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Boots on the Ground | IDF Dark Horse Turns the Tide in Battle | Boots on the Ground | July 10, 2025

A senior hamas official admitted during an interview with the bbc
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This week that we have lost control of 80% of the gaza
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Strip. as if to drive home that point, five idf divisions are
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Operating in the gaza strip, destroying anti-tank positions,
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Tunnels and terror targets, and united states special envoy
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Steve witkoff is on his way to doha, qatar, for negotiations
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Aimed at ending the war. but so far there is no breakthrough.
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And elsewhere, iran's president claims that israel tried to
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Assassinate him, and a former mossad man revealed to the
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German news portal bild how israel operates in the heart of
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Tehran and defense security. asia reports on an israeli
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Demand that china curb sales of j-10c jets to iran. and finally,
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The houthis in yemen threaten that you will pay for every drop
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After the strike on the ship that symbolized the revolt. the
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Galaxy leader, which had became a houthi tourist site. welcome
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To boots on the ground. i'm your host, yair pinto, bringing you
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The whole truth about what is happening in israel so that you
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Will know how to pray for the peace of jerusalem. guys. in
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Recent days, dozens of hamas militants, weapons depots and
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Underground structures were struck as three idf divisions
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Have entered gaza city. at the same time, the power of yasir
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Abu shabab is rising as he admits receiving weapons from
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The idf and declares after hamas is crushed, we will inherit the
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Gaza strip and in samaria, duvdevan idf fighters eliminated
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Two militants, including a senior weapons dealer, and
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Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has begun a visit to
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The united states, and a source in his entourage rejected talk
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Of a dead end and hears from president trump that there is a
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Good chance for an agreement between israel and hamas within
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A week. tbn.tv, israel's senior middle east analyst, matti
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Shoshani, will bring us the details of these talks. we have
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A lot to talk about today, so let's dive into the details. i'm
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Yael pinto, and this is your boots on the ground report about
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What's happening in israel and a 641 of the war ast hamas,
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Hezbollah, the houthis in yemen, the shia militias in iraq and
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The west bank, terrorist palestinian organizations, all
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Of them are taking their orders from iran's revolutionary
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Guards, which is the head of the crumbling axis of evil in the
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Middle east. and if you love boots on the ground, guys know
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Begin, we'll take a short commercial break, after which
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We'll return with tbn, israel's senior middle east analyst matti
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Shoshani, who will give us the latest updates.
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>> the middle east is complicated. evil thrives here
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And wears many different faces.
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>> but in the middle of it all is israel, a tiny democracy
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Fighting for its life against extremist regimes and terrorist
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Armies that glorify death, not life.
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>> and yet, somehow the world calls us the aggressor.
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>> because evil has the narrative and twisted the truth.
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>> and the west, while too often believes the lies, because
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Comprehending such evil is hard. and when people can't understand
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It, they misplace the blame.
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>> this battle isn't just about israel. this is a threat to the
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Entire free world.
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>> because when the truth dies, freedom dies with it.
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>> so stand with israel, defend the truth and make sure it gets
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Out to the entire world. go to. israel and donate now. our
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Future depends on it. thank you
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For coming back. and now we turn to matti shoshani. matti, these
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Are very turbulent days. the balance of power in the middle
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East is shifting. and it seems many surprises are headed
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Towards this way. can you give us an update on the situation
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Since the trump netanyahu meeting.
