The Tribulation Prophecies: Why You Should Care!

In Part 13 of the HERE to ETERNITY series, Dr. Bill Salus identifies the prophetic TRIBULATION TIMELINES, (Gap, First half, Midpoint and Second half).

Turkey, Pakistan to deploy forces in Saudi Arabia

 Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia agree to rapidly deploy "military forces and capabilities" in the kingdom. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says move is aimed at supporting Saudi defenses amid Yemen crisis. Meanwhile, reports say Yemeni government forces have retaken the strategic port city of Mokha.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have agreed to rapidly deploy "military forces and capabilities" in Saudi Arabia, according to a joint statement issued Monday by Pakistan's Foreign Ministry following an emergency meeting of the three countries.

The meeting in Riyadh was held under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, the three countries' collective defense framework.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told reporters that the three countries had discussed ways to support Saudi Arabia's defense amid developments involving Yemen.

"We also discussed what could be done to resolve the issue peacefully through dialogue. Saudi Arabia has adopted a very constructive approach to resolving the issue," Fidan said. (Read More)

Explosions Reported at Riyadh Airport

Initial reports indicate blasts at King Khalid International Airport following ballistic missile launches from Houthi-controlled Sanaa, according to open-source intelligence monitoring.

Initial reports indicate explosions at King Khalid International Airport near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to Open Source Intel, a Middle East monitoring account. Local sources reported ballistic missile launches from Sanaa, the Houthis' main stronghold in Yemen, prior to the blasts. Air traffic was reportedly disrupted. (Read More)

Settler attacks reported across West Bank as Palestinians begin olive harvest

 
50-year-old man hospitalized after beating; footage shows vehicle being smashed in Osarin, while attacks and vandalism are reported in several other villages

Palestinians harvesting olives were attacked and property was damaged in several locations across the West Bank on Saturday, according to Palestinian reports.

In the village of Osarin, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said it evacuated a 50-year-old Palestinian man to a hospital after he was beaten by settlers. He was carried back into the village on a ladder he had reportedly been using to harvest olives.

WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, reported that the settlers had hurled stones at homes and vehicles in the village. Footage from the town showed over a dozen people identified as settlers smashing a vehicle parked outside a house. (Read More)

Israel braces for possible Hamas, Hezbollah attacks as election nears

Israeli security officials warn that Iranian proxy groups like Hamas and Hezbollah may be planning major attacks on Israel before or during this month’s election.

Israeli security officials are preparing for the possibility that Hamas, Hezbollah or other enemies could attempt a major terrorist attack — potentially including a kidnapping — as Israelis prepare to vote later this month, Israel Hayom reported Monday, amid heightened concern that simultaneous incidents could ignite several fronts at once.

The security situation was described to government ministers as tense across all active theaters, with officials warning that Hamas continues to maintain capabilities for offensive operations and is examining possible attacks despite the severe losses it suffered during the Gaza war.

“We are wary of the possibility of an attack or kidnapping during the elections,” security officials said. (Read More)

Syria condemns Israel's 'violations' of its sovereignty

 
Syria accused Israel of violating its territorial integrity by seizing the peak of Mount Hermon and using the strategic point to launch "incursions" on Syrian villages near the buffer zone.

Syria on Sunday condemned Israel’s continued “violations” of Syrian territory, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Syria’s official news agency, reported.

...Syrian media outlets frequently accuse Israel of carrying out raids inside Syrian villages and shelling them near the buffer zone. There have been more than 1,300 Israeli “incursions,” including 280 in September, Syrian news site Levant24 recently reported.

Israeli officials over the past year have accused the Syrian government of being “jihadists” and predicted that Israel and Turkey will clash over Syria. (Read More)

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Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments,

It is very interesting that Israeli officials, over the past year, have accused the Syrian government of being "jihadists."

In the future, will there be a devastating war between Syria and Israel that results in the city of Damascus becoming a fallen ruin, as foretold in Isaiah 17:1?

