WE CAN'T GET OUT AND AT THIS

POINT IT'S IT'S REALLY A GUESS

BECAUSE WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT

STAYS KNOW IT STAYS THE WAY IT

IS BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER

THEY'RE GOING TO CANCEL THAT AS

WELL.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, HOW CAN WE BE PRAYING FOR

YOU GUYS AND ISRAEL IN GENERAL?

I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A

VERY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF

BEING IN THE NATION.

ALL THIS IS HAPPENING.

HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR YOU?

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

I WOULD SAY I MEAN PRAYING FOR

OUR TEAM AND JUST OBVIOUSLY

GETTING HOME TO OUR LOVED ONES

AT HOME DEFINITELY WORRIED AND

AND ALL OF THOSE PIECES.

SO WE DEFINITELY WE DEFINITELY

WANT PRAYER FOR THAT FOR THE

PEOPLE OF ISRAEL THEY RECOGNIZE

THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT THERE'S

SOME SOME SERIOUS NERVOUSNESS I

MEAN I TALKED TO SOME GUYS

TONIGHT WHO ISRAELI AND HE SAID

I FEEL LIKE OUR COUNTRY WILL

NEVER BE THE SAME LIKE WHAT'S

GOING TO GO DOWN AND THE

CRAZINESS THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE

IT FEELS LIKE THE FACE OF THE

NATION IS JUST GOING TO BE

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND IT'S

SCARY FOR THEM.

YOU KNOW THEY'RE THERE.

THERE'S REAL FEAR.

IT'S SORT OF UNNERVING TO SEE

SOME OF THE ISRAELIS THAT ARE

AS NERVOUS AS THEY ARE WHEN

THEY ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH

ROCKET BEING FIRED AND YOU

KNOW, UNREST AND THINGS LIKE.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT GETS A

LITTLE BIT LIKE OKAY, THERE'S

SOMETHING HAPPENING THAT'S

THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE

DIFFERENT.

YOU THAN THAN YOU KNOW,

ANYTHING ANYTHING NORMAL SO

YEAH I'D BE PRAYING FOR THAT

AND AND JUST KEEP THAT PEACE

THAT SURPASSES ALL

UNDERSTANDING.

ABSOLUTELY WE YEAH WE WILL

ABSOLUTELY CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR

YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE WHOLE

NATION OF ISRAEL.

THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK

ASK YOU PASTOR STEVE IS, WHAT

HAS GOD BEEN SHOWING YOU?

I MEAN HAS HE REVEALED ANYTHING

TO YOU?

I MEAN WHAT'S REALLY BEEN ON

YOUR HEART FROM THE LORD JUST

EXPERIENCING ALL OF THIS?

YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN WE HAVE

THAT CONFIDENCE OF OUR IN OUR

SALVATION, YOU KNOW, OUR

CONFIDENCE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP

WITH CHRIST AND WE CAN HAVE

THAT SHALL LINE PEACE IN THE

MIDDLE OF ANY STORM, YOU KNOW

AND SO THAT'S BEEN COOL IS TO

SEE THAT RISE WITHIN OUR TEAM

AND AND JUST THAT MAN WE'RE

WE'RE GOING TO BE YOU KNOW I

MEAN WHETHER WHETHER WE MAKE IT

OUT OR NOT YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT

THAT SOUNDS EXTREME AND AND ALL

OF THAT BUT THAT'S REALITY THAT

IF WE IF WE DON'T WE'RE STILL

GOING TO BE OKAY AND THAT'S

LIKE THAT'S A COMFORT THAT WE

CAN HAVE AS BELIEVERS YOU KNOW

THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE

WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW THIS WORLD ISN'T OUR

HOME AND THIS ISN'T THE END.

YOU KNOW?

HMM.

WOW.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR

STEVE FOR BEING WITH ME TODAY.

AS I SAID BEFORE, WE ARE

FERVENTLY PRAYING FOR YOU GUYS,

YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE AFFECTED

BY THIS.

YEAH.

AND WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU

ON STEVE AND HIS TEAM AS THEY

TRY TO MAKE THEIR WAY BACK HOME

.

