Footage released by members of the al-Qassam Briagdes shows a brazen explosive attack against an unprotected and possibly abandoned Israeli Merkava main battle tank. This footage is at least a week old, but doesn't appear to have been published by our team yet, so we're getting it up today.

The footage, as usual with Hamas propaganda tapes, ends before a battle damage assessment can be completed. According to pro-Hamas sources, these videos are always cut early due to the extreme high threat of Israeli drone assets spotting Hamas ground forces.

Judging from the size of the blast, it's unlikely that the Merkava managed to come out of this attack without serious damage. It's unclear if the crew was present or if the tank was unoccupied at the time.

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