Direct proof of use
The TC/6 appears in the 2023 Israel-Hamas War through recovered-weapons evidence attributed to Hamas and Gaza-based armed groups. The Associated Press reported in January 2024 that weapons recovered from Hamas fighters by the Israel Defense Forces included items that appeared to be Italian-designed TC/6 anti-tank mines.
Long War Journal reported earlier, on October 15, 2023, that an IDF-displayed Hamas weapons cache included TC-6 landmines, alongside anti-tank rockets, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, explosively formed projectiles, and other weapons. The article linked the cache to IDF photographs and video from an official IDF recovered-weapons article.
Sources: AP Hamas Weapons Investigation, Long War Journal Hamas Weapons Cache, IDF Recovered Weapons Display
Timeline
On October 15, 2023, the IDF published a Hebrew-language article and media package showing weapons confiscated from Hamas operatives after the October 7 attack. Long War Journal identified tan TC-6 land mines in that IDF-displayed cache and described the weapons as seized from Hamas in Gaza.
On January 15, 2024, AP published a broader investigation into Hamas weapons sourcing. That report separately identified apparent TC/6 anti-tank mines among weapons recovered from Hamas fighters by the IDF and quoted an explosive-ordnance expert who said the Italian design had also been copied by Iran's arms industry.
Sources: IDF Recovered Weapons Display, Long War Journal Hamas Weapons Cache, AP Hamas Weapons Investigation
Narrative
The sourced conflict role is recovered Hamas anti-vehicle mine materiel. The parent TC/6 design is a pressure-fired anti-tank blast mine, and CISR describes the mine family as manually or mechanically emplaced; in this conflict record, however, the public evidence ties TC/6 mines to recovered Hamas weapons rather than to a named minefield, route-denial incident, or confirmed vehicle strike.
The available reporting should therefore be read as possession and fielding evidence, not as proof of a specific tactical use. AP's wording leaves the model identification as apparent, and Long War Journal's identification depends on imagery from the IDF display. Together they support a narrow catalog claim that TC/6 mines were present in Hamas-linked recovered weapons during the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.
Sources: AP Hamas Weapons Investigation, Long War Journal Hamas Weapons Cache, CISR Munitions Reference Guide
