At 6:30 a.m. on October 7, 2023, explosions shattered the quiet of Kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza border, beginning hours of fire, killings, and kidnappings that left Israel’s hardest-hit community in ruins.

The World Day of Prayer 2023 will be carried out in China's TSPM church next Friday with the theme of “Reconciled in Christ" based on Colossians 1:18-20 instead of following the official program.