This IDF-provided footage shows a unit clearing a building with a mix of old-school close quarter battle ferocity and drone tech that almost seems out of a video game.

The IDF squad is in contact with what are presumably Hamas militants, in the stairway and lower floor of a building. Incoming fire form the stairway can be easily seen, with the IDF dodging some extremely close near-misses. At 0:13 seconds, a grenade is thrown up from below; it is unclear if this is an IDF grenade being thrown back upstairs, or one of the militants'. We see one of the IDF soldiers fall against the wall, presumably injured by the explosion. Once the firefight is over, they send down a small drone- allegedly, a DJI Avata- to assess the area. Three fighters are seen KIA.

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