Updated: May 18 2021, 15:05 ET Invalid Date, THIS is the moment a Hamas "suicide submarine" was destroyed in Gaza by a lethal Israeli airstrike, as Benjamin Netanyahu defies calls for a ceasefire. The Israel Defence Forces announced it had stopped an attack by a remote-controlled 'drone' submarine intended to disable its Navy ships. 20 20 The autonomous submarine was being launched from northern Gaza when it was blown up by the Israel Defence ForceCredit: IDF 20 20 A Palestinian man stands next to a car that was hit by an Israeli airstrike, near the beach in Gaza CityCredit: AP 20 20 The vehicle tracked by the IDF, which was claimed to have been carrying Hamas militantsCredit: IDF