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Hezbollah’s Military Media released on April 24 video footage showing a successful strike against a Merkava Mk 4M main battle tank of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
The tank was targeted with an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) -most likely a Russian-made 9M133 Kornet or the Iranian copy known as Dehlavieh- while it was moving into a firing position near the Metula military site on the Lebanese-Israeli border on April 17 at night.
The missile fired by Hezbollah hit the tank, knocking it to the side of the road. The IDF made an attempt to recover the tank under the cover of a smoke screen. However, its efforts were unsuccessful and the damaged tank was abandoned.
The Merkava Mk 4M is one of the IDF’s most advanced pieces of equipment. The tank is equipped with the Trophy active protection system.
Still, Hezbollah has managed to destroy or damage several tanks of this type since the outbreak of the clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border on the backdrop of the IDF attack on the Palestinian Gaza Strip. The group mainly used laser-guided Kornet and Dehlavieh ATGMs as well as the Iranian-made Almas missile system, a copy of Israel’s Spike ATGM with electro-optical guidance and a top-attack capability.
It’s worth noting that Hezbollah’s Military Media also released two other videos on April 24 and 25 showing recent rocket and missile attacks on the Israeli settlements of Shomera, Margaliot, Avivim and the base of Ein Zeitim.
The clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border have so far resulted in eight civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of at least 11 IDF soldiers and reservists. On the Lebanese side, more than 400 people have been killed, including 269 fighters of Hezbollah and at least 70 civilians.
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excellent news. hope there were jews inside at the time.
hope they got cooked at just the right temperature, and not too fast so they could fully enjoy the experience
sadism is ugly. beware – you start to sound like an israeli
i hear you, but i will never support the killing of children and innocent people, and therefore will never be like an israeli. however i believe that those who torture, kill and oppress women and children deserve to suffer, if only to serve as deterrent to the next ones thinking about doing the same. we all know what happens when we gaze into the abyss… but sometimes this is the price to pay for justice.
everyone nose we all want death of the knows
no idf bodies, no dead idfs
just the start towards the end of the illegal occupation of palestine – keep at it and the illegal occupiers will soon be seen swimming westward in the med!!
well done!
non of these tanks are ever shown ” cooking off” , having their turrets blow off, no dead soldiers. now compare that with videos from ukraine. are the merkevas indestructible ?
how many tanks lost in the ukraine compared to the losses of the jewish supremacist state in their ethnic cleansing operation in gaza?
no tank can now move alone. asymetric tech has caught up: a $500 drone kills a $5,000,000 tank.
allahu akbar!!