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Hezbollah HORROR Attacks THWARTED By Israel's ACE Aerial Defenses | Boots on the Ground

May 8, 2025 | 27:28

Hezbollah HORROR Attacks THWARTED By Israel's ACE Aerial Defenses | Boots on the Ground
TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-Hamas War. A rare inside look at the pilots behind Israel’s fiercest aerial missions. From split-second decisions over Gaza to surprise operations deep in enemy territory, Major N opens up about the unseen war fought above us—and the values that guide every flight.
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Boots on the Ground | Hezbollah HORROR Attacks THWARTED By Israel's ACE Aerial Defenses | Boots on the Ground | May 8, 2025
  • Reports from israel's retaliation strikes against
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  • Retaliation strikes againsth retaliation strikes againste
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  • Retaliation strikes againste houthis in yemen include a
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  • Threat interception, and the idf's plan for the future.
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  • During a turbulent 24 hours, israel struck twice in yemen,
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  • Including an attack which demolished the international
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  • Airport in sana'a. the first strike on this airport since the
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  • War began. this strike was carried out as a direct response
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  • To the houthi missile launched towards the ben gurion
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  • International airport in central israel on sunday, more than 20
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  • Fighter jets attacked the terminal in sana'a in yemen. the
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  • Power stations and a concrete plant in yemen that the houthis
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  • Used for building terror infrastructure. and additionally
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  • The airport, like the hodeida seaport that had been struck
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  • Earlier, served as infrastructure for transferring
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  • Weapons and operatives in and out of yemen, who the
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  • Spokesperson confirmed dozens of casualties and claimed that
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  • Israel crossed red lines. israel, for its part, claimed a
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  • Pinpoint strike with an effort to minimize the civilian damage.
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  • And meanwhile, former united states president donald trump
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  • Declared unexpectedly that the houthis had surrendered and that
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  • American strikes in yemen would stop. israel was surprised, with
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  • A senior official saying we did not know in advance. for their
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  • Part, the houthis were quick to deny their surrender and
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  • Clarified that strikes in the red sea would continue as long
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  • As fighting in the gaza strip continues. in the meantime,
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  • Repeated strikes on fuel ports have caused a severe shortage in
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  • Yemen, and residents reported long lines at gas stations in
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  • The northern part. israel continues to act against iranian
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  • Buildup in lebanon. the idf reported a strike in lebanon's
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  • Bekaa valley that hit a hezbollah plant for assembling
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  • Precision missiles, clarifying that we will not allow the
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  • Organization hezbollah to rebuild its capabilities and
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  • Special operations by the idf also continue in southern syria.
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  • And recently, the mountain brigade forces of the idf raided
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  • The old syrian regime headquarters on the summit of
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  • Mount hermon, where many weapons were found, including russian
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  • Built electronic warfare systems that surprised even israel's
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  • Allies and at the same time, in the gaza strip, preparations are
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  • Being completed for the implementation of operation
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  • Gideon's chariots in the gaza strip, unanimously approved by
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  • The israeli cabinet. the plan includes three stages.
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  • Logistical preparations, preparatory fire from the air
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  • And from the ground, and finally a ground maneuver towards the
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  • Areas that will be controlled and cleared. the vision is to
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  • Achieve a decisive outcome against the hamas terrorist
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  • Organization and return our hostages while establishing a
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  • Sterile zone in the rafah that will allow monitored
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  • Humanitarian aid to the civilian palestinian people in that area.
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  • In that context, yosef kody, a hamas terrorist involved in the
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  • 7th of october massacre who held hostages, surrendered along with
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  • Muhammad zarrab from the hamas sniper unit. the subsequent
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  • Interrogation led to the exposure of significant terror
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  • Infrastructure in rafah, the southernmost city in the gaza
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  • Strip, and the army is preparing to expand the control in that
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  • Area. the operation in gaza, air strikes in yemen and in lebanon,
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  • And also the trump's response point to an expanded
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  • Confrontation between israel and iran outside gaza's borders as
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  • Well. the strategic picture is clarifying that israel is
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  • Operating simultaneously on three fronts north, south and
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  • East to disrupt terror infrastructure, create regional
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  • Deterrence, and bring the hostages home. so let's dive
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  • Into the details. amir pinto, and this is your boots on the
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  • Ground report about what is happening in israel. and we are
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  • Still at war with hamas, hezbollah, the is in yemen, the
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  • Shiite militias in iraq, and the terror organizations in judea
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  • And samaria. all of them are taking their orders from iran's
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  • Revolutionary guards, which is the head of the axis of evil in
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  • The middle east. a moment before we begin, i want to invite you
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  • To visit our youtube channel, tbn.tv, and press the subscribe
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  • Button so that you stay tuned to the truth in israel in real
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  • Time. with daily boots on the ground reports, and know how to
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  • Pray for the peace of jerusalem. let's take a very short
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  • Commercial break and we'll be right back with more news from
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  • Israel.