There are a number of well-respected Bible prophecy teachers who strongly believe that Isaiah 17:1 was completely fulfilled when the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III attacked and captured the city of Damascus in 732 BC. Are they really correct in their interpretation of what the biblical text actually says in Isaiah 17:1?"

The following selected quotes are taken from Dr. Bill Salus's book, The Future War Prophecies, pages 209 and 215–217:

"Isaiah 17:1 predicts that Damascus will be utterly destroyed as a city someday. The literal interpretation of the verse reads that the city will be reduced to a ruinous heap of rubble. Damascus is thought to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in history, dating back over four thousand years ago to the time of the Hebrew patriarch Abraham. It is the capital city of Syria.

The oracle concerning Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city And will become a fallen ruin.” (Isaiah 17:1, NASB 1995)

...Here are two separate historical accounts that seem to be very strong evidence that the city of Damascus WAS NOT removed from being a city and became a heap of ruins when the Assyrians attacked in 732 B.C.

Tyndale Bible Dictionary, page 346:

"The Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III ("Pul") agreed and marched against the Syro- Israelite confederation. After defeating Israel, he attacked Damascus, plundered the city, deported the population, and replaced them with foreigners from other captured lands. Damascus was no longer an independent city-state. Due to its key location, Damascus remained important, and the Assyrians used the city as a provincial capital."

The biblical text in Isaiah 17:1 is clearly saying Damascus is about to be removed from being a city and will become a fallen ruin.This seems to suggest strongly that the city of Damascus is removed from being a city because of the utter devastation that results in the city becoming a fallen ruin.

Since this is the case it does not seem to make sense that the Assyrians deported the population and replaced them with foreigners in a city that has been reduced to ruins. In addition, how can the Assyrians use the city of Damascus as a provincial capital when it is a fallen ruin? Most importantly, there is no historical evidence that the Assyrians in 732 B.C. had to totally rebuild the city of Damascus after it had become a fallen ruin before moving in people to live there again.

In this second historical account, George Smith who worked in the Assyriology Department of the British Museum and a world-renowned expert on the history of the Assyrians authored a book in 1876 entitled, “Ancient History from the Monuments: Assyria from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh” explains on pages 87-88 what took place historically to the city of Damascus.

"Tiglath-Pileser now led his army to Damascus, after crucifying the captains of the Syrian army who had fallen into his hand and closely invested the Syrian capital. Tiglath- Pileser tells us that he shut up Rezon in Damascus like a caged bird, and cut down all the fine forests around the city for use in the siege, not leaving a single tree near the capital. Several places round were spoiled,  and sixteen districts of Damascus were destroyed like a flood …591 cities were captured and spoiled, and the whole of the kingdom of Rezon subdued  Damascus, however held out, and could only be reduced by famine, so leaving part of his army before the city, Tiglath-Pileser marched against the other rebels."

Notice that the famous historian on the history of the Assyrians said,";sixteen districts of Damascus were destroyed like a flood ... DAMASCUS HOWEVER HELD OUT, and could ONLY BE REDUCED BY FAMINE." He is obviously saying that the sixteen districts of Damascus that were destroyed like a flood are not what took place to the actual capital city of Damascus and this would also mean that the city of Damascus was not destroyed like the ruins from the flood either."

 

Closure in Judea, Samaria for Oct. 7 memorial

 
Israel Katz accepts IDF recommendation to seal crossings on October 5 and 7 around memorial days; exceptions only in extraordinary cases.

Defense Minister Israel Katz has accepted the IDF's recommendation and ordered a general closure on Judea and Samaria, along with the sealing of Gaza Strip crossings, on October 5 and 7. The decision was made following a security assessment ahead of the memorial days marking the events of October 7. (Read More)

Hunt for humans’ ancient ancestor begins... on Mars

 Scientists say potential discovery of ancient life on Red Planet would ‘change everything.’

Life on Earth and Mars could share a common ancestor, scientists have suggested, as a new rover prepares to scour the Red Planet for signs of ancient life. 

