#Netanyahu showed Elon Musk a crib filled with Israeli gun casings during a tour of purported #Hamas atrocities on 27 ⁠Nov

“[The Israelis] claimed that the crib was ‘left in the middle of [the 7 ⁠Oct] Hamas attack with the child inside’. When examining the images, there is no damage to the cradle [...] The shell casings are 7.62x51 ammunition of the MG3, which is the secondary #weapon (machine gun) of the #Merkava tanks. Parts of the #ammunition belt (chain) of the machine gun are clearly visible.”

— Turkish Communications Directorate's Center for Combating Disinformation

Note: These casings could be for Israeli infantry machine guns. We simply quoted the above

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On November 7, 2023, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad ( #PIJ) published its first direct combat footage between its fighters and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) inside Gaza Stip

During the video, a group of 2 fighters are seen moving across the rubble of #Gaza city's outshirks neighborhoods under heavy fire carrying nothing, but #RPG systems.

After sometime running around and fleeing from IDF indirect fire, the fighters engage and ambush a #IDF #Merkava 4 Paz #Tank with Anti-Armor rocket systems, firing at it from behind.

According to the Militant group, the clash took place northwest of Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, Northtwestern Gaza Strip

Per war Noir, PIJ fighters who carried out the attack appear to be armed with an RPG-7 Launcher with 105mm "Al-Yassin" Tandem anti-tank rocket, despite not wearing any kind of body armor or similar protection

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On November 7, 2023, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) published its first direct combat footage between its fighters and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) inside Gaza Stip During the video, a group of 2...

Photos published by IDF official medias shows a column of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) #Merkava MBTs (Main Battle Tanks) operating on Gaza Beach

Some Merkavas have the infamous Russian capem cages installed over its turrets to protect the MBTs and the crew from suicide #UAV attacks, proving that #IDF learned well its lessons from Russian-Ukrainian War related to Armored Warfare.

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Palestinians have managed to enter Israel and take over at least on settlement north of Gaza.

The attacks were like a Hollywood action movie, they used drones to destroy a #Merkava #tank, they used motorized #paragliders to send fighters past the Israeli security wall and took several soldiers and civilians hostage.

This was an unexpected move by Al-Qassam, Hamas's armed wing that will be responded with brutal force. But at the same time it's a huge loss for #Netanyahu and his far right lunatics who got in power based on their promises of stability and crushing the will of resistance among Palestinians.

It will also be what Bibi needed to save his failing government by declaring an all out war against Gaza and also the occupied West Bank.

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#Israel may be about to export its workhorse #Merkava tank for the first time.

Reports say Israel is in talks to sell the tank to a European and a Middle Eastern country.

The European nation in question is actually #Cyprus, according to Israeli newspaper #Haaretz, which in June cited an unnamed Cypriot official who said negotiations are underway. The Arab nation is #Morocco, Spanish outlet El Espanol reported this month.

Exporting the Merkava raises sensitive political issues. For Morocco, acquiring an Israeli tank would be a highly visible symbol of its relatively cordial relationship with Israel. Morocco is also fighting #Polisario insurgents, who are backed by neighboring Algeria, in the Western #Sahara. This raises the possibility of one Arab state employing Israeli arms against another.

With Cyprus, Israel would be selling tanks to a nation that has tense relations with #Turkey, which invaded the northern half of Cyprus in 1974. Relations between Israel and the government of Turkish President Recep #Erdogan are often contentious. (The US ending its longstanding arms embargo on Cyprus in 2022 also triggered speculation that Cyprus' Russian-made arms could go to #Ukraine.)

Nonetheless, the timing is propitious for Israel. #Russia's invasion of Ukraine has spurred Europe to rearm its depleted militaries. Eastern European nations are sending many of their aging #Soviet- and Russian-designed tanks to the Ukrainians, which means the donors will be shopping for affordable replacements — likely older tanks with a non-Russian design.

The question is whether Israel will sell Merkavas to Ukraine. For now, the answer is no. Israel is wary of antagonizing Russia, for fear that Russian forces in #Syria will interfere with Israel's airstrikes against Iranian and #Hezbollah targets there. Russia can also send advanced weapons, particularly S-400 anti-aircraft missiles, to Israel's arch-enemy, #Iran.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-merkava-tank-replace-tanks-sent-to-ukraine-russia-war-2023-7

Israel's workhorse Merkava tank could soon be refilling foreign arsenals depleted by the war in Ukraine

First deployed in 1979, the Merkava is an unusual tank configured to meet the Israeli military's specific needs.