TBN Israel's Yair Pinto and Mati Shoshani report on the Israel-Hamas and regional war. Day 712, the IDF storms Gaza City as Operation Gideon’s Chariots B targets Hamas’s last stronghold. While civilians are used as human shields, Israel clears terror zones street by street. Meanwhile, Qatar reels after the strike in Doha, Iran faces crypto crackdowns, and Greta Thunberg’s “aid flotilla” is exposed as a Hamas front.
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Boots on the Ground | IDF Strikes 850 Hamas Targets; Houthi Revenge Missile Attack Intercepted | Boots on the Ground | September 18, 2025
- Ground forces have begun moving into the center of gaza city,
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- Fighting among civilians that are used as human shields by
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- Hamas, including hostages and also ied arenas. with the
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- Opening of the ground phase of gideon chariots b, the goal is
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- To defeat the brigade in hamas's capital, gaza city.
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- Already the beginning of the operation, an encouraging
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- Message was received from the united states president donald
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- Trump, who warned that hamas will be in big trouble if it
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- Uses hostages as shields. in parallel, israel is deep in
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- Negotiations with the al-julani regime in syria to preserve the
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- Air corridor to iran and other arrangements, as the united
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- States signals an advanced security pact with qatar,
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- Partly as compensation for israel's strike on hamas
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- Meeting in doha last week. despite that attack under
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- Senior leadership, hamas says it does not rule out a return
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- To the negotiations. in other news, israel has seized 187
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- Crypto wallets used by iran's revolutionary guards and the
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- United states imposed new sanctions on the shadow banking
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- Network. as britain and germany made an unusual statement on
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- Iran. we'll also bring you the whole truth behind the greta
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- Thunberg flotilla to gaza, which is just a cover for a
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- Wider web of activity with hamas terrorists at the center.
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- Welcome to boots on the ground. i'm your host, yael pinto, and
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- With me today is matti shoshani. together, we're bringing you
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- All the truth about what's happening in israel, so that
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- You will know how to pray for the peace of jerusalem. about a
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- Year and a half after the exit from the neighborhoods of gaza,
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- Idf soldiers returned to the terrain laced with explosives.
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- Dozens of airstrikes were aimed at ied areas in the first hours
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- Of tuesday's operations, so that tanks and apcs could cross
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- Safely. we will reveal the main target where hamas entrenched
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- Itself, and the assessment of the number of terrorists that
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- Are still remaining active in the city. the idf is preparing
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- To evacuate hundreds of thousands amidst an assessment
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- That in the coming days, more than half a million residents
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- Will leave, which will allow an operational escalation in other
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- Arenas. the idf spokesperson published footage from an
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- Attack on a houthi infrastructure in the port of
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- Hodeidah. strikes in gaza and the destruction of a hezbollah
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- Headquarters in lebanon. after the hudaydah strike, the
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- Houthis launched a missile that was intercepted by israel's
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- Aero system with no casualties and no damage. and meanwhile,
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- In regards to diplomacy and negotiations, palestinian
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- Elements say that the old model will not return. a new ways to
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- Stop the war will be discussed. for its part, qatar is trying
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- To leverage the strike on hamas meeting in doha last week into
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- A strategic defensive agreement with the united states. and
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- Washington is trying to calm doha's threats and convey a
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- Message that israel is interested in an agreement.
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- Secretary of state marco rubio was oha, qatar, this week
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- Where he said that the two states are on the verge of
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- Signing an improved defensive agreement. also to prevent a
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- Repeat of a strike like last week's. and elsewhere, israel
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- Submitted to syria a detailed security proposal while in
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- Damascus they are preparing for a counter-proposal. and
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- Meanwhile, israel ordered the seizure of 187 crypto wallets
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- Of the irgc, the islamic revolutionary guards corps, as
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- The issuer froze about $1.5 million and the united states
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- Marked an iranian financing network to deepen the sanctions
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- Against the regime. tbn.tv, israel's senior middle east
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- Analyst, matti shoshani, will bring us details from
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- Netanyahu's. trump's regional plan, as netanyahu will meet
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- President donald trump at the white house after the united
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- Nations general assembly meeting in new york later in
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- The month. a fourth meeting in less than nine months. we have
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- A lot to talk about today, so let's dive into the details.
