Day 392 Swords of Iron – “Keeping The Peace”

Chaim begins by saying he’s just going to talk to his viewers like friends, as it’s almost Shabbat and time to enter into a time of rest. But he says it’s difficult to relax because there’s been yet another threat from Iran of a “painful attack” on Israel in the next few days before the US election. This is on top of the usual rocket attacks from Hezbollah which are killing Israelis almost every day and the threats Chaim faces in his job as an IDF combat engineer.

He also mentions the deteriorating social, cultural, political and economic conditions all over the world which are leading to distressing circumstances.

Chaim says despite all these circumstances, we all need to keep our peace because we are called to operate from a place of peace. He says that it’s time to stand up strong for the truth and for righteousness, and the IDF is doing its part by removing the threat of Hezbollah’s planned invasion of the Galilee. They wanted to carry out an October 7th style attack on the Galilee communities, and it would have been on a much larger scale. But that’s been prevented and now the IDF is capturing massive quantities of weapons and ammunition that Hezbollah meant to use for this purpose.

Chaim mentions the rumors that Hezbollah has expressed a willingness to withdraw beyond the Litani River and accede to UN Security Council Resolution 1701. Chaim says he doesn’t know if that will actually happen but he predicts there will be “great changes” coming soon. But he also wonders why the UNIFIL and other people who were supposed to be making sure that Hezbollah didn’t set up positions near the Israeli border to threaten an invasion of the Galilee didn’t do their jobs.

He concludes by appealing to his viewers to support the Aliyah Return Center’s efforts to equip IDF troops with thermal drones so they can do their jobs more safely and effectively.