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Hamas Hostage Deal UNFOLDING | Boots on the Ground

January 16, 2025 | 28:16

TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-Hamas, Hezbollah War and Syrian conflict. Pinto reports that Israel and Hamas near a critical breakthrough for the release of hostages. With details of the emerging deal unfolding, Pinto delves into the multi-phase agreement, the challenges of securing hostages' safety, and the concessions on both sides. Meanwhile, the IDF intensifies its operations in northern Gaza, aiming to weaken Hamas' stronghold ahead of a potential ceasefire. Beyond Gaza, shifting alliances in the Middle East, including Iran's declining influence and Turkey's rising power, reshaped the region's dynamics.

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Boots on the Ground | Hamas Hostage Deal UNFOLDING | Boots on the Ground | January 16, 2025

Israel just now closed the hostage deal with the
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Terrorist organization hamas terrorist organization hama.
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Terrorist organization hama. let's dive into the details of
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The hostage deal and go over its phases, numbers and conditions
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Of the emerging deal and the continuing negotiations. prime
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Minister benjamin netanyahu said on tuesday evening that the deal
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Will be finalized in a matter of days or hours, but noted that
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Hamas has not yet given its response. netanyahu stressed
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When trump enters the white house, the rules of the game
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Will change. any violation will receive a harsh and powerful
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Response. meanwhile, northern gaza has been defined as the
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Focal point of the hamas threat, and the idf is stepping up its
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Activities before the deal goes into effect. while this is going
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On here in israel, the rest of the world continues to change.
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And that includes iran, where thousands of workers are
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Reported to be expanding a nuclear facility. and a senior
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Regime official is accusing israel of planting explosives in
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A component of the centrifuges. in the meantime, the political
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Situation in lebanon is affecting the lawsuit against
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Israel in the hague as nawaf salam, the president of the
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International court who harshly criticized israel during the
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Hearings at the tribunal, resigned from the court. this
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Came after he accepted the role of prime minister of lebanon
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That he was appointed to by lebanon's new president, joseph
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K-von. as these changes come to lebanon, another change in the
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Broader middle east appears to be brewing. as iran's power
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Declines and turkey's increases. closer to home, israel is
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Dealing with a rise in violence in judea and samaria and is
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Acting to contain it. and today, we prepared for you a field
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Report that lets you join us as we put boots on the ground
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Together to experience the return to normal in the israeli
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City of haifa in northern israel. let's understand what
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The residents who lived under constant rocket fire went
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Through, and how a city like this returns to a normal life.
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We have a lot to talk about today, so let's dive into the
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Details. i'm ed pinto and this is your boots on the ground
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Report on what's happening in israel. on day 466 of the war
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Against hamas, hezbollah, the houthis in yemen, and the shiite
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Militias in iraq, all of them are taking their orders from
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Iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps, which is the head
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Of the axis of evil in the middle east. our mission is to
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Bring you the truth from israel, so that you will have the tools
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To pray for the peace of jerusalem. this is a spiritual
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The ground. before we start, let's take a short commercial
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Break and we'll be right back with more news from israel. a
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War zone in the gaza strip. being under fire by hamas
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Terrorists. you don't have time to sit and drink your coffee and
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Wake up in the morning and get ready for the day and prepare.
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So sometimes i woke up at two in the morning after an hour and a
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Half of sleep, and you need to wake up immediately and do your
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Job and do it to perfection. or people die.
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>> you literally have your life on the line. you don't know what
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Corner you turn, and somebody has got a gun pointed at you.
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>> so in order to wake up, i just took a pill and i really
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Felt the energy levels go up faster. the clarity of mind that
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Doesn't usually happen immediately when you wake up in
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The morning. and i don't remember taking much stuff with
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Me into the gaza strip. i had my sleeping bag, a flashlight, and
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The vinegar bottle. so that's what i had with me.
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>> you're a young person. you're very healthy, but you still
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Think that vinegar was helpful to get you to even a higher
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Level of performance.
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>> it's helping me to exceed my normal abilities. so let's say,
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You know, i'm at 100%, and that puts me at 120. we're raising
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Three kids. you need to be sharp to make the right decisions.
