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U.S. Downs “Aggressive” Iranian Drone; IDF Prepares For Nightmare Scenario | Boots on the Ground

February 6, 2026 | 25:59

TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on U.S.-Iran tensions and the Israel-Hamas and regional war. As U.S.–Iran tensions reach a boiling point, the first direct clash unfolds in the Strait of Hormuz, while the IDF braces for missile strikes on central Israel. Talks shift to Oman under mounting pressure, but Tehran’s shifting demands raise doubts about diplomacy. Meanwhile, Hamas exploits humanitarian aid for weapons, Hezbollah escalates UAV attacks, and the region teeters on the edge of full-scale conflict. This episode dives into the fragile balance between diplomacy, deterrence, and deception across the Middle East.

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Boots on the Ground | U.S. Downs “Aggressive” Iranian Drone; IDF Prepares For Nightmare Scenario | Boots on the Ground | February 6, 2026

The first direct clash between
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Iran and the united states
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Has already happened,
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As iranian warships
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Tried to board an american oil tanker
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In the strait of hormuz this week.
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This may be the first sign
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That the iranians want to set the gulf on fire,
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Right before the negotiations start on friday in oman.
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Also this week, the united states shot down
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An iranian uav, a drone
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That approached the aircraft carrier abraham lincoln
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And the united states central command
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Is sending a sharp message
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That we will not tolerate harassment and threats
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In the maritime and in the air domain.
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So the question that is occupying the entire middle east
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Right now, is this heading towards a diplomatic agreement
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Or a confrontation that crosses the point of no return?
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Welcome to boots on the ground.
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I'm your host, yair pinto, bringing you the full truth
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About what's happening in israel.
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Tonight, we are seeing a dangerous escalation
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After the first direct clash
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Between iran and the united states in the strait of hormuz.
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And according to reports,
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Six iranian warships tried to approach and board
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An american flagged oil tanker.
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The tanker managed to escape
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With the help of american warships
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That escorted it out of that area.
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And in parallel, an american fighter jet
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Shot down an iranian uav
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That approached the aircraft carrier abraham lincoln.
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And all of this is happening
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Right before the negotiations on friday in oman.
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Iran is presenting new demands
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That threaten to derail the negotiations,
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While israel's intelligence echelon assesses
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That the talks will not necessarily prevent a clash
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But only delay it.
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The idf is also preparing for the worst,
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Including a scenario of severe damage to the home front
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From an iranian missile and possibly
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Also from barrages of rockets fired into israel by hezbollah.
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And meanwhile, in tehran,
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A week of mysterious events is continuing,
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Including a large fire in the city market.
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So what is president trump really planning?
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What is the goal of the military pressure
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And how does this connect also to the iranian oil
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That china is buying in increased volume?
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To israel's south in gaza,
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Hamas is calling for rage protests around the world
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To open the crossings.
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But the idf is expanding
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And exposing its operational activity
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And just discovered recently an unusual cache,
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Including more than a hundred mortar bombs and weapons
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That were hidden inside unwra sacks
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In an area under israeli control.
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So we have a lot to talk about today,
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So let's dive into the details.
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I'm yair pinto. with me is mati shoshani
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And this is your boots on the ground report,
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Bringing you the whole truth about what's happening in israel
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On day 851 of the war against hamas, hezbollah,
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The houthis in yemen, the shia militias in iraq
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And all the other armed terrorist organizations
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In judea and samaria,
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All of them are taking their orders
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From iran's islamic revolutionary guards corps,
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Which is the head of the crumbling axis of evil
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In the middle east.
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And a moment before we start,
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I want to call on you to keep mobilizing for the truth,
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Day after day. thanks to you,
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We reach hundreds of thousands of people
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Who help us spread the truth of what's happening in israel.
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For the support and for the help.
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Together, let's keep spreading the truth,
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Fighting evil and lies.
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That's how we know what's happening
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And that's how you can pray
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For the peace of jerusalem.
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And now we will go out
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For a short commercial break,
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After which we will bring you
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A special report that you won't want to miss.
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To make the david's harp galilee resort
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Your home base in israel.
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The idf is preparing
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For the nightmare scenario
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Of destruction in a population center
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From a missile strike by iran,
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While also operating in the highest level of readiness
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As it is facing the enemy that lives in the north -
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The terrorist organization hezbollah.
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Despite severe blows and shaky recovery,
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The assumption in northern command
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Is that the shiite terrorist organization
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Will not stay out of the next confrontation.