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- I'm yair pinto, and this is your boots on the ground report
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- About what's happening in israel and a 712 of the war
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- Against hamas, hezbollah, the houthis in yemen, the shia
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- Militias in iraq, and all the other armed groups in judea and
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- Samaria that are operating under the control of iran's
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- Revolutionary guards, which is the head of the crumbling axis
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- Of evil in the middle east. and a moment before we continue, i
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- Want to invite you to visit our youtube channel, tbn israel, to
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- Receive daily boots on the ground updates reports to help
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- You understand the situation and know how to pray for the
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- Peace of jerusalem. and now we'll go out to a short
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- Commercial break, after which we'll return to you with tbn,
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- Israel's senior middle east analyst marty shoshani.
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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 it believes the lies,
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- Because comprehending such evil is hard. and when people can't
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- Understand 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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- >> welcome back. now we turn to tb and israel's senior middle
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- East analyst, matti shoshani, who will bring us what is
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- Happening in the diplomatic arena with arab states. after
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- The israeli strike in qatar and the threats from the arab
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- Countries in the middle east? it seems that president trump
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- And prime minister netanyahu are aligned and coordinated,
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- And moreover, both are very calm about the situation. marty,
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- What's going on?
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- >> thank you. yael. yes. since israel struck at hamas targets
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- Deep within doha, the capital of qatar, the qataris have been
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- On an ongoing mission, and their mission has been clear.
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- They want to cause maximum damage to the state of israel
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- And its agenda, by the way, according to my opinion, as
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- They've done before. and the way they're going about this is
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- Very crafty. they've been working to rally arab league
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- Support for what they're calling an arab league support
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- In diplomatic measures against the state of israel. and
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- They've gone so far as to try to cause diplomatic damage to
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- Israel in multiple international institutions. but
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- Here's the interesting thing. just the other day, secretary
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- Of state marco rubio visits israel, and in his visit to
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- This country, he comes out with a very, very bold and clear
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- Message to the state of israel, people of israel, don't worry,
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- The u.s. is behind you. we will continue supporting you as you
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- Fight against hamas in the gaza strip. we'll continue
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- Supporting you until every last hostage is returned. and he
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- Says this in multiple times, in multiple clear messages. and at
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- The same time, president trump backs exactly that message. now,
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- Initially, when the attack in qatar took place, president
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- Trump comes out, as does the u.s. administration and says,
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- Hey guys, we don't really like the timing of this. we didn't
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- Like the location of this, but we do support israel in
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- Attacking hamas. and a lot of people hinged on that statement
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- Of, we're not happy with what israel did. but the important
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- Message was that they fully support israel. they're just
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- Not happy with the venue, as qatar was a mediator wor
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- Together with the us. and i think that's the key word here.
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- Qatar is not an ally. qatar is not a friend. qatar is not a
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- Partner of the us or israel. it has been a mediator and a
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- Person or an entity that we had to work with. the qataris said
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- To israel, if israel ceases its violence, everything will go
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- Back to normal. we're clearly hamas should have been
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- Condemned in that moment. and this is in line with everything
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- That the qataris have done in the past. they consistently
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- Support and help the hamas organization. so, as i said, us
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- Secretary of state marco rubio visits israel. and in israel,
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- He gives a very strong message. i support israel's war in the
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- Gaza strip, and i support the return of every last hostage.
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- Then he gets on a plane and flies to doha, qatar, to talk
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- To the qataris. and his message to qatar is very clear. we want
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- You to continue negotiating and mediating in this ongoing
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- Conflict. but and this is important, but that doesn't
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- Give you the power to dictate what israel can and cannot do.
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- Qatar is trying to create this image of arab solidarity with
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- Them against the state of israel. but that couldn't be
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- Further from the truth. multiple countries, including
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- The jordanians, including the saudis, and including, of
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- Course, egypt, are against qatar. they see qatar as a
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- Threat. they see al jazeera as a threat, and they see their
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- Meddling in politics worldwide as something that needs to be
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- Contended with. we've made it clear that qatar can't play
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- Both sides of the game. the united states has stood with
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- Israel time and time again, including after the attack on
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- Qatar, and said we support israel's right to fight against
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- Hamas wherever they're standing. and that is the headline. that
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- Is the thing. and the trend to continue tracking with. now
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- Back to pinto.
