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Day 457 Swords of Iron – “Brainwashing is real”

Chaim begins the video by showing the viewers around an “Eitan” Armored Personnel Carrier and he reminds them that “Eitan” means “strength” and that the Jewish people are not alone, they’re accompanied by the Father. He gives his reassurance that this is more than enough to confront whatever comes at us.

Speaking of what Israel is confronting, the next scenes show an IDF soldier who found a puzzle in a child’s room in Gaza. It shows Arab children attacking Israel with guns, tanks and other weapons. The solider says it’s proof that Palestinian children are taught to hate Israelis and Jews from a young age.

Next there is a clip from an interview with a man who used to be part of the Houthis in Yemen, but now he has a YouTube channel where he goes around Israel talking about how wonderful and amazing and good it is that Jews and Arabs live together so peacefully here.

Chaim then talks about the ways that the IDF, and his unit, the Ya’alom Combat Engineers specifically, are going after the Hamas weapons manufacturing infrastructure underground in Gaza. Israel is also forging partnerships with the Kurds and other non-Muslim groups throughout the Middle East as a way of pushing back against militant Islam, especially what’s coming out of Iran.

Operations continue against Hamas in Gaza, including in southern Gaza in and around the Philidelphi Corridor, which the Biden Administration in the US wanted the IDF to withdraw from, but Israel’s political leadership said this is not an option until there can be some kind of guarantee that more smuggling of weapons, ammunition, narcotics and other contraband will not start up again as soon as the IDF withdraws.

Chaim also mentions the ongoing operations against the Houthis in Yemen. The Houthis don’t seem to be convinced or deterred by half-measures, gestures or pressure. They keep firing ballistic missiles at Israel and attacking merchant shipping in international waters, in violation of international law and even common sense.

In this context, Chaim quotes I Samuel 25:29; Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.

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(Day 769) Swords of Iron – “Shift in Progress”

Chaim starts by saying he expects things to shift for the better in the Middle East. He expects the hearts and minds of people in Gaza to shift, as there are only three hostages remaining in the Strip and because of coordination between Israel and the US and others, over 800 trucks full of humanitarian aid are going into the Strip every day.

(Day 768) Swords of Iron – “Culmination, as we dismantle terror Infrastructure”

Chaim starts by pointing out that Veterans Day was just marked in the U.S. and he wonders aloud if people really understand what soldiers do and what they sacrifice and endure on battlefields. He then begins to list some of the work the IDF is doing in the current days, including after the ceasefire, finding and demolishing tunnels packed full of weapons and ammunition that Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon intended to use against Israel.

(Day 766) Swords of Iron – “Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, laid to rest with our ancestors”

Chaim starts by letting his viewers know he’s filming from the funeral of Har Goldin, whose remains were returned to Israel for a proper burial this past week 11 years after his dead body was kidnapped into a Hamas tunnel during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Chaim gives a short history lesson about that operation, and subsequent operations that all led up to the Swords of Iron War, which still isn’t over despite the ceasefire. He also talks about the efforts by Goldin’s parents and others to secure the release of his remains so he could receive a proper burial. Chaim says he himself was part of that effort, which included talks with senior officials in Egypt and many other countries and organizations including the Red Cross, various UN agencies, etc.

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