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I gathered the crew and we got into our van
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And drove all the way to the border
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Between israel, lebanon and syria,
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To mount hermon, in order to bring you a firsthand look
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At how the idf is preparing
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The hottest arena right now, the hermon sector.
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And now we move to the fascinating report
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That was prepared just for you, so check it out.
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We are standing on the roof of israel
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And i want you to picture this,
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Because it's not theory.
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On one side, lebanon,
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On the other, syria,
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And in the middle, our towns,
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Our families, our kids.
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Now imagine a night
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Where the north lights up all at once,
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A hezbollah unit pushes from the lebanese side
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And at the same time,
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Armed groups move out of southern syria.
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The kind that already showed this region what they do
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When there's no strong army stopping them.
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Two directions, same target -
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Israel's north.
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And the question becomes brutally simple:
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How do you stop an invasion
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Before it becomes a massacre?
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You don't wait until they are inside your communities.
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You stop them here, on the high ground, on the mountain,
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Because in the north, altitude is not a view,
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Altitude is control.
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And right now,
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While the world argues about agreements,
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Hezbollah is busy doing what it always does,
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Hiding weapons and building terror infrastructures
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Inside civilian areas under civilian cover.
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That's not a slogan.
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That's a method. that's a system.
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And israel's answer is also a system:
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Intelligence, pressure,
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Raids and constant presence,
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Especially on the highest strategic point
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In this entire region.
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Today, we're going up to mount hermon
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To meet the forces who live in the cold,
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So that israelis can live in safety.
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Stay with us.
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I'm yair pinto and this is...
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A program about current events,
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My belief in god
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And my journey in the holy land.
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And today, we're at israel's highest point,
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The strategic mountain of hermon.
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So we are on the way to the north.
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And if you've never been here,
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I want you to understand something.
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The distance looks small,
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Looks small on the map.
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But in reality, the terrain changes everything.
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When you drive towards the hermon mountain,
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You're not just going up,
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You're driving into a zone
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Where every ridgeline has history.
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Wars, infiltration attempts, observation posts
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And the kind of quiet
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That can turn into an emergency in just minutes.
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And when i say quiet, i don't mean safe.
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Up here, the quiet is maintained.
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It is built,
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Built by people who work in freezing weather in thin air.
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And in a space where one mistake
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Can cost lives on both sides of the border.
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And today we are focusing on the soldiers who hold this line.
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Let's connect the dots from the news to the ground.
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In recent days and also weeks,
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Israel has been very clear about one reality:
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Hezbollah doesn't function like a normal army.
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It embeds itself into the civilian villages.
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It operates through local municipal frameworks,
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Through a civilian infrastructure,
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Through utilities,
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Turning normal life into a weapon.
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That is not only morally corrupt, it is operational,
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Because it means that weapons move under civilian cover.
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Operatives move under civilian cover
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And terror infrastructures
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Sit inside the civilian neighborhoods,
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So that if israel responds,
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Hezbollah can accuse israel of attacking civilians.
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Israel's forces have been targeting key operatives
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Involved in this system,
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Including liaison figures
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Inside villages.
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The key people
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Who coordinate
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Hezbollah activity
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In the civilian space.
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And this matters
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Because it tells you what hezbollah is preparing for -
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Not just rockets from afar,
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But an embedded ground system,
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Village by village, built to survive pressure
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And to keep operating. at the same time
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There is regional pressure
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Building around hezbollah's weapons.
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Lebanese political timelines and international pressure
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Have been pushing the issue of disarmament.
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Deadlines, warnings, messages being sent
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And the israeli position is simple:
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Israel cannot base its security
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On promises and statements alone,
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Because when hezbollah wants to survive,
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Hezbollah adopts
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And reduces visible presence, hides deeper,
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Fortifies and shifts into survival engineering mode,
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Building a quieter footprint while keeping the same threat.
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So israel prepares for multiple paths.
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Continued pressure, expanded activity
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And, if needed, large scale operations.
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And now let me bring you back into the hermon mountain,
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Because everything i just described
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Is the system on the lebanese side,
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And hermon is how israel protects itself
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From the system on the lebanese side
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And from the chaos that is happening on the syrian side
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At the same time.
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And you can feel it immediately.
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Your face goes numb, your fingers get slower,
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Your breathing changes.
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This is the first military lesson of hermon -
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The mountain is an enemy as well.
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People watching from florida or from texas
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Might think: "okay, snow, cold. big deal."
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No, cold changes combat,
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Cold changes the equipment that you need.
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Cold changes the logistics. cold changes the human body.
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And that's why the units holding this ground
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Need specialized training, specialized gear
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And a mindset that is built for conditions
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Most armies never touch.