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- >> thank you very much, marty shoshani, for the clarity to
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- This vital, important issues. we will continue to bring you
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- The truth. so let's continue with this report and move to a
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- Fascinating video that reproduced from deep inside
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- Syria. just last week, as marty and i embeddedh the idf
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- Unit that has been deployed to the buffer zone south of
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- Damascus. in our report, you'll see what we saw there. as the
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- Residents of these areas have no functioning economy or any
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- Services and must rely on the kindness of israeli and
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- International aid organizations for their basic needs. you have
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- To see this. we are on the other side of the
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- Israeli-syrian border. we arrived in a hospital that is
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- Operated by the french ships organization that is providing
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- Humanitarian aid to the people here.
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- >> we're in what's been a battle zone for 15 years. yeah,
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- This is a region that's been torn by wave after wave after
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- Wave of civil war. we're in what is syrian quneitra, which
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- Is an old village. it is an active war zone. and we're here
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- Filming with the people that are on the ground trying to
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- Help these individuals. we have to come in with the idf to get
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- Help from them in coming in, and they're securing us for
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- Fear of our of our safety because of our connection to
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- The country next door, which is israel.
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- >> we want to show you what's happening on the ground. and.
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- >> just to emphasize where we are, the isis nusra terrorist
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- Organization was controlling. this area. jabhat al-nusra.
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- >> jabhat al-nusra.
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- >> were controlling this organization, this area not
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- Long ago, a few years and then al qaeda, and now it's part of
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- The idf area of security and the northern border of israel,
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- Southern border of syria.
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- >> every building here is shelled. every building here
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- Was hit. and the people here are living in what we call
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- Abject poverty. these places are there doesn't seem seem to
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- Be a viable economy. it's very, very reliant on the aid coming
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- In, heavily reliant on the aid coming in. and these people are
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- Good friends, don and sandra from friendships. they're the
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- Ones that are making this happen. they're the ones
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- Bringing in the aid into this area. hugely important. and
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- They're interestingly parked under the big mosque of the
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- Village. and that's not an accident, by the way. the
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- Reason they're parked under the big mosque of the village is
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- Because they're working in cooperation with the local
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- Population.
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- >> and these this organization is operated by christians from
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- Around the world that come here into syria to support those in
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- Need.
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- >> they showed up here in this country to do what needs to be
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- Done. amazing. if you ask me, that's what christianity should
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- Look like. that's what showing true love should look like.
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- That's, by the way, what judaism looks like too, is
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- Showing love to the weakest elements of society. so let me
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- Explain a bit of the background of what's going on here. it's
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- Hard to grasp. every house in this village is shelled. but
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- It's not recent. i need to explain this. this area is on
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- The third or fourth. depends who you're counting. wave of
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- Violence they had since the beginning of the arab spring,
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- Which was in the early 20 tens. 2011 or so, depending on what
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- Part of syria. a very long wave of violence where the assad
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- Regime, which is the dictator that ruled this country for
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- Decades, comes in bombs. these villages and the houses here
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- Carry the scars of those attacks. and it doesn't end
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- There. there's a very long wave of infighting inside syria that
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- Really destabilizes this region, both financially and from a
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- Safety perspective. and then we get to present day, where.
- 00:15:00.181 --> 00:15:04.252
- >> recently has tahrir al-sham takes over the country in a
- 00:15:04.252 --> 00:15:08.023
- Violent coup. and they start killing the minorities in the
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- Country. they start with the alawites. they continue with
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- The christians, then the druze. and we're talking here about
- 00:15:14.162 --> 00:15:17.365
- Close to 150,000 people, according to certain reports
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- That have been killed in these waves of attacks. that is a lot
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- Of people in just about a year and a half, or maybe going on
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- Two years since this happened. that is the background to what
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- We're lookin. that's the background to why the aid is so
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- Needed and so desperately. a, well, backlog in this area.
- 00:15:34.149 --> 00:15:37.986
- There's very few people on the ground, very little that's
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- Being done to help these people. and it's amazing to see those
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- Who are actually trying to do so. hi, don, we're just talking
- 00:15:44.793 --> 00:15:53.768
- About you.