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>> raising three kids may be equal to combat a lot harder, a
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Lot harder.
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>> listen, i'm still taking it every day because i want to be
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There with my kids when they grow old. i want to be able to
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Dance at their wedding and carry my kids and my grandkids for
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Years to come. and this is the time to start. i mean, when
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You're young.
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Welcome back. let's dive into the details. the terror
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Organization hamas, managed by mohammed sinwar, has not yet
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Given a response regarding the agreement brokered by the united
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States. and several arab governments even thought that
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Hamas representatives in the talks signaled positive answers
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From their side. israel and the mediators are still waiting for
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A final answer, as an israeli official said that talks are in
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The final stretch of negotiations and focusing on
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Technical details. the big question is whether it's a
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Technical delay or if, once again, hamas is toying with
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Israel. the negotiations, which have been going on for many
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Weeks, are being conducted under absolute secrecy, among other
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Reasons, to prevent political pressure. but in recent days,
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Apparently because the gaps between the parties have
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Narrowed, many reports have begun to surface. regarding the
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Details, here's everything we know so far. according to the
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Outline, in the first stage, 33 hostages will be released, and
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We published the full list of them on our website, tbn.tv
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Israel.com. according to estimates in israel, most of the
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Hostages on the list are alive, but there is no complete
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Certainty about that. israel has effectively given up on its
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Demand to receive a list of living hostages, and continues
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To move forward with the deal without it. in the first stage
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Of the deal, women and children of the bibas family are expected
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To be released. after that, female soldiers, then adults
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Over the age of 50, and those defined as wounded and sick. the
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Release is supposed to continue throughout the entire first
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Stage over 42 days. on the 16th day of the first stage,
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Discussions on implementing the second stage of the deal will
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Begin. the agreement is stated is divided into three stages.
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And yesterday political sources said it might be reduced to two.
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During the second stage. the rest of the hostages in
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Captivity are supposed to be released, perhaps along with the
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Remains of those who have been murdered in captivity. it is
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Important to remember that among the remaining hostages are 36
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Who are known to already be deceased. there are also seven
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Foreigners among them and 22 other israelis who are believed
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To still be alive. but if they are returned in the deal, it
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Certainly won't be in this first stage. on the other side of the
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Equation, around 1003 hundred terrorists are expected to be
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Released from israeli prisons in the first stage. however, since
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Israel does not know who amongst the hostages to be released in
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The first stage is alive, it's not certain that all 1003
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Hundred terrorists will be released, and the number can
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Change depending on the fate of the hostages, who will be
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Released in the first stage. israel is also demanding that
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Those who are serving prison time for murder will not be
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Allowed to return to judea and samaria, but will be exiled to
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Gaza, turkey or perhaps qatar. in any case, in the first stage,
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No nuclear terrorists captured in the gaza strip during this
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Current war will be released, according to a saudi report that
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Is not confirmed by any other entity. hamas also demanded the
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Release of the corpse of the terrorist organizations leader
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Yahya sinwar, a political source in israel, responded that will
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Not happen, period. as for the idf's presence on the ground,
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Forces are expected to remain on the philadelphia corridor in the
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First stage and withdraw to a buffer zone gradually in order
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To ensure hamas implements the deal. the idf is also supposed
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To leave the netzarim territory that essentially divides the
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North from the south of the gaza strip, allowing displaced gazan
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Residents to return to northern gaza under a security check, the
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Nature of which was not detailed in this agreement. and
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Meanwhile, the idf is intensifying its combat pressure
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So that by the time that the ceasefire comes into effect,
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Hamas in northern gaza will be defeated, including in beit
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Hanoun, where hamas squads are still challenging idf forces.
