This footage, provided by the IDF, shows their forces continuing to fight Hamas in close-range, building-to-building and floor-to-floor combat. This is punctuated by an IDF soldier using a recoilless anti-tank weapon known as the Matador to destroy a Hamas-held room by firing through its window. Although the resulting casualties are censored by IDF, the viscera and destruction are still cause for viewer discretion.

The IDF soldiers are seen fight up several stairways and around corners to deal with the Hamas militants within. At 0:21, seemingly almost out of exasperation, an IDF trooper hits the building from the outside with the Matador. Although the moniker suggests Spain, the Matador is a multi-national project that also includes Germany and Israel as its developers. The Matador is also being used to successful effect in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

As the IDF troops inspect the damage, the bodies are occluded but blood splatters can be seen in the room now reduced to rubble. At the end of the video, a child is evacuated and given medical care, though it is unclear whether he was hurt by Hamas or IDF action.

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