- 00:15:53.768 --> 00:15:54.369
- >> welcome to our camp.
- 00:15:54.369 --> 00:15:55.937
- >> i want to explain something to the camera. the reason the
- 00:15:55.937 --> 00:15:58.940
- Ilan are wearing helmets and vests and don isn't is because
- 00:15:58.940 --> 00:16:02.911
- We're required to by the idf simply because we carry another
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- Identity, which is being israelis and not just
- 00:16:08.149 --> 00:16:11.186
- Journalists. and they're worried they're they're viable
- 00:16:11.186 --> 00:16:13.054
- Threats against israelis within this area, even though they're
- 00:16:13.054 --> 00:16:16.324
- Bringing in aid. so we're required to do this. yeah. i
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- Feel safe, as evidently you do, too.
- 00:16:19.094 --> 00:16:22.397
- >> i have a thick skull.
- 00:16:22.397 --> 00:16:25.433
- >> let's go show.
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- >> show us. so let's see what's going on here.
- 00:16:26.868 --> 00:16:29.270
- >> okay.
- 00:16:29.270 --> 00:16:31.773
- >> thank you.
- 00:16:31.773 --> 00:16:33.942
- >> so, how many people do you treat here?
- 00:16:33.942 --> 00:16:37.979
- >> we usually treat here around 20 patients per day when we
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- Have a doctor.
- 00:16:42.450 --> 00:16:43.651
- >> and i think it's important to hear that no one else has
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- Been coming. if you weren't here, if the other doctors were
- 00:16:46.154 --> 00:16:49.057
- Not here, there would be no one who would be providing medical
- 00:16:49.057 --> 00:16:52.327
- Aid to these people. and no one's talking about this. these
- 00:16:52.327 --> 00:16:54.996
- People need help. they're here in a country that's been at war
- 00:16:54.996 --> 00:16:58.233
- For a very long time. they need someone to come and help them.
- 00:16:58.233 --> 00:17:02.504
- >> can you explain what room is this?
- 00:17:02.504 --> 00:17:05.540
- >> this is the doctor's room for examining the patients. and
- 00:17:05.540 --> 00:17:09.978
- It has a bathroom in there.
- 00:17:09.978 --> 00:17:11.246
- >> it's hard to understand from what you see outside. this is
- 00:17:11.246 --> 00:17:14.215
- Quite a big area.
- 00:17:14.215 --> 00:17:14.916
- >> there's no.
- 00:17:14.916 --> 00:17:15.817
- >> shops here.
- 00:17:15.817 --> 00:17:17.052
- >> there's nothing here. this is a country that's been torn
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- By war. for what, since 2011? yeah. 2011. 14 years at this
- 00:17:19.721 --> 00:17:23.858
- Point.
- 00:17:23.858 --> 00:17:25.126
- >> so the so the closest hospital to here is the mascot
- 00:17:25.126 --> 00:17:28.930
- Damascus. and in order to get to the mascot, they need to go
- 00:17:28.930 --> 00:17:32.700
- Through roadblocks. you need to go through security checks. by
- 00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:36.004
- Random random organizations along the way, al-gillani
- 00:17:36.004 --> 00:17:40.008
- Regime and others that might stop them and might not.
- 00:17:40.008 --> 00:17:43.812
- >> and it's more expensive.
- 00:17:43.812 --> 00:17:45.513
- >> more stop them, more expensive.
- 00:17:45.513 --> 00:17:48.016
- >> but there's.
- 00:17:48.016 --> 00:17:49.250
- >> one more thing to understand here. there is no country of
- 00:17:49.250 --> 00:17:51.686
- Syria anymore.
- 00:17:51.686 --> 00:17:52.087
- >> exactly.
- 00:17:52.087 --> 00:17:53.288
- >> this is people keep talking about it as if there's this,
- 00:17:53.288 --> 00:17:55.690
- Like, existing entity. let's call the government. there is
- 00:17:55.690 --> 00:17:58.359
- No government.
- 00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:59.260
- >> it's a territory.
- 00:17:59.260 --> 00:18:00.428
- >> it's a territory that's fallen into faction and tribal
- 00:18:00.428 --> 00:18:01.963
- War that has killed over 100,000 people. it's
- 00:18:01.963 --> 00:18:05.733
- Unbelievable numbers of deaths just in the last couple of
- 00:18:05.733 --> 00:18:09.137
- Years.