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>> last night? prime minister netanyahu met with president
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Trump in the white house. this has been a dramatic a historic
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Meeting that is a culmination of multiple months of warfare in
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This region where israel attacked iran. israel weakened
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Many of the proxies of the iranian government. and, of
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Course, the us stepped in and intervened in the israel-iran
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Conflict that took place just several weeks ago. this meeting
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Is to bring all of these events to a point, a point in which
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Israel, of course, following the us's lead, reshapes the region
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That we're living in, rebuilds an agreement, rebuilds
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Stability, rebuilds the economy in a way that is exclusive of
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The iranians, and rebuilds what this region needs most, which is
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A solid season, a season of rebuilding, a season of peace, a
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Season of stability. netanyahu started with a very big gesture
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To president trump, handing him a letter that recommends
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President trump for the nobel peace prize. this is something
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President trump has talked about publicly multiple times, stating
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That he should receive a peace prize. and let me tell you
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Something. when it comes to actually rebuilding this region
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In a way that is more peaceful, more stable, more conducive to a
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Proper quality of life for the people of this region, both
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Israelis and non-israelis. well, president trump has done a lot
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For that cause. the big topics on the table between prime
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Minister netanyahu and president trump were several. one ending
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The war as we know it. this includes hamas, gaza
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Destabilizing lebanon, syria and of course, iran, the iranian
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Nuclear program and how all of these things together will lead
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To the abraham accords. prime minister netanyahu, when asked
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About the people of gaza leaving or remaining in the gaza strip,
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He said they would be given an option once an agreement is
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Reached, and that option would be those who want to stay can
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Stay, and those who want to leave will be able to leave.
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This is sort of chiming off or bouncing the idea off. what
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President trump has talked about several times in the past, which
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Is that people in gaza should be allowed to leave to live a
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Better life. another very hot topic that was mentioned is the
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Question of what happens in the day after, with an agreement
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With the palestinian authority. this is called the two state
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Solution, the one state solution, whatever you call it.
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It's the question of how does israel relate to the
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Palestinians living in judea and samaria, specifically under the
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Palestinian authority control? and president trump said
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Something interesting. he says there should be an agreement,
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T that agreement shouldn't allow them to harm israel. in
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Other words, he recognizes that israel, in any future agreement,
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Should have the ability to self protect itself from any kind of
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Hostility. and he quotes the fact or references the fact that
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The same people that carried out the october 7th attacks against
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Israel are the same people that, to a certain degree are
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Influential in that part of the world. so, yes, in agreement,
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Not at any price, not at any condition. and israel should and
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Will have the right to defend itself. another really
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Reoccurring theme in this conversation between president
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Trump and prime minister netanyahu was other countries
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Wanting a deal in our region. right now, there's an ongoing
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Conflict with hamas and ongoing conflict with iran and several
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Countries that want to restabilize specifically syria.
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Regarding syria, president trump states that netanyahu and him
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Are on the same page and that we're willing to remove
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Sanctions from syria and give the country a fresh start. under
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Mohammed al-shara, the current leader of the country. and all
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Of this is supposed to bring syria out of where they've been
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For many, many decades, led by a dictator, into a country that
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Now is able to negotiate without sanctions and sort of reshape
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Its future. and the same thing is said about the biggest peace
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In this entire conversation, which is hamas, gaza. israel
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Can't end this war. we've said this many times without ending
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The conflict in the gaza strip. with israeli hostages returned
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Into israel proper. president trump said in this meeting that
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Hamas in gaza is now willing to talk, willing to talk about
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Returning the hostages and ending the conflict. we are in a
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Historical moment. president trump and netanyahu both
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Referenced this in the meeting, stating clearly that these are
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Historical times, that we're about to reshape the middle east
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And bring a season of peace and quiet if everything goes in the
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Right direction. now, i want to be honest, it isn't necessarily
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Going that direction. there is a scenario where the iranians and
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Others possibly try to flare up once against the conflict, but
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There's a very possible scenario in which this whole conflict
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Ends with an agreement with iran, with hamas, where lebanon
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And syria rebuilt and israel and the us are part of a new
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Regional peace and stability that leads to the next phase of
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Abraham accords with the saudis and others who haven't been part
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Yet. these are historical times. these are dramatic times. and
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Make sure you watch everything we release on tbn israel to keep
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Up to speed with everything that is happening here in the middle
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East. now back to clepto.
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>> thank you very much, marty, for bringing order to the chaos.