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  • >> we're here in downtown jerusalem, a place full of life,
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  • History and resilience.
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  • >> mighty. growing up here, this was a whole different
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  • Experience. terror was raging, bus bombings on our way to
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  • School right here in the city.
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  • >> this is what's unique about this place. it's rebuilt itself
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  • Out of the ashes of countless terrorist attacks time and time
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  • Again.
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  • >> from the biblical times, the enemies of god want to destroy
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  • Us. so this is what's happening now. another war. israel is
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  • Still here. we're celebrating. and thanks to your help, israel
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  • Is rebuilding. your support has been incredible. restoring our
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  • Forests and healing the land after so much destruction.
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  • >> there is still so much more to do. israel needs your support
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  • Now more than ever.
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  • >> so stand with israel. click on the link below. plant a tree
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  • And continue to help us rebuild.
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  • >> from here in jerusalem. it's clear israel will always
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  • Persevere and stand strong.
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  • >> thank you for coming back to us now. we will continue to do
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  • This as we move on to a special report we prepared for you,
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  • Including matty's exclusive interview with an israeli air
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  • Force f-16 pilot. here it is. imagine a ballistic missile
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  • Tearing through the sky at unimaginable speed, locked onto
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  • Israeli soil, aimed directly at our cities, our homes, our
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  • Children. now picture the destruction. buildings
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  • Crumbling, families buried beneath the rubbles, the screams
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  • Of the wounded, the silence of those that are no longer with
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  • Us, but in reality before impact, an israeli air force
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  • Fighter jet piloted by the best of the best intercept the
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  • Missiles. mid-air disasters averted, lives saved. this is
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  • The unseen battle that is happening in our skies every
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  • Day. the israeli air force, the jewel in israel's crown, has
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  • Been the backbone of our defense and our defensive capabilities,
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  • Spearheading our victories in this war. and today we will meet
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  • One of the heroes inside the cockpit. but before we do,
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  • Please like, share and subscribe to tbn.tv reohm on youtube.
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  • >> behind me is one of the high tech machines that has been
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  • Bombing targets around the middle east throughout this war,
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  • And today we're in the ramon air force base about to interview
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  • Major n, one of the many pilots that has been fighting the war
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  • In the skies for the state of israel. this is what it looks
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  • Like to fight a war on 7 or 8 different fronts. at the same
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  • Time, the israeli air force has reshaped the geopolitical map,
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  • The political understanding and the history of this region in
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  • Just over a year. today, we get an inside look into how the
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  • Israeli air force operates. major n, thank you for being
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  • With us. this is a historical moment as far as i'm concerned.
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  • We're standing here after more than 15 months of war, and the
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  • Israeli air force has been in places i think no one imagined
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  • It would be during this war, yourself probably included. and
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  • We're standing right next to an f-16. i the kind of jet you fly.
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  • I'd be interested to hear from your perspective what this war
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  • Has been like. what have you done in the air force so you can
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  • Tell us about that isn't a secret? and how did it feel
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  • Fighting for your country during this last war?
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  • >> so i will start and say that this war, we imagined the next
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  • War we talked about in the squadron, like, how would it be
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  • With whom? how big would it be? how long will it take?
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  • >> this is before october 7th.
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  • >> before october 7th. and i can tell you, i never thought it
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  • Will be the element of surprise we all know about. and we
  • 00:09:39.991 --> 00:09:44.996
  • Started the war in a very low point, because everybody knew
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  • Someone that was kidnaped, died, murdered. you know, it's a very
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  • Low point to start all of.
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  • >> this emotionally.
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  • >> when you come to fly. in the october 7th, i was in my home. i
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  • Heard the sirens. i understand something is wrong. and then i
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  • Open my tv and i saw hamas car in the middle of the road. i
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  • Realized something is completely wrong because i knew the plane
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  • Were to attack us from the north. so from gaza, like
  • 00:10:13.825 --> 00:10:18.863
  • Something is wrong. i immediately got into my car and
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  • Drove to ramon, the place that we are now, and immediately flew
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  • To gaza. in this past 15 months we did some crazy things i never
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  • Thought we were going to do. like every time there is
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  • Something new and you heard about everything.