- 00:18:09.137 --> 00:18:10.238
- >> and it's on the edge of falling into the wrong hands.
- 00:18:10.338 --> 00:18:13.074
- It needs.
- 00:18:13.074 --> 00:18:13.875
- >> i would dare say it already has.
- 00:18:13.875 --> 00:18:16.144
- >> we need help.
- 00:18:16.144 --> 00:18:17.078
- >> yeah.
- 00:18:17.078 --> 00:18:18.179
- >> what can i do to make a difference? and oftentimes we
- 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:20.982
- Don't have an answer because it's too big of a problem. pray
- 00:18:20.982 --> 00:18:24.252
- For it. donate something here. this is in the nitty gritty,
- 00:18:24.252 --> 00:18:28.790
- But it's very much on like, the tactical level. there is
- 00:18:28.790 --> 00:18:31.659
- Something you can touch that can be that can be changed. and
- 00:18:31.659 --> 00:18:35.196
- It doesn't. it's not that high of a threshold. you don't have
- 00:18:35.196 --> 00:18:38.066
- To solve the geopolitical issues of this region. you
- 00:18:38.066 --> 00:18:40.268
- Don't have to change the government. all you need to do
- 00:18:40.268 --> 00:18:42.871
- Is come. or i would encourage people donate to what you guys
- 00:18:42.871 --> 00:18:46.674
- Are doing. help finance this machine to keep people being
- 00:18:46.674 --> 00:18:50.745
- Blessed in this part of the world. and again, i need to
- 00:18:50.745 --> 00:18:53.948
- Explain this to people on the outside. the suffering that
- 00:18:53.948 --> 00:18:56.017
- These people have experienced is a lifetime of suffering time
- 00:18:56.017 --> 00:18:59.187
- And time again. one war after the other, one enemy after the
- 00:18:59.187 --> 00:19:02.157
- Other. no one here is helping them except for the idf that's
- 00:19:02.157 --> 00:19:05.860
- Here sort of safeguarding this area in your operation. you're
- 00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:08.029
- The only guys on the ground here.
- 00:19:08.029 --> 00:19:10.131
- >> and if you walk around and talk to them, they'll they want
- 00:19:10.131 --> 00:19:13.835
- To talk to you. they're friendly people. the children
- 00:19:13.835 --> 00:19:16.104
- Want you see the children. they just steal your heart.
- 00:19:16.104 --> 00:19:19.908
- >> i saw.
- 00:19:19.908 --> 00:19:20.675
- >> a few on the way here.
- 00:19:20.675 --> 00:19:22.911
- >> yeah.
- 00:19:22.911 --> 00:19:27.448
- >> so this is like the medical supply.
- 00:19:27.448 --> 00:19:29.951
- >> this is our pharmacy. maddie, it's in a in a tent. air
- 00:19:29.951 --> 00:19:35.723
- Conditioned. we keep it cool. this is about the only medicine
- 00:19:35.723 --> 00:19:40.728
- I know about in the whole region. these people don't even
- 00:19:40.728 --> 00:19:44.699
- Have aspirins. samaritan's purse was kind enough to come
- 00:19:44.699 --> 00:19:48.736
- And donate $10,000 worth of medicine to us.
- 00:19:48.736 --> 00:19:53.675
- >> people might not understand there is no pharmacy. they.
- 00:19:53.675 --> 00:19:57.679
- There is no cvs here. there. there is nowhere to go to buy
- 00:19:57.679 --> 00:20:01.549
- Medicine. and you'll see this. and i know this sounds bizarre.
- 00:20:01.549 --> 00:20:04.586
- I've seen this with my own eyes. the last time. the last time
- 00:20:04.586 --> 00:20:07.789
- There was a war in syria, people would come to the border
- 00:20:07.789 --> 00:20:10.725
- Asking for gauze and basic medical necessities for people
- 00:20:10.725 --> 00:20:14.662
- That were had shrapnel wounds or something like that. things
- 00:20:14.662 --> 00:20:17.932
- That in any other country, you just run to the drugstore or go
- 00:20:17.932 --> 00:20:20.969
- To a first aid center and get bandaged. they don't even have
- 00:20:20.969 --> 00:20:24.939
- Those kind of things. and this this is what happens when an
- 00:20:24.939 --> 00:20:27.976
- Economy and a country collapse. if you're pre-diabetic and you
- 00:20:27.976 --> 00:20:30.812
- Suddenly don'te your medicine and you also can't get
- 00:20:30.812 --> 00:20:33.881
- Healthy food, suddenly you're suffering from severe diabetes.
