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Day 303 Swords of Iron – “Nehemiah 4:14”

Chaim starts the video by declaring that these are very tumultuous and difficult times, but they are also times to be brave and trust in God that He will fulfill his promises to watch over and protect Israel.

He mentions that the previous night there was a large barrage of rockets fired by Hezbollah into Israel. Israel struck back hard, and the battle continues.

Chaim says that most of the major airlines have suspended flights to Israel and there are Israelis who were out of the country for different reasons and they are now struggling to find flights to get back. Volunteers who were planning to come and work at the Aliyah Return Center are also having a difficult time getting here.

Everyone is waiting to see what will happen, as the working assumption is that there will be a massive barrage of missiles, UAVs and rockets fired into Israel from Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iranian-sponsored militias in Syria and Iraq as well as Yemen, all firing at once in an effort to overwhelm the Israeli defenses.

At the same time, El Al is continuing to fly in and out of Israel and the IDF has discovered a smuggling tunnel running under the Philidelphia Corridor between Egypt and the Gazan city of Rafah. This massive tunnel was obviously used to smuggle vast quantities of weapons, ammunition and other contraband into the Gaza Strip for use against Israel.

Chaim says there is still work for the IDF to do in Gaza as well as in the North.

In this context, he quotes Psalms 118:10; All nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

He also quotes Nehemiah 4:14; And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

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(Day 540) Swords of Iron – “What Color is a Jew?”

Chaim starts out by saying that the IDF is hard at work keeping Israel safe and trying for a quiet weekend, which he says Israel needs in order to recuperate. At the same time, he notes that in Gaza, leaflets were distributed advising the residents to move away from areas that were about to be attacked. There have even been instances when an individual who wasn’t moving out of a building that was about to be struck was called and convinced to leave just before the strike came and destroyed that building. Chaim says this is an example of how the IDF is serious and its warnings should be taken seriously.

(Day 539) Swords of Iron – “Shabbat peace as the storm rages”

The video begins with a montage of combat footage that Chaim has taken before the scene changes to Chaim welcoming in the Sabbath with a group of other soldiers, obviously in battlefield conditions. The Jewish soldiers are all heavily armed and wearing full combat gear, but they are singing, praying and eating the Shabbat meal together just the same.

(Day 538) Swords of Iron – “The Waiting Game”

Chaim starts off by talking about ballistic missile attacks by the Houthis on Jerusalem, and says that as bad as they are, it was much worse before Israel had the Iron Dome and other air defense systems. Chaim also concedes that these systems are very expensive but he mentions the “Iron Beam” laser which will shoot down incoming missiles for a fraction of the cost, and soon everyone will want it.

(Day 537) Swords of Iron – USA Stealth bombers head toward Iran and Yemen

Chaim starts by talking about how the US military is deploying assets to Diego Garcia, a British-owned island in the Indian Ocean which also serves as a major hub for US military operations in the Middle East. Chaim says that all this firepower might soon be unleashed on the Houthis in Yemen, who have no way of defending against it. But the other major target is Iran, and some of their strategic assets are deep underground where even the American mili might have a hard time getting at them. Chaim says that Iran is showing this capability off to the world, clearly hoping to intimidate and discourage the US and Israel rom striking, but that is very unlikely to be successful.

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