It took more than a decade of preparation for the implementation of: the beeper attacks, eliminating almost all of the Hizballah leadership, eliminating Nasralla ym”sh himself, and now blowing up the vast stashes of missiles that they were going to aim at us. We owe so much thanks to Israeli intelligence, pilots, army and above all, our One and Only G-d of Israel! So much could have gone wrong in all of these complex operations, but Hashem decided to succeed it all! Let’s all begin our slichot tonight with saying Mizmor l’Todah (Tehillim ch. 100), thanking Him, “For you must remember the Lord your G-d, for it is He that gives you strength to make you victorious (“chayil”), in order to establish His covenant which He swore to your forefathers, as it is this day.” (Dvarim 8, 18). actually suggest to your local rabbis to do so pubicly!
May this, together with our heartfelt tfilot on the upcoming Yamim Nora’im, and our upcoming additional attacks on our (and Hashem’s) enemies, be a great siman to bezH free all of the hostages and start a great year!