- 00:20:33.881 --> 00:20:36.851
- You guys are making that very, very different. you're bringing
- 00:20:36.851 --> 00:20:41.122
- Aid to these people in a time where they really need it most.
- 00:20:41.122 --> 00:20:43.791
- >> so let's go in here.
- 00:20:43.791 --> 00:20:47.161
- >> so this is not.
- 00:20:47.161 --> 00:20:47.929
- >> what i was expecting.
- 00:20:47.929 --> 00:20:49.998
- >> this.
- 00:20:49.998 --> 00:20:51.466
- >> this is the boutique where the people come and shop.
- 00:20:51.466 --> 00:20:54.836
- There's no shopping anywhere in the town or towns around. so
- 00:20:54.836 --> 00:20:59.841
- For them to come in, shop, pick out whatever they want as much
- 00:20:59.841 --> 00:21:04.178
- As they can carry. really? yeah. free. they can take it home.
- 00:21:04.178 --> 00:21:08.283
- >> who do you get this clothes from?
- 00:21:08.283 --> 00:21:10.885
- >> the israeli. really? all over israel.
- 00:21:10.885 --> 00:21:13.554
- >> israelis?
- 00:21:13.554 --> 00:21:13.888
- >> yeah.
- 00:21:13.888 --> 00:21:14.756
- >> so israelis are donating to syrians?
- 00:21:14.756 --> 00:21:17.091
- >> yes.
- 00:21:17.091 --> 00:21:18.192
- >> and then you give it for free. here to the people of
- 00:21:18.293 --> 00:21:20.728
- Syria. i see, i see the majority of the clothes are for
- 00:21:20.728 --> 00:21:23.598
- Children or young adults.
- 00:21:23.598 --> 00:21:24.866
- >> instead of just being given a sack of clothes. they can
- 00:21:24.866 --> 00:21:28.803
- Come in and shop and select what they like.
- 00:21:28.803 --> 00:21:31.439
- >> and yeah.
- 00:21:31.439 --> 00:21:32.807
- >> they they pick it. pick what looks nice.
- 00:21:32.807 --> 00:21:34.776
- >> yeah. yeah. it's a it's a good thing for them.
- 00:21:34.776 --> 00:21:45.453
- >> why you're here.
- 00:21:45.453 --> 00:21:46.654
- >> why you two are in israel right now. why you have an
- 00:21:46.654 --> 00:21:49.957
- Operation across the border serving in an enemy country.
- 00:21:49.957 --> 00:21:53.261
- >> we've asked many to come and set up a camp in here and work
- 00:21:53.261 --> 00:21:58.800
- With the people, do medical work and. and help win the
- 00:21:58.800 --> 00:22:03.805
- Hearts and minds of people that have been that have just been
- 00:22:03.805 --> 00:22:08.543
- In war mode for years. and we we like to do our part as
- 00:22:08.543 --> 00:22:12.814
- Christians. we're christians. we're proud of it. we don't ask
- 00:22:12.814 --> 00:22:17.652
- The muslims not to be muslims. we don't ask the jews not to be
- 00:22:17.652 --> 00:22:22.623
- Jews. and they don't ask us not to be christians. so we're in
- 00:22:22.623 --> 00:22:26.661
- Here as christians, representing all that we can do
- 00:22:26.661 --> 00:22:31.899
- To be, to help and to spread a little love and help with these
- 00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:38.039
- People.
- 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:45.813
- >> yeah.
- 00:22:45.813 --> 00:22:46.447
- >> we just came out of syria.
- 00:22:46.547 --> 00:22:47.715
- >> first time for me.
- 00:22:47.715 --> 00:22:49.450
- >> yeah.
- 00:22:49.450 --> 00:22:49.851
- >> and it's.
