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As war erupted with Iran, we knew we couldn't stay in our strategically located Tel Aviv apartment. What we couldn't have imagined is that we would end up spending days in the company of fiercely God-loving Christians stranded in the middle of their Holy Land tour

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Southern Baptist tourists from Missouri sheltering in a Jerusalem hotel safe room play card games to pass the time. Credit: Judy Maltz
As war erupted with Iran, we knew we couldn't stay in our strategically located Tel Aviv apartment. What we couldn't have imagined is that we would end up spending days in the company of fiercely God-loving Christians stranded in the middle of their Holy Land tour
10:02 AM • March 08 2026 IST
If and when war broke out again with Iran, we knew one thing: We needed to get out of our apartment, and fast.
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The jets were located at the airport in Isfahan, the city where Israel had previously destroyed Ghadr-class ballistic missiles and their launch platforms.
"We want to tell you that the hand of the State of Israel will continue to pursue every successor and every person who seeks to appoint a successor," the IDF wrote.
Members of the IRGC, the Basij, and other repressive forces still deployed in the streets have become fatigued and desperate, the officer said.
The announcement, which named the victims as Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah Emad Al-Sharrah and Major Fahd Abdulaziz Al-Mujammad, didn't detail the circumstances of their deaths.