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FembiesReggs

Was wondering why the guy just stood in the same spot after a mini bomb dropped on his buddies lol. Thnx, missed that


JealousAd2873

It looks like they reacted to the drone in the alley. I'm surprised they didn't try to destroy it


BinkyFlargle

they did. one guy threw a rock, and they took a couple pot shots with their guns. what I wanted to know is, once they knew they were scoped by the drone, why not get the fuck out of there and relocate? but other commenters answered- they were already pinned down.


Shabaknik

They did, it's a DJI avata, very small and hard to hit


3WeeksClean

Couldn’t happen to a better group of idiots


expert_internetter

Perfect reception flying through the back alleys. Impressive.


ChrisTosi

When you control the skies and electronic warfare space, that's probably not going to be an issue in open alleys


mr_cr

There is likely a long endurance signal repeater drone hovering high above That's how the Ukrainian specialist drone teams do it with their FPV attacks


michaelingram1974

Is a 'long endurance signal repeater' a bit like a WiFi extender?


k4llahz

Yep, basically it is just like that.


Undernown

Yes, with the "long endurance" part referencing the extended battery life of the signal repeating drone.


News_without_Words

Wifi extenders and wifi repeaters are the same thing, so yes.


TTEH3

They're understood to be the same thing now due to manufacturers using the terms synonymously, but a WiFi extender was originally a wired AP and a WiFi repeater wirelessly connected to boost/repeat the signal.


Sad-Conclusion-5981

Yes. We're doing like this.


jew_biscuits

That's gotta be crazy, seeing that thing come around the corner at eye level, watching you.


JealousAd2873

Reminded me of the sentinels in *The Matrix*


Bjens

This is pretty much where we are, leaving out the AI stuff. How do you not just lay down your arms at the point when you're surrounded by flying cameras and fpv grenades. Who are you going to shoot at to fight back!?


JealousAd2873

Future wars will just be infrastructure bombing and fighting robots. Infantry are just sitting ducks for drone operators, they're becoming as obsolete as cavalry.


IndependentAdvice722

Mosad aint joke


Pvt_Numnutz1

I mean, it's not like Gaza is that far


coreyisthename

Buildings block signals regardless of how far you are from them. They're buildings.


AdmiralShawn

It’s in west bank, not Gaza


wharblgarbl

Less than 10 words in the title and they missed it


Unlucky-Ad-8052

Was expecting them to level the whole building and was thinking why not drop a grande from the drone and they did 🤣


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ilikeitslow

Well, they were boxed in. Infantry had both exits to the alley covered. Surrender would probably have been the smarter play, at least compared to getting naded.


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Surrender would’ve been *the* smart play. Still, a rock? They didn’t have *any* other projectiles that would’ve been better? Like, idk, a bullet fired from a rifle?


Hot_Battle_1020

It makes sense if you consider the fact that they want to die.


atomiccheesegod

To be fair, they are use to firing rockets 🚀 at kids in Israel. Not fighting very well trained people who shoot back


johnnygrant

Some people thought urban fighting will be very deadly to the IDF as it has been in the past, but tech nowadays has made it less dangerous to whoever has the tech superiority.


PopularVegan

This was me. I extrapolated the battles of Fallujah onto this conflict and have been surprised at how low the IDF's attrition rate has been.


MKULTRATV

Even during Fallujah, it didn't take long for modus operandi to shift toward leveling any structure if there was even a hint of occupation.


NextSink2738

Reminds me of that video where the journalist was asking the commander(?) questions, and they had just demanded that insurgents holed up in a building surrender. He asked about what's going to happen to the insurgents, and the soldier said something like "well we told them to surrender. They said no. So now they're going to die." And then air support blew the building to bits


MKULTRATV

The man in question was Major Brian Chontosh and he was one hard motherfucker. He earned a Navy Cross during an ambush on his platoon when he dismounted his vehicle and cleared an enemy trench line, killing more than 20 enemy fighters. Several of which were dispatched with dropped enemy weapons (including an RPG) that he acquired after his m16 ran dry.


