Teenager shot in Hamas attack that killed his parents will keep the bullet in their memory
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🗓️ 13 October 2023
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Summary
Rotem Matias, 16, was shot by Hamas terrorists, but his mother saved him at the cost of her life. His father also died in the attacks. Matias has chosen to keep the bullet removed from his stomach as a reminder of his parents and the many other victims of the ongoing war in Israel. Today, Israel appears to have four basic options in responding to Hamas. A ground offensive seems likely to happen as 300,000 Israeli troops have amassed at the Gaza border. What should Israel do next? And how should Christians pray with regard to this unfolding war?
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Friday, October the 13th, |
| 0:07.3 | 2020. I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, |
| 0:14.1 | Dr. Jim Denison. Mom and dad, they sacrificed their lives to save me, 16-year-old Rota Matthias told CNN yesterday. |
| 0:23.6 | When the Israeli teenager and his parents were attacked by Hamas Terrace last Saturday, |
| 0:28.6 | his mother died trying to shield him. |
| 0:30.6 | He was shot but survived and will keep the bullet removed surgically from his stomach |
| 0:35.6 | as a memory to never forget his parents and the |
| 0:38.9 | other victims. Every Jew in Israel and around the world, old enough to remember Hamas's invasion, |
| 0:45.0 | will never forget it. After more than 30 trips to the Holy Land, I can tell you this tiny country |
| 0:50.7 | is interconnected in ways Americans cannot understand. Nearly everyone knows someone |
| 0:56.9 | who was directly affected by the atrocities of October the 7th. Now we're learning that Jews |
| 1:02.1 | around the world could be victims of Hamas. The terror organization's head is calling for a global |
| 1:08.6 | day of rage today in which Muslims across the globe would, quote-unquote, fight against the Jews. |
| 1:15.7 | The former leader of Hamas is similarly urging Muslims around the world to protest today |
| 1:21.5 | and is calling on Muslim nations in the Middle East to join the battle against Israel. |
| 1:26.4 | Hamas is also vowing to broadcast |
| 1:28.1 | executions of its hostages on the internet if Israel strikes Gaza. The terrorists have |
| 1:33.7 | already flooded social media with violent videos and graphic images of kidnappings and murders |
| 1:39.2 | its staged last weekend. We are now learning that a nine-month-old baby is among the hostages taken by |
| 1:46.1 | Hamas. How should Israel respond to such horrific terrorism? Broadly speaking, they have four basic |
| 1:52.3 | options. One is to affect a prisoner swap exchanging Palestinian prisoners for hostages held |
| 1:58.3 | by Hamas in Gaza. That was done in 2011 when Israel exchanged a thousand such prisoners for hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. That was done in 2011 when Israel exchanged a thousand |
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