Posted on 05/14/2021 7:20:00 AM PDT by Cecily
The Israel Defence Forces managed to trick Hamas into believing a ground invasion was underway last night and then obliterated their tunnel network knowing militants would be hiding underground waiting to ambush tanks and soldiers, reports in Israel claim.
There was confusion when the IDF said shortly after midnight that ground forces were 'attacking in Gaza', and later suggested that boots were on the ground. A spokesman later retracted that statement - saying that military operations were conducted along the border, but no Israeli troops had crossed it.
However, the announcement was apparently a well-planned ploy to get Hamas to send its fighters into its underground tunnel system beneath Gaza City, before bombarding the area, in the hope of eliminating large numbers of militants in one fell swoop.
Soldiers and tanks with drones equipped with night vision lay in wait for survivors as they surfaced, hitting them with aerial and ground fire. Snipers and missile units were also waiting for them on the ground.
Helicopters, jets, gun boats and artillery pounded northern and eastern parts of Gaza with more than 1,000 bombs and shells overnight Thursday as the IDF said it had carried out a 'complex' operation to destroy Hamas tunnels underneath Gaza City, which the military refers to as 'the Metro'.
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Whack a mole.
Nice.
Weakness of Joe Biden brought this on.
Hell yea! No cease fire! They need to go Sherman on the muzies.
Works for me.
WOW ! The feel-good story of the day so far....
US weakness is lethal for our allies. It’s a good thing that Israel has unsurpassed military and intel organizations.
Don’t mess with the IDF!! 😊
BRILLIANT!
Mossad’s motto:
“Without deception, a nation falls.”
Old was: “By way of deception, thou shalt wage war.”
Awesome! Prayers for the IDF!
and they were already all ready for burial...
nice work israelis, well done.
Hopefully this was successful. Reduces innocent life losses and punishes those animals.
Hopefully this is an accurate assessment...I expect hamas, and all the terrorist apologists to begin screaming for Israel to halt their self defense measures...
Drones equipped with night vision. Things for the next war.
I really, really, really hope this story is true.
Because the Democrats stuffed the ballot boxes in November, people are dying in the Middle East today, and businesses are closed on Main Street, and there is a crisis on the border.
That’s how you get those terrorists to stop hiding behind school children, so you can take them out.
IDF offers one stop shopping
Nooo...the baby milk factory was in the tunnels
They were already all ready for burial when the IDF carried out a ‘complex’ operation on the complex.
Soldiers and tanks with drones equipped with night vision lay in wait for survivors as they surfaced, hitting them with aerial and ground fire. Snipers and missile units were also waiting for them on the ground.
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oddly enough, there were no enemy casualties like most Israeli combat operations.
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