[Today’s Prayer] Israel strikes Lebanese capital Beirut… Hezbollah commander killed
The Israeli military announced that it had conducted a targeted airstrike targeting the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Lebanese local media reported on the 20th (local time) that the southern outskirts of Beirut, known as a stronghold of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, were hit by an Israeli airstrike.
A local source who requested anonymity told AFP that "Ibrahim Aqil, the commander of the Hezbollah special operations unit, was killed." Al-Manar TV, operated by Hezbollah, also reported that there were casualties in the airstrike. Reuters reported that a security source said that it was an Israeli operation targeting a high-ranking Hezbollah official.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health said that eight people were killed and 59 were injured in the airstrike so far. Eight of the injured are in critical condition, and the number of casualties is expected to increase.
Contrary to Israeli claims that it was a “targeted airstrike,” Al Jazeera reported that the dead included children. The program added that the Israeli airstrike was aimed precisely at the second floor of a residential apartment building..
Prior to the Israeli airstrike, Hezbollah attacked northern Israel with 140 rockets that day. Hezbollah said that it hit at least six locations, including the headquarters of an armored brigade, in retaliation for the Israeli airstrike targeting southern Lebanon the day before.
As military tensions between Israel and Hezbollah reach new heights, there are fears that the Middle East will be drawn into an unstoppable spiral of war.
Source: News
“Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.” (Psalm 73:27-28)
We hear that a Hezbollah commander has been killed in the midst of an all-out war between God's Israel and Hezbollah.
We do not know how this seemingly endless war can be brought to an end, but we leave it in your hands and pray fervently.
We pray that Your reign will come upon Israel and Hezbollah, and that all the ideas and theories that have been raised up against You will be destroyed.
We pray that You will have compassion on the souls hurt by the war between Israel and Hezbollah and that You will watch over and protect them from further great harm.
Would You meet and bless those who seek You in this time of trouble. May You alone be the refuge of Israel and Lebanon, and may we be renewed as Your children, believing in Your salvation, not death, but resurrection and eternal life.
We pray for the war to end quickly, as it that seems to be spreading across the Middle East. Lead them to the way of peace, for you know all their anxieties, and you are king over all the earth. Judge all that rises up against You and rule them through Your Word.
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