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Can you explain where are we located and what's your mission?
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So we are located in mount hermon.
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Our mission is, basically
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To secure the perimeter,
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This entire perimeter,
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This border triangle.
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Just be ready for anything.
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We are prepared for any enemy.
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Any enemy
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That will try to approach us,
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We're prepared for him, we're ready for him
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And we don't recommend him to meet us.
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This mountain is a strategic point.
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It's observing many areas around us,
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So it gives us a big advantage.
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We hear that there's escalations with iran
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And we know that iran has their proxies
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Also in syria and also in lebanon.
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How are you preparing
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For a scenario of a multi-front war?
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Well, i think as like everybody saw,
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We already handled a multi border war by now,
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A multi-front, so nothing changed.
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We are ready from day one.
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The ability to fight is the same,
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Same training, a little bit less oxygen,
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But our lungs are getting used to it as we're here.
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Well, thank you so much for protecting us.
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Thank you. you're welcome.
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In israel's north, you don't just fight an enemy,
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You fight terrain, weather and time.
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Because everything here is about response speed.
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The forces responsible for this zone
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Are part of a unique framework.
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In the north, israel operates with a mountain brigade
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That covers from the lebanese side of mount dov, har-dov,
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Towards the syrian town of hermon.
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In the last year, this brigade completed dozens of operations
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Across both arenas at the same time.
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On the lebanese side forces have operated
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To destroy enemy military infrastructure,
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Underground routes and also weapons caches
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Built to support attacks and infiltration.
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On the syrian side
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Israeli forces moved into what is known
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As the crown of hermon,
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And since then have continued
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Defensive and operational activities
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In that space.
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And you need to understand what that means.
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It means that israel is not only watching.
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Israel is shaping the terrain,
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Mapping abandoned enemy positions,
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Clearing threats, opening routes for rapid movements,
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Building outposts,
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Holding ground that gives a two direction advantage.
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From here you can look west into lebanon.
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From here you can look east into syria.
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That is a tactical advantage that is hard to describe
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Unless you stand here.
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But it's not only tactical, it's also strategic
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Because syria is in flux.
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And when syria is in flux,
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Border areas become a magnet for armed groups,
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Smugglers, militias and whatever comes next.
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So the mission here is not romantic.
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It is pure security.
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Hold the line, see first, move first,
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Stop threats before they come down to the mountain.
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This is the tallest mountain in israel.
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Why is that strategically important
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For the idf to have presence here?
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First of all,
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It's important for the idf
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To have presence over here on the site.
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We have a civilian site.
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On a good weekend with snow and good weather,
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It gets a couple of thousands of... 15,000 people
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That come over here.
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We're close to a border with two countries
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And that's why the idf believes,
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I believe that it's important for us
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To make sure that we keep our people safe,
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That we allow them to come over here
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And have a good experience, a peaceful experience,
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Without them worrying what's going on around them.
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If there is a war, we're going to get affected
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Either directly from iran or from the proxies,
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Which are a few hundred meters to each direction.
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Hezbollah in lebanon and then iranian militias in syria.
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How do you prepare for these threats?
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So it's a threat that maybe now
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People kind of talk about in the media,
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But every day here we are getting ourselves ready
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And preparing for an ongoing war that can meet us.
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It's not something that is special on a certain day
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Because the media kind of talks about it.
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We prepare ourselves
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Every day to a war
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Because history showed us
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That you can never be too prepared.
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And we always keep ourselves
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On the edge of our toes, as you say,
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To make sure that we're always ready
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And we're always prepared.
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It doesn't really matter where they post us,
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Our mission stays the same.
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Our mission stays to keep the state of israel safe,
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To keep our people and our citizens safe.
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Every time we do different adjustments
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To where we get posted. so this time,
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We're up here in the mountains. it's snowing.
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It's very cold.
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First of all, cold is something that you get used to.
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I've learned the hard way.
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But we have... we do specific training before we come here.
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We have specific equipment that allows us and enables us
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To do our daily routines as we would want to
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And how we would like to keep the place safe,
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Special boots and that kind of stuff,
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To make sure that we can do our activities.
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Even when it's cold outside and most of the people
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Would want to stay home with a blanket,
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We can stay outside and make sure that everybody's safe.
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Well, talking about home,
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You are a citizen of israel. you are in reserve duty, correct?
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Right. -so basically, you have your civilian life
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And now you are putting all that on hold,
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Coming here to defend the nation of israel
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For multiple days or hundreds of days every year.
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Can you share with our viewers how does that feel
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And what do you... why do you do it?