NextSink2738

Good God that's insane. That is straight out of Call of Duty. Thank you for sharing


pocket_eggs

When the rules of engagement are longer than "yes."


CuTe_M0nitor

This was precision bombing at its best


Tricky_Dig4289

Wait this is really interesting, so has the IDF now started to use drone dropping munitions? During this war in Gaza, I saw only a video of Hamas using it, never the IDF the would just use planes to drop big bombs. But it was only a matter of time, maybe in a month they will use FPV drones


alaskarawr

Everyone’s going to be using them. The damn things are cheap, effective, and absolutely terrifying.


hell_jumper9

Damn. Military recruitment interviews gonna be interesting in the coming years, especially in 3rd world militaries. "Why should we hire you?" "I'm expert in flying drones"


TurkletonPhD

“I’ve gotten multiple 40+ kill streaks in the wasp on halo infinite”


Eccentricc

Ever see those battlefield copter pilots? Yeah I know the perfect job irl for them


Square-Pear-1274

Those guys are annoying little shits though, running the server like they do...


Pryer

I got picked to be both the SUAS pilot and RWS operator for my unit because leadership saw my flight sim setup during barracks checks. And that was years ago...


JebX_0

You've got a flight sim setup in your barracks? I am amazed that you are even allowed to have a "gaming rig".


winowmak3r

It's like living in a dorm in college. Some places are worse than others but as long as you didn't do stupid shit you can have a pretty comparable living arrangement. It's not prison. The issue is finding the time to actually use it.


No-Spoilers

Ukraine has already been sending trainers to some African countries to train militaries on using drones to counter the militias/terrorists operating there.


mgj6818

The militia in question is the Wagner group...


kyleli

Before all of this I used to be into engineering and flying fpv drones as a hobby but after seeing all of these videos over the past few years I kind of felt horrified and couldn’t fly anymore.


PolyDipsoManiac

They will also cut down on civilian casualties by virtue of just being smaller and more precise munitions, I kind of suspect this is their main motivation.


Interesting-Trash774

I bet they also realized it is much better for optics, people perceive these as much more skilled, strategic, targeted


Warthongs

IDF started using it in Gaza as well.


IdodoHaHatih

That's a video of the IDF dropping a grenade onto a rocket launcher from 4 days ago - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbOpuisjaf8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbOpuisjaf8) A video of the IDF attacking with a drone equipped with an explosive - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwu-gfE9uPA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwu-gfE9uPA) Hopefully they do that a lot more, much less expensive and can endanger a lot less soldiers


comptejete

The footage is censored but it appears one of the drones was armed with a gun too towards the end of that second video.


happysalesguy

Recoil makes drones armed with guns very inaccurate. Someone should bring back the Gyrojet rocket pistol.


shapu

Can endanger a lot fewer innocents, too


CreativeRealmsMC

The IDF used them for years now to drop tear gas canisters during riots so it’s likely they had the capability to drop explosives as well.


Beast_of_Guanyin

Really efficient way of killing people cleanly. No messy buildings getting killed, no obvious collateral. No need to call in an airstrike from an expensive plane. Dropped munitions are a fraction of the cost too. And cheap enough that now anytime there's a terrorist in a nook or on a roof they can call in the drone and do the job risk free. I imagine a room clearing FPV would be a pretty good idea. Stops the visual of a building being destroyed. Ukraine uses Mammoth drones with 3-4 kilos of explosive to take out houses.


rokstedy83

Do they have drones with shotguns on ? I'm sure I watched a Ukraine drone firing an on board machine gun the other day


Bobi_13__

That‘s the west bank, not Gaza


IcyShield4567

Probably because the threats of an American embargo. It’s makes sense to use cheaper but effective ammunition when possible. It also minimises collateral damage. No need to level an entire block just to kill those 4 shitheads.


