Day 351 Swords of Iron – “Eliminate Terror/Restore Peace”
Chaim starts out by saying that he’s still down on the Gaza envelope region, but according to Israeli news portal Channel 13, the Third Lebanon War has begun. He mentions the large air strikes that took out dozens of rocket launchers and over 1,000 rockets which were loaded and ready to fire. The air force also took out some more senior Hezbollah field commanders in Beruit. This included the commanders of the Radwan Force, which was designed to invade Galilee, but there are now several of their most capable fighters who won’t be participating in that invasion, if it even happens.
But Chaim warns that Iran might be poised to attack Israel and have built up forces to try and do so. But Israel has made a series of pre-emptive moves to decapitate the leadership of the terrorist forces arrayed against us.
However, Chaim says that he’s still worried about the reaction of so many in the “free world” to what Israel is doing. They’re not supporting Israel in its battle against terrorism, instead, they’re criticizing Israel for the way it’s fighting this war. Chaim says that he and his comrades in the IDF are fighting to restore peace to the world, but peace doesn’t just happen. It takes hard work and it requires the elimination of those forces which are making trouble for everyone else.
In this context, Chaim quotes Psalms 125:2; As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.
He uses this verse as a catalyst for praying for the safe return of the hostages and full victory in this war.
