IDF video exhibits Israeli navy unit spraying machine gun hearth at Hamas fighters ‘swimming’ towards coast

• Footage launched by the IDF confirmed members of the navy’s “Snapir” unit preventing off Hamas militants.

• The video was filmed on October 7 throughout Hamas’ shock wave of assaults on Israel.

• The IDF stated militants “had been swimming towards the shoreline in an try and infiltrate Israel by sea.”

Video footage launched by the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) on Saturday confirmed members of the navy’s “Snapir” unit preventing off Hamas militants making an attempt to launch an assault on Israel by way of the ocean.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas’ sea assault got here as a part of a wider wave of shock assaults by land, sea, and air on October 7. The group fired a barrage of rockets into Israel whereas it despatched armed paragliders and gunmen into Israeli territory, resulting in the deaths of no less than 1,300 Israelis and as much as 150 being taken hostage.

The footage seems to indicate Israeli troops taking pictures and throwing grenades or depth expenses from Defender-class boats at Hamas fighters.

The Hamas speedboat had been destroyed by forces from Israel’s 916th Patrol Squadron utilizing Dvora-class patrol boats, The Times of Israel reported. The insurgents on-board had been thrown into the Mediterranean Sea after which tried to swim towards the coast, the IDF stated.

“Israeli Navy ‘Snapir’ Unit opened hearth on terrorists who had been swimming towards the shoreline in an try and infiltrate Israel by sea,” the IDF stated in an X, previously generally known as Twitter, put up concerning the incident.

“Troopers thwarted a variety of terrorists, stopping them from reaching the shoreline,” it added.

Israel has three Snapir items with bases within the Mediterranean ports of Haifa and Ashdod and one other at Eilat, a busy port on the Purple Sea, Defense News reported. It acts as a safety pressure for the ports whereas additionally finishing up border patrols and underwater operations, per the positioning.

The Israeli navy might be boosted by British warships, surveillance aircraft, and elite Royal Marines arriving within the jap Mediterranean.

The US additionally despatched its USS Gerald R. Ford plane service to the area on its first full deployment in an indication of assist for Israel, as Insider previously reported.

It is also deploying a number of state-of-the-art F-35 fighter jets to the area to assist deter Iran — which has backed Hamas and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah — and forestall the conflict from deepening and probably spilling right into a wider battle within the space.

Israel’s retaliation for the October 7 Hamas offensive has targetted Gaza with a large bombardment that has left 2,383 Palestinians lifeless and 10,814 injured on Sunday morning, in accordance with Palestinian well being ministry sources, per Reuters.

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