# What is roof-knocking?

The IDF describes roof-knocking as a warning method: a small munition fired at a roof before a strike.

Roof-knocking is an IDF warning method: a small round is fired at the roof, residents have time to leave, and a strike follows if the target is still there. The IDF also uses phone calls and leaflets.

The IDF says Hamas tells residents to stay put. The film’s soldiers describe aborting strikes when the picture is wrong.

The IDF presents roof-knocking as one step in its targeting process.

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