- 00:22:49.851 --> 00:22:50.985
- >> it was a very sobering moment for me because. and i
- 00:22:50.985 --> 00:22:53.821
- Need to contextualize this. we're in israel right now.
- 00:22:53.821 --> 00:22:55.823
- That's the border behind us. the gate we entered into, into
- 00:22:55.823 --> 00:22:58.626
- The syrian side, we drove maybe ten minutes into syria, not far
- 00:22:58.626 --> 00:23:03.531
- Away at the.
- 00:23:03.531 --> 00:23:04.565
- >> back of that.
- 00:23:04.565 --> 00:23:05.833
- >> village over there. and it's as if we were teleported to a
- 00:23:05.833 --> 00:23:08.503
- Different dimension where everyone is impoverished. every
- 00:23:08.503 --> 00:23:10.705
- Building is broken from more than a decade of war. and
- 00:23:10.705 --> 00:23:13.775
- Everything is broken. the infrastructure doesn't work.
- 00:23:13.775 --> 00:23:16.444
- The shops are empty and people are standing in line, waiting
- 00:23:16.444 --> 00:23:19.881
- For the most basic necessities of life. and in israel, over
- 00:23:19.881 --> 00:23:23.718
- That way are visitor centers of wineries and businesses. and
- 00:23:23.718 --> 00:23:28.689
- Yeah, and boutique chocolate places like literally over the
- 00:23:28.689 --> 00:23:31.559
- Hill in that direction and boutique hotels where people
- 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:34.362
- Vacation. the stark difference is unbelievable to me.
- 00:23:34.362 --> 00:23:36.597
- >> we grew up on the fact that this was one of israel's major
- 00:23:36.597 --> 00:23:40.902
- Enemies for more than 50 years, through the assad family era
- 00:23:40.902 --> 00:23:47.008
- That just collapsed a few months ago. and you cross the
- 00:23:47.008 --> 00:23:50.711
- Border into this country that their people were our arch
- 00:23:50.711 --> 00:23:56.217
- Enemy from from, i don't know, from when i was born. this is.
- 00:23:56.217 --> 00:23:59.754
- >> what we were. yeah.
- 00:23:59.754 --> 00:24:01.322
- >> this is what i trained in the idf, both of us. against
- 00:24:01.322 --> 00:24:04.725
- Against attacks from the syrian army against israel. and now we
- 00:24:04.725 --> 00:24:07.595
- Crossed the border and we see children laughing, and we see
- 00:24:07.595 --> 00:24:13.634
- Christians that are taking care of those in need. and we see
- 00:24:13.634 --> 00:24:16.871
- The idf taking care of that area, making sure that the
- 00:24:16.871 --> 00:24:20.475
- People there are safe and the terrorists do not get close.
- 00:24:20.475 --> 00:24:23.411
- And we see that israelis are donating clothes to the people
- 00:24:23.411 --> 00:24:28.349
- Of syria that are and were their enemies. for many times.
- 00:24:28.349 --> 00:24:32.220
- It just proved that humanity is much stronger than politics,
- 00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:36.657
- Much stronger than walls between nations. and you have
- 00:24:36.657 --> 00:24:42.663
- Compassion for your enemies.
- 00:24:42.663 --> 00:24:43.831
- >> so right now, if you want to do something about this,
- 00:24:43.831 --> 00:24:46.467
- There's going to be a link on the bottom of your screen and
- 00:24:46.467 --> 00:24:49.770
- You can take action. i know these ideas often go over our
- 00:24:49.770 --> 00:24:52.607
- Head. what can i do? what is there to do about this issue?
- 00:24:52.607 --> 00:24:56.444
- Look, we've just shown you something that's small enough
- 00:24:56.444 --> 00:24:59.113
- For even $100 to make a significant difference. even
- 00:24:59.113 --> 00:25:01.883
- $10 would make a significant difference. but you can do more
- 00:25:01.883 --> 00:25:05.520
- Than ten bucks. you can also send volunteers or pass this on
- 00:25:05.520 --> 00:25:08.389
- To your crazy uncle or aunt that is looking for something
- 00:25:08.389 --> 00:25:11.759
- To do, or to your friend that just finished medical school
- 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:14.662
- And is looking to do something in a third world country or
- 00:25:14.662 --> 00:25:17.565
- Second world country. you can make a difference here in money
- 00:25:17.565 --> 00:25:20.635
- Or in volunteering. and there's a link on your screen now to
- 00:25:20.635 --> 00:25:23.471
- Take action.