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We will continue to report on every development. so guys, keep
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Spreading the truth. enter to our tbn youtube channel, tbn
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Israel. because we at boots on the ground bring you daily
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Updates about israel and encourage you to pray for the
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Situation. and now we move on to our report about my favorite war
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Machine. we travel deep into the south of israel, into an idf
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Base to bring it right to you. so check it out. when the war
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Began, i reohm pinto. for those of you who don't know me,
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Deployed with my tank unit to lebanon while my brothers in
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Arms took their positions on other fronts. a few weeks later
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We moved down to the gaza strip, pushing forward with our tanks.
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And then, as the war raged on, my friends in the idf advanced
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As far as syria. every battlefield we were there, our
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Tanks leading the way. and today we are taking you to the place
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Where these warriors are made and where i was trained for many
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Years to become a tank platoon commander. the shizafon armored
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Corps training base. this is where tank commanders, gunners,
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Loaders and drivers are forged in fire, where soldiers
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Transform into elite armored warriors ready to take on any
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Enemy anywhere. this is shizafon. but before we dive
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Deeper, like, share and subscribe, be part of israel's
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Story as it unfolds. good morning everybody. it's a bit
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Early here in israel around 6 a.m, starting the morning with
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Some coffee. reading the bible. make sure you start the day by
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Saying thank you to god for everything that he's doing for
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Your life. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. this is the one
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And only guitar back from thailand. we have with us guys
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From the idf and ana. how are you doing? good. so we're on our
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Way to visit the training base of the idf's tank units. stay
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Tuned. so we've been driving already for, like, what, 2.5
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Hours from jerusalem to the south of israel. and wrived
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At one of the nicest areas in this land, in my opinion, which
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Is the middle of the desert. this is a huge crater, and it's
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Called the makhtesh ramon. okay, we're going to drive through it,
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And then we're gonna reach the tank headquarter base of the
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Idf. we're gonna take part in a simulator of a of a tank, and
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Then we're gonna see a live fire exercise of tank units there. so
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It's very exciting because i grew up in this space. i mean, i
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Was there as a young recruit when i was a young and handsome.
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When i was 18 years old. and, and i spent around, i would say
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Maybe two and a half years of my military service there and where
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I did my bootcamp and advanced training commanders, training,
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Tank platoon commanders training, and the final was the
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Officer course. and then i went back there to train some young
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Recruits on how to operate the tanks and fighting the tank
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Units before completing my mandatory service and then
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Joining the reserve units of the idf, in which i'm still part of.
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You know that when the pilots are flying in the air, we look
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And we say, wow, look at these fighter pilots. and they when
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They are in the air and they say, look at these tank
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Commanders. so, guys, we just arrived into the shizafon base.
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Pretty emotional to get back here. i wonder if the food is
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Better than what i remembered it, but this is the idf. it's an
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Army. you know, things don't change fast. it looks. it looks
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Exactly the same. it's crazy. really crazy. she's. a phone is
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Out here in the heart of the negev desert, where the land is
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Harsh and unforgiving. it was built after israel's wars with
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Egypt. when it became clear that tanks weren't just machines of
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War, they were the key to survival in this area. in 1967,
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Israeli tanks crushed enemy forces in the six-day war,
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Providing that speed, precision and firepower that could change
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The course of history. but then came 1973, the yom kippur war,
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Where israeli forces were nearly overwhelmed. our tanks faced
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Wave after wave of egyptian and syrian armor, ambushes from
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Advanced missiles and brutal desert combat. the lesson we
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Needed to train better, harder and smarter. before its
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Different bases. recognizing the need for a centralized, state of
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The art training center, the idf built shizafon in the early 90s
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To bring all elements of tank warfare under one roof. over the
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Years, it has grown into a cutting edge facility
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Incorporating live fire exercises, simulators, and real
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World battle scenario training to prepare soldiers for the
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Intense realities of this war. every idf tank commander,
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Gunner, loader and driver passes through here. mastering the art
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Of armored warfare in one of the toughest training programs in
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This world. but before we see how these warriors are made,
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Please like, share and subscribe. be part of israel's
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Journey and witness the strength of those who defend it. so we
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Arrived at the most advanced tank simulator in shizafon. this
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Is the headquarters of the idf's tank corps. and this this is the
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Tank simulator.