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The idf says it is prepared to carry out any decision of the
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Political echelon, including withdrawing from areas it holds
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In gaza. it also notes that holding deep territory,
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Including preventing residents from traveling from the south of
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The gaza strip to the north, is meant to serve operational
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Needs, but the entire military operation is intended to fulfill
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The war's objectives, the central one being to bring the
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Hostages back home. and here a tbn.tv israel. we will continue
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Reporting on whatever happens or changes, and will go live on our
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Tbn israel youtube channel to bring you the truth in real
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Time. we went out to bring you a field report that will give you
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A first hand look at how the residents of israel are
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Returning to normal life up north after a year of rocket
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Fire against them. here at tbn israel, we always bring you the
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Most up to date content, so remember to pray for the
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Residents of the northern communities of israel. in an
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Instant, everything changed. haifa, a city where jews,
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Christians, muslims and people of all backgrounds lived side by
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Side found itself under a relentless attack. rockets
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Rained down from hezbollah, a terrorist organization intent on
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Sowing fear and destruction. as someone who has served on the
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Front lines in gaza and lebanon and who recently stood in south
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Lebanon with the idf spokesperson's unit, witnessing
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Hezbollah's fortifications firsthand, i can tell you this
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Is not just another story. this is personal. this is the story
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Of a city under fire, of communities united in the face
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Of terror and of the unbreakable spirit that defines israel. amir
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Pinto and this is my state, a program about current events, my
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Belief in god and my journey in the holy land. and today we're
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In the israeli city of haifa that was under fire for more
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Than one year. haifa is more than just a city. it's a symbol
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Of coexistence here. jews, muslims, christians and people
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Of many backgrounds live together, work together and
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Build together in peace. but when hezbollah launched its
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Barrage of rockets, that peace was shattered. families from all
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Walks of life found themselves huddled in bomb shelters. the
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Sounds of sirens and explosions replacing the everyday sounds of
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A bustling city. the threat didn't discriminate. it targeted
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Everyone. imagine walking these streets with the aroma of
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Diverse cuisines fills the air, and suddenly you're running for
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Cover, uncertain if your home will still be standing when you
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Emerge, the people of haifa face that reality for more than a
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Year to understand how a city copes under such strain. i'm
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Going to the haifa municipality crisis management center. this
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Is where the efforts to keep the residents safe are organized and
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Executed. i will speak with officials who worked around the
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Clock to respond to this crisis. thank you for having us here.
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>> great to have you here. thank you.
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>> so we're going to the bunker now?
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>> yes, actually, we're entering a bomb shelter, which is a few
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Floors under the ground. and this is the main municipality
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Command center. oh, big doors, bomb shelter.
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>> so this bomb shelter is also against chemical attacks?
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>> yes. it can be closed with its own air supply. it can be
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Under chemical attack or any other attack. and on a daily
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Basis, when the place is opened. we have more than i'm your
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Announcer people staying here, 24 over seven. so now we're
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Entering to the main room. all the information from all over
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The city. actually at the end, coming to this room, to the
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Mayor, we have a few hundreds of cameras, strategical cameras
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Which cover all the city from the top. from the beginning of
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The war. the mayor is coming here every day, and here we get
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All the decisions about what happened and what's going on.
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>> so i want to let you guys know that this city, haifa, has
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Been under rocket and suicide drone fire for over a year. this
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Only this past few weeks we had a ceasefire agreement with
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Hezbollah. so this place basically was managing all the
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Situation with the municipality of haifa, orchestrating all the
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Other first responder units police, idf, military for a
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Year. how does it feel to manage a city under fire?
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>> we opened the place at the 7th of october 23. we had a few
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Months, let's say, a little bit more than a few months, to
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Prepare ourselves to understand that haifa is the most
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Strategical point of hezbollah. it's the main city of the north.
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We have the biggest hospital, university, technion port. we
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Understand that it was the main city that they tried to hit. we
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Had here days with the, i think, between 80 to i'm your announcer
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Rockets, which will shoot to the haifa and its area. haifa is not
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The city which was evacuated during the war. it's impossible
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To evacuate more than 300,000 people. so we have to stay here.
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We have here tens of thousands of people which are without any
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Shelter. so we have to provide them something. for example,
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It's public bomb shelters. it's schools, bomb shelters. it's
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Parking lots. yeah. all the underground parking lots that we
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Have in the city and now made to be as a bomb shelters. we put 30
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Generators inside the schools because we understand that if
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Something will happen in the north, we will use the schools
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As a bomb shelters. here we have the picture of the building,
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Which had a straight hit. as you can see, the building completely
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Destroyed. we had to evacuate from here. more than 12
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Families. wow. it's impossible to live in this building, so we
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Have to take it down and to build a new one. and now think
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About 12 families. they have to be now, i think more than two
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Years outside to live in some other places.
