In The Days

• Source: Washington Post
• News Date: 9/1/10
• Author: Janine Zacharia and Samuel Sockol

ON ROUTE 60, WEST BANK – Four Israelis traveling in a car near the West Bank city of Hebron were shot dead Tuesday night as the Obama administration prepared to host Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington.

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Israel in the Last Days

“And I will bring again the captivity•Strongs 7622: shbuwth, sheb-ooth´; or shbiyth, sheb-eeth´; from 7617; exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity:—captive(-ity).
•Strongs 7617: shabah, shaw-baw´; a primitive root; to transport into captivity:—(bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away. of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up•Strongs 5428: nathash, naw-thash´; a primitive root; to tear away:—destroy, forsake, pluck (out, up, by the roots), pull up, root out (up), x utterly. out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.”
—Amos 9:14-15

Ishmael•FYI: Ishmael is the son of Abraham through Hagar, the maid of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
Ishmael is the Biblical father of the Arab nations. •From these nations came Mohammad, who in approximately 632 a.d founded the Religion of Islam.
•The verse below is speaking directly concerning Ishmael and the nations that would come from this direct descendent of Abraham.

“And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”
—Genesis 16:12

Moving Towards Ezekiel 38-39

“Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:”
—Ezekiel 38:5

Editors note about Persia and Hamas •FYI: Many Bible teachers believe Persia is the area of present day Iran.
It certainly appears that, Hamas, is a surrogate army for Iran.

One of the four killed was a pregnant woman.

The four passengers were from the Israeli settlement of Beit Hagai near Hebron.

The couple killed, Yitzhak and Taliyah Immas, were immigrants from the former Soviet Union, a person who knew them said. The other two passengers, a man and a woman, were identified as Avishai Shindler and Kochava Even Haim.

The car, a white Subaru station wagon, with roughly 20 bullet holes in it, remained on the highway several hours after the shooting.

The deadly shooting shattered a relative calm that has prevailed for nearly three years in the West Bank as Palestinian security forces have improved their capabilities and asserted more authority in areas under their control.

The calm has led to an easing of Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement and has improved the climate for a resumption of direct peace negotiations.

Hamas’s military wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, asserted responsibility for the attack.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zohri said the attack was a “normal reaction” to Israel’s “occupation crimes.” Daoud Shehab, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad, called it the “first step in causing the negotiations to fail.”

The Israeli army “sees this event severely,” army spokeswoman Avital Leibovich told reporters by telephone. She said the army hoped it was an isolated operation.

In June, an Israeli police officer was shot dead on the same road where Tuesday’s attack took place. Attacks on civilians have been rare in recent years, however. The last time an Israeli civilian was killed in the West Bank was in December 2009, the army said.

Leibovich declined to confirm reports that the passengers Tuesday were shot at close range following an initial drive-by shooting.

Special correspondent Islam Abdelkarim in Gaza City contributed to this report.