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  • >> i don't know that we've heard of everything.
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  • >> but what we but most.
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  • >> of what we heard is incredible.
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  • >> the very big one. you heard a little bit. you know what we've
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  • Done.
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  • >> before this war. we were talking about this just the
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  • Other day. we thought, in israel, our biggest enemy is
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  • Hezbollah. and when the war breaks out between hezbollah,
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  • The iranians and israel, it's going to be something we're
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  • Going to have a very hard time fighting against. it's been a
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  • Year. plus, there is barely any hezbollah and israeli air force
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  • Pilots have been flying bombing missions in iran proper over the
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  • Houthis in northern yemen, taking apart lebanon, taking
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  • Apart hamas in the gaza strip, and essentially everything we
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  • Thought was impossible. the israeli air force has done plus
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  • Plus several other things.
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  • >> i can tell you there is nothing impossible for israel,
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  • But i never imagined that we're going to do this stuff. you
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  • Know, like every month when we do something new. i was in shock
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  • At the beginning and then i. why not? this is what we have to do.
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  • We will do it. i will give you an example. please do like
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  • Hezbollah plan for us a horror show. if they were managed to do
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  • What they planned, it would look something very different from
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  • What we have. see the tactics and the behind. the thing that
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  • We've done was in order to stop them before they start the war
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  • With us. the first massive strike in lebanon. i got the
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  • Chance to join the strike. we were managed to eliminate most
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  • Of the weapons that supposed to get to tel aviv and haifa, like
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  • 70, 80%. so they never thought that we were going to do it and
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  • They were like, we're not going to strike them as we can. and
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  • Then we managed to surprise them. and this was a very clever
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  • Decision that i think saved a lot of lives in israel. you
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  • Know, the difference between us and our enemies, they don't
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  • Distinguish between civilians and army targets. there are
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  • Terrorist organization, but we are different.
  • 00:12:31.329 --> 00:12:34.198
  • >> so we're.
  • 00:12:34.198 --> 00:12:35.666
  • >> very different. so where else were you that.
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  • >> you can tell us about? what else can you tell us that
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  • Happened during the war?
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  • >> the thing that you imagine that i took place, they were
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  • Took place with this plane as well. the f-16i i cannot give
  • 00:12:44.842 --> 00:12:49.380
  • You more information than that, but all over the middle east.
  • 00:12:49.380 --> 00:12:53.151
  • >> so i'm going to say the list of what we know, and you can
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  • Just nod or ignore what i'm saying. the israeli air force,
  • 00:12:56.587 --> 00:12:59.657
  • When this war started, we thought iran was impenetrable.
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  • It has the best of the russian anti-aircraft missiles. and yet
  • 00:13:02.026 --> 00:13:05.897
  • On several different occasions, the israeli air force knocks out
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  • The s-300 battery in iran and then again knocks out multiple
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  • Targets in iran. we hit houthis that were also protected by
  • 00:13:14.172 --> 00:13:17.742
  • Several air defense systems, deep in hezbollah territory,
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  • Deep in syrian territory throughout the war and before
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  • The war, in places that were supposed to be high casualty and
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  • High damage to israeli aircraft. if we would fly over. what i'd
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  • Be interested to hear from you. you can't comment on where
  • 00:13:30.955 --> 00:13:33.691
  • You've been. how is it that the aircraft come back in one piece
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  • Every single time? because every time we talk about this, we
  • 00:13:37.662 --> 00:13:41.265
  • Hear, oh, it's going to be a catastrophe. we're going to lose
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  • The aircraft, we're going to have hostages, you know, pilots
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  • That fall captive and stuff like that. and yet here you are.
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  • Here's the plane, and no one seems to be injured.
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  • >> okay, this is not luck, of course. maybe a little bit.
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  • Depends of the mission. some of the mission. you don't take a
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  • Lot of risks when you fly above gaza for a for a fighter jet,
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  • You don't have a lot of risks. but when you're flying in
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  • Lebanon and syria and whatever, you have more risks, risks and
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  • Depends of the mission and how valuable the target is. you take
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  • Different risks. but when you know how the how the enemy
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  • Thinks, you can try to manipulate them in a very
  • 00:14:21.472 --> 00:14:26.911
  • Special ways. techniques that people are thinking, how should
  • 00:14:26.911 --> 00:14:31.015
  • We do it? and most of the time you can see this is working.
