The IDF soldiers, part of the Jerusalem Brigade, had actually gotten intelligence beforehand cautioning them of the Hamas attack on their position.
As such, they had the ability to leave their protective position and looked out and prepared for the attack.
IDF soldiers damage a Hamas tunnel shaft in the Gaza Strip. (Video credit: IDF Representative’s System)
Ruining Hamas terrorist tunnel shafts
They had the ability to discover the terrorists as they came out of the tunnel shaft and fired at them, causing a bomb blowing up in the shaft.
The soldiers, dealing with the Yahlom system, then discovered and ruined another tunnel shaft close by.
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