
Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians, including two minors, in predawn raids across Tubas, Nablus, Bethlehem and Hebron, while settlers separately assaulted a farming couple and set fire to vehicles near Hebron amid a surge of new illegal outposts. Escalating settler violence and forced displacement in Judea and Samaria reflect the ongoing turmoil over the land God promised to Israel, a region central to end-times prophecy where nations continue to contest and divide His inheritance. Scripture warns that Jerusalem and its surrounding territory will become "a burdensome stone" as nations gather against it in the last days.