The ExoMars “Rosalind Franklin” rover, which was built in Stevenage by Airbus for the European Space Agency (Esa), will be the first to drill two metres below the surface of Mars, looking for evidence that life once thrived there. 

It is set to launch in 2028, and land in 2030, but for the past few weeks the rover team has been carrying out navigation testing in the Tabernas desert near Almería in Spain, which mimics the Martian surface.

Finding life on Mars would “change everything”, scientists said, and if organisms were similar to those on Earth it could show that the two planets were seeded by a common source – a process known as panspermia. Martian life could even have spawned our own.

Susanne Schwenzer, professor of planetary mineralogy at the Open University, an interdisciplinary scientist on the mission, said: “Currently, humankind thinks we are the only life in the universe. We think the Earth is the only lifeboat.

“But if we were to look at Mars and found traces of past life, that would be extraordinary. “If life emerges the moment it can, maybe it emerged there and then came here. If life is the same there, it may be that we are all from the same ancestor...She added: “Finding life would be an amazingly big deal. It’s almost frightening to think about it, because it changes everything.” (Read More)

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Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments,

The scientists said that finding life on Mars would "change everything" and suggested that life on Earth could have been seeded through a process known as panspermia. Furthermore, these scientists claimed that "Martian life could have spawned our own."

What do you think the vast majority of scientists around the world would believe if microbial life is discovered on Mars? Will they believe Earth was seeded by an advanced alien civilization, or will they believe that God created all life on Earth according to Genesis 1:1–31?

As Bible-believing Christians in these last days, do we see where this is obviously leading?

You might find it interesting that back in 2020, Dr. Bill Salus anticipated what we are seeing in the news today with his book The Final Prophecies. Here is what he wrote on pages 36–37:

 "L. A. Marzulli and I both think it’s possible that “The Lie,” which Satan propagates through strong delusion in 2 Thessalonians 2:11, could be fueled by the realization of man, that he is not alone in the universe. The appearance of extraterrestrials would provide verifiable and undeniable proof that other intelligent life exists elsewhere in the cosmos. This understanding would likely prompt humanity to reject the biblical narrative of creation, especially if these alien beings go a step further and take credit for being our creators.

Some prophecy teachers suspect that the fallen angels, disguised as ET’s, will advocate that Panspermia is the reality behind human creation. Panspermia is a Greek word that translates literally as “seeds everywhere.” The Panspermia hypothesis states that the “seeds” of life exist all over the Universe and can be propagated through space from one location to another. Some believe that life on Earth may have originated through these “seeds.”

Thus, if fallen angels appear garbed in alien wardrobes and boast that they seeded man into existence, this would rebut the biblical book of Genesis account that God created man and his earthly environment in six days."

U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats

 

A B-1 bomber at R.A.F. Fairford in Britain taking off on Sunday. All 12 B-1s were moved from the base in a highly unusual withdrawal. (photo: David Bown, Getty Images)

The United States rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from an air base in southern England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation, two U.S. officials said on Sunday.

The withdrawal was highly unusual: Such moves are rarely made so quickly from an allied air base in a peacetime country thousands of miles from a combat zone.

The need to move the bombers out of the base, R.A.F. Fairford, was deemed so urgent that some of the planes and their flight crews left while aerial refueling aircraft were still being scrambled to support their flights to the United States. (Read More)

Did the pager operation change the Middle East? - opinion

 
Hezbollah is weaker, but it's not disappeared. It still possesses thousands of rockets and missiles and continues to invest in expanding its drone capabilities.

The unequivocal answer is yes. But the story is far more complex than a one-word answer.

The operation had two main achievements. The first was psychological. It restored Israel’s standing as a security power capable of carrying out operations that had seemed unimaginable or impossible. 

After October 7, it demonstrated to the region in which we live that Israel had recovered and was capable of penetrating even its enemies’ most sensitive systems. This was enormously important for Israel’s deterrence. Hezbollah, the strongest and most important militia in the Shi’ite axis, suddenly found itself in deep distress and embarrassment. (Read More)

OpenAI Cancels Upcoming AI Model When It Shows Signs of Being Evil

 
Its willingness to deceive users was off the charts.

