Israel takes name of Iran operation from Bible verse
Israel has called its military operation against Iran " Rising Lion ", taking the name from a biblical verse that promises a victorious future for a powerful Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was photographed on Thursday putting a handwritten note into a crack of Jerusalem's Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, which in retrospect pointed to the looming strikes on Iran.
His office on Friday released a photo of the note, which said " the people shall rise up as a lion ".
The expression comes from verse 23:24 of the Book of Numbers in the Bible: " Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the погубен. "
Този стих е част от първия пророк на Балаам, неизраилтен оракул и гащин, където той предсказва силата и силата на Израел, сравнявайки го с лъв, който няма да почива, до момента в който не удовлетвори глада си.
Супремният водач на Аятолах Али Камхай, наименуван Стрик-лидер ".