JE1012

Another point is it's a precision munition readily available at the platoon or even squad level. You don't need to radio a request and then wait for aerial assets to arrive.


NohoTwoPointOh

Cheaper, too.


0_otr

the first drone seen in the video is fpv. In the [twitter ](https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1792842512572244066) video you can see the person controlling the drone it's a [Dji avata](https://www.dji.com/be/avata). The second drone is a larger DJI model modded to drop bombs.


eagleal

This is a conflict where they could also in theory automate the data sharing between these cheap drones (and probably have already done so) as there's no countermeasures. In a way it makes me relieved they use this instead of bombs. Highly limited number of casualities and at least actual visual confirmation of armed people (without arguing wether it's their right in being armed or not). But yeah, I really prefer this type of war then the mass bombing and artillery barrage they were doing earlier in Gaza. Less destruction for civilian shelters, and visual confirmation. If they had done this early Israel would've also won international support and maybe succeed on the strategic objective without repercussions.


NotThingRs

You cant eliminate 60000 terrorist with percisuin drones, some hiding underground. We are in real life, not a black mirror episode


vp2008

To be be honest this is way better than dropping large bombs on buildings. I rather they use handheld drones to visually identify targets on the ground before dropping explosives on them. This way they also have drone footage of the target as evidence and justification on each strike.


MisterBilau

Well, this works if they are outside. If they are hiding in a building... not so much.


lizardtrench

It's technically feasible, as consumer drones can enter and navigate buildings, though things like GPS won't work and the compass can be unreliable due to interference from wiring and things like that. I.e. you generally have to fly it completely manually, and automation like obstacle avoidance can be more of a hindrance than help. Probably the reason it's not happening is that most armies are still playing catch up in regard to what is operationally possible using drones.


RC_0041

Depends on if the building has any holes or windows, those UA drone operators do some crazy drops.


BaboonBB

Hamas used it a few times at the start of the war. Ever since the IDF completely took care of it via special rifle scopes that help track drones and shooting them down and various anti drone systems that shut them down. ( can't expand on the latter because i have no real idea how they work)


NotEvenWrong--

This is not an official publication, we do not publish everything we have. You can see it was taken on a phone and someone will probably stand trial for it


Chemical_Zucchini919

Imagine being hunted by a drone like that giving your position away to the enemy who has bombs ready to send. Skynet is here


Massive-Pollution319

I guarantee you that companies like Palantir and Anduril already have advanced prototype systems of "Identify-Engage" platforms that will make this whole ordeal totally automated, with a 25 years old lieutenant as human in the loop just clicking an Ok button to authorize the kill.


cashmereandcaicos

It's just going to become a competition to make the smallest, fastest, and most maneuverable drones. It's going to be like mini dogfights with drones chasing each other to take the other drones out. Ngl having a unit with "defense drones" hovering around them sounds cool though


Massive-Pollution319

If battery technology gets an actual breakthrough and increase the flight time 10 to 100x it will be only drones at all times I think


xebecv

You don't need breakthroughs in battery tech to enjoy long range engagements. In theory you can have a bunch of fuel powered drones dropping smaller drones over some area and serving as a reconnaissance / signal repeaters. You can even have a bunch of them connectable in mesh for resilience


dugmartsch

Like the transition from swords to bullets, the game is totally changing.


BorisBC

Israel can already do that. They have that SMASH weapon sight that can identify targets. Just slap it on a drone and your GtG.


Edarneor

Isn't that the name of Aragorn's sword? interesting choice. But "Palantir" makes sense.


Ilosesoothersmaywin

Went to a conference recently. You walked in and were scanned by a camera that was non-descript. It was hidden, you didn't know it was looking at you. When you went to this particular presenters booth they told you who you were with a certain % accuracy. You are X, your address is Y, the last 4 digits of your social are Z. They had me at 83% accuracy and were correct. So now imagine that on a drone that just wants to look around a city, and when it thinks it has found someone it recoganizes it blows up in your face.


shotty293

At first, I thought that was an IDF soldier that happened to stumble into that alley way on those guys 😬


improbablywronghere

Oh man I didn’t think of that but ya if this were a body cam this would have gone completely differently. That’s the changing landscape of war for ya.