  • 00:14:31.015 --> 00:14:35.453
  • It's mostly the human mind. it's not only the technical part and
  • 00:14:35.453 --> 00:14:40.558
  • The technology, mostly the how that we think is how we are
  • 00:14:40.558 --> 00:14:47.365
  • Managed to do the mission and come back safely to land. but i
  • 00:14:47.365 --> 00:14:51.469
  • Can tell you that most of the time we thought that somebody's
  • 00:14:51.469 --> 00:14:55.139
  • Going to somebody's going to get injured. you know, one of the
  • 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:59.510
  • Plane will probably will will be hit by a missile or something.
  • 00:14:59.510 --> 00:15:05.750
  • And we're surprised to see that the other side were not as good
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  • As we thought that they were.
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  • >> i remember.
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  • >> there was a time early on in the war where hezbollah and the
  • 00:15:13.791 --> 00:15:18.763
  • Russians, and i think also the syrians, were complaining to
  • 00:15:18.763 --> 00:15:22.800
  • International organizations that the israeli air force was
  • 00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:26.370
  • Exploiting sort of technical issues, flying close to civilian
  • 00:15:26.370 --> 00:15:30.641
  • Aircraft or all kinds of different things. and they said,
  • 00:15:30.641 --> 00:15:32.710
  • You're playing dirty when it comes to the air force. we're
  • 00:15:32.710 --> 00:15:35.780
  • Not able to shoot you out of the sky. and i remember hearing that
  • 00:15:35.780 --> 00:15:39.550
  • You don't have to comment whether it's true or not and
  • 00:15:39.550 --> 00:15:41.919
  • Thinking, i'm so happy we're on the creative side and not on the
  • 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:45.456
  • Side. that just goes in the way that people expect that we're
  • 00:15:45.456 --> 00:15:48.592
  • Using sophisticated thought processes or thinking outside of
  • 00:15:48.592 --> 00:15:50.895
  • The box in the way we operate.
  • 00:15:50.895 --> 00:15:52.763
  • >> the only thing i can tell you that even i was surprised for
  • 00:15:52.763 --> 00:15:57.335
  • Several, several ideas that.
  • 00:15:57.335 --> 00:16:00.304
  • >> that came.
  • 00:16:00.304 --> 00:16:01.505
  • >> up, that came up. yeah, i was surprised, like, wow, who came
  • 00:16:01.605 --> 00:16:04.942
  • Up with this idea? it's genius. the jewish people have some
  • 00:16:04.942 --> 00:16:08.145
  • Great ideas, you know, the high tech and everything. so also in
  • 00:16:08.145 --> 00:16:11.082
  • The army and the tactics behind the missions.
  • 00:16:11.082 --> 00:16:13.818
  • >> we had this fear in our head of, oh, no, the hezbollah. oh,
  • 00:16:13.818 --> 00:16:17.455
  • No, the iranians. oh, no, the russian anti-aircraft systems.
  • 00:16:17.455 --> 00:16:21.025
  • And then the war came, and there was nothing to be afraid of.
  • 00:16:21.025 --> 00:16:23.861
  • It's all we fight and destroy them, or they're coming to get
  • 00:16:23.861 --> 00:16:26.964
  • Us. and suddenly i think everyone was able to think in a
  • 00:16:26.964 --> 00:16:29.567
  • Way that wasn't limited anymore. you know, we said, oh, we can
  • 00:16:29.567 --> 00:16:32.703
  • Never attack in iran. we've done it. we've done it several times
  • 00:16:32.703 --> 00:16:36.040
  • Now. everyone knows that that we can penetrate iran and are
  • 00:16:36.040 --> 00:16:39.343
  • Completely unstoppable by the iranian air force.
  • 00:16:39.343 --> 00:16:41.479
  • >> i will tell you this. our enemies now know that we are
  • 00:16:41.479 --> 00:16:46.550
  • Capable to do several things that they weren't sure that we
  • 00:16:46.550 --> 00:16:50.187
  • Can able to do, and we have the guts to do it. this is very
  • 00:16:50.187 --> 00:16:55.626
  • Important.
  • 00:16:55.626 --> 00:16:56.761
  • >> do you feel like you think about the world differently
  • 00:16:56.861 --> 00:16:58.929
  • After october 7th?
