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Israel's history is inundated with

examples of supernatural
protection from God
September 13, 2013
It is often said that if you dont
believe in miracles, then you should
not come to Israel. There are stories
in the Torah and Bible loaded with
examples of Gods divine protection
in spite of the odds being against
Israel.
However those skeptical concerning
the numerous accounts of Israels
ancient history would be surprised to
know that there are stories of Gods
supernatural protection during
modern day times.
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2013/September/Fmr-Israeli-
Commander-God-Protected-us-in-Battle--/
During Israels most pressing times of the 1967 Six Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur
War, there are hundreds of stories that document Gods intervention of his chosen
people, Israel. It is a fact that some of Israels military campaigns are so improbable
that many are not used in the study of military strategy at Americas strategic analysis
for military tactics because the outcomes are so miraculous.
One story is the tale of Israeli Commander E!e Eitam who was leading an Israeli
routine reconnaissance patrol in the Golan Heights. Little did he realize that he would
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soon come face to face with the massive military might of the Syrian Army.
Eitam recalled that stunning moment to Christian Broadcast Networks Chris Mitchell,
I saw hundreds of Syrian tanks moving forward, and they were painted with
camouage of green and yellow. And I remember, thought to myself that theyre kind
of prehistoric lizards, you know, who just came out of a cave because they came out
of nowhere. I didnt see them before, remarked Eitam.
The Syrian forces overwhelmed the undermanned Israeli forces due to the superior
number of tanks and personnel, plus it was also the high holy day for the Jews. The
Israeli forces were devastated from three days of ferocious ghting. Israel had to fall
back, regroup, and organize a counter attack against the mass of Syrian forces.
Eitam received orders to go behind enemy lines and knock out the Syrian
headquarters. It was a dangerous mission which would put many of the Israeli soldiers
at high risk. As with many commando raids of this type, the ghting involved close
quarters with face to face and sometimes hand-to-hand combat.
Eitam was leading the ght in the Syrian bunker shooting and throwing hand
gernades. It was chaos in the concrete connes with smoke and enemy re taking
place.
Like many commando raids, this assault meant close quarters and face-to-face,
sometimes hand-to-hand, combat. It was at that point when the strangest thing took
place. Something came out of the smoke and dust towards Eitam. He took his
weapon thinking it was a Syrian soldier and before he pulled the trigger, the silhouette
went behind his head and landed on his right shoulder. It was a bird!!
Since it was dark in the bunker, Eitam believed it to be a bat and tried to shoo the
creature away. It uttered around and landed on his left shoulder.
With all the commotion going on around him, Eitam did not have time to focus his
attention on a dove that was sitting on his left shoulder. He was in the middle of a
running gun battle.
Eitam declared, So I completed the assault with hand grenades and everything. And
when I went out of the corridor of the bunker, I saw a dove, a pigeon, standing on my
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left shoulder. I tried to let her o" of my shoulder. She turned and was very determined
not to leave me. I put my hand like that and she stood on my hand.
In spite of Eitams attempts to get rid of the dove, the bird stayed with him and his unit
for the next 10 days in some of the most intense battles of the Yom Kippur War. All
during the time the dove was with Eitams unit, not one of his unit was killed or
wounded.
Since we had that angel protecting us, none of my companys soldiers was killed or
wounded, and we were involved in very intensive battles. Its not that we stood in the
rear or we sat there. We were involved in the middle of the most bitter battles, but she
(the dove) was there.
Even in the night campaigns the dove was there, highly unusual since birds rarely go
out at night. Wherever they went, that was where the bird was remarked Eitam
pointing to his shoulder.
Finally after nearly two weeks of intensive action on the front line, Eitam and his unit
was sent to the rear for a rest. Once that took place, an interesting thing happened.
And when I put my feet down in the vehicle that brought us from the front to the
territory of the State of Israel, she ew away and disappeared.
Remarked Eitam, You know, you could have a little bit of questions whether it
happened or not. But it didnt happen to me in the middle of a desert or me being
alone in the middle of the jungle. It was in front of the eyes of thousands of soldiers.
Since that took place even though many commando missions continued, Eitam had a
sense that Gods protection never left them as promised in the 23rd Psalm.
"I trained myself to see miracles around me, around the operations that I conducted.
It's as we know he said, quoting Psalm 23 in Hebrew: "Even when I am in the valley of
death and evil, I'm not afraid because God is with me."
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