WELL, WE DO HAVE SOME

INCREDIBLE NEWS TO REPORT AFTER

WE TAPED INTERVIEW THAT YOU

JUST SAW, STEVE TEXTED US TO

SAY HE AND THE WHOLE TEAM WERE

ABLE TO GET FLIGHTS HOME.

HE SAYS LEAVING FRIDAY MORNING

AND ARRIVING BACK STATESIDE ON

SUNDAY.

SO PLEASE KEEP HIM AND THE

WHOLE TEAM IN YOUR PRAYERS THAT

THEY WILL THERE BE NO DELAYS OR

COMPLICATIONS AND THEY WILL BE

ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO

MUCH, PASTOR STEVE FOR TALKING

WITH US.

GORDON.

WHEN ISRAELIS ARE MORNING

WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AND

THEIR SAFETY.

CBN HAS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE

FOR THEM WE'RE ON THE GROUND

AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP AS

TERRORIST ATTACKS AND ROCKETS

CONTINUE IN THE HOLY LAND CBN

ISRAEL IS ON THE GROUND

REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

WE ARE HERE TO HELP.

AND WE'VE BEEN CONTACTING OTHER

ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE WHAT WE

CAN DO.

WE CANNOT ENTER THE SOUTHERN

AREAS NEXT TO THE GAZA BORDER.

THE ARMY IS STILL FIGHTING THE

TERRORISTS THERE.

SO WE FOUND THIS CLOTHES DRIVE.

WE BOUGHT MANY ESSENTIAL ITEMS

TO GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED AT A

POLICE CENTER FOR MISSING

PERSONS.

FAMILIES BRING, TOOTHBRUSHES OR

OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS TO

IDENTIFY LOVED ONES THROUGH DNA

SAMPLES.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES

INSIDE TRYING TO FIND IF THEIR

CHILDREN ARE MISSING OR NO

LONGER ALIVE.

IT APPEARS THAT THE ARMY HAS

RECOVERED MANY BURNED AND

MUTILATED BODIES IN THE MIDST

OF THIS CRISIS.

CBN ISRAEL IS THERE TO HELP.

THERE ARE FAMILIES, CHILDREN,

ELDERLY PEOPLE.

THERE IS SO MUCH NEED.

IN THE EVENING WE INVITED OUR

BENEFICIARIES TO A ZOOM SEMINAR

IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE MOTHERS

AND CHILDREN AND GIVE THE TOOLS

THEY NEED IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH

STRESS AND ANXIETY DURING THIS

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THEY'RE THE MOST

TECHNOLOGICALLY GENERATION.

AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE THE

LEAST CHURCHED.

MEMBERS OF GEN Z ARE TWICE AS

LIKELY TO SAY THEY'RE ATHEIST

OR AGNOSTIC COMPARED TO THEIR

GRANDPARENTS.

IN FACT THEY'RE ALSO TWICE AS

LIKELY TO SAY THAT RELIGION

ISN'T THAT TO THEM.

BUT DON'T WRITE OFF THIS

GENERATION YET.

I WENT TO LOS ANGELES AND MET

TWO MEN WHO HAD A DREAM GATHER

OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND BRING THEM

TO THE LORD.

THAT'S HOW GEN Z FOR JESUS WAS

HEY EVERYONE IT'S ASHLEY AND I

AM STANDING OUTSIDE OF ANGELUS

TEMPLE IN L.A. FOR THE GEN Z

FOR JESUS PRAYER AND WORSHIP

GATHERING.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HERE TO

ENCOUNTER GOD ON A DEEPER

LEVEL.

AND THIS ISN'T YOUR AVERAGE

CHRISTIAN GATHERING.

THIS IS A THAT'S INVITING AN

ENTIRE GENERATION TO ENCOUNTER

THE PRESENCE OF JESUS.

ONE WORD.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT GEN Z

FOR JESUS?

EXCITED.

I THINK IT'S REALLY POWERFUL.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE LIVES

CHANGED IN OUR GENERATION SET

APART FOR THE LORD.

LAURIE I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO

BE SOMETHING RADICAL.

AARON I TO START WITH YOU.

GOD REALLY PUT SOMETHING IN

YOUR LIKE HE DOWNLOADED

SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT KIND OF

GREW WHAT GEN Z FOR JESUS IS

TODAY.

JUST TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT.