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>> so here we have the simulator of syrian, of the tanks. here we
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Actually have the all the positions of the tank inside the
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Simulator. it's the strongest simulator in the ground force.
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>> it looks pretty, pretty new.
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>> yeah, it's really new. we just started two months ago,
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Just right now, bringing it into the soldiers and practicing how
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To do the different positions inside the simulator instead of
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Going down to the fields.
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>> so what positions do we have inside the tank?
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>> inside the tank? tank. we have the gunner. who? he shoots
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All the ammunition. we have the loader. he loads everything. we
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Have the commander and the driver.
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>> okay. i was a tank platoon commander. can you guess what
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Position i started in?
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>> what position?
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>> i guess you know that you know the difference between the
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People.
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>> the loader?
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>> no, but thanks for saying that. it means i'm stronger
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What i was. i was the gunner.
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>> okay.
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>> the gunner is the smartest guy. the loader is the strongest
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Guy. and the driver goes to sleep, right? and this is a lot
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More advanced than what i had 20 years ago. aa aa. so the purpose
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Of this is to train the entire tank unit as, as one unit, as a
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Team. and by doing it with this simulator, you save money on the
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Tanks, maintenance, on gear, on firepower, and you can use the
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Actual time on the tank more efficiently.
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>> in the simulator. they can change the terrain to make a
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Bunch of different grounds, so that we don't have to actually
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Drive to the desert or to the north. we can practice whatever
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They need, and it saves a lot of time and money.
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>> so who's training them in the simulator?
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>> so we actually have instructors who work from the
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Morning to the night, and they train the soldiers the whole
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Day.
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>> so female instructors are training the fighters how to
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Fight these tanks. exactly as part of your training, do you
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Also go on tanks and fire and drive and everything.
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>> we do in the three month course, we go inside, tank, the
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Drivers will drive the loaders, load the shooters shoot.
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>> so we're about to start.
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>> training for the drivers of the tank. this is an advanced
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Simulator. everything's going to move around here. it looks
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Exactly like a real and you know tank. i'm ready. you need to
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Close. gotta be shaky. so we're gonna push this here outside.
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Hatch time. hey, hey, what's your name, honey? okay, honey,
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Honey is gonna do a simulator for me, and she will instruct me
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Like a commander instructs the drivers of the tanks. i already
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Started to see all the visuals in front of me. let me show it
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To you guys. one second. you see? press the red button. this
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Red button. okay, i'm pressing the button. nine seconds to go.
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Whoa! you can definitely feel it.
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Okay.
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>> take care. whoa, whoa.
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>> the tank fighters. we have a thing with cleaning the shoes,
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Making sure they're always shining black. so this is how
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You do it? guys, i want to show you something that you can only
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See here in the shizafon area. because of tens of years of
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Tanks running over this grounds, this sand. look what it becomes.
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It's like powder. so about to go to the tanks now. the real ones.
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Check it out, guys. from the streets of gaza to the hills of
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Lebanon. the merkava has been more than just a machine. it's
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Been the backbone of this war with its advanced armor, its
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Lethal firepower, its unmatched mobility and its technological
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Superiority. the merkava has crushed terrorist strongholds,
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Clear tunnels and kept enemy rocket squads at bay. so i'm
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Here with staff sergeant m from the 401st armored corps division
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Of the idf.
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>> nice to meet you.
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>> what's this machine behind us?
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>> so behind you is the merkava mark four. it's the latest tank
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That the idf has to offer. it's been in service for almost 20
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Years and a half, so about 25 overall. this tank has been an
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Absolute game changer for the idf. it's a wonderful machine.
