(Day 735) Swords of Iron – “From captivity to Tabernacle Joy”

Chaim starts by saying that it is with very mixed feelings that he and his fellow IDF soldiers are watching the arrival of US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kuchner to finalize the deal which will bring this…

(Day 734) Swords of Iron – The hostages are coming home!

Chaim starts by saying that he’s in Jerusalem (wearing civilian clothes) and he is so excited because the deal to release the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza has been signed and finalized. The hostages will be able to…

(Day 733) Swords of Iron – “Mixed Signals”

Chaim starts by saying that no matter where the IDF soldiers are, and no matter what job they have, we are standing with them as this war might be about to be over, but there is still much work…

(Day 732) Swords of Iron – “October 7th Pondering”

Chaim starts by saying that he’s filming this video on October 7th, 2025, the two year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s history.

(Day 731) Swords of Iron – “Where are the hostages?”

Chaim starts by talking about how he’s been mobilized in this war for two years, which is 10% of his adult life, and he’s seen and participated in many of the war’s most well-known campaigns. However, now is a…

(Day 730) Swords of Iron – “Two Years”

Chaim starts by saying that it’s been a great privilege for him to be mobilized in his IDF reserve unit, to serve with the elite Yahalom Combat Engineers for Special Missions, demolishing Hamas tunnels and doing various other specialized…

(Day 729) Swords of Iron – “Permanent Ceasefire?!”

Chaim says that he’s glad that President Trump put pressure on Hamas and they gave a sort of “half yes” to the plan he put forward to end this war, including the return of the hostages. This gives hope…

(Day 728) Swords of Iron – “Flotillas and Murder in Manchester”

Chaim starts by asking a rhetorical question about the anti-Israel flotillas, as in “what are they thinking” and why do they think that what they’re doing will add something positive to the situation?

(Day 727) Swords of Iron – “Yom Kippur”

Chaim starts by saying that it’s Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and there is some heaviness in the air as the fate of Israel’s hostages hangs in the balance.

(Day 726) Swords of Iron – “Redemption Resilience and Atonement”

Chaim starts by mentioning some of the Israeli women who were kidnapped and murdered on October 7th, 2023, and he says that there are still shooting attacks happening on a regular basis in different places in Israel, which is…