Incendiary kites

Board of Peace demands Israel comply with Gaza ceasefire, calls for end to kite attacks

Israeli officials warned the BoP on Sunday that Israel would escalate its activity in the Gaza Strip if the launches were not halted within 72 hours, an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post.

Smoke and a fire ball rise during an Israeli strike, carried out after the military warned Palestinian residents to evacuate the area of al-Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip, on August 23, 2026.
Palestinian child Omar Halawa, 14, flies a kite above a displacement camp in Gaza City, Gaza on August 23, 2026.

Hamas, Gazan NGO cm'tee warn parents to stop children flying kites after Israel threatens strikes

The kite, which crossed from Gaza to Israel, didn't carry any explosive devices.

Israel must remember the danger carried by Gaza kites, Hamas dictating tempo at border - editorial

Kite launched from Gaza found in Nahal Oz.

Kite launched from Gaza found in Nahal Oz, in seventh security breach in less than a month


Israel to Hamas: If kite launches do not stop, IDF will ramp up strikes across Gaza

Security source says IDF "is not underestimating the threat," but will need to "wait and see if this becomes a trend" • Military believes Hamas using Palestinian teenagers to launch kites into Israel

The kite, which crossed from Gaza to Israel, didn't carry any explosive devices.

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.

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

“This landmark case exposes a shocking and multi-layered planned conspiracy and campaign aimed at manipulating the public,” said Adv. Yifa Segal of the International Legal Forum.

A Palestinian incendiary balloon that landed in a field in Israel

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

It took an average of 5 minutes for firefighters to get to the scene in 2019 compared to an average of 8 minutes in 2018.

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

Flaming Gaza balloons threaten to ignite violence

Palestinians call for peaceful Friday protests • US demands Hamas keep the peace

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

Israel to grant NIS 8 million to farmers near Gaza border

Lately the Gaza border communities have been bombarded with rockets, with over 60 rockets fired from Gaza on Monday night alone.

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

My Word: The answer to ‘balloon terror’ is not blowing in the wind

What a difference a year makes. In Israel in 2019, the first association I have with balloons is one of danger.

Balloons are seen in a burned field near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, October 2018

What is ‘green’ about hating Israel?

Nowhere in a letter from the Green Party was there a calling for an end to the Palestinian war on nature.

Israeli teens, Meshy Elmkies (R), 16, and Lee Cohen, 17, co-managers of Instagram account, Otef.Gaza, show Reuters journalists an incendiary kite launched from the Gaza Strip, during an interview in Kibbutz Kerem Shalom which borders the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel November 11, 2018

Over 6,000 Gazans injured by IDF fire since March 30th - report

According to MSF, nearly 90 percent of those injured by Israeli fire suffered injuries to their lower limbs.

A relative mourns during the funeral of Palestinian nurse Razan Al-Najar, who according to health officials and a witness was killed by Israeli forces as she tried to help a wounded protester at the Gaza border, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip June 2, 2018.

Incendiary balloons found next to kindergarten near Gaza border

Police advised the public to be cautious around suspicious objects, whether they be kites or balloons.

Incendiary balloons found near northern Gaza border, December 28th, 2018.