Incendiary kites

Police sappers working around the clock to neutralize balloon terror

Israel Police conduct searches on a daily basis to make sure that incendiary devices are found and neutralized.

A FIRE caused by a balloon launched from Gaza.
A Palestinian incendiary balloon that landed in a field in Israel

U.S. human rights group sued for funding Palestinian balloon terror

A fire burns in scrubland on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near kibbutz Gevaram

IDF reports dramatic decrease in fires in southern Israel over past year

A balloon found at Gaza crossing to be used as an incendiary device.

Flaming Gaza balloons threaten to ignite violence


The fields of the Negev

What good will it do them? What will they get from all the tunnels they dig, the rockets they shoot at us and the fires they set? Nothing.

Gazan demonstrators launch a kite with a Molotov cocktail attached into Israeli territory. It lands within Gaza's borders

IDF uncovers Hamas's operating system for kite terror

The Hamas operatives who receive the orders, produce the kites and balloons and then attach the firebombs which they receive from Hamas resources.

Palestinians prepare an incendiary device attached to a kite before trying to fly it over the border fence with Israel, on the eastern outskirts of Jabalia, on May 4, 2018.

Terrorist attacks on Israelis reach 2 1/2-year high

The tally for May is the highest on record since October 2015, when 620 attacks were recorded.

Israeli security at the scene where a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on Israelis at the Har Adar settlement, outside of Jerusalem, Sept. 26, 2017.

Winds of war: Will kite and balloon fires spark a major conflict in Gaza?

Children’s toys and other ‘creative alternatives’ are being used by Gazans to ravage hundreds of hectares of land in the South, and the IDF doesn’t know what to do about it.

A kite flies over the border in an area where kites and balloons have caused blazes, between Israel and the Gaza strip June 8, 2018.

Gaza border communities economically battered by kite fires

While the burning kites have yet to kill or maim any Israeli civilians, they are increasingly inflicting an economic toll.

A field set on fire by Palestinian terrorists using balloons with burning materials attached to them

Netanyahu: We are prepared for every scenario in Gaza

Netanyahu's comments come amid persistent reports of a lack of agreement within the security cabinet of how best to deal with incendiary kites being launched from Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during the International Homeland Security Forum conference in Jerusalem

Analysis: IDF trying to establish new strike for kite equation in Gaza

Palestinians respond to airstrikes with rockets. All this adds up to increased chances of escalation.

In the Gaza arena a new kite-strike equation is being put into practice

From incendiary kites to burning tires

Palestinians are violating international humanitarian and environmental law.

Palestinians prepare an incendiary device attached to a kite before trying to fly it over the border fence with Israel, on the eastern outskirts of Jabalia, on May 4, 2018.

Gazan killed, four wounded while trying to cross border fence

Series of incidents on Israel's southern front signals possible escalation on the horizon

Palestinians protesting on the Gaza side of the border between Israel and Gaza, June 2018

Gazan killed, three more wounded while trying to cross border fence

Series of incidents on Israel's southern front signals possible escalation on the horizon

Palestinians protesting on the Gaza side of the border between Israel and Gaza, June 2018