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I'd be lying if i wouldn't be admitting
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That every reserve soldier,
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Doesn't matter if it's man or woman,
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Pay a price when we come to serve.
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Let's talk about what's happening
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On the syrian side,
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Because this is where many people outside israel
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Don't understand the map.
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Parts of the ridge on the syrian side
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Have become a kind of gray zone.
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In areas where the old syrian army positions
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Were abandoned, israeli forces have been moving
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Through outposts that were left behind,
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Structures with primitive heating,
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Damaged generators,
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Neglected defenses.
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In other words, what once looked
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Like a strong, hostile military line
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Turned out to be fragile and it collapsed fast
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When the system behind it collapsed.
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And below the ridge,
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There are communities that complicate everything.
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There is a small druze pocket in the slopes village,
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That becomes isolated, cut off from normal routes
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And exposed to armed factions and instability.
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Israel has been involved
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In providing protection and support,
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Food, supplies, medical assistance.
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Because the vacuum in syria
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Doesn't just create threats for israel, it creates threats
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For vulnerable minorities in this region.
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And this is where the reality becomes more complex.
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On the one hand, the height gives israel control.
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On the other hand, control creates responsibility.
00:19:01.983 --> 00:19:05.654
Because when you are the power on the ridge,
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You become the force that prevents chaos
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From spilling into your border.
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And it's not only military, there is also a political layer,
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Because any future syrian leadership
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Can demand withdrawals and can claim that this ridge
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Must be handled through the agreements.
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So yes, hermon is a military fight,
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But it can also become a diplomatic fight as well.
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And that's why what israel
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Builds on this ridge,
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The routes, the outposts,
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The presence, it matters
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So much.
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It sets facts on the ground.
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And here's something that sounds almost unreal.
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While soldiers are freezing up here
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While israel is planning for the next stage against hezbollah,
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There are also discussions, ideas
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About civilian cooperation projects in this region.
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Even the concept of a shared ski space gets mentioned.
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And i'm telling you of this for one reason -
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To show you the gap between the way outsiders
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Sometimes describe the middle east
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And the way reality actually feels on the ground.
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Because up here you don't feel normalization,
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You feel wind, you feel exposure.
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You feel how thin the margin is between quiet and emergency.
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So yes, people can talk
00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:33.208
About what they want the future to look like,
00:20:33.208 --> 00:20:36.178
But israel still has to survive the present.
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And the present is hezbollah is armed,
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Trained and embedded.
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Syria is unstable and the ridge
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Is the early warning system for everything.
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Let me give you a piece of the story
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That most people never see -
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Logistics. because on hermon
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Logistics is not comfort. logistics is survival.
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There are nights and stretches
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Where the temperature can drop far below
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What most israeli soldiers are trained for
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In normal conditions,
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Down to extreme cold
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That requires dedicated gear systems.
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That means specialized coats, layered clothing,
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Heating solutions for outposts, backup power
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And contingency plans for long isolations.
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The army prepares months ahead for winter here.
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It stockpiles warming equipment, heating elements
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And emergency kits. because there is always a scenario
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Where a unit is cut off by weather,
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Where access roads become difficult
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And where the mountain becomes a block
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Between a soldier and help.
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There are also food adjustments,
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Hot meals, soups, field cooking
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And options that don't rely on normal fuel conditions.
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Things like wet clothing can become dangerous
00:22:01.196 --> 00:22:04.266
If you don't have a rapid replacement system.
00:22:04.266 --> 00:22:07.235
So when you see footage
00:22:07.235 --> 00:22:09.037
Of soldiers walking through the snow,
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Don't treat it like a cool video.
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That is operational readiness.
00:22:14.809 --> 00:22:17.579
It's a force proving it can function under conditions
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That would break most units.
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And when the next confrontation comes,
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Lebanon, syria, or both,
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This is the difference between holding the line and losing it.
00:22:28.723 --> 00:22:32.694
So let me close this cycle.
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We opened with a scenario,
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Two directions, one night,
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A rush toward israeli communities.
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That is why hermon matters.
00:22:41.369 --> 00:22:44.606
Not because it's beautiful, not because it's famous,
00:22:44.606 --> 00:22:47.943
But because in a region
00:22:47.943 --> 00:22:49.778
Where terror groups exploit civilian life
00:22:49.778 --> 00:22:52.280
And where neighboring states can collapse into chaos,
00:22:52.280 --> 00:22:55.684
Israel needs the highest ground and the clearest eyes.
00:22:55.684 --> 00:23:00.121
Israel's war is not fought in headlines.
