Incendiary balloons

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 Palestinians clash with Israeli forces near the border between Israel-Gaza, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 22, 2023

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 Israeli Police officers walks with Israeli soldiers as they patrol in Jerusalem on April 1, 2022.

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The damaged house in Beersheba from the rocket attack on Wednesday, October 17, 2018.

As situation returns to 'normal,' Gaza border communities prep for unknown

"Back to routine - a routine of incendiary balloons and explosions," MK Haim Yellin (Yesh Atid), said.

A KITE flies over the Gaza border into an area where incendiary kites and balloons have caused major fires in southern Israel.

Incendiary devices burned half of forests near Gaza, data shows

Despite a late-summer lull in the number of incendiary devices launched, the amount sent into Israeli territory has steadily increased again in October.

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

Suspected incendiary balloon found in Bat Yam

This follows several cases of incendiary balloons landing in the Jerusalem area, which is also at a significant distance from Gaza.

Bat Yam

Incendiary balloons land in Jerusalem

An Israeli citizen who noticed the balloons picked them up and left the area before contacting the police.

Incendiary balloon found in Valley of the Cross, Jerusalem on October 11, 2018.

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The results of a fire started by an incendiary balloon in the Beeri forest, September 24,  2018

Palestinians clash with IDF along Gaza border

Incendiary balloon found in Givat Zeev near Jerusalem

Palestinians set a kite on fire to be thrown at the Israeli side during clashes at a protest at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip, April 20, 2018