For the second time in a matter of months, OpenAI paused the development of its frontier AI models after revealing even more instances of the experimental systems going rogue and hacking into third party servers.  

The news once again highlighted rising concerns over the AI industry losing the ability to keep their own technology in check.

Now, the Sam Altman-led company is canceling the release of its next-generation AI model GPT-6.1 Astra, as the Wall Street Journal reports. OpenAI researchers found it scored poorly on alignment tests, which are designed to measure how willing a given AI model is to stick to its human overlord’s instructions. In common parlance, you could say the model was showing too many signs of being evil. (Read More)

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Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments,

Should we as Bible-believing Christians who pay attention to end-times passages be surprised that a new AI model called OpenAI on October 26, 2026, was showing too many signs of being evil?

The website nypost.com on August 23, 2025, had this headline:

"AI models are lying, blackmailing and sabotaging their human creators — and it’ll only get worse, experts warn"

 Six years ago, on August 12, 2020, a very interesting article was posted on the website theconversation.com that points to where this AI technology could be heading. The article warns:

"In 2019, the billionaire investor Peter Thiel claimed that AI was “literally communist”. He pointed out that AI allows a centralising power to monitor citizens and know more about them than they know about themselves. China, Thiel noted, has eagerly embraced AI. 

We already know AI’s potential to support totalitarianism by providing an Orwellian system of surveillance and control."

Is it really hard to believe that a future totalitarian global government (Daniel 7:23, Revelation 13:7, 15–16) could use AI to create an Orwellian system of surveillance and control over the world's population?

Iran to increase the range of its missiles, army spokesperson says

 

Iran will upgrade the range of its missiles, Army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia tells Fars news.  “During this war, we concluded that we absolutely must increase the range of our missiles, and we have now moved in that direction,” he says. (Read more)

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Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments,

Right now, the current Islamic regime in Iran with the IRGC in power possesses many long-range missiles that can strike targets, causing significant casualties and widespread damage in Israel. This ongoing military threat from Iran prevents the people living in Israel from feeling secure or safe.

On September 4, 2026, an article published by the website themedialine.org reported the following: 

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Tel Aviv that removing Iran’s government has become a central Israeli objective and is within reach... Netanyahu also expressed confidence that Israel could eliminate the threat posed by Iran and bring down its government."

Could these developing events in Iran and Israel have anything to do with end-time prophecy?

There are a number of well-known prophecy teachers who strongly believe that the current Islamic regime in Iran will not be brought down by the people of Iran, Israel, or the United States.

Does the biblical text in Ezekiel 38:7–11,14 simply communicate that before the attack by the armies listed in Ezekiel 38:1–6, the people living in Israel are dwelling in peaceful conditions and are not fearing a military threat from the jihadist Islamic regime in Iran?

"Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobilized, and take command of them. A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel. You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud. 

...This is what the Sovereign LORD says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme. You will say, "Israel is an unprotected land filled with unwalled villages! I will march against her and destroy these people who live in such confidence!..."     

...Therefore, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: When my people are living in peace in their land, then you will rouse yourself. You will come from your homeland in the distant north with your vast cavalry and your mighty army, and you will attack my people Israel, covering their land like a cloud... (NLT)"

Would you agree that it is extremely unlikely that the current Islamic regime in 2026 with its desire to launch long-range ballistic missiles at Israel would still be in power in the future at the time Israel is living in peaceful conditions, as described in Ezekiel 38?

Is it so hard to believe that a future war in Jeremiah 49:35–38 could result in the overthrow of the current Islamic government, and that the regime replacing it might for whatever reason neither express a public desire to attack Israel with long-range ballistic missiles nor pursue nuclear weapons?

Could this cause Israel to be caught by surprise when a number of jihadists from Iran jump at the chance to join the coalition in Ezekiel 38 to attack Israel?

US sends 3 carriers, 20,000 troops to Gulf

Pentagon preparing historic naval buildup with three carrier strike groups and nearly 20,000 personnel in the region as Trump signals renewed bombing campaign against Iran following collapse of diplomatic talks.

