Low Tech meets High Tech - CQB footage

An incredible piece of video, recently released by the Israeli Army, shows how in the volatile ground shared by Israelis and Palestinians -- high tech often meets low tech in basic battles for survival.

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What you're looking at are thermal images taken from an Israeli unmanned drone flying high above on the night of July 21. Two figures catch the eye of the drone operator sitting in a comfortable office far away. The figures are identified as Palestinian gunmen approaching the fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel. The two gunmen move slowly among the bushes.

An Israeli unit is dispatched on a mission of interception, and you can see clearly that both sides are moving very slowly heading toward a collision.

The Palestinian gunman realizes that the Israeli forces are a few feet away and opens fire. A gun battle erupts. The black dots flying everywhere are the hot rifle shells. At this point one Palestinian gunman lies dead.

The explosion you see on the top right side is a grenade that was thrown by the second Palestinian gunman. The grenade explodes and doesn't injure any Israeli soldier.

One of the Israeli officers is roughly five feet from the surviving gunman and he decides to charge; but he makes a crucial mistake and doesn't remember to change his empty cartridge.

This is where low tech meets high tech.

With all the armored gear both sides have -- night vision goggles, automatic rifles, grenades, and a sophisticated remote controlled drone in the air -- what the Israeli officer is left with is wrestling the Palestinian to the ground with his bare hands.

You can see the officer standing up and running towards the Palestinian, but with no shells flying, he reaches the Palestinian and they are left tied up in a bundle, each fighting for his life.

The Palestinian pulls out another grenade and the Israeli manages to turn the Palestinian in the direction of the explosion, which kills the Palestinian, and leaves the Israeli officer only slightly wounded.

This piece of video is just a small and short testimony to the reality both sides face in this conflict, which occurs daily on the Israeli and Palestinian Gaza border.

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[ElComico]

You don't mess with the Zohan.

[necrofill87]

Its an israeli squad scanning for the 2 terrorists. The terrorist opens fire and misses, all the soldiers go to prone and the company commander and a platoon Lt. move to the right to storm and kill the other terrorist.

the first terrorist takes out a granade and the company commander (who forgot to reload) storms at him and end his magazine, than he reaches the terrorist and uses him as a human shield against the blast, he was slightly wounded.

very brave men...

[MrMcCookies]

Dayum

[infectedvector]

That officer must have been good with God this night to make some pretty crucial mistakes and come out "only slightly wounded". I hope his platoon Sgt. chewed his ass good back at camp and got his head straight. Aggression, decisive action, and speed carried the day...but it was a close one no doubt about it.

[MrPlonkas]

best trained in the world,well done

[nsagnell]

I would love to see you guys talk shit to those jews who just fucked up those terrorists. good thing you do your trash talking on the internet.

[guybar1987]

@TheSaif80

למה הם ירו באמא או באבא שלך?

אולי בשניהם? לך תקווע ימחבל חזיר.

[NWM11Bravo]

this is how aliens see us......if you were an alien would you land?...this is one reason why they remain elusive as they conduct their business.

[TheSaif80]

@guybar1987 :חיילי ישראל הם כאלה זונות 

[GoldenTagachi]

hahaha its IDF when they took down the hamas terrorists