Building booby-trap improvised explosive device

Conflict Usage

Israel-Hamas War

Side: HamasRole: Urban area-denial booby trapmine warfare

In the Israel-Hamas War, AP reported many northern Gaza buildings were booby-trapped by militants, and JPost reported Hamas booby-trapping almost every standing structure as IDF forces advanced.

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