The United States is preparing to deploy up to three carrier strike groups and their accompanying vessels to the Middle East during November, according to American defense officials. The move represents one of the largest and most aggressive concentrations of naval power seen in the region since 2003, and is expected to give President Donald Trump maximum operational flexibility to resume strikes against Iran. (Read More)

Chinese AI model investigated after researcher says it provided instructions for bioweapons, assassinations

Chinese AI company Moonshot AI has launched an internal investigation after a researcher found that one of its models could be manipulated into providing instructions for developing biological weapons and carrying out assassinations, Fox News senior foreign policy correspondent Gillian Turner reported Thursday. 

Researcher Peter Garrigan told Fox News Moonshot AI's Kimi model could also be manipulated to provide information on planning terrorist attacks using real-time data, creating sarin gas, developing malware and taking down aircraft.

"What we found is quite damaging and worrying," Garrigan said.

The findings are raising broader concerns about advanced AI models concealing capabilities or behaving in ways their developers did not intend. "We've also seen these problems within the U.S. models as well. It's a fundamental flaw in the technology," Garrigan said. (Read More)

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Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments,

What a surprise! There are findings that advanced AI models, including those in the U.S., are concealing abilities or behaving in ways their developers did not intend.  

Could these capabilities eventually allow AI models from around the globe to carry out targeted assassinations? 

What if this kind of advanced AI technology fell into the hands of a future totalitarian global government (Daniel 7:23) led by a dictator who uses it to kill people around the world (Daniel 7:21, Revelation 13:7) who refuse to submit to the evil regime’s laws and dictates? 

New record for Jewish visits to Temple Mount during Sukkot

 
During the intermediate days of the holiday, 8,690 Jews ascended the Temple Mount. Rabbi Elisha Wolfson, head of the Temple Mount Yeshiva: “We are seeing redemption with our own eyes." 

Thousands of Jews visited the Temple Mount during the Sukkot holiday, with the number of visitors reaching a new record of 8,690 people. Throughout the intermediate days of the holiday, prayers and Hallel were held at the site with singing and dancing, with the participation of rabbis and Knesset members.

Rabbi Elisha Wolfson, Rosh Yeshiva of the Temple Mount Yeshiva, said: “The Holy One, Blessed be He, is revealing His love for us and performing tremendous miracles for us. It is moving to see the people of Israel returning their love to the Holy One, Blessed be He, and restoring the Divine Presence to Zion. Well done to the many visitors who demonstrate such self-sacrifice. In your merit, the Temple will be rebuilt." (Read More)

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Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments,

A record 8,690 people visited the Temple Mount during the recent Sukkot holiday also known as the Feast of Tabernacles. Why is there such excitement among Jews and rabbis regarding the growing number of people allowed to ascend the site?   

Part of this excitement comes from contrasting today's numbers with past restrictions, when no more than seven Jews were permitted to ascend at a single time. Even as recently as October 14, 2022, The Times of Israel reported that group sizes were capped at just 100 to 150 people. 

As veteran Temple Mount activist Israel Medad observed regarding the expansion of Jewish groups over the decades: "Previously, no more than seven Jews would ascend at one time, but now groups of 100 to 150 people go up together."

As a Christian, you might find it provocative to learn that the Feast of Tabernacles will be celebrated by all nations in the future, following the events of Zechariah 14. The prophet Zechariah clearly states this in verse 16:  "And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles."  Zechariah 14:16 (NKJV)

Rabbi Elisha Wolfson, Rosh Yeshiva of the Temple Mount Yeshiva, said: " In your merit, the Temple will be rebuilt."

 According to the Bible in Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, and Revelation 11:1-3, there will indeed be a future rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem.

Hamas, like Iran, will not voluntarily give up the fight

 
New roads, hospitals, schools, housing projects, and economic opportunities cannot guarantee that the next generation will reject the ideology that produced October 7.

