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Day 246 Swords of Iron – “4 Hostages rescued alive!!!”

Chaim starts the video by saying how glad he is to share the news that four Israeli hostages have been rescued and reunited with their loved ones.

He says that he and many other IDF soldiers have been up all night preparing for this mission, carrying it out and then dealing with the aftermath, but it’s all worth it. He says that many people have given up hope of getting these hostages back alive, but the hostages themselves didn’t give up and no one else should either.

Chaim rhetorically asks his viewers if they believe in the power of prayer and in miracles, and he quotes Jeremiah 31:16-17; Thus says the Lord: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; For your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. There is hope in your future, says the Lord, that your children shall come back to their own border.

He next tells his viewers that these four hostages seem to be in good physical condition and he also mentions this sorrow at the passing of an IDF soldier who was severely wounded in the operation and later died of his wounds.

But he says it gives all of the IDF soldiers renewed courage and determination to continue the mission, and he says that even as the Hamas terrorists failed miserably in their battle with the IDF to try and keep these hostages, the IDF is also continuing to destroy terror tunnels and eliminate the terrorists themselves, wherever they find them.

He mentions that the IDF has full control of the Philidelphia Corridor, which is the border between Egypt and Gaza, and otherwise, the IDF has Hamas surrounded and so the military victory over them is close. But another, much bigger conflict with Hezbollah is also looming very close, and that situation needs urgent prayer.

But for now, Chaim says he’s taking a moment to savor the wonderful feeling of bringing these hostages home alive, and he quotes Psalms 32:7; You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah to make the point about God preserving these hostages and bringing them home safely.

The video concludes with Chaim showing how he used a drill donated by ARC supporters to change out a spare tire on an IDF vehicle quickly, which is much better than having to do it manually.

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(Day 563) Swords of Iron – “Drive Terror Out”

Chaim starts by saying he remembers the day he got the call to come to his IDF reserve unit because the war was starting and he was needed. He talks about others he knows who did the same, even though many of them were very busy and had a lot going on, they all dropped what they were doing and ran to join their units. They all thought it would be a short war like so many others before it, but this war has lasted over a year and a half and there’s no end in sight.

(Day 562) Swords of Iron – “Fell in the line of duty”

Chaim starts by saying it’s always tragic when the IDF suffers casualties, and he honors Warrant Officer G’haleb Sliman Alnasasra, 35, of Rahat, who was killed in action over the weekend. Several other soldiers were wounded in the attack, which occurred in an area that was believed to have been cleared of hostile actors, but Hamas had a tunnel that had not been demolished yet and some Hamas guys popped up out of that tunnel and fired an RPG at an IDF vehicle and then later as a rescue vehicle was headed towards the scene Hamas detonated an IED and inflicted more casualties.

(Day 561) Swords of Iron – “Name a Hero of yours”

Chaim starts the video by asking his viewers to leave a comment talking about who their heroes are. He then tells the story of one of his personal heroes, Fredreich Bonhoofer, who was a pastor in Germany who publicly stood against the Nazi regime and was also involved in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944. His great legacy is that although he was a pacifist, he said that to not take action in the face of evil, and to not speak out in the face of evil, was to support evil and to become evil.

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