Day 396 Swords of Iron – “Elections”

Chaim starts out by saying that everyone in Israel is in suspense, wondering how the elections in the US will go. The relationship between Israel and the US is so strong and important that Israelis are naturally very concerned about it.

Day 395 Swords of Iron – “Iran threatens to destroy us”

Chaim says that Israel is living through a historic epoch which he thinks is comparable to the Exodus out of Egypt into the Promised Land and the survival of a remnant of Jews during the Holocaust. He thinks this current war, and the miraculous victories Israel is seeing, are comparable to the miracles that happened in the 1967 Six Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Day 394 Swords of Iron – “The Plot Thickens”

Chaim starts by informing his viewers that Shabbat wasn’t very peaceful in northern Israel this week because of the large numbers of rockets and UAV’s that Hezbollah fired into the Galilee. He says that this can’t be allowed to continue, and the main threat of Iran’s nuclear program certainly can’t be allowed to continue.

Day 393 Swords of Iron – “Replacement”

Chaim starts out by mentioning the large number of rockets Hezbollah has fired into Israel in recent days, but the people of Israel are saying they won’t be afraid. Chaim says this is even more important as Iran continues to threaten a much larger attack, possibly by proxies.

Day 392 Swords of Iron – “Keeping The Peace”

Chaim begins by saying he’s just going to talk to his viewers like friends, as it’s almost Shabbat and time to enter into a time of rest. But he says it’s difficult to relax because there’s been yet another threat from Iran of a “painful attack” on Israel in the next few days before the US election. This is on top of the usual rocket attacks from Hezbollah which are killing Israelis almost every day and the threats Chaim faces in his job as an IDF combat engineer.

Day 390 Swords of Iron – “Isaiah 40 Comfort my people”

Chaim starts the video by mentioning that 12,000 Israelis have been wounded since this war began, most of them soldiers but also some civlians who were wounded in terrorist attacks or rocket attacks. He then adds that these are very difficult times in Israel for this and many other reasons, including the large number of PTSD cases among returning soldiers and even many civilians.

Day 388 Swords of Iron – “Hostage Deal”

Chaim starts the video by mentioning the plan Egypt has proposed for there to be a 2 day cease fire in Gaza in exchange for four Israeli hostages. This would be followed by a longer cease-fire and the plan is for there to be a longer-term cease-fire. Chaim says that the CIA Director and the Mossad director are both on their way to Qatar for talks aimed at ending the war and freeing the remaining hostages.