Day 458 Swords of Iron – “Closing In”
Chaim begins the video by saying that at the beginning of this war, he like everyone else thought it might last a few weeks at most, like all of Israel’s past wars. But now he has been in uniform as a mobilized member of the IDF reserves for 458 days and it’s not clear that it will end any time soon.
He says that he wants this to be over just like everyone else, but it takes time to do the job right and although Hamas is collapsing and more and more of them are surrendering, it’s not over yet.
In fact, other fronts are heating up, including in Judea and Samaria. Earlier in the day there was a terrorist shooting attack in the community of Kedumim, which resulted in the deaths of three Israelis and several others wounded.
Despite these setbacks, Chaim says the war against terrorism is making progress. He cites several recent successes that the IDF has had, but we all need to stay alert because according to some intelligence assessments, Iran would like to hit Israel at least once more before US President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated.
On the other hand, the US might soon be hitting Iran’s nuclear facilities to prevent them from making a rush to nuclear weapons. They are rushing in that direction as they see their proxy forces being destroyed one by one, leaving them desperate for security. But Chaim says that there is reason to hope that Trump will push back hard against Iran’s regional agenda.
In the meantime, large numbers of Jewish people all over the world are in the midst of plans to make Aliyah, and the Aliyah Return Center is working hard to do our part in assisting them because we want to build a positive future here.
Chaim contrasts this with the actions of the Assad regime in Syria, where they based their economy on supporting Iran’s terrorist agenda and trafficking Captagon and other narcotics. Hezbollah was also part of this narco-trafficking network. At the same time, the Houthis in Yemen have little to offer the world except ballistic missile attacks and the illicit trade in oil and narcotics.
But Chaim believes that good will win over evil and in this context he quotes Psalms 25:2; O my God, I trust in You; Let me not be ashamed; Let not my enemies triumph over me.