I HAD THIS MOMENT IN PRAYER

WITH WHERE I REALIZED I WAS

MISSING HEART FOR GEN Z.

I WAS PRAYING AND DECLARING GEN

IS BROKEN AND GOD ON HIS THRONE

IS THUNDERING GEN Z MINE.

GEN Z IS FOR MY SON.

I DON'T TO SIT HERE TRYING TO

RALLY A BUNCH OF ENERGY AROUND

HOW BROKEN Z IS.

I ACTUALLY WANT TO BELIEVE IN

FAITH FOR WHAT'S IN GOD'S HEART

THAT GEN Z IS NOT DEAD.

I REACHED OUT TO BRIAN AND I

WAS LIKE DUDE WHAT IF WE CALLED

YOUTH TO PRAY AND RELEASED A

DECLARATION THAT GEN Z IS FOR

JESUS?

HE GOES I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO

DO AN ONLINE EVENT.

WELL PREACH.

WE'LL PRAY AND WE'LL READ THE

WORD.

THAT'S.

AND THEN HE GOES AND I THINK WE

SHOULD CALL IT GEN Z FOR JESUS.

I LITERALLY THOUGHT TO MYSELF

AS A CORNIEST NAME I'VE EVER

HEARD THAT DAY WOULD BE OVER

20,000 STUDENTS THAT WOULD

STREAM IN TO THAT ONE FEED AND

THEN IT BECAME A TOUR AND THEN

THE TOUR ACCUMULATED INTO

GATHERINGS AND WE OPEN UP THE

DOOR SEPTEMBER 3RD OF LAST YEAR

TO OVER 5000 KIDS FILLED AN

ARENA FOR 12 HOURS AND WE KNEW

OH MAN THIS IS A MOMENT.

AND SO HERE WE FIND OURSELVES

IN LOS ANGELES.

YOU KNOW, TOMORROW WE'RE

BELIEVING THE SAME THING.

WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO COME

OUT OF THIS EVENT IN THIS

GATHERING SPECIFICALLY FOR GEN

Z?

I THINK GEN Z WE TO HAVE AN

IMPACT BIGGER THAN OUR VERY OWN

LIVES.

WE SEE ALL THE HEADLINES AND

THE DARKNESS IN THE NEWS AND WE

SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT.

WE SHOULD CALL IT OUT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE

SOLUTION.

THE LETTER IN THE HEBREW

LANGUAGE ACTUALLY MEANS WEAPON

OR TO BE ARMED OR EVEN A SWORD.

WHAT IF WHAT IF?

IT'S A DANGEROUS QUESTION TO

ASK.

BUT WHAT IF GEN Z IS THE WEAPON

IN THE HAND OF GOD TO FIGHT THE

ENEMY DARKNESS IN OUR WORLD

TODAY SO THAT WE MAY SEE THE

GREATEST REVIVAL KNOWN TO MAN

IN AMERICA?

I BELIEVE THAT GEN-Z IS A

REVIVAL GENERATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE OUT

THERE ABOUT THE CRISIS WHETHER

IT'S SEXUAL IDENTITY, WHETHER

IT'S SUICIDE, WHETHER IT'S YOU

KNOW, FILL IN THE BLANK.

BUT HONESTLY GOD IS MOVING IN

GEN Z.

LET'S GO BEFORE THE LORD LIKE

WE NEVER HAVE BEFORE BECAUSE WE

ARE AN INCH AWAY FROM HISTORIC

NEW GOD.

I REALLY, REALLY BELIEVE THAT.

AND I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING

HERE THIS WEEKEND IS EVIDENCE

WE LAY DOWN ALL OF OUR IDEAS,

LAY DOWN ALL OF ANYTHING THAT

MIGHT HAVE TAKEN OVER THE

THRONE OF OUR ARE WE WANT TO

SEEK YOU FULLY.

AND THAT'S TRUE TO ALL THIS.

I'VE SEEN THIS EVENT SO FAR IS

JUST MEAN PEOPLE LAYING DOWN

THEMSELVES AT THE ALTAR AS A

SACRIFICE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE

WORKFORCE AND WE NEED THAT ARE

BOLD AND PROCLAIM JESUS IN

EVERYTHING THEY DO.

THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING MARKED

AS SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND I

THINK IT'S JUST SO COOL TO

BEGIN TO WEEP BECAUSE OF ALL

THE PEOPLE SO HUNGRY FOR JESUS

SEEING SO MANY HISPANICS AND

AMERICANS GATHERED LIKE NO,

THERE'S STILL A GENERATION

WHO'S STILL HUNGRY.

THERE'S STILL A GENERATION WHO

STILL GOT.

THE LORD IS SAYING THAT BUT

WE'RE HIS AND I AND I'VE SEEN

HIM CLAIM MY FRIENDS I'VE SEEN

PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE DARKEST

OF DARKEST THINGS AND WITHIN A

DAY OR THAN A WEEK IT'S A WHOLE

NEW PERSON.

WE'RE SEEING MILLENNIALS AND

GEN Z OR AS ANDREW GIVE THEIR

LIVES TO JESUS.

MY DREAM MY GENERATION IS

THAT THEY SIMPLY MEET THE MAN

JESUS.

WHAT ARE YOU HOPING PEOPLE

WALK AWAY WITH AT THIS EVENT?

I'M BELIEVING LIKE TO REALLY

SEE LIFE LOVERS OF JESUS BE

PRODUCED OUT OF THESE MEETINGS

AND GATHERINGS.

MY OWN GEN Z CHILDREN ARE

HERE AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT

THEM TO COME HOME WITH IS LIKE

I REMEMBER WHEN I ENCOUNTERED

GOD THERE AND HIS FIRE IN MY

HEART IS.

THEY EITHER GET SAVED TOMORROW

AND SAY OH WE WERE WE GOT SAVED

AT THE ANGELUS TEMPLE SEPTEMBER

OR I WAS ALREADY SAVED AND I

RECEIVED MY CALL OF GOD AT

ANGELUS TEMPLE.

I'M LOOKING FOR A GEN Z

AWAKENING AND A REVIVAL THAT'S

STRONGER THAN REBELLION.

IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE BUT GOD

FOR A REVIVAL THAT IS STRONGER

THAN THE REBELLION.

WELL GEN Z FOR JESUS HAD OVER

7000 REGISTERED 62,000 CURRENT

STREAMS AND AN ESTIMATED 115

BAPTISMS AND HUNDREDS OF

SALVATION AND MANY MANY PEOPLE

LITERALLY HEALED AT THAT EVENT

AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A

PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE

THERE AND WITNESS THE NEXT

GENERATION THEY TRULY ARE

LOVERS OF THE LORD AND THERE IS

HOPE FOR GEN Z AND THE

GENERATIONS BEHIND GEN Z.

I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT

THEY'RE GOING TO USHER IN THE

NEXT REVIVAL.

WELL, I THINK THE NEXT REVIVAL

IS HERE AND AS I'M WATCHING IT

I'M GOING REMINDED OF THE JESUS

REVOLUTION.

I'M A BOOMER SO.

OKAY?

WE WERE COMING OUT OF THE

VIETNAM WAR.

WE'RE COMING OUT OF A WHOLE

SERIES OF ASSASSINATIONS OF

POLITICAL LEADERS.

IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY TIME YOU

TURN AROUND THERE WAS ANOTHER

ONE THEN YOU HAD RIOTS, YOU HAD

STUDENT PROTESTS, YOU HAD THE

NATIONAL GUARD OPENED FIRE ON

STUDENTS AT KENT STATE.

IT WAS HORRIBLE.

THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE

WATERGATE AND IN THAT WE LOST

FAITH IN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT BUT

WE DIDN'T LOSE FAITH IN GOD.

GOD RAISED UP A STANDARD THE

ENEMY COMES IN LIKE A FLOOD.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

THAT STANDARD AND LET ME ADD TO

IT MAKE SURE YOUR OF LIFTING UP

THAT STANDARD WHEN YOU GET TO

NEGATIVE THINGS YOU'RE PART OF

THE FLOOD.

YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE STANDARD

SO LIFT UP YOUR EYES AND LOOK

BECAUSE OUR

NIGH HERE'S A WORD FOR ISRAEL

PLEASE PRAY THE PEACE OF

JERUSALEM TODAY PRAY FOR

ISRAEL, PRAY FOR PALESTINE