Israeli soldiers, tanks and bulldozers advance in the dark inside the Gaza Strip. As ground troops and the air force make their way through virtually unknown terrain, they help each other flares to monitor possible ambushes or movements of Hamas men.

The objective of this illuminating ammunitionAccording to Yago Rodríguez, director of ‘The Political Room’, “it is illuminate the battlefield in night conditions so that it can be seen better.” “Even so that drones can identify the target with normal cameras in a more precise way than with thermal cameras that would not allow you to distinguish, for example, a vehicle that wears military camouflage from one that is simply civilian,” he says.

The Israeli forces have also launched this type of ammunition during the day, since, Rodríguez points out, “they can be used for signal that a target is going to be attacked” or “for psychologically send the message that you can fire artillery on a position.” Furthermore, according to the expert, the illuminating ammunition “can be fired from different types of weaponsfrom artillery to mortars”.

A recurring tactic born in the First World War, which was already used in the Israeli offensive of 2014 and which is now helping them to besiege Gaza City from two different flanks.