ISRAELI troops are flying drones in pairs on seek and destroy missions against terrorists operating in the West Bank and Gaza.
Extraordinary drone footage seen by The Sun shows how four armed terrorists were tracked along an alleyway inside the West Bank town of Nur al-Shams Tulkarm before being killed in a targeted strike.
Israeli operators can be heard discussing the operation in the background while controlling a reconnaissance drone with a handset not much larger than a mobile, to track down the gunmen.
The terrorists appear surprised by the drone as it flies close to them at around head height.
The panicked insurgents begin throwing objects at the drone, with one firing shots from his weapon, as the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) operator withdraws from the alleyway.
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Meanwhile, another drone armed with an explosive device moves in on the terrorists and drops a bomb from several hundred feet above, apparently killing all four.
The footage appears to end with the drone camera zooming in on the lifeless bodies of the four gunmen.
Eran Salmon, a bomb disposal officer with the Israeli police, described the footage as "Rare documentation of IDF forces fighting terrorism in an integrated manner using small drones."
The former IDF special forces commander wrote on social media: "In a recent operation, four armed terrorists concealed in the complex alleys of the Nur al-Shams Tulkarm were surprised when an IDF small drone appeared and located them from a short distance.
"They fired at the drone and threw objects at it, but it managed to evade them.
"Meanwhile, another drone dropped an explosive warhead at their exact location and eliminated them.
"This event underscores the critical role of drone integration in modern urban operations."
The IDF are increasingly using drones to target terrorists in both Gaza and the West Bank in a bid to reduce their growing casualty toll.
The narrow alleyways make for perfect hit and run ambushes by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and other groups in the West Bank.
Up to 278 Israeli soldiers have been killed in fighting and more than 3,000 have been wounded in action In Gaza.
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Another 348 troops were among the 1,200 people killed in Hamas's unprecedented cross-border attack on southern Israel on 7 October, which triggered the war.
Some were also taken back to Gaza as hostages.
More than 35,270 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
