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Day 331 Swords of Iron – “Tragic Rescue”

Chaim starts the video by saying that as the day ends, we all have to be grateful that we are alive and free. He compares this to the situation of the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. This is on everyone’s mind this week as one hostage was rescued alive a few days ago but then six hostages were murdered just hours before their bodies were found by IDF troops searching through the tunnels in Rafah.

Chaim says their families are devastated and want some privacy to mourn, and he thinks out loud about the process of identifying them through forensic investigations.

He says that there was so much hope that these hostages would be found and rescued alive, as others have, but there is still hope that others will be.

He mentions a statement made by IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari in which he said that these hostages had been murdered as the IDF troops were getting close, and the murderers fled.

Chaim also mentions that on Sunday there was a shooting attack on the road near Hebron in Judea that left three Israeli police officers dead.

Chaim says that with all this going on, it’s a wild time in Israel and he appeals to his viewers to join him in asking God for help to overcome this rising darkness.

In this context he quotes Psalms 119:53; “Horror has overtaken me because of those who forsake your Law.”

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(Day 769) Swords of Iron – “Shift in Progress”

Chaim starts by saying he expects things to shift for the better in the Middle East. He expects the hearts and minds of people in Gaza to shift, as there are only three hostages remaining in the Strip and because of coordination between Israel and the US and others, over 800 trucks full of humanitarian aid are going into the Strip every day.

(Day 768) Swords of Iron – “Culmination, as we dismantle terror Infrastructure”

Chaim starts by pointing out that Veterans Day was just marked in the U.S. and he wonders aloud if people really understand what soldiers do and what they sacrifice and endure on battlefields. He then begins to list some of the work the IDF is doing in the current days, including after the ceasefire, finding and demolishing tunnels packed full of weapons and ammunition that Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon intended to use against Israel.

(Day 766) Swords of Iron – “Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, laid to rest with our ancestors”

Chaim starts by letting his viewers know he’s filming from the funeral of Har Goldin, whose remains were returned to Israel for a proper burial this past week 11 years after his dead body was kidnapped into a Hamas tunnel during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Chaim gives a short history lesson about that operation, and subsequent operations that all led up to the Swords of Iron War, which still isn’t over despite the ceasefire. He also talks about the efforts by Goldin’s parents and others to secure the release of his remains so he could receive a proper burial. Chaim says he himself was part of that effort, which included talks with senior officials in Egypt and many other countries and organizations including the Red Cross, various UN agencies, etc.

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