5th November 2026

Despite a framework agreement signed in June 2026 that provides for the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory, Israeli forces shelled several areas in southern Lebanon and set homes ablaze in the town of Haddatha in the Bint Jbeil district yesterday. Artillery shelling also targeted towns in the Bint Jbeil and Tyre districts. In the Hasbaya district, an Israeli drone dropped stun grenades near farmers harvesting olives, with no immediate reports of casualties. Since 2nd March, Israeli military operations in Lebanon have killed nearly 4,400 people, injured more than 12,400, and displaced over 1 million.

God of love and peace, act in the power of your love to bring peace in Lebanon. May all who are grieving today be comforted, the broken-hearted healed, and people injured cared for. Wrap into your care all who have been displaced from their homes, or lost livelihoods or harvests, we pray.  Turn the hearts of the Israeli administration. May it cease killing, destruction, maiming and displacing people from their homes and communities. May it seek fulfil your purpose for the people of Israel - to live in harmony with neighbours, and seek to draw people to you by the way they live their lives, loving neighbour as themselves. We pray in the name of Jesus our Saviour we pray, Amen.

Four Nigerian girls from Plateau, Enugu and Benue states were reportedly lured abroad with promises of decent employment but were forced into prostitution and subjected to harsh conditions. The four girls were rescued in Mali and Burkina Faso, facilitated by Global Anti-Human Trafficking Organisation, GAHTO, following an alert by an informant.  The GAHTO founder, Prosper Kayode Michael, described the rate at which Nigerians were trafficked to other countries as alarming.  “Thousands of our people are crying for rescue every day. We must be there for them and give them hope for better future because this our country, we are Giant of Africa and no Nigerian should be trafficked for Sexual and Labour Exploitation,” he said.

Psalm 104: 1-4, 19-23, 33-34

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, you are very great!

You are clothed with splendour and majesty,

covering yourself with light as with a garment,

stretching out the heavens like a tent.

He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;

he makes the clouds his chariot;

he rides on the wings of the wind;

he makes his messengers winds,

his ministers a flaming fire.

He made the moon to mark the seasons;

the sun knows its time for setting.

You make darkness, and it is night,

when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

The young lions roar for their prey,

seeking their food from God.

When the sun rises, they steal away

and lie down in their dens.

Man goes out to his work

and to his labour until the evening.

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

May my meditation be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in the Lord.