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>> the people of haifa seems like they're like very
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Resilient.
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>> haifa is the biggest mixed city in israel. the different
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Populations inside, i think all for the last year, at least, all
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Of us working together without even checking if you are jew,
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Arab, christian or jews and so on.
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>> and i think this is the real miracle of the city of haifa,
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Especially this past year of war. thank you so much for
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Opening the bunker for us and hopefully it will stay closed, i
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Hope for a very long time, i hope so, thank you. despite the
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Fear and uncertainty, the people of haifa stood strong. i'm here
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In the heart of the city to hear their stories firsthand. how
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Does it feel to live in a city that was under rocket and
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Suicide? drone fire? for more than a year?
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>> it was a terrifying year. a lot of businesses didn't didn't
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Make it through the year.
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>> you have only one minute and you have to go down to the
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Shelter. in my case, it's three floors. i have to go down. it's
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Really scary feeling, really scary moment.
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>> i had many times panic attack and my children.
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>> also, it doesn't matter if it's the 10th or 100th time
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They're going to a bomb shelter, it's still terrifying. it's the
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Alarms. it's the it's the booms you hear in the sky. it's
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Terrifying.
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>> while the rockets fell, there were those who ran towards the
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Danger to save lives. today i'm meeting joe asad and tom rettig,
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Two paramedics from magen david adom who embody the spirit of
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Unity in israel. joe, a christian arab, israeli, and tom
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Are already chabad, ultra-orthodox jew. share not
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Only a commitment of saving lives in israel, but even the
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Same birthday best friends who couldn't be more different yet
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Are brought together by a common purpose. we're gonna go on a
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Ride along with magen david adom in haifa. we're gonna see what
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These guys, tom and joe, are doing every day in their lives
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Here. so we start the day with coffee, or we jump into the
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Ambulance immediately.
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>> we prefer to start it with coffee. okay.
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>> it depends how early we come here.
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>> depends how the dispatching center decides that he will
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Leave us. drink our coffee.
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>> when i was a trainee, joe was my instructor because he's he's
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A much more senior than me. and being a parent, i'm older than
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Him, but he's more senior. he's more senior and experienced.
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Much more experienced.
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>> yes, i know if it's common to see like jewish people, arab
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People walking together, it's a non-issue.
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>> it's a non-issue.
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>> it's so standard that this is so standard, especially in magen
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David adom and in haifa. everybody work together. this is
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Not an issue. we never talk about it.
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>> haifa is a mixed city and it's well, we are the best
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Example.
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>> yes, exactly.
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>> for, for how to deal with each other in a good way.
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>> but there's very bad examples with a lot of dark humor.
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That's.
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>> so, guys, we're on our way now to treat an 84 year old
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Person that has trouble breathing. according to joe, who
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Will have a cpr session to help him out. and as you can see from
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The rough driving, we're trying to get there as soon as
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Possible. according to our gps, we have at the moment 12 minutes
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To get there, but they are confident that we're gonna beat
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This time because we're on an ambulance and we do everything
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We can to get there as soon as possible. sorry, ten minutes
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After we received our call, our ambulance and the paramedic team
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Arrived at this location, and they're now treating the
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Patient. five minutes later, two more ambulances reached this
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Location and continued the treatment of this 84 year old
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Israeli that he's having troubles breathing. and
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According to our paramedics, magen david adom is number one
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In the world in its response time to emergencies. joe.
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>> so it was not like we wanted it to be. fortunately, the guy
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Is an old guy, pretty sick, 87 years old. oh wow. he passed out
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In his house. we did our best to help him. we were actually
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Acting as a first responders because we were close. another
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Intensive care unit came. we worked together and eventually
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We had to declare his death. so yeah, but the good thing is that
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The family were very understood. they did respect our efforts and
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They were very thankful. this is the main issue about being a
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Paramedic in israel. you are doing your best to provide help
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For the ones who is needed, and we were closed, so we needed to
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Do that.
