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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 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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