{"id":29070,"date":"2024-08-07T08:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T03:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.businessupturn.com\/?p=29070"},"modified":"2024-08-07T08:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T03:28:03","slug":"hamas-israeli-rafah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/middle-east-asia\/israel\/hamas-israeli-rafah\/29070\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas fighters target Israeli tanks in Rafah city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al Jazeera Arabic has acquired and verified video footage revealing Hamas fighters executing strategic attacks on Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles in Rafah City, southern Gaza. The footage, filmed on undisclosed dates, provides a rare glimpse into the tactics employed by Hamas militants against Israeli military hardware.<\/p>\n<p>In one segment of the video, a Palestinian fighter can be seen approaching a stationary armoured vehicle, placing an improvised explosive device (IED) at its rear, and then retreating to a safe distance before the IED detonates. The calculated maneuver showcases the use of guerrilla tactics in the urban landscape of Rafah, highlighting the ongoing conflict\u2019s intensity and the fighters\u2019 resolve.<\/p>\n<p>Another clip depicts an Israeli tank being targeted with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). The RPG is fired by a Hamas operative from the upper floor of a bombed-out building, emphasizing the militants\u2019 strategic use of elevated positions within the city\u2019s devastated infrastructure. This footage underscores the asymmetrical nature of the warfare in Gaza, where Hamas leverages the environment to its tactical advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The release of these videos by Al Jazeera Arabic adds a layer of complexity to the already volatile situation in Gaza, offering insight into the methods used by Hamas to counter the Israeli military\u2019s technological superiority. As the conflict continues, such evidence sheds light on the ongoing strategies and the high stakes faced by both sides in this protracted and deeply entrenched confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Palestinian fighter can be seen approaching a stationary armoured vehicle, placing an improvised explosive device (IED) at its rear, and then retreating to a safe distance before the IED detonates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":29071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[322,316,422,509,4522,991],"class_list":["post-29070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel","tag-hamas","tag-israel","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-israel-palestine-war","tag-israeli","tag-rafah"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}