Incendiary balloons spark 35 fires in southern Israel
Experts from the Fire and Rescue Services determined after examining the sites that all 35 fires were caused by incendiary balloons.
A firefighter attempts to extinguish a fire burning scrubland in an area where Palestinians have been causing blazes by flying kites and balloons loaded with flammable materials, on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near kibbutz Nir Am, June 5, 2018(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)ByTOBIAS SIEGAL