Gaza Killings Continue Despite Ceasefire as Death Toll Surpasses 73,000

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 10 Palestinians in Gaza within 24 hours, including a World Central Kitchen aid driver, even as a US-brokered ceasefire nominally remains in place — with Israel now controlling roughly 80 percent of the Strip. The persistent conflict in Gaza keeps the world's attention fixed on Israel as the epicentre of end-times tension, with no durable peace in sight despite international pressure — a pattern Scripture consistently associates with the final days before Christ's return. Jesus warned in Matthew 24:6-8 that wars and rumours of wars, along with widespread suffering, would mark the beginning of birth pains preceding the end of the age.