Day 453 Swords of Iron – “Winning the Battles and War”
Chaim starts the video by saying it’s a new year, 2025, but some of the problems from the old year of 2024 are still with us. The IDF needs to continue operating in the Gaza Strip to defend Israel from the terrorists who fire rockets into Israel from that place. The hostages who were kidnapped into Gaza on October 7th, 2023, are aslo still being held and Chaim is happy to hear incoming US-President elect Donald Trump taking such a firm line on demanding that these hostages be released.
There are also still many threats being confronted in Lebanon, as Hezbollah has not stopped trying to plan its next attack against Israel.
Chaim says he is still on active-duty with his IDF unit, and the Aliyah Return Center is continuing to assist many people in the midst of this crisis, including many new immigrants who are continuing to come to Israel, and he tells his viewers that their prayers and assistance are still urgently needed.
He mentions a clay lamp, with a Menorah imprint, which was found by archeologists in Jerusalem recently. It reminds him that there is a light that needs to keep burning in ZIon, and he plans to do his part to keep it burning and he asks his viewers to help him with this project. He says that it’s a new year, and that means it’s a new adventure.
The video concludes with a montage of images from the ARC’s activities over the past year, welcoming new immigrants and assisting them take their first steps into their new life in their ancient homeland.