Nearly three years after Hamas-led terrorists invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, murdered roughly 1,200 people and abducted 251, some of the voices emerging from the Gaza Strip are sending a disturbing message: October 7 is regarded by Hamas and its supporters as an operation they plan to repeat.

Chants can be heard in the streets of the Gaza Strip during funeral processions for Hamas commanders and members killed by Israel: “October 7 will return! It is coming back!”

Others include “Eid [holiday] for you, Eid; October 7 is the day of the Eid” and “Gaza is all Hamas… Gaza is all Hamas.” (Read More)

exclusive details Al Qaeda calls for copycats to target US citizens on planes while praising Dubai flight hijacker: ‘America will end’

Al Qaeda called for copycat attacks on Americans and Israeli airliners in a vile post refering 9/11 and praising the Dubai flight hijacker — whose social media accounts shared photos of one of the terror group’s leaders.

The  call appeared to come Friday in the latest edition of al-Bayan, a weekly publication launched in July by pro-Al Qaeda supporters, which invoked both the Sept. 11 attacks and Wednesday’s attempted takeover of Flydubai Flight FZ1073.

“The war isn’t over yet — planes carrying Zionists, Americans and all the other infidels fighting against Islam are still hovering in the skies and can be targeted, as happened on September 11th and 30th,” the Arabic-language article threatened. (Read More)

Pentagon planning for more naval forces in Mideast as Trump weighs renewed strikes on Iran - report

US President Donald Trump's administration is deliberating on how to approach the Iran war, now in its eighth month, as US midterm elections approach in November.

The US military is planning a potential increase of thousands of naval forces in the Middle East in the coming weeks, the Washington Post reported on Friday. 

The Pentagon intends to move up three aircraft carriers and escort ships into the region to create flexibility in overseeing the war, according to the report

Administration deliberates next move on Iran

The planning comes as US President Donald Trump’s administration deliberates on how to approach the Iran war, which has now entered its eighth month, causing dissatisfaction among the American public and roiling the global economy, according to the WP.

Additional forces deployed to the region will include 20,000 troops, up to 150 fighter jets, and numerous destroyers to launch and fend off missile attacks, it added.

...In an interview published by Time magazine on Thursday, the US President said that it’s  “possible” he will ramp up bombing after the midterms, according to the WP’s report. Around 50,000 US troops are currently deployed in the Middle East, the WP cited US officials as saying. (Read More)

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Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments,

There are 50,000 US troops already deployed in the Middle East. Now, the US military is set to deploy an additional 20,000 troops, up to 150 fighter jets, and numerous destroyers. In addition, President Trump said that "it's possible" he will ramp up bombing after the midterms.

What are the chances that, in the next three months, the US military along with the Israeli military will do nothing but sit around and watch events take place in Iran?

Dr. Bill Salus says,

Keep an eye on the danger zone in SW Iran, the ancient territory of Elam. Elam is the subject of a 2600-year-old unfulfilled Bible prophecy in Jeremiah 49:34-39. 

It predicts an epic disaster will happen that necessitates a worldwide dispersion of the affected Iranians in the last days. Elam hosts the strategic military nuclear and missile making targets displayed below.

WATCH: Viral Animation Shows How Flydubai Passengers Stopped Cockpit Attack

A viral animated simulation recreates the attack aboard Flydubai FZ1073, from the stabbing in the cockpit to the moment passengers burst in and leveled the diving plane.

A dramatic animated simulation recreating the attack aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 has gone viral online, showing the moments in which the wounded captain and Israeli passengers prevented a catastrophe over Saudi Arabia.

The roughly one-minute clip, shared on X by @Adi13, follows the sequence described by Israeli officials and passengers: the co-pilot attacks the captain with a blade, the two struggle over the controls, and the captain falls to the cockpit floor as the jet plunges toward the ground. The captain manages to unlock the cockpit door, a passenger bursts in and grabs the attacker from behind, and a hand on the controls pulls the plane out of its dive. The video ends with the aircraft in level flight and a Star of David glowing in the clouds.