- 00:25:23.471 --> 00:25:24.505
- >> exactly. yeah, it can be coming here to help with
- 00:25:24.605 --> 00:25:26.841
- Logistics. it can be coming here cooking, cleaning, playing
- 00:25:26.841 --> 00:25:30.311
- With kids. they need hands. they need help. this is the
- 00:25:30.311 --> 00:25:35.149
- Way to do it. so if you want to do that, take a minute, pray
- 00:25:35.149 --> 00:25:39.287
- And do what god is telling you to do.
- 00:25:39.287 --> 00:25:41.589
- >> absolutely. i don't think we've seen a worthier cause in
- 00:25:41.589 --> 00:25:44.358
- A while. this is very much something worth getting behind.
- 00:25:44.358 --> 00:25:47.495
- And now you have the time and the option to make a difference.
- 00:25:47.495 --> 00:25:58.873
- >> well, what do you think about that? please keep sharing
- 00:25:58.873 --> 00:26:03.344
- The truth. share our videos on youtube. go into it. hit the
- 00:26:03.344 --> 00:26:07.748
- Subscribe button of tbn israel youtube channel and receive
- 00:26:07.748 --> 00:26:12.219
- Daily boots on the ground reports. yeah, every day of
- 00:26:12.219 --> 00:26:15.623
- What's happening in israel. and now we'll go out to a short
- 00:26:15.623 --> 00:26:19.527
- Commercial break, after which we'll return to pray together
- 00:26:19.527 --> 00:26:22.530
- For the peace of jerusalem.
- 00:26:22.530 --> 00:26:29.993
- For the peace of jerusalem.
- 00:26:29.993 --> 00:26:33.065
- And now i want to call on you to
- 00:26:33.832 --> 00:26:37.035
- Stay tuned to the truth and to stand with israel. how? this is
- 00:26:37.035 --> 00:26:42.140
- A spiritual war. the only way that i know how to fight a
- 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:46.278
- Spiritual war is by praying and asking god our father for help.
- 00:26:46.278 --> 00:26:52.250
- So let's do that. let's pray for our leaders, for your
- 00:26:52.250 --> 00:26:57.122
- Leaders to make the right decisions in this very, very
- 00:26:57.122 --> 00:27:00.892
- Complicated situation. i definitely do not have all the
- 00:27:00.892 --> 00:27:03.528
- Answers, but i know that god does. let's pray for the idf
- 00:27:03.528 --> 00:27:08.467
- Soldiers that are preparing to enter into gaza city. it's very
- 00:27:08.467 --> 00:27:12.337
- Dangerous. let's pray for them to be safe physically and
- 00:27:12.337 --> 00:27:17.008
- Mentally and spiritually. let's give them the peace in their
- 00:27:17.008 --> 00:27:22.013
- Heart that i had. because millions of christians were
- 00:27:22.013 --> 00:27:26.284
- Praying for me and my fellow soldiers when i was deployed
- 00:27:26.284 --> 00:27:29.321
- Into gaza. it's not a nice place. let's pray for the
- 00:27:29.321 --> 00:27:32.357
- Hostages, for their families to have hope, to come home safely,
- 00:27:32.357 --> 00:27:37.829
- Peacefully, healthy, mentally and physically. let's pray for
- 00:27:37.829 --> 00:27:42.400
- All the innocent lives that are affected by this conflict.
- 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:45.570
- Let's pray for the people of lebanon, syria, yemen, iran,
- 00:27:45.570 --> 00:27:51.176
- Iraq, judea and samaria, the gaza strip. let's pray for the
- 00:27:51.176 --> 00:27:55.647
- Enemies of israel not to succeed in launching rockets.
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- Let's pray for them to start loving the jewish people, to
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- Have a change of heart. let's pray for god to touch their
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- Heart. and instead of chanting death to israel, death to
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- America, they will start praying for the us, for israel,
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- And for their neighbors. god can make that happen. let's
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- Keep praying for the peace of jerusalem.
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