merkova is considered a super tank, an active defense system, which makes the vehicle, as stated, practicallynvulnerable, but these images indicate that hamas... managed to destroy at least one such tank. all this happened on the israeli border of the gaza strip after an israeli tank was hit, hamas captured the crew of the shot down merkel. palestinian assault troops take fire control of a military base near the border. at least 22 people were reported killed as a result of the clashes. more than 200 wounded and that’s just official data, according to unofficial information, the number of dead and wounded is tens of times higher. meanwhile, hamas is pulling in more and more. and more of their own fighters in the captured districts, the attackers seized the israelis’ equipment with almost bare hands, the soldiers were pulled out of the vehicles and beaten. the footage shows hamas using a drone to attack a military ambulance, injuring israeli army personnel. according to information coming in these minutes, the palestinians managed to capture at least five tanks merkova, several btr113 armored

merkova is considered. tank with an active defense system that makes the vehicle supposedly virtually invulnerable, but these images indicate that hamas managed to destroy at least one such tank. all this happened on the israeli border of the gaza strip after an israeli tank was hit, hamas captured the crew of the shot down merkava. palestinian assault troops take under fire control of a military base near the border. at least 22 people were reported killed as a result of the clashes. there are more than 200 wounded, and this is only official data; according to unofficial information, there are tens of times more dead and wounded. meanwhile, hamas is pulling more and more of its fighters into the occupied areas, seizing israeli equipment with almost bare hands, soldiers are pulled out of the car and knocked down. the footage shows hamas using a drone to attack a military ambulance, causing the soldiers to israeli army were injured. supporters of the radical palestinian group islamic jihad claim that they have several dozen israeli soldiers in captivity. according to the information th

the merkova is considered a supertank, an active defense system that... makes the vehicle supposedly virtually invulnerable, but this footage suggests that hamas managed to destroy at least one such tank. all this happened on the israeli border of the gaza strip, after an israeli tank was hit, hamas captured the crew of the damaged merkel. palestinian assault troops take fire control of a military base near the border. at least 22 people were reported killed as a result of the clashes. there are more than 200 wounded and this is only the official number. the data on unofficial information about the dead and wounded is tens of times higher. meanwhile, hamas is bringing more and more of its fighters into the captured areas, seizing israeli equipment with almost their bare hands. the soldier is pulled out of the car and shot down. in these frames hamas is seen using a drone to attack a military ambulance, injuring israeli army personnel. supporters of the radical palestinian group islamic jihad say they have several dozen israeli soldiers in captivity. according to the information that.

merkova has powerful protection from the front, but the tank has quite simple side armor, and it is alsonerable from above from the rear. here, without involvement , in addition to anti-tank guns, directional mines, as well as, as they are called in the western press, roadside bombs pose a mortal danger , collected including in the sector, they are capable of destroying both tanks and combat infantry vehicles, and the technology for creating these very mines and bombs, as well as precision-guided ammunition, hamas acquired abroad. actively, according to the american media, resorting to the help of allies, for years secretly, delivering products and components for them. through a network of tunnels and placing assembly facilities and even unique mini-military factories on a vast territory underground. their area, according to some estimates, amounts to hundreds of square kilometers. and now, despite unprecedented bombings, hamas militant groups are preparing... a strong big such tactics will not be able to provide resistance and it will be sensitive. yes, they will have losses, which is w

we've been talking about the heavy armor here, this is one of israel's main battle tanks, merkova battleank, i think, i don't want to give it a wrong description but i would estimate that's what it is from this distance. increasingly we're seeing tanks like this deployed in the area. we've seen dozens of these thanks already this morning. so if you saw the camera shaking, that was because the ground was literally shaking. i don't think john even you and your skills can hold a camera still during that. that just gives you a sense of the power of those military machines. the reality is it's going to take a lot of them to maintain security here and if there is going to be an incursion it's going to take a lot more than the dozens that we've seen so far today, john. >> nic robertson there with the car alarm still going off around you, you see that massive, massive military equipment coming right down the road. nic, thank you so much. we will have much more of our continuing coverage, the breaking news coming out of israel, the war in israel. israel at war. we will be right back. >>> all righ

but merkova was considered a very protected machine. its destruction so easily came as a surprise.e of the crew is unenviable. and a colossal reputational blow to the army and special services, who slammed such a large-scale attack immediately from land and sea. and even from the air, journalist efrat phoenixson did not the only one who wonders. israeli citizens in the gas cities bordering the sector call for help from the police and the army, but they are not there. 6 hours, how did this nightmare begin, what happened to the most powerful army in the world? and what happened to intelligence, the all-seeing, as many thought, massad, who so fatally underestimated the enemy, despite the fact that the enemy never even tried to hide his negative attitude towards israel, despite the fact that the attack took place almost to the day for half a century anniversary of the yom kippur war, that the arab-israeli war, by the way, also began completely unexpectedly for the israelis. this already happened 50 years ago, almost on the same day, with the beginning of the yom kippur war , so all ass