Incendiary kites

My Word: The 'fight or flight' kite dilemma - opinion

The world media is full of sob stories of poor refugee children threatened by Israeli might. That Israeli children are learning to be wary of kites and balloons, does not seem to bother them.

A VIEW OF a brush fire near Be’eri that was ignited by kites flown by Palestinians, near the border with the Gaza Strip, in 2020.
A view of homes destroyed and burned in the Hamas October 7, 2023 massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israel-Gaza border, August 5, 2026.

Majority of residents have not returned to Kibbutz Nir Oz after October 7, chairman says

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.

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

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


Scorched earth and international law

Judging from recent events, it seems that the war of attrition launched against the nascent State of Israel in 1948 has not ended, only morphed.

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.

Int'l Christian Embassy donates firefighting gear to Gaza border region

The system, which can be hitched to a car and pulled as a trailer, allows community to respond quickly to fires started by incendiary kites and balloons.

Firefighting trailer donated to Eshkol Regional Council by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, July 8, 2018

Trump moves are killing two-state solution, Palestinian PM spokesman says

Palestinian Authority boycotting Trump administration "because of the unilateral and baseless declaration recognizing Jerusalem as the capital" of Israel, Ahmad Shami says.

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim Israel has exaggerated incendiary kite threat

Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza claim to have fired about 300 burning kites since the return marches began at the end of March, a number Israeli sources claim is understated.

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.

12 fires rage in the Negev from terror kites, balloons

Fires rage in southern Israel as a result of incendiary kites and balloons launched from the Gaza Strip

Fighting kite terror

The IDF deploys new technology to put an end to the launching of incendiary objects from Gaza

Palestinians in central Gaza fly a kite loaded with flammable material to be thrown at Israel

The Gazan kite offensive and the arc of human progress

Israel continues to become more innovative, powerful and wealthy. Simultaneously, the Palestinians slide evermore backward and grow weaker as an outcome of its military innovation.

A DRONE FLOWN by IDF soldiers trying to intercept Palestinian kites and balloons loaded with flammable materials, is pictured near Kissufim Tuesday.

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.