Dramatic moment Israeli commander calls for help as IDF armoured vehicle is hit by rockets and machine gun fire in deadly Hamas ambush

This is the dramatic moment an Israeli commander calls for help as his armored vehicle is hit by rockets and machine gun fire in a deadly Hamas ambush.

A team of Israeli armored personnel carriers was ambushed by Hamas terrorists who emerged from their tunnels and fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at the vehicles and attempted to attach explosives.

But the Israelis called in airstrikes and artillery, as well as reinforcements against the attackers, and although they suffered injuries, they survived.

Video from inside one of the 63-ton APCs shows sweat glistening on the face of one of the crew as gunfire can be clearly heard outside.

Video and audio footage released by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shows the men of the elite Golani Brigade coming under fire from Hamas terrorists after being ambushed, calling on the radio for fire from other tanks or possibly drones to suppress from the air.

A team of Israeli armored personnel carriers was ambushed by Hamas terrorists who emerged from their tunnels and fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at the vehicles and attempted to attach explosives.

But the Israelis called in airstrikes and artillery, as well as reinforcements against the attackers, and although they suffered injuries, they survived.

But the Israelis called in airstrikes and artillery, as well as reinforcements against the attackers, and although they suffered injuries, they survived.

Speaking from a 'Namer' (leopard) armored personnel carrier (pictured), carrying three crew members and nine infantry soldiers, the officer urgently asks:

Speaking from a ‘Namer’ (leopard) armored personnel carrier (pictured), carrying three crew members and nine infantry soldiers, the officer urgently asks: “We need you to come to us and kill anything outside the armored personnel carrier.” vehicles are located. ‘ (File image)

A video from inside one of the 63-ton APCs shows sweat glistening on the face of one of the crew as gunfire can be clearly heard outside

A video from inside one of the 63-ton APCs shows sweat glistening on the face of one of the crew as gunfire can be clearly heard outside

Speaking from a ‘Namer’ (Leopard) armored personnel carrier, which carries three crew members and nine infantry soldiers, the officer urgently asks: “We need you to come to us and kill anything outside the armored vehicles is located.’

The officer under fire, Lieutenant Colonel Tomer, commander of the brigade’s Battalion 13, tells his brigade commander, Colonel Peli, that his unit has suffered injuries from rockets.

He adds, “We are doing our best, and we are at war now, we are surviving here and we need your help. About.’

The full audio track continues: ‘Peli, this is Tomer, we are on the road south to ___, we have had a significant attack on us with rockets and terrorists coming towards us, we have wounded men, hard to say how many ,

“I need some suppressive fire to help us repel the terrorists,

“It seems the situation is calming down a bit, but we still need you to come to us and kill everything outside the armored vehicles. We are also getting machine gun fire on our vehicles.”

Perhaps not wanting to alarm his men, he adds, “It’s all good, the main thing is to clear this terrorist nest that’s here. We are doing our best, and we are at war now, we are surviving here and we need your help.

Video and audio footage released by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shows the men of the elite Golani Brigade coming under fire from Hamas terrorists after being ambushed, calling on the radio for suppression of fire from other tanks or possibly drones from the sky

Video and audio footage released by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shows the men of the elite Golani Brigade coming under fire from Hamas terrorists after being ambushed, calling on the radio for suppression of fire from other tanks or possibly drones from the sky

Speaking from a 'Namer' (Leopard) armored personnel carrier, which carries three crew members and nine infantry soldiers, the officer urgently asks:

Speaking from a ‘Namer’ (Leopard) armored personnel carrier, which carries three crew members and nine infantry soldiers, the officer urgently asks: “We need you to come to us and kill anything outside the armored vehicles is’

The officer under fire, Lieutenant Colonel Tomer, commander of the brigade's Battalion 13, tells his brigade commander, Colonel Peli, that his unit has suffered injuries from rockets

The officer under fire, Lieutenant Colonel Tomer, commander of the brigade’s Battalion 13, tells his brigade commander, Colonel Peli, that his unit has suffered injuries from rockets

Peli replies to Tomer: ‘First of all, great, you are relaxed and you work excellently.’

Tomer replies: ‘Great, and I repeat: it seems that things are calming down here, most of the terrorists are dead, the attacks on us are slowing down,

“We are confident, please keep moving towards us and fire everything west and east of our route, on the south side of ___ in a few minutes it will be over and we can even start our mission tomorrow morning.”

Later, in a video, Colonel Tomer tells the camera, “As we came to a stop, Hamas terrorists jumped out of the tunnels and surrounded us.

“They hit us with RPGs and tried to approach the Namers to fix explosives on them.

Palestinian rescuers try to extinguish a fire while standing on the rubble of a collapsed building after an Israeli army attack in the southern Gaza Strip on November 4

Palestinian rescuers try to extinguish a fire while standing on the rubble of a collapsed building after an Israeli army attack in the southern Gaza Strip on November 4

A view of smoke rising from Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, November 4

A view of smoke rising from Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, November 4

Fire breaks out after Israeli strikes on al-Wafa Rehabilitation Hospital's electricity generator as Israeli airstrikes continue in Gaza on November 4

Fire breaks out after Israeli strikes on al-Wafa Rehabilitation Hospital’s electricity generator as Israeli airstrikes continue in Gaza on November 4

“Thanks to our quick reactions, we were able to kill some of them and push back the others, using air fire, artillery and mortars, and we stormed them with the armored vehicles.

“The result is that they are dead and we continue our ground war until victory.”

And in an even happier clip, Lieutenant N from the same unit tells the camera, “We’ve had a night of fighting and ended up in an ambush, fighting dozens of terrorists and killing them. We have almost no wounded soldiers.

“We had a good fight, the spirit and morale are good, and we are getting ready for the next fight… until victory.”

Only time will tell how many more battles these men will experience and what victory will look like.