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Israeli army canines work as four-legged scouts, securing buildings and even taking out Hamas terrorists
New York Post ^ | Dec. 31, 2023, 4:24 p.m. ET | Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

Posted on 12/31/2023 4:01:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

They are Israel’s dogs of war.

The army’s canine unit is helping to map out Palestinian buildings before troops move in — and even take out hiding terrorists — while wearing bodycams and climbing through holes too small for humans, newly released video shows.

Israel’s Oketz Unit, the military’s canine special forces, is dispatching its four-legged soldiers “in a large number of cases” to try to help save lives, the Times of Israel said in a report Sunday.

“The dogs have located threats, mapped out buildings and discovered weapons,” Times of Israel correspondent Emanuel Fabian said on X.

A canine named Toy was sent into a building in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood and discovered a passage between a building where IDF troops were stationed and a separate building where a Hamas gunman lay in wait, the outlet reported.

In another close call, a military canine named Patrick was deployed with the 460th Armored Brigade in Jabaliya and was sent in to scout out a building before the troops moved inside.

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1 posted on 12/31/2023 4:01:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good dog!

L


2 posted on 12/31/2023 4:03:17 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I hope the dogs are given steak after they have done their duty. Need to get the taste of muslims out of their mouths.


3 posted on 12/31/2023 4:04:22 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
A two-fer...dogs are haram in Islam.
4 posted on 12/31/2023 4:35:24 PM PST by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: EvilCapitalist

A nice steak is a good chaser for an appetizer of Musloid rapist oysters.


5 posted on 12/31/2023 4:39:42 PM PST by kiryandil (Free Rocco!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

we LOVE those doggies! they’re wonderful!!


6 posted on 12/31/2023 4:48:47 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dogs are man’s best friend except to Muzzies, that should tell you something.


7 posted on 12/31/2023 5:25:55 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: wjcsux; castlebrew

Mohammad hated dogs because he was a desert bandit. Dogs of a village would alert inhabitants of an approaching attack.


8 posted on 12/31/2023 6:04:23 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: Lurker
There is a movie I am going to watch with my brother this week: Movie Preview: "Dog" which I found very entertaining and funny...

I've seen it but he hasn't!

It is about a Ranger who is unable to get back to active service due to a TBI, and is told his status might be reconsidered if he can get his dead buddy's "war dog" to his funeral. The dog is also suffering behavioral problems due to trauma in war.

As a rule, I don't watch films about dogs, because they all ends up like "Old Yeller". But his one was good, and funny...:)

9 posted on 12/31/2023 6:39:16 PM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: castlebrew

But being bit by a dog could offend a Muslim. Surely this is a worse crime than microwaving babies.


10 posted on 12/31/2023 8:05:01 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Specially trained K-9 units go into the tunnels first.


11 posted on 01/01/2024 2:26:55 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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