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We've had it out, so it is a key component on the battlefield. it
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Is capable of doing multiple different tasks, including
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Medical evacuation and of course fighting, along with armored
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Personnel carrying. indeed, it is a very awesome tank. so of
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Course, like most tanks, it is divided to the turret, which is
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What we see up above, which is connected to the cannon, and of
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Course the tube itself. inside a tube on the front, unlike most
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Tanks, is the engine. it sits there with a massive amount of
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Rsepower, almost 3200 horsepower. it is capable of
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Taking the tank to around 62km/h, and it is without a
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Doubt, a very formidable and loud machine.
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>> can we go inside?
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>> of course. yeah.
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>> so the cannon itself is 120mm smoothbore cannon, capable of
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Capable of shooting multiple different types and variations
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Of ammunition all the way from anti-tank to anti-personnel. we
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See in front of us the back exit. most tanks will not have
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That, because of course they will have the engine block in
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The back. the reason this one exists is, as i have said
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Before, so that the tank can also operate for armored
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Personnel carrying and medical evacuation. that is the main
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Purpose it serves, along with allowing the tank crew to exit
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Safely without being open for sniper rifles.
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>> going in. the tank has the driver, the gunner, the loader
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And the commander correct. where do they sit?
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>> so the driver sits right in front of me in this little hole
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The hull. in theory, the job is very simple. in truth, is
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Arguably the most skill requiring job inside the tank.
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More or less where i am standing right now and slightly behind me
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Is where the loader is. he usually spends his time standing
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Up. his job is, of course, to take care of both machine guns.
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Right next to you, right over here is where the gunner sits.
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And of course, right behind you is where the commander sits. or
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Most of the time stands.
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>> what's the firepower that this tank has?
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>> insane in the most honest way possible? it is absolutely
00:24:02.610 --> 00:24:06.548
Phenomenal.
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>> like how much like guns.
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>> so it.
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>> usually harbors two fn mags, 7.262mm. one is a coaxial.
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Another one right here for the commander. yeah. and right on
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Top of the cannon sits an 50 cal, which is connected directly
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To the gunner, and he can shoot it at the same time as when he
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Shoots the coaxial. and thus he can double, if not triple, the
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Power at once. so imagine sitting in front of this tank as
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It charges at you at 60km/h, shooting three different types
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Of secondary guns and its cannon right at you. oh, wow. i
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Wouldn't want to.
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>> be there.
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>> yeah, definitely. this is some serious machinery. it's
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Definitely a game changer in the battlefield. these tanks have
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The best armor and enormous amount of firepower. they can
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Drive on every terrain and really make a difference. you
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Guys, you see behind me all these new trainees, these are
00:25:01.903 --> 00:25:06.241
Rookies in the idf. and their commander is giving them time to
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Do tasks. let's go. it is a fun. recruits endure some of the
00:25:10.979 --> 00:25:18.853
Toughest training in the idf. they learned to maneuver the
00:25:18.853 --> 00:25:22.790
Merkava tank over brutal terrain to operate as a single
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Unstoppable unit. they drill, they push, they fight until they
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Are ready to step onto the battlefield and change the
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Course of this war. after everything that we've seen here
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At shizafon, one thing is clear israel's strength is not just in
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Its weapons, but in its warrior. from the battlefields of the
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Gaza strip to the northern border with lebanon, the merkava
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Tank has led the fight protecting israel when it needed
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It the most. but the tank is only as strong as the people
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Inside it. and here, in the heart of the negev desert, the
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Next generation of armored warriors is being forged, ready
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To defend their homeland in every challenge in every war,
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Israel rises because behind every machine, behind every
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Strategy, stands the unbreakable spirit of its people. this is
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The strength of israel, a country protected and beloved by
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God now and forever. so now you guys understand that i love
00:26:31.793 --> 00:26:37.398
These machines. so keep spreading the truth. and after
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The commercial break, we'll pray together for the peace of
00:26:40.501 --> 00:26:44.906
Jerusalem. so stay with us. a war zone in the gaza strip. been
00:26:44.906 --> 00:26:53.348
Under fire by hamas terrorists. you don't have time to sit and
00:26:53.348 --> 00:26:56.985
Drink your coffee and wake up in the morning and get ready for
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The day and prepare. so sometimes i woke up at two in
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The morning after an hour and a half of sleep, and you need to
00:27:04.025 --> 00:27:07.829
Wake up immediately and do your job and do it to perfection. or
00:27:07.829 --> 00:27:12.800
People die.