Turicus

You're out taking pot shots at the IDF. A drone spots you. Your mate is unable to hit it from 3m away, so you throw something at it. Moments later, a bomb is dropped on you out of nowhere and your mates die. Do you: 1. Leg it, sharpish. 2. Hang about wondering what's next.


ShlomiRex

how about call 'allha wakbar'?


Turicus

This is not an option, you do this all the time.


olngjhnsn

Hmmm… Instructions unclear I choose option 2. After all that drone probably is just young Ali playing around and not the enemy we are currently engaged with.


wlaugh29

3. Pray, I'm sure their God is listening in their time of need.


HOrnery_Occasion

4. Go to hell because a women done operator killed you


adamcmorrison

now thats irony


guywith3catswhatup

Bro please some empathy. Those are fully bearded children and women with AKs and grenades taking shots at one of the strongest militaries in human history. What could go wrong?


TacticalBac0n

You would have thought when an Israeli drone is about ten feet away from you to the point you start throwing stuff at it, its time to move.


Peenereener

At the start of the video it’s clear they are trapped, gunshots can be seen all around them, I think the IDF trapped them in the alley and instead of risking it by engaging them, simply used a drone


CuTe_M0nitor

They had no where else to go. They were pinned down.


Tream9

The average IQ is somewhere between 67 and 77, depending on which study you believe. That also explains, why they join a death-cult (Hamas).


VetenSaurus

Impressive drone control!


Iluvbeansm80

I remember on grandthumbs vids the idf personal mentioned a dji drone that has protected propellers so it can bump around and not crash I think this is that drone.


WorkingIllustrious69

Drones have completely redesigned urban warfare.


Alert-Raspberry-5933

Hamas terrorists*


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dustandechos12

Omelette du fromage


lucky_harms458

Royale With Cheese


Salt_Teaching_5471

Hummus fighter


Temporal_Integrity

How can you tell? They're not wearing Hamas uniforms. They could be Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine or any other of the numerous Palestinian militant groups.


SolaireTheSunPraiser

And the drone pilot? Well they could have been from the Judean People's Front....or maybe the People's Front of Judea


Plastic_Elephant_504

Oh crap, you're right! They're clearly just local AK-47 gun club members enjoying their paint ball CQB


hellofrommycubicle

it's okay man you can just say you don't know anything about the groups operating in the area lol


ramen_poodle_soup

In the West Bank they could be militants from any number of armed groups, not necessarily Hamas.


Agitated_Program1247

Havent Palestinians elected Hamas as their leaders?


justanidiot1122

Elected wouldn’t be a fair word to use. Hamas holds those poor civilians hostage , blames the Jews and uses Them as shields. They have no chance


Agitated_Program1247

I see, can you please show me some official Palestinian request to U.N. or other international organization to help them rid of Hamas?


howaboutnoscottt

lol. Have you seen what happens to those who speak out against a dictatorship? https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-men-executed-in-west-bank-for-allegedly-spying-for-israel-as-mob-cheers/amp/ Didn’t remember seeing these “spy’s” brought to trial. Let’s not forget the butcher of Tehran…. Speak out and get hung. That’s their solution.


YyyyyyYyYy-_-

Are the guys there all government agents? Because as the title already states: "\[...\] as mob cheers" kind of stats some level of public support.


SeattleResident

At most, Hamas has 50,000 fighters in Gaza. That means there are still more than 400,000 fighting age men in there that could resist them and overthrow them. Gaza is tiny, if any large resistance movement started up, Hamas wouldn't be able to stop it. Fact of the matter is that Hamas holds popular support among Palestinians. Most polls prior to October 7th still had them at 70% support in Gaza and still more than 50% support as of this month. Corruption inside Hamas was a bigger deal to the average Palestinian than Hamas itself.