  • 00:16:58.929 --> 00:16:59.997
  • >> yeah, of course. and i'm proud of what we do. every
  • 00:17:00.097 --> 00:17:02.566
  • Strike is not just a strike. we don't strike whatever we want.
  • 00:17:02.566 --> 00:17:05.669
  • It's precise to attack the terrorist. and i can tell you
  • 00:17:05.669 --> 00:17:10.074
  • That in gaza, some of my strike, i was airborne and i did a few
  • 00:17:10.074 --> 00:17:16.147
  • Calls just to wait. the target will be alone without uninvolved
  • 00:17:16.147 --> 00:17:20.351
  • People around here. some of the times i got back with the bombs
  • 00:17:20.351 --> 00:17:26.157
  • And i didn't even strike.
  • 00:17:26.157 --> 00:17:27.658
  • >> i appreciate you saying that, because i think people forget
  • 00:17:27.658 --> 00:17:30.661
  • That even during a time of war, the israeli army in its entirety
  • 00:17:30.661 --> 00:17:34.865
  • Is very, very careful with the lives of our enemies. we only
  • 00:17:34.865 --> 00:17:37.868
  • Target the combatants and never civilian population, and we go
  • 00:17:37.868 --> 00:17:42.907
  • To extreme lengths to prevent civilian casualties.
  • 00:17:42.907 --> 00:17:45.309
  • >> and i can assure you, we are working with the national law,
  • 00:17:45.309 --> 00:17:49.914
  • And we're doing everything that we do is with responsibility. we
  • 00:17:49.914 --> 00:17:55.486
  • Take account of every strike.
  • 00:17:55.486 --> 00:17:58.255
  • >> this is an f-16i.
  • 00:17:58.255 --> 00:17:59.356
  • >> this is an f-16i. yeah.
  • 00:17:59.356 --> 00:18:00.858
  • >> how many hours are you having this kind of chair?
  • 00:18:00.858 --> 00:18:03.794
  • >> how many hours? yeah. too many.
  • 00:18:03.794 --> 00:18:05.663
  • >> we're talking about thousands.
  • 00:18:05.663 --> 00:18:07.231
  • >> like thousands? yeah, thousands of thousands of hours.
  • 00:18:07.231 --> 00:18:09.400
  • You have two seats. you have the navigator and yourself. i'm
  • 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:12.203
  • Doing one thing. he's doing another thing. and then you are
  • 00:18:12.203 --> 00:18:15.573
  • More efficient when you are two in the same cockpit and you see
  • 00:18:15.573 --> 00:18:19.143
  • This red button, this the button that release the bombs, the
  • 00:18:19.143 --> 00:18:23.581
  • Missiles. you have to be very careful with this button. you
  • 00:18:23.581 --> 00:18:26.350
  • Know how they say with great power comes great
  • 00:18:26.350 --> 00:18:30.187
  • Responsibility.
  • 00:18:30.187 --> 00:18:31.188
  • >> we're looking at this plane. you know, it seems
  • 00:18:31.288 --> 00:18:34.592
  • Inconspicuous, but i think about it. it's been to many, many
  • 00:18:34.592 --> 00:18:37.428
  • Countries that i'm never going to get to visit. yeah. doing
  • 00:18:37.428 --> 00:18:40.898
  • Things that i've never gotten, that most people never get to do
  • 00:18:40.898 --> 00:18:43.734
  • Or know about. yeah. and i feel, you know, you touch this, you
  • 00:18:43.734 --> 00:18:46.637
  • Can feel the history of these kind of vehicles. 4 or 5 months
  • 00:18:46.637 --> 00:18:50.508
  • Ago, we interviewed one of the people. relic shafir is a sort
  • 00:18:50.508 --> 00:18:53.043
  • Of a legendary air force pilot. he's one of the people that
  • 00:18:53.043 --> 00:18:56.580
  • Bombed the iraqi osirak reactor. and i asked him a question and i
  • 00:18:56.580 --> 00:19:01.385
  • Asked you the same question. what is it that makes our air
  • 00:19:01.385 --> 00:19:03.621
  • Force so, so powerful? because i think people have this mindset,
  • 00:19:03.621 --> 00:19:06.957
  • Oh, it's the best airplanes in technology or maybe the best
  • 00:19:06.957 --> 00:19:09.460
  • Training for the pilots or something. strategy, technology,
  • 00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:14.265
  • Daring. and his answer was, i'll give you a teaser. he said. it's
  • 00:19:14.265 --> 00:19:18.636
  • All of them. he said, we're willing to do things that other
  • 00:19:18.636 --> 00:19:21.839
  • Air forces refuse to do. and he was describing. this was when we
  • 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:25.843
  • Bombed the iraqi reactor, how much we pushed the aircraft to
  • 00:19:25.843 --> 00:19:29.747
  • The edge. it was the maximum range, the maximum ability of
  • 00:19:29.747 --> 00:19:33.717
  • The bombs, the maximum flight time, the maximum everything to
  • 00:19:33.717 --> 00:19:37.955
  • The exact boundaries of what you're able to do. and past it a
  • 00:19:37.955 --> 00:19:41.759
  • Little more. and i heard that i was like, oh, now it makes sense
  • 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:46.030
  • Because it's not just the best training, it's everything is
  • 00:19:46.030 --> 00:19:48.899
  • Pushed to the maximum because we're fighting a war of
  • 00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:50.868
  • Self-defense.
