GoPro footage released by the IDF from December shows reservist paratroopers in direct contact with Hamas operatives. After the opening salvo of the gunfight, the IDF troops make the decision to break contact with smoke grenades, and fall back to a position with more hard cover for them to return fire from. Once they confirm that the Hamas fighters have been fixed in place, they call in fire support to drop the building on top of the enemy force.

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