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>> you literally have your life on the line. you don't know what
00:27:14.135 --> 00:27:17.171
Corner you turn, and somebody got a gun pointed at you.
00:27:17.171 --> 00:27:24.312
>> so in order to wake up, i just took a pill and i really
00:27:24.312 --> 00:27:27.949
Felt the energy levels go up faster. the clarity of mind that
00:27:27.949 --> 00:27:32.620
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
00:27:34.856 --> 00:27:38.359
Me into the gaza strip. i had my sleeping bag, a flashlight, and
00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:43.331
A vineyard bottle. so that's what i had with me.
00:27:43.331 --> 00:27:46.200
>> you're a young person. you're very healthy, but you still
00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:49.170
Think that vinea was helpful to get you to even a higher level
00:27:49.170 --> 00:27:53.741
Of performance?
00:27:53.741 --> 00:27:54.976
>> it's helping me to exceed my normal abilities. so let's say,
00:27:55.076 --> 00:27:58.646
You know, i'm at 100%, and that puts me at 120. we're raising
00:27:58.646 --> 00:28:03.584
Three kids. you need to be sharp to make the right decisions.
00:28:03.584 --> 00:28:06.821
>> raising three kids may be equal to combat.
00:28:06.821 --> 00:28:10.024
>> a lot harder, a lot harder. listen, i'm still taking dinner
00:28:10.024 --> 00:28:13.394
Every day because i want to be there with my kids when they
00:28:13.394 --> 00:28:16.898
Grow old. they want to be able to dance at their wedding and
00:28:16.898 --> 00:28:19.901
Carry my kids and my grandkids for years to come. and this is
00:28:19.901 --> 00:28:23.705
The time to start. i mean, when you're young.
00:28:23.705 --> 00:28:35.216
Thank you for coming back to us. and guys, this time before we
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Pray for the peace of jerusalem, let's take a moment and thank
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God for everything that has been doing in the middle east, in
00:28:44.592 --> 00:28:48.563
Israel and in our lives. personally, god just proved the
00:28:48.563 --> 00:28:53.301
Entire world that he is performing amazing miracles in
00:28:53.301 --> 00:28:59.006
Modern days. he's faithful to the people of israel for a very
00:28:59.006 --> 00:29:03.644
Important reason, to prove to each and every one of you that
00:29:03.644 --> 00:29:07.515
He will be faithful to you in whatever it is that you are
00:29:07.515 --> 00:29:12.587
Struggling through. god is strong and he's a personal god.
00:29:12.587 --> 00:29:16.624
He listens to prayers. so when we pray for the peace of
00:29:16.624 --> 00:29:21.262
Jerusalem, let's make it personal. let's pray for an idf
00:29:21.262 --> 00:29:25.633
Soldier and his family. let's pray for the hostages that needs
00:29:25.633 --> 00:29:31.038
Comfort in tunnels somewhere in the gatrip. let's pray for
00:29:31.038 --> 00:29:35.009
The iranian people. let's pray for all those people that are
00:29:35.009 --> 00:29:39.313
Affected by these terrorist regimes. this is a spiritual
00:29:39.313 --> 00:29:42.784
War. and how do we fight a spiritual war? we pray, thank
00:29:42.784 --> 00:29:48.656
God that he's listening to our prayers. that's uniting prayer
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For the peace of jerusalem.
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IDF Dark Horse Turns the Tide in Battle | Boots on the Ground

July 10, 2025 | 30:27

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