Three More Hostages Released

Yesterday, Hamas released two Israeli hostages, followed by one American-Israeli. Yarden Bibas, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, along with his Israeli-Argentine-Peruvian wife, Shiri, 32, and their two sons, Ariel, four years old at the time, and Kfir, who was nine months old and just passed his two-year birthday January 18,Continue reading “Three More Hostages Released”

Eight Hostages Released

Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, March 1-30. Order the war room prayer book for screen-free quiet times, or join the Prayer Wall by entering your email below, and receive the daily posts in your inbox each morning. Hamas released eight hostages yesterday after 482 days in captivity: The five Thai hostages who worked in Israel wereContinue reading “Eight Hostages Released”

Ceasefire, Hostage Update

Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, March 1-30. Order the war room prayer book for screen-free quiet times, or join the Prayer Wall by entering your email below, and receive the daily posts in your inbox each morning. (Updated January 29) Tens of thousands of internally displaced Palestinians have returned to their demolished homes in northern GAZA,Continue reading “Ceasefire, Hostage Update”

Hamas Releases Four Women Hostages

Yesterday, Hamas freed four Israeli women soldiers held hostage in Gaza for 477 days — Liri Elbag (f, 19, from Moshav Yeruhav), Daniela Gilboa (f, 20, Bulgarian-Israeli from Petah Tikvah), Naama Levy (f, 20, from Ra’anana) and Karina Ariev (f, 20, from Jerusalem) All four were stationed at an observation post in Nahal Oz nearContinue reading “Hamas Releases Four Women Hostages”

Three Women Hostages Released

Yesterday, Hamas freed three women held hostage in Gaza for 471 days. Romi Leshem Gonen (f, 24), whose grandmother was born in Iran, is from Kfar Vradim, but was captured during the Nova music festival massacre near Re’im, where Hamas terrorists killed more than 260 people and abducted about 40 on October 7. In total, the MuslimContinue reading “Three Women Hostages Released”

Ceasefire & Hostage Release Deal Reached

Israel and Hamas have reached a deal for the return of 33 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. If both sides hold to the ceasefire, which begins tomorrow, Israeli troops will pull back from many areas in Gaza and thousands of displaced families will at last be able toContinue reading “Ceasefire & Hostage Release Deal Reached”

Bedouin Hostages Recovered in Gaza

Hostage Youssef Ziyadne, 53, taken by Hamas from Israel on October 7, 2023, was found dead in a tunnel in southern Rafah on Tuesday, along with his 23-year-old son, Hamza, father of two. A Bedouin dairy farmer, Youssef was the primary provider for his two wives, 18 children and 20 grandchildren. His daughter Aisha, 17,Continue reading “Bedouin Hostages Recovered in Gaza”

Kenya, Gaza, Ukraine, Trinidad-Tobago Headline Prayers

KENYA: At least 82 government critics have gone missing, possibly abducted, after a protest began in June, which resulted in the deaths of at least 50 students. This week, dozens of people protesting the alleged abductions were arrested. Pray in the midst of all this turmoil, people will turn to Christ. Pray those missing whoContinue reading “Kenya, Gaza, Ukraine, Trinidad-Tobago Headline Prayers”

A Somber Beginning to 2025 in Montenegro and the USA

MONTENEGRO: Ten people died, including two children, and four others were seriously wounded on New Year’s Day in a mass shooting in Cetinje. USA: Three women died and more than 20 people were injured, several of them critically, in an explosion in Honolulu, Hawaii, caused by a large New Year’s firework falling over. USA: AContinue reading “A Somber Beginning to 2025 in Montenegro and the USA”

New Orleans, Ethiopia, Korea and Other News for Prayer

USA: At least 15 died and perhaps 35 were injured in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, early on New Year’s Day, when a Muslim terrorist drove a pickup truck through barricades and into the crowds for several blocks, while firing at them with a gun, before police killed him. Lord, please heal thoseContinue reading “New Orleans, Ethiopia, Korea and Other News for Prayer”