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>> organizations like magen david adom are the lifeblood of
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Our nation. day and night in war and peace. these 35,000
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Dedicated men and women, most of them volunteers, are on the
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Front lines saving lives. but they can't do this alone. magen
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David adom relies entirely on donations to fund their life
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Saving work. if you're moved by their courage and want to
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Support them, please visit w.w.w. that save life
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Israel.com. your support can make a real difference. the
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Ceasefire has brought a tentative peace, but the scars
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Remain. yet what stands out is not the destruction but the
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Unity that emerged from it. hezbollah's aim was to instill
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Fear and division, but instead they strengthened our resolve
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And solidarity. jews, muslims, christians, druze all stood
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Together, supporting one another. the message was clear
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We are stronger together and no act of terror can break the
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Bonds that tie us. we have millions of christians around
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The world that are praying and that love israel and the idf.
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What do you have to tell them?
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>> first of all, i will tell them, happy new year, and i'm
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Very happy that everyone that christians believe believe in
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Us. it warms our heart.
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>> i pray for all human life in the middle east, so pray for
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Peace.
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>> we all hope that the ceasefire will last and after
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The war. i think that it's very important for us that you will
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Come and visit here.
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>> thank you for standing with israel. if you want to help us
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Reach more people, please subscribe to tbn israel on
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Youtube to help us share this content of what is happening in
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Israel, in the holy land, with everyone in the world. as we
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Know that this is not just a physical war, this is a
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Spiritual war. so let's unite in prayer for all those who risked
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Their lives to defend this country, israel. let's pray for
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The hostages to be returned to their homes, to their loved ones
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From the gaza strip, healthy, physically and mentally. let's
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Unite in prayer for the residents of the north to return
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To their homes safely for a long period of time. let's unite in
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Prayer for the peace of jerusalem and together we will
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Win this war because god is on our side. life for the residents
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Of israel really does need to return to normal. i hope you
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Enjoyed our field report of boots on the ground. now we'll
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Take a short commercial break and we'll be right back with
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More news from israel.
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More news from israel.
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Thank you for coming back. there are things that are not in our
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Hands, but we know that god is in control and on whose side he
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Is. so keep praying for israel and most importantly, pray
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Wholeheartedly for the quick return of our hostages from gaza
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Who are in the hands of hamas terrorists. the approaching deal
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Is exciting and we need to pray that they come back healthy,
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Physically and mentally. our god is a personal god, and when you
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Pray, i encourage you to make it personal. so to help you to do
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That, i would like to introduce you to elia cohen, a 26 year old
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Resident of adasa near jerusalem. he is known for his
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Vibrant personality and deep love for music and dancing. his
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Passion for electronic music and dance festivals took him to
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Various countries including mexico, india and thailand,
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Where he formed lasting relationships. on october 7th,
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2023, elia attended the supernova music festival near
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The gaza border with his girlfriend ziv abud during a
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Sudden attack by hamas terrorists. the couple sought
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Refuge in a shelter. elia was injured by gunfire and
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Subsequently abducted, while ziv survived by hiding under their
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Bodies for hours. as of a few weeks ago, elia was confirmed to
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Still be alive and remaining in captivity. his family continues
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To advocate for his release, appealing to both national and
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International communities for assistance. so guys, please keep
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Praying for the situation. pray for the idf soldiers wherever
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They are in gaza, judea and samaria, lebanon and syria.
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Remember that this is a spiritual war and god is using
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Israel to show all of us around the world that he is a faithful
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God that performs amazing miracles every day. so if you
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Need any encouragement in your life, take a look at israel that
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Is winning against all odds because god is true to his
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Promises to israel, and he will be true to his promises to each
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And every one of you. so please pray for the peace of israel.
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And above all, don't forget to pray for the peace of jerusalem,
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And together we will win this war because god is on our side.
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Hamas Hostage Deal UNFOLDING | Boots on the Ground

January 16, 2025 | 28:16

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