Jerusalem, Israel
PRAYER UPDATE –
MARCH 2, 2025
Israel and the Nations
GPW News
Israel conducted a pre-emptive strike against Iran at 8:10
a.m. Saturday morning, Israel time, February 28, 2026. The U.S. and Israel,
working together, had intelligence information that an Iranian security meeting
was taking place between the heads of that government. So, Israel, with the
help of the U.S., took that moment to strike the Iranian government
headquarters, eliminating Ayatollah Khamenei and 40 leaders in his government.
Iran struck back, and has been hitting targets in Israel, as well as striking
U.S. military bases in the region. Arab Gulf states are being hit with Iranian
missiles, and even Cyprus. Today, Hezbollah in Lebanon decided to enter the war
against Israel. Iran seems set on causing a regional, or maybe a world war,
using its proxies to act aggressively in the Middle East.
This war is different than the 12-day war with Iran that
occurred in June 2025. This time it is more intense. With U.S. and Israeli
military leaders synchronizing every move (through the command of CENTCOM),
there have been a reported 2,000 sorties that have landed in Iran, just in 3
days! It’s an unprecendented time when these two democracies, sharing intel
with each other, are working closely together as military superpowers, to stop
this brutal and tyrannical regime.
PRAYER POINTS:
Pray for the Lord to hold back the arm of the enemy from
causing havoc in this Middle East region!
Pray that the goals of the U.S.-Israel alliance be
accomplished in record time!
Reports indicate that U.S. President Trump has stated
this war could continue for 2-5 weeks. Because U.S. soldiers are getting
killed and injured, and reportedly, only 1 in 4 Americans approve of this war, it’s
probable that President Trump will look to end the conflict, sooner than later.
May it be according to Your will, O Lord!
With different national interests than those of the U.S.,
the Israeli government is determined to see regime change, as the current
regime remains an existential threat to the state of Israel. May Israel’s
leaders look to the Lord to see such changes take place, calling on His
heavenly armies to assist.
REMEMBERING THE BOOK OF ESTHER:
Today, is Day 3 in the war with Iran. It is also the
day that observant Jews in Israel and around the world fast for 1 day,
remembering Esther’s request for a 3 day fast (Esther 4:16, which took
place at the time of Passover).
Today, those in synagogues, worldwide, read the scroll of
Esther. Tomorrow, marks Purim, but all public festivities in Israel
have been cancelled. Many parents already bought their children Purim costumes,
and still plan to meet in small family gatherings in homes.
PRAYER NEEDED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM DIRECT
MISSILE HITS:
Israelis living in Beit Shemesh, in the corridor west of
Jerusalem about 30 minutes, were killed and wounded in an Iranian attack,
yesterday, March 1, 2026. Beit Shemesh is mostly a religious community.
The neighborhood shelter got a direct hit from an Iranian ballistic missile,
also destroying a synagogue, and damaging a home nearby. There were 9 people
who died, which included mothers and children. One mother and her son survived,
but her husband and mother-in-law died.
There were 16 injured, in this close-knit community, and currently there
are still citizens unaccounted for (that were crushed in the rubble).
Beit Shemesh is very close to a hidden military base that
the Iranians know about. So, the community is vulnerable to an attack. The IDF, reportedly, only used one
interceptor, and the Iranian missile got through. The situation is being
investigated.
There was a direct hit in Tel Aviv where one person died,
and many were injured. It destroyed a block of apartments. Another big hit happened
in an open space in Beersheva. In Jerusalem, the IDF intercepted an Iranian warhead
near the City of David, and one near the Dome of the Rock. There was also a missile that hit a road in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, damaging vehicles.
PRAYER POINTS:
Pray that the injured will be healed and recover quickly. And, that loved ones of those who died will be comforted.
Pray for any of those still trapped in the rubble in Beit
Shemesh will finally be freed, and that there will be a miracle of lives saved!
Pray that Israel’s defense system will work above and
beyond its capabilities, protecting lives, homes, and properties.
There are many who don’t understand that Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei set
up a system where, reportedly, 4 different layers of leaders with authority
could take the place of him and whoever else was killed in his government. It’s
going to take a regime change for the Middle East to be free of Iranian
terrorism, and for the people of Iran to experience freedom. This needs
prayer!
The evil leader, Haman, may have been hung on the gallows
in the book of Esther 7:10, but the Jews were still a target of the
enemy! They still had to defend
themselves after Haman’s death. Pray, as Israelis must defend themselves now
from Iran (modern day Persia); from Hezbollah in Lebanon; and perhaps from the
Houthi’s in Yemen, as well!
As Purim approaches, read Esther Chapter 9, and
pray that God, Himself, offers a double amount of protection over His people,
defending them from their wicked foes.
Pray that quiet and peace will come to this land.
Judges 5:31: “So, may all Your enemies perish,
LORD! But, may all who love You be like the sun when it rises in its
strength.” Then, the land had peace
forty years.