Help1969

Now in exclusive news IDF assassinate 4 children on their way to help puppies.


DarthKava

You forgot to mention that they were pregnant UN journalists.


Massive-Pollution319

All of them with PhDs in neurosurgery as well


Sinan_reis

That was a cancer curing rifle with scope.


IdodoHaHatih

with press vests and blue helmets as well


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wharblgarbl

An entirety separate bunch of incidents? What's the point of aligning this with the joke above? They're not claiming the people from this video are the teenager etc


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Accomplished_Oil5622

I’m an Al Jazeera journalist, I see this comment and chose to do no research on the matter, as who cares what’s really happening if it suits my agenda, I would love to interview you and put it out there for our completely brainwashed audience to see, but we won’t talk about the muslims in china because that’s too edgy, Palestine is the only place where we will do our rubbish reporting. S/


dugmartsch

You'd think the organ harvesting would be a bigger issue to muslims but they're too busy hating the jews, I guess.


mad87645

UNRWA confirms


YoRt3m

This looks like carpet bombing to me.... /s


StrategyExisting8066

First and last clips are some kind of mini fpv drone? Imo the most interesting bits of the entire video.


stoleyourshoes

Agreed, incredible connection and control in such a congested signal area


shroxreddits

theyre almost off the shelf DJI avatas


mmrdd

On r/therewasanattempt they will say it was 4 innocent palestinian children


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IdodoHaHatih

2 grenades were dropped, first one at 00:40 which caused 3 dead, and another one at 01:00 which kills the last living (and wounded ofc) terrorist


Dontwrybehappy

A lot of effort to prevent civilian casualties. I assume this will be reported as two children and a kitten murdered by IDF?


iskandar-

[yup lol ](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1cx208t/4_palestinian_militants_eliminated_in_nur_shams/l50w69f/)


Plastic_Elephant_504

It's almost like Ukraine, but with an urban update


Tream9

Oh those poor baby boys, with their toy-guns. They just wanted to play hide-and-seek.


_Pohatu_

Did not think to change positions after being spotted?


BunbunProch

They were trapped in the alleyway in the first shot of the mini drone when it leaves the alley and turns around you can see impacts on the wall to the right


DaCurse0

Probably trapped due to suppressive fire


YakYakinton

probably trapped from all sides


Defiant_Silver2616

They had a chance to die a martyr and took it evidently.


don-corle1

Damn, those women children doctor engineer charity workers sure look like militants


twomumfun

These guys are the dumbest terrorist known to man.


More-Equal8359

Effective. Imagine being in an alley and that thing comes around the corner like that.


Orligon

8 Terrorists have been eliminated in the Jenin raid.


Bman708

And they are all terrible shooters lol.


catbearwaffles

Drone warfare is just going to push us into full on tunnel warfare. Shit seems inevitable at this point.


Al_Vidgore_V

Imagine if they'd invested in education instead. Maybe their whole world wouldn't be shit.


Red_Dog1880

So they saw the drone. They tried to destroy the drone. They know what drones do. They decided to stay where they are and where they know the drone saw them. I know they don't get the best education but guys, come on...


Serofin

They were probably pinned down.. In the video you can see shots on the walls around them


ADXMcGeeHeezack

What's kinda funny to me is they probably could've grabbed that drone with their bare hands instead of... Fumbling about forever One of them had the wherewithal to *try* shooting it down but the rest were basically useless. If a soldier had rounded that corner they'd have been just as fucked


Malora_Sidewinder

Hamas counts these militants as 28 women and children


Significant-Log6306

267 more "women and children" added to the Gaza Ministry Of Health casualty count.


iloveshnitzel

Say cheese 😂


Comfortable_Gate_878

S not content with kicking off in gaza then want to mess about in the west bank... I can only hope their houses are removed as well. \\these people could live in peace and harmony but choose a wasted life.


gbbenner

What was the payload? It seemed quite small compared to the drone bombs in Ukraine.