  • 00:19:50.868 --> 00:19:52.102
  • >> exactly. and i will give you one more thing that i think why
  • 00:19:52.203 --> 00:19:54.505
  • We are doing it. because since 1948, when this nation and this
  • 00:19:54.505 --> 00:20:01.045
  • Country were called israel and we started living here, we are
  • 00:20:01.045 --> 00:20:05.282
  • Fighting for our freedom and independence. so when you fight
  • 00:20:05.282 --> 00:20:11.488
  • For your family, for your friends, for yourself, for your
  • 00:20:11.488 --> 00:20:15.626
  • Country, it's much more powerful than anything else. and you, you
  • 00:20:15.626 --> 00:20:20.464
  • Are willing to do some crazy things you never thought you
  • 00:20:20.464 --> 00:20:24.768
  • Would do. and you have this feeling in your heart that you
  • 00:20:24.768 --> 00:20:27.805
  • Are doing the right thing for the right people, and you are in
  • 00:20:27.805 --> 00:20:31.942
  • The right side. and i think this is everything.
  • 00:20:31.942 --> 00:20:33.744
  • >> i think on everyone's mind is the question of what's the next
  • 00:20:33.744 --> 00:20:36.780
  • War looking like and the next war being iran. we're at a place
  • 00:20:36.780 --> 00:20:40.718
  • Right now when we're recording this, where everyone in the
  • 00:20:40.718 --> 00:20:43.787
  • World is looking at this part of the world. we have the us army,
  • 00:20:43.787 --> 00:20:47.157
  • Navy, air force, marines. they're all stationed around
  • 00:20:47.157 --> 00:20:50.261
  • Iran. we know you don't have to say this. the israeli public
  • 00:20:50.261 --> 00:20:53.163
  • Knows the israeli air force and the american air force have been
  • 00:20:53.163 --> 00:20:56.467
  • Training like this for a very long time together. what you
  • 00:20:56.467 --> 00:20:59.370
  • Know about our air force and their air force. how much of a
  • 00:20:59.370 --> 00:21:02.640
  • Match is it?
  • 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.841
  • >> i cannot tell you a lot about this, but i will tell you that
  • 00:21:03.941 --> 00:21:06.844
  • We are ready for anything. and i don't know how exactly the war
  • 00:21:06.844 --> 00:21:11.548
  • Is going to be. i don't know, but i'm ready for the worst case
  • 00:21:11.548 --> 00:21:15.486
  • Scenario, and i know we will do the right thing, and we are
  • 00:21:15.486 --> 00:21:20.457
  • Getting ready for whatever it takes to defeat whoever wants to
  • 00:21:20.457 --> 00:21:26.330
  • Eliminate ice from here.
  • 00:21:26.330 --> 00:21:28.098
  • >> so many of our viewers, and there are many of them, they
  • 00:21:28.098 --> 00:21:31.101
  • They repeatedly ask a question of how can we be praying for the
  • 00:21:31.101 --> 00:21:34.872
  • People on the ground, for the soldiers, for the pilots? as you
  • 00:21:34.872 --> 00:21:38.876
  • Wear your military outfit and get ready to fly again.
  • 00:21:38.876 --> 00:21:41.779
  • >> just believe in the way that we do in our path and share the
  • 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:47.951
  • Truth. we need it when you when we see it, the people all over
  • 00:21:47.951 --> 00:21:52.156
  • The world share the truth. it gives us strength to keep doing
  • 00:21:52.156 --> 00:21:55.626
  • What we are doing.
