Hamas using Ukraine war tactics to ambush Israeli soldiers in Gaza

At first, the drone flies high above a neighbourhood of Beit Hanoun, now a crumpled wasteland of ruins in the barren desert of northern Gaza after repeated Israeli airstrikes.

The chilling footage, shot by the Hamas-operated device itself, shows how it robotically shifts focus to find and hone in on its target. A black bomb, with a bright orange tail to help guide it, dangles mid-air for a few seconds and then drops.

The wide-angle shot narrows to reveal the explosive’s impact, just feet from a dozen resting soldiers of an Israeli infantry unit. Most jump to their feet, scattering through the smoke and running through the wasteland. Some appear to remain on the ground, their fate unknown.

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[mezzoedbey]

This tactic was used in Syria and even in my country Libya before the war in Ukraine.

[Covey]

They’ve been doing this for years in Syria and Iraq, it’s a not a “Ukraine tactic”

[elmzjcg]

Funny how those disclaimers at the beginning wasnt used when Russians was getting this done to them

[TheAmbientUniverse]

It's amazing how they were able to let the same grenade drop three times but keep it from detonating at all.

[sycapitan]

This is modern warfare.
Nothing moves unnoticed on the battlefield and a cheap drone can defeat a multimillion pound tank.

[BOMBON]

Crazy how a toy can now be used as a weapon.

[madmad]

There is a saying that is quite famous in my country, "Elephants close to your own eyelids are invisible while mites across the ocean are clearly visible", just look at the rubble of destroyed houses, and the bombing craters on a larger scale, and how many people died in them.

[Foxrich]

The soldiers are shrouded by dust? What an absolute lie, everyone who has seen the full clip knows exactly what happened

[methylene]

"That grenade has a right to defend itself.".

[khairulhelmihashim]

in modern 21st century warfare, there's almost no rear lines, where troops could gather safely in open away from threat of gunfire.

[The_Meaning_of_X]

how are they just casually out in the open in massive groups like that

[aesirgaming]

These tactics were also used in Syria and this is likely where Hamas fighters learned them. It is widely believed in the intel community that Hamas had many members involved in Syria and that other veterans of the Syrian conflict traveled to Gaza to join Hamas.

[Blau_Max]

Why are they huddled up like this in the open? Is this a military unit or a boy scout picnic?

[tokingdawnkey]

an army that only rely with their equipments, fire power and air superiority but stupid in face to face and ground combat.

[skeeterskoville]

Am I the only one that noticed the pin was still in the grenade?

[shaktird]

What was that ? Even rookies won’t be doing such mistake. They were literally sitting ducks, having feast or something in middle of war zone.

[arthurfrost]

I can't believe such an 'imposing' thing was dropped on troops armed to the teeth and made their fates 'unknown'

[Rafficarian]

What is the safety pin still in the army mechanism?

[mrcrumb]

I thought bombs had been dropped from flying machines for a very long time now....

[mondaymorningmowingwithmike]

I'm no military ordnance expert, but based on the movies ive seen- that grenade appears to have a pin in it that would appear to stop the plunger mechanism from activating?