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An Israeli Border Guard with a Federal M201-Z riot gas gun. The primary Border Police weapons are the CAR-15 and M-16 rifles, some of which are attached to the M-203 grenade launcher. The Border Police also use standard IDF equipment such as vests and helmets. Special units of Border Police use Glock 17, Glock 19, Jericho, or FN HP pistols.
The document provided a plan that included a large-scale rocket assault before an invasion, drones to knock out the surveillance cameras and automated guns that Israel has stationed along the border, and gunmen invading Israel, including with paragliders. The Times reported, "Hamas followed the blueprint with shocking precision."
Under-barrel grenade launcher: 40 mm United States: Usually mounted under an M16, M4, CAR-15, or X95. Mounted on X95's with longer barrels and large trigger guard instead of the standard pistol grip guard. Mk 19 [4] Automatic grenade launcher: 40 mm United States: Mk 47 Striker [citation needed] Automatic grenade launcher: 40 mm United States
Cross-border fire has been near-constant since Oct. 8, when Hezbollah began attacks in protest of Israel's latest offensive into the Gaza Strip, which followed Hamas' Oct. 7 operation.
During the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, the unit participated in the fighting to recapture areas in southern Israel overrun by Hamas. A force of Shayetet 13 commandos retook the Sufa military outpost as part of the Battle of Sufa , and the unit's commandos also took part in fighting in Be'eri , Kfar Aza , Sa'ad , Mefalsim , and Nir Oz .
September 2012 southern Israel cross-border attack refers to an incident on 21 September 2012, when three Egyptian militants, wearing civilian clothes and armed with explosive belts, AK-47 rifles and RPG launchers, approached the Egypt-Israel border in an area where the Egypt–Israel barrier was incomplete, and opened fire on a group of IDF soldiers supervising the civilian workers who were ...
In November 2009, the IDF announced that the Tavor X95 would become the standard infantry weapon of the IDF, with the addition of an integrated grenade launcher. [11] A gradual changeover has begun in 2006 and expected completion among front line troops was to be by the end of 2018.
Israel initially planned to launch a two division sweep across the city, but U.S. President Joe Biden considered a major attack into Rafah a "red line" that could not be crossed. This forced Israel to reduce the operation to capturing the border to seal off arms smuggling into Gaza, and rely on targeted raids into Rafah.