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IDF company commander's dramatic radio transmissions released after he was wounded by grenade-throwing terrorist

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IDF company commander's dramatic radio transmissions released after he was wounded by grenade-throwing terrorist

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TL;DR

The IDF released the radio dispatches of an injured company commander who, despite wounds from a grenade thrown by a suspected militant, directed his forces and declared the attacker killed. The recordings offer a rare, unedited battlefield view.

01 · THE DISPATCH

The IDF has made public the radio communications from an infantry company commander caught in close-quarters combat after being hit by a grenade thrown by a suspected terrorist. In a single, tense exchange with his command post, the officer is heard reporting the wound — "a terrorist threw a grenade at me" — and, moments later, confirming the attacker was killed. The recordings were released as part of an IDF unit's after-action documentation and have not been independently verified by The Zioneer. They provide a raw, first-person account of battlefield dynamics and the commander's decision-making under duress. No further context on the location or date of the incident was included in the initial release.

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