{"id":1291,"date":"2025-10-13T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:27:49","slug":"they-shall-come-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/they-shall-come-back\/","title":{"rendered":"They Shall Come Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#278cbe\"><em>And they shall come back from the land of the enemy.&nbsp;There is&nbsp;hope in your future, says the&nbsp;Lord,&nbsp;your&nbsp;sons shall come back to their own border.<\/em>&nbsp; Jeremiah 21:16b-17<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This happened today, Monday October 13.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Exactly two years ago, on the Holiday of Succot (booths),&nbsp;Hamas brutally attacked southern Israel from Gaza, murdering 1,200 Israelis and abducting 251 into Gaza.&nbsp;Israel declared war on Hamas and that has been fought since then.<br><br>Now, there is great joy in Israel as all the hostages are&nbsp;Home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#278cbe\"><em>So, all who had returned from the captivity\u2026sat under the booths&#8230; And there was very&nbsp;great joy and gladness.<\/em> Nehemiah 8:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WhatsApp Video 2025 10 12 at 09 58 07\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wXCGc9mm8o4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Late on October 9, Israel\u2019s cabinet formally approved plans for a ceasefire with Hamas, setting a Gaza peace process in motion.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase I<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S.&nbsp;President Donald Trump announced that it constituted the \u201cfirst phase\u201d of his twenty-point peace plan that the White House had unveiled last week.<br><br>Qatar, a critical player in the mediation efforts, confirmed the developments, as did Israeli and Hamas officials. It has been a long and drawn out effort of negotiations between Israel and Hamas through the mediators, Egypt and Qatar, for the release of the remaining hostages still held in Hamas&#8217; terra-dungeons in Gaza, because of Hamas&#8217; unreasonable demands.<br><br>Israel\u2019s military action in Gaza had reportedly intensified until right up to the ceasefire deadline. Since the truce, Palestinians have been returning in droves to Gaza City after an Israeli military spokesperson declared it safe to head back to the enclave\u2019s previously most populous city.<br><br>The Israeli army, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), agreed to withdraw their troops up to a line that leaves it in control of 53 percent of the strip.<br><br>With the withdrawal complete, a seventy-two-hour window was given to Hamas to return the remaining hostages taken on October 7. Twenty were believed to be alive; another twenty-eight deceased. This is the first stage of the agreement.<br><br>Until now, out of the 251 hostages, 147 were released or exchanged in prior deals,&nbsp;eight of whom were dead, and the bodies of dozens more have been recovered&nbsp;by the IDF.<br><br>In this first phase, Hamas&nbsp;agreed to release the hostages safely and quietly, without victory demonstrations.<br><br>Israel agreed to release 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences in Israel, as well as 1,700 detainees from Gaza.<br><br>Israel published its official list of who would be freed on Friday; not including several high-profile political figures at the top of Hamas\u2019s list. Israel also agreed to give back fifteen Palestinian bodies for the remains of each Israeli hostage it received.<br><br>Trump was very pleased with the progress, as he said that it was a \u201cgreat day\u201d for the Arab and Muslim world, Israel and all surrounding nations, as well as the US.<em> \u201cWe thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!\u201d<\/em> he posted.<br><br>As Israel anxiously awaited the return of the 20 live hostages and the bodies of twenty-eight hostages brutally murdered by Hamas, there was an extensive preparation underway to receive the bodies, honor the fallen, and support their bereaved families.<br><br>However, the exact number of the fallen hostages remains uncertain. There is also the danger that the bodies may be booby-trapped with grenades or explosives, as was the case in the past.<br><br>President Donald Trump arrived in Israel this morning for a very short visit. It coincided with the arrival of the hostages from Gaza.<br>&nbsp;<br>President Trump&#8217;s visit lasted close to four hours. Air Force One landed at Ben Gurion Airport at 9:20 a.m. and due to the short visit, there was only&nbsp;a red carpet, flag bearers, honorary salutes and handshakes, but no speeches and no anthems.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase II<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President visited the Israeli Knesset (parliament) where he delivered a speech. Then he flew to Egypt for&nbsp;a summit of Arab and world leaders on the topic of Gaza to raise support and finalize an agreement over the second phase of the president&#8217;s post-war Gaza plan.&nbsp;Israel was not invited to attend the summit.<br>&nbsp;<br>During the summit, leaders are expected to sign the&nbsp;U.S.-brokered peace agreement&nbsp;aimed at ending the conflict in Gaza. <a href=\"https:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/the-20-points-of-president-trumps-peace-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[Click here to read Trump&#8217;s 20 points of the Gaza peace proposal.]<\/a><br>&nbsp;<br>Let&#8217;s thank the Lord that the 20 live hostages have returned. Please pray for their care and rehabilitation now that they are home. Please pray that all of the deceased will be returned. Pray that Israel will be able to eliminate Hamas\u2019s military and political power in Gaza, as part of the second phase. (we will report on that in our next newsletter.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Image by R.D. Smith, Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And they shall come back from the land of the enemy.&nbsp;There is&nbsp;hope in your future, says the&nbsp;Lord,&nbsp;your&nbsp;sons shall come back to their own border.&nbsp; Jeremiah 21:16b-17 This happened today, Monday October 13. 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