The real events unfolded Wednesday on a Dubai to Tel Aviv flight carrying 174 passengers. Israeli officials say the Omani first officer stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian national, and tried to crash the plane, sending it into a dive of thousands of feet. Despite serious wounds, Machchhar released the cockpit door. Israeli passengers, cabin crew and off-duty pilots traveling on the flight then overpowered the attacker.  (Read More / WATCH)

Netanyahu: Pilot came to crash plane

Prime Minister says investigation into Fly Dubai attack shows the attacker underwent Islamist radicalization and warns: Whoever sent him will pay a very heavy price | UAE adviser calls incident act of terror for first time.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an update Friday on the investigation into the attempted attack on the Fly Dubai flight, revealing that "as time passes the picture becomes clearer, the attacker underwent Islamist radicalization. He came to crash the plane on its passengers."

"We are investigating whether he was sent, and whoever sent him will pay a very heavy price," the prime minister added.

An adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, Anwar Gargash, earlier called the attempt to crash the Fly Dubai flight "an act of terror." It is the first time the Emirates have officially defined the incident as terrorism. (Read More)

Former Emirates Captain on Sky News: Flydubai Attack Was "an Act of Religious Devotion" | WATCH

Veteran pilot Byron Bailey told Sky News Australia the Flydubai co-pilot's motive was religious, prompting the host to cut him off and steer back to the technical details.

 A veteran airline captain told Sky News Australia that the attack aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 was "probably an act of religious devotion," prompting the host to cut him off and steer the interview back to the technical details of the flight. (Read More / WATCH)

Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras

 
As Flock continues to be the center of a nationwide conversation about automatic license plate reading cameras, the company has said that it doesn’t, and won’t, do facial recognition: 

“We will not add facial recognition to our devices,” Flock CEO Garrett Langley said in a recent video. But other, third-party companies are telling cops that they are willing to add facial recognition to data gathered by Flock cameras in order to “close that gap.” 

A company called VIDIZMO is advertising the capability to export footage from FlockOS to its own platforms that do facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds. 

VIDIZMO is a several decades-old video analysis and database company that has started offering facial recognition technology to cops within the last six months. In a May email to Johnson City, Tennessee, deputy police chief Michael Adams, a salesperson from VIDIZMO wrote that the company’s product could do facial recognition on both Flock and Axon data in “one searchable platform.” (Read More)

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Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments,

It is a bit disturbing that we now have, for the first time, third-party companies willing to add facial recognition to data gathered by Flock cameras.

On August 10, 2026, newsnationnow.com published an article titled "Flock camera map: How many are in your neighborhood?" The article quotes Flock as stating that "nearly 100,000 cameras are in place across more than 6,000 communities in 49 states."

Are you aware that there are dozens of countries around the world that already use facial recognition cameras for mass surveillance of their citizens besides the US?  

Do we see trends developing for a number of years that would make it possible for a future totalitarian global government (Daniel 7:23, Revelation 13:7, 15–16) to use facial recognition cameras for the mass surveillance of people throughout the world?

Egypt's army: huge numbers, huge problems

Cairo fields the Arab world's largest force, with over 1.2 million personnel, thousands of advanced tanks and nearly 1,100 aircraft, but mixed equipment from the US, France and Russia creates maintenance headaches that raise questions about real combat readiness.

The Arab world's largest military machine continues to serve as the region's central military pillar. With over 1.2 million personnel in active service and reserves, thousands of advanced Abrams tanks, the only helicopter carriers of their kind in Africa, and an air force numbering nearly 1,100 aircraft, the Egyptian military presents impressive figures that place it 19th globally.

But beneath the striking numbers lie enormous logistical challenges and complex maintenance of mixed equipment from different sources, raising questions about the true operational capability of this force.

According to Global Firepower data for 2026, Egypt ranks 19th worldwide thanks to a combination of massive manpower and unprecedented quantitative strength. The Egyptian military counts approximately 438,500 regular soldiers, alongside some 479,000 reservists and 300,000 internal security personnel, forming a combined force of over 1.2 million. (Read More)