  • 00:21:55.626 --> 00:21:57.394
  • >> yeah, i think that's a great answer. and that's what people
  • 00:21:57.394 --> 00:22:00.297
  • Need to understand at home, is that at the end of the line,
  • 00:22:00.297 --> 00:22:03.567
  • There's a person like you who instead of and i'm saying this
  • 00:22:03.567 --> 00:22:05.803
  • Because this conversation could have gone a different direction
  • 00:22:05.803 --> 00:22:08.105
  • Of we're the strongest and we beat all our enemies and we, you
  • 00:22:08.105 --> 00:22:11.642
  • Know, and, and said, no, you've talked about morality, talked
  • 00:22:11.642 --> 00:22:15.079
  • About saving the lives of the innocent, talked about fighting
  • 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:16.914
  • A war of self-defense. i think the fact that we're morally
  • 00:22:16.914 --> 00:22:19.817
  • Justifiable in our actions is a is at the core of the way the
  • 00:22:19.817 --> 00:22:22.820
  • Israeli army operates, and it gives the power to go on and
  • 00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:26.590
  • Gives the support for people like you when you go on the next
  • 00:22:26.590 --> 00:22:29.960
  • Mission.
  • 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.594
  • >> so it's great talking.
  • 00:22:30.594 --> 00:22:31.628
  • >> to you, major. thank you. thank you very much.
  • 00:22:31.628 --> 00:22:33.630
  • >> come fly with us. let's go.
  • 00:22:33.630 --> 00:22:35.666
  • >> well, we saw today was a glimpse into the heart of the
  • 00:22:35.666 --> 00:22:38.669
  • Israeli air force and into the mind of a man who carries our
  • 00:22:38.669 --> 00:22:42.706
  • Safety on his shoulders. mission after mission. it was an honor
  • 00:22:42.706 --> 00:22:46.910
  • To hear his experiences and to feel the weight of the
  • 00:22:46.910 --> 00:22:50.981
  • Responsibility he and his team carry every single day. we are
  • 00:22:50.981 --> 00:22:55.552
  • Deeply grateful for the brave souls of the israeli air force,
  • 00:22:55.552 --> 00:22:59.923
  • Those who raise at the moment's notice, risk everything and do
  • 00:22:59.923 --> 00:23:05.429
  • Whatever it takes to keep all of us safe. their commitment, their
  • 00:23:05.429 --> 00:23:10.667
  • Sacrifice, and their quiet heroism are the reason that we
  • 00:23:10.667 --> 00:23:14.438
  • Get to sleep at night. to them, we offer our deepest respect.
  • 00:23:14.438 --> 00:23:19.643
  • May god protect them always and bring all of our hostages, all
  • 00:23:19.643 --> 00:23:24.548
  • Of our soldiers, and anyone who's involved in protecting the
  • 00:23:24.548 --> 00:23:29.052
  • Country of israel. safe home soon. welcome back and i hope
  • 00:23:29.052 --> 00:23:40.864
  • You enjoyed that report. a tbn.tv israel. we will keep
  • 00:23:40.864 --> 00:23:44.067
  • Spreading the truth, and we encourage you to join us in
  • 00:23:44.067 --> 00:23:48.205
  • Prayer for the peace of jerusalem. so we will take a
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  • Short commercial break, after which we will return together
  • 00:23:51.041 --> 00:23:54.878
  • And give you some prayer points for the situation in this
  • 00:23:54.878 --> 00:23:58.682
  • Region. a war zone in the gaza strip, being under fire by hamas
  • 00:23:58.682 --> 00:24:07.558
  • Terrorists. you don't have time to sit and drink your coffee and
  • 00:24:07.558 --> 00:24:10.461
  • Wake up in the morning and get ready for the day and prepare.
  • 00:24:10.461 --> 00:24:14.398
  • So sometimes i woke up at two in the morning after an hour and a
  • 00:24:14.398 --> 00:24:17.668
  • Half of sleep, and you need to wake up immediately and do your
  • 00:24:17.668 --> 00:24:22.372
  • Job and do it to perfection. or people die.
  • 00:24:22.372 --> 00:24:25.509
  • >> you literally have your life on the line. you don't know what
  • 00:24:25.509 --> 00:24:29.213
  • Corner you turn, and somebody got a gun pointed at you.
