World Affairs

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URGENT PRAYER REQUEST
For Ami, the son of Israeli Evangelist David Ortiz in Ariel near Tel
Aviv

Jacob Prasch & Moriel request urgent prayer for Ami,
the son of Israeli Evangelist David Ortiz in Ariel near
Tel Aviv. The family has been threatened by both Ultra
Orthodox Jews, but also by Moslems & Hamas linked
Islamic groups for leading Moslems to faith in Christ.
On Purim, a gift parcel arrived for David, his wife and
their five children. Ami opened the parcel containing a
bomb that blew up in his face. Below is the latest
report from Israel. We praise Yeshua that the boy is
alive, how be it in serious condition, very badly burned
and missing certain body parts.



Please pray for this lad's recovery and physical
rehabilitation, for the family, and that the evil terrorists
who perpetrated this attack will be apprehended and
bought to justice.

A short update



He is out of surgery. The Lord has been merciful. The
boy is still a mess but stable. Amazing news - no
shrapnel got into his arteries or vital organs. One lung
was crushed but they managed to save it. His brain is
not injured. His body is intact except for losing several
toes (not sure why "toes" instead of "fingers", but this
detail is from his mother Leah). The swelling in his
face has gone down.



It is truly miraculous, given the fact that the bomb was
right in front of him. The Lord had to have been
shielding him to keep him alive.



That was the good news. The rest... he has 2nd and
3rd degree burns, deep gashes all over, and both
arms broken. In addition, his eyes are badly
damaged. The med team has not even had a chance
to take care of that yet, because of all the life-
threatening things they were working on all night. He
is stable but heavily sedated.



His parents were at the hospital all night and are
obviously in a state of shock and exhaustion. I have
not seen their apartment, but the older Ortiz kids went
to the house and they say the entire kitchen and living
room are destroyed. No one is even thinking about
that, because Ami is alive and that is enough for now.
The Shabak (general security people) are doing a
complete investigation. They were just here at the
house. The two theories of "who" are still being
considered - either anti-missionaries (Jewish
extremists) or Arab terrorists.



For the record, I strongly doubt the anti-missionary
theory. The hostile hareidim do things very differently -
usually going wild and/or bringing a crowd to
demonstrate. In the most extreme cases, they have
set fire to a meeting place (while empty). They do not
try to carry out cold-blooded murders - and they
certainly would not use the tradition of Purim gift-giving
(a mitzvah they take quite seriously) for the bait!




In fact, it was not a traditional Purim food-basket - it
was a wrapped package, unusually bulky and large.
Ami called his parents to comment on it, about 20
minutes before opening it....



This bomb was designed by people who knew what
they were doing, how to set and hide a trigger, and
how to maximize its blast effect. The bomb packed
with metal shards is a trademark of PA-sponsored
terror. David has had a "fatwa" on his head (death
threat) from Hamas for several years, for the crime of
bringing Palestinian Muslims to faith in Yeshua.

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