00:23:00.121 --> 00:23:03.491
It's fought in places like this,
00:23:03.491 --> 00:23:05.627
Where the wind doesn't care about politics
00:23:05.627 --> 00:23:08.396
And the ridge doesn't forgive mistakes.
00:23:08.396 --> 00:23:12.033
I'm going to say something personal for just a moment.
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When you stand up here,
00:23:16.304 --> 00:23:18.206
You realize how small a country can be
00:23:18.206 --> 00:23:21.009
And how heavy the responsibility is.
00:23:21.009 --> 00:23:23.678
Because down here there are homes, real homes,
00:23:23.678 --> 00:23:28.383
And up here, there are also people
00:23:28.383 --> 00:23:31.186
Whose job is to make sure that those homes stay normal.
00:23:31.186 --> 00:23:35.156
So wherever you are watching from,
00:23:35.156 --> 00:23:38.727
First of all, thank you for standing with israel
00:23:38.727 --> 00:23:41.329
And for caring enough to understand
00:23:41.329 --> 00:23:43.531
What's really happening here.
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And as we end, i want to pray.
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God, we pray for peace and for protection
00:23:50.438 --> 00:23:53.475
Over the people of israel,
00:23:53.475 --> 00:23:55.377
Especially those who are fighting right now.
00:23:55.377 --> 00:23:58.647
We pray for our leaders, for your leaders,
00:23:58.647 --> 00:24:01.249
To have wisdom in these very very difficult situations.
00:24:01.249 --> 00:24:05.220
We pray for the situation in gaza.
00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:08.223
We pray also for our enemies,
00:24:08.223 --> 00:24:09.924
Not to succeed in launching attacks against us,
00:24:09.924 --> 00:24:12.627
But to have a change of heart.
00:24:12.627 --> 00:24:14.863
Instead of launching rockets at israel,
00:24:14.863 --> 00:24:17.165
Thinking of cooperation with the jewish people.
00:24:17.165 --> 00:24:20.635
Let's pray for god to intervene in this region.
00:24:20.635 --> 00:24:23.705
Let's pray for the idf soldiers.
00:24:23.705 --> 00:24:25.774
Let's pray for all of our allies
00:24:25.774 --> 00:24:27.375
That are coming into this region as we speak.
00:24:27.375 --> 00:24:30.378
Let's pray for the peace of jerusalem.
00:24:30.378 --> 00:24:32.914
And when you come to israel,
00:24:33.515 --> 00:24:34.883
Make sure to visit the hermon mountain.
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We hope you enjoyed this report.
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Now let's go for a short commercial break,
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After which we will come back here
00:24:44.125 --> 00:24:46.194
To pray together for the peace of jerusalem
00:24:46.194 --> 00:24:48.797
And for the situation in this region.
00:24:48.797 --> 00:24:55.003
And for the situation in this region.
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Thank you so much
00:25:00.030 --> 00:25:01.164
For coming back to us.
00:25:01.164 --> 00:25:02.966
Now, i wanted to share with you
00:25:02.966 --> 00:25:04.434
That this is not just a physical war, this is not politics.
00:25:04.434 --> 00:25:09.139
This is a spiritual war.
00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:10.740
This is a battle between good and evil.
00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:13.877
And the only way that i learned that is effective
00:25:13.877 --> 00:25:17.113
In battling a spiritual war of evil forces is by praying.
00:25:17.113 --> 00:25:22.219
So let's unite in prayer. god is listening.
00:25:22.219 --> 00:25:25.255
Let's pray for our leaders to have wisdom.
00:25:25.255 --> 00:25:27.991
Let's pray for your leaders
00:25:27.991 --> 00:25:29.526
To make the right decisions in this situation. let's pray
00:25:29.526 --> 00:25:32.796
For all the enemies of israel
00:25:32.796 --> 00:25:36.066
Not to succeed in their plans,
00:25:36.066 --> 00:25:38.034
But to have a change of heart.
00:25:38.034 --> 00:25:40.136
Let's pray for the people
00:25:40.136 --> 00:25:41.404
Of the gaza strip. let's pray
00:25:41.404 --> 00:25:43.139
For the people of israel,
00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:44.507
For all the allied forces
00:25:44.507 --> 00:25:46.343
That are stationed
00:25:46.343 --> 00:25:47.277
In this region on high alert.
00:25:47.277 --> 00:25:49.379
Let's pray for the idf.
00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:51.214
Let's keep praying
00:25:51.214 --> 00:25:52.515
For the peace of jerusalem.
00:25:52.515 --> 00:25:52.515

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