  • 00:24:29.213 --> 00:24:36.386
  • >> so in order to wake up, i just took a pill and i really
  • 00:24:36.386 --> 00:24:39.990
  • Felt the energy levels go up faster. the clarity of mind that
  • 00:24:39.990 --> 00:24:44.628
  • Doesn't usually happen immediately when you wake up in
  • 00:24:44.628 --> 00:24:46.830
  • The morning. and i don't remember taking much stuff with
  • 00:24:46.830 --> 00:24:50.400
  • Me into the gaza strip. had my sleeping bag, a flashlight, and
  • 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:54.104
  • A vineyard bottle. so that's what i had with me.
  • 00:24:54.104 --> 00:24:58.308
  • >> you're a young person. you're very healthy, but you still
  • 00:24:58.308 --> 00:25:01.478
  • Think that vinea was helpful to get you to even a higher level
  • 00:25:01.478 --> 00:25:05.449
  • Of performance?
  • 00:25:05.449 --> 00:25:06.750
  • >> it's helping me to exceed my normal abilities. so let's say,
  • 00:25:06.750 --> 00:25:10.687
  • You know, i'm at 100%, and that puts me at 120. we're raising
  • 00:25:10.687 --> 00:25:15.559
  • Three kids. you need to be sharp to make the right decisions.
  • 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:18.929
  • >> raising three kids may be equal to combat.
  • 00:25:18.929 --> 00:25:22.132
  • >> a lot harder, a lot harder. listen, i'm still taking dinner
  • 00:25:22.132 --> 00:25:25.502
  • Every day because i want to be there with my kids when they
  • 00:25:25.502 --> 00:25:29.072
  • Grow old. i want to be able to dance at their wedding and carry
  • 00:25:29.072 --> 00:25:31.875
  • My kids and my grandkids for years to come. and this is the
  • 00:25:31.875 --> 00:25:36.046
  • Time to start. i mean, when you're young.
  • 00:25:36.046 --> 00:25:39.007
  • Time to start. i mean, when you're young.
  • 00:25:39.007 --> 00:25:45.740
  • Thank you for coming back to us. we know that this is a spiritual
  • 00:25:47.008 --> 00:25:51.446
  • War. it just doesn't make any other sense. why the houthis
  • 00:25:51.446 --> 00:25:55.049
  • From yemen, the iranian regime from iran, thousands of miles
  • 00:25:55.049 --> 00:26:01.189
  • Away from us, are launching attacks against the jewish
  • 00:26:01.189 --> 00:26:04.358
  • State. this tiny strip of land, it's spiritual. and how do we
  • 00:26:04.358 --> 00:26:09.764
  • Battle a spiritual war? we pray. the good thing is that our god
  • 00:26:09.764 --> 00:26:15.436
  • Listens to prayers. so let's unite in prayer. but let's make
  • 00:26:15.436 --> 00:26:19.240
  • It personal. here are some prayer points that i would like
  • 00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:24.479
  • To share with you, so that you will know how to pray for the
  • 00:26:24.479 --> 00:26:28.149
  • Peace of jerusalem. one is to pray for our hostages. we still
  • 00:26:28.149 --> 00:26:32.353
  • Have some 25 hostages in the gaza strip. let's pray for our
  • 00:26:32.353 --> 00:26:38.960
  • Soldiers, for the civilians that were called up again to fight in
  • 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:43.531
  • This war and defend our country. they have families, they have
  • 00:26:43.531 --> 00:26:46.467
  • Children, they have jobs. let's pray that god will bless them
  • 00:26:46.467 --> 00:26:50.371
  • And keep the family unit together. this is something that
  • 00:26:50.371 --> 00:26:55.076
  • Is very, very needed in israel now. and let's pray for all the
  • 00:26:55.076 --> 00:26:59.080
  • Innocent lives that are affected by these terrorist
  • 00:26:59.080 --> 00:27:02.416
  • Organizations. if it's in yemen, if it's in lebanon, in syria,
  • 00:27:02.416 --> 00:27:05.353
  • And in the gaza strip, or in judea and samaria, let's pray
  • 00:27:05.353 --> 00:27:09.190
  • That god will show himself to all these people that instead of
  • 00:27:09.190 --> 00:27:14.462
  • Hatred towards israel, they will have love for the people of
  • 00:27:14.462 --> 00:27:19.267
  • Israel. let's unite in prayer for the peace of jerusalem.
  • 00:27:19.267 --> 00:27:19.267