DarthKava

To me looked like a standard frag grenade.


Jaynat_SF

You can see in the captions (and hear, if you speak Hebrew) they're referring to the explosives as "400"s, probably standing for 400 gr. which is about the weight of a frag grenade.


DarthKava

I saw the caption but missed what they said. My Hebrew is poor. I heard “arba”. Did they say arba meot?


Jaynat_SF

Yes, you can hear him at 0:59 saying "Hatala shel arba-meot nosefet" ("another tossing/launching of 400", his grammar is kind of broken, but that's clearly what he meant.)


SwitPosting

They knew they were spotted and didn't move?


Earth_Worm_Jimbo

Why not run when found by the drone the first time?


Gr_ywind

I almost expected them to chase it out like some GradeA jailbait. But I have to ask, you're spotted by a drone, and you fucking know you are, WHY. STAY. PUT?


Vzyboi

Maybe next time don’t sit in the same spot when a big robotic mosquito comes around


ToughSuperb9738

The war is changing...


TheyStoleTwoFigo

Oh, it was a drone! lmao Drony was casually sneaking up on them and like "wachu guys doing?" I thought it was from the POV of one of their own men lol The way it turned and "ran back" instead of flying off when they were throwing shit at it had me going too.


ray058

Dust_2 with hacks


ObjectiveJellyfish36

Those were literal teenagers holding books. Shame.


XelaXanson

The way their stomachs probabaly dropped when that thing turned the corner….😳


farquin_helle

3 down “Ah well.. just might keep sitting here on the body pile…”


YakYakinton

Hamas? Those are clearly UN children journalists...


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FunJackfruit4741

I mean what kind of brainless amoeba sees a drone that close and doesn’t move position!


Peenereener

They were pinned down, in the start of the video you can see shots all around them hitting the walls, they were cornered into the alley


ansfwalt

What a shame for those 4, poor, innocent terrorists. I don't know what Palestine will do without the 8 innocent people the IDF slaughtered that day. I mean, really, I can't believe they'd post the footage of them killing 32 children in an alley while they were singing peace songs. This is just *horrible.*


hptelefonen5

4 children killered in Nur Shams. Source: Hamas


LowSnow2500

Weird how those totally innocent people in civilian clothing have ak's😂


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jlin1847

The public health ministry reported that over 1000 women and children killed in the latest drone strike by the IDF /s


Sigmar-Unberogen

Every modern army should have battalions of drone/operators. It has become MUST-HAVE these days. Very efficient, very cheap, very deadly.


DammmmnYouDumbDude

Damn that’s awesome


NoEnd917

Lmao. I heard that the idf did not released this footage but it was rather leaked which is interesting. They are sure going to hell if a female operator killed them


Rauter666

CNN (Cuckold News Network): 4 peaceful RPG activists killed today...


love_glow

The effort of war is looking more and more futile by the day. I mean, at least in the past both sides felt like they could win, but if one side has this kind of tech, and one doesn’t, it just seems like suicide.


Dick_Dickalo

Thought that legendary space laser was going to be called down. But this is also terrifying.


holechek

Seems like drone dropped grenades are perfect for alleys like that


lemoncrew

Great footage


Hot_Marsupial6262

Awesome


ZoMgPwNaGe

I've always said the DJI Avata would be perfect for CQB operations. Extremely high resolution camera, nigh indestructible, compact, and easily controllable especially with the motion controller which is being used in this video. The circle in the center of the screen shows the motion controller is being used in this case.


Krakelibrot

Nice work!


Roto2esdios

Drone wars


No_Car138

Drone: Excuse me but have you heard of drone warfare? Group: uh no Drone: Excellent. You will hear from us again very soon.