(Day 693) Swords of Iron – “Things Are Shifting”
Chaim starts by telling his viewers that Israel is a beautiful country with lots of cultural diversity, and as prood, he lets them hear the Muezzin, the Moslem prayer leader, calling the faithful to prayer in Jaffa, from where Chaim is filming.
(Day 692) Swords of Iron – “Darkness over the People”
Chaim starts out by saying that everyone is wondering what’s going to happen in the month of September. Some of the Western countries that have said they’re ready to recognize a Palestinian State at the UN General Assembly meeting have also reinstated sanctions on Iran over its violations of the 2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement.
(Day 691) Swords of Iron – “Down to the wire”
Chaim starts by saying that Gaza City MUST be evacuated, and he reminds his viewers of how not long ago, there was a global campaign to convince everyone that it was not possible to evacuate Rafah without a humanitarian disaster ensuing, but in the end, the city was evacuated and there was no disaster. Chaim says this same thing can happen again, and those who are saying once again that it’ll result in a humanitarian disaster should remember this as well.
(Day 690) Swords of Iron – “Precision”
Chaim starts out by saying how much good it does him to see tunnels demolished that Hamas dug for evil purposes, such as holding hostages in cruel captivity, moving into position to attack Israelis, hiding weapons to fire at innocent people, etc. He says that as a member of the IDF’s Yahalom combat engineering unit, he has participated in the demolition of many such tunnels. Some were destroyed with explosives while others were flooded with water or cement. There’s also infrastructure above ground which hide tunnel entrances, and this infrastructure must also be destroyed.
(Day 689) Swords of Iron – “Will They Ever Learn?”
Chaim starts by saying that the Houthis in Yemen have been hit hard by the IDF in response to all the ballistic missiles and drones they keep firing at the one democracy in the Middle East, but they just don’t seem to be getting the message that it’s time to stop.
(Day 688) Swords of Iron – “No Greater Love”
Chaim starts out by saying that it’s very painful to see IDF soldiers killed in action. He’s filming from the site of a small memorial that have been built to these soldiers, to add the name of Lt. Ori Gerlic, 20, a platoon commander in the Kfir Brigade who was killed by an accidental premature explosion of a charge that had been set to demolish a Hamas position in Khan Yunis over the weekend.
(Day 687) Swords of Iron – “Secret Weapon”
Chaim starts out by saying he wants to show his viewers a “secret weapon” that IDF soldiers carry into battle with them, and it’s cards with the Psalms and other Bible verses written on them. These cards, which soldiers carry so they can read the verses and proclaim them over themselves and their comrades and their country, give them spiritual strength when other forms of strength fail them.
(Day 686) Swords of Iron – “Gearing Up For Triumph”
Chaim starts by describing how many drones and rockets Hamas is firing at the humanitarian aid convoys as they’re on their way into the Gaza Strip, and he says that this is going on right out in the open and the international media is giving Hamas a pass on it once again. Meanwhile, there are some Palestinians who are standing up to Hamas, including the Abu Shabab militia, which don’t like Israel much but really hates Hamas and so they’re fighting Hamas for control of the streets in Gaza. Chaim says they might be helpful in the takeover of Gaza City.
(Day 685) Swords of Iron – “IDF Ambushed”
Chaim starts by describing an ambush that IDF forces got hit with in Khan Yunis. A group of Hamas gunmen emerged from a tunnel shaft very close to IDF positions and managed to infiltrate one position before the IDF soldiers were aware of their presence. In the ensuing battle, several Hamas operatives were eliminated and four IDF soldiers were wounded. The belief is that this was an attempt to kidnap someone to be used as a hostage, but this time it didn’t succeed.
(Day 684) Swords of Iron – “Reality Check Food Into Gaza”
Chaim starts out by telling his viewers that he is standing at one of the entrances to Gaza and he shows them some of the dozens of trucks carrying humanitarian aid going into the Strip every single day. He mentions that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is doing a great job of distributing all this food, while there have been incidents when Gazans poured out sacks of flour on the ground because there was too much of it.