Israeli tank crew fights off Hamas ambush in intense fighting in Gaza

These dramatic clips graphically reveal the intensity of the battle now raging between the Israelis and Hamas in war-torn Gaza. They revolve around one incident during the ground war inside the enclave when a squad of Israeli armoured personnel carriers were ambushed by Hamas terrorists emerging from their tunnels and fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at the vehicles and tried to attach explosives. But the Israelis called in air strikes and artillery, as well as reinforcements against the attackers and although they sustained injuries, survived. One video from inside one of the 63-tonne APCs shows the sweat glistening on one of the crewmen's face as the gunfire outside can clearly be heard. Speaking from inside a 'Namer' (leopard) armoured personnel carrier, which carries three crew and nine infantry soldiers, the officer urgently requests: 'We need you guys to come towards us, and kill everything that is outside the armoured vehicles.'

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