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 Day 478 Swords of Iron – “Psychological Warfare”

Chaim starts out by saying it’s been an emotional roller coaster in Israel this week, watching the hostages freed from Hamas but also being subjected to severe psychological warfare. Chaim asks his viewers to pray for Israelis who are going through all kinds of trauma.

This includes the residents of northern Israel who have been exiled from their homes for almost 16 months now. Some of them are just starting to return, but Hezbollah also wants to return to their bases, tunnels, bunkers and fighting positions in southern Lebanon as if nothing happened. Civilian residents of these southern Lebanese villages also want to return and they’re tired of the war too. But Hezbollah isn’t quite ready to retreat north of the Litani River yet.

At the same time, Hamas is playing games with these hostage releases, not releasing the people who everyone was expecting them to release, allowing Israelis to get their hopes up and then dashing them again and again. It’s tough, but Chaim says we know who will win in the end.

Hamas is pretending it won this war, but that it utterly absurd and the only people who will believe that are people who want to believe it and are prepared ot gaslight themselves.

In the meantime, US President Donald Trump is saying that large numbers of Gaza residents should be sent to Jordan or Egypt at least until the mess in Gaza can be cleaned up and some rebuilding can be done.

Chaim says that he doubts that these countries are eager to take in Palestinian refugees right now, but be that as it may, the struggle for righteousness continues. In this context, he concludes by quoting Psalms 25:14-15; The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him,

And He will show them His covenant. My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

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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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