Incendiary balloons

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.
 Palestinians clash with Israeli forces near the border between Israel-Gaza, in Gaza City, on September 25, 2023.

Israel entering unstable paradigm on Gaza border - analysis

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

After attacks on troops, IDF drones strike Hamas positions on Yom Kippur

 US Air Force pilots and aircraft mechanics of the 325th Fighter Wing secure F-22 Raptor aircraft relocating due to Hurricane Laura, shortly after their arrival at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, US August 23, 2020.

F-22 performs first-ever air-to-air 'kill' - analysis


Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli forces in Hebron

Israel Police in Jerusalem preparing for terror on Ramadan • Israel stepping up efforts to seize illegal weapons from Arab sector, Bennett says

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

There's no answer to the Gaza problem - analysis

The best option for Gaza, senior brass have determined, is to live with the waves of violent rounds of conflict.

 PALESTINIANS PROTEST near the border fence with Israel east of Gaza City.

Palestinians declare Friday ‘day of rage’ in support of prisoners

Top Fatah official visits families of escaped inmates as Day of Rage commences.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is carried during a visit to the Ain el Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon in September 2020.

Incendiary balloon launches continue after IDF strikes on Gaza

In response to machine-gun fire from Gaza that was heard in Israel, the IDF carried out an additional strike on a Hamas terrorist tunnel in Khan Younis.

 Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in the Simhoni forest caused by incendiary ballons sent by Palestinian terrorists into southern Israel. June 15, 2021.

Fires break out near Gaza border due to incendiary balloons

Three main fires, as well as 10 smaller fires, broke out in Kissufim and Be'eri forests.

KKL-JNF firefighting crews attempt to control the fire caused by incendiary balloons near Gaza border on August 23, 2021.

Palestinian factions applaud Hezbollah rocket attack on Israel

Hamas welcomed the Hezbollah attack and said that it fully supports the "resistance in Lebanon" in its fight against "the Zionist aggression."

IDF soldiers train in the north of Israel in preparation for any future wars with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

IDF attacks Hamas base, rocket launcher in response to balloon fires

Palestinian sources at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday reported that the IDF had attacked a Hamas military base and rocket launching site in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Fires burn close to the Gaza border after incendiary balloons were launched from inside the strip, August 6, 2021

IDF strikes Hamas targets in retaliation for incendiary balloons

The IDF jets struck several buildings in a Hamas military base as well as infrastructure and utilities used for the group’s activities.

Smoke rises from a building after it was destroyed by Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza May 11, 2021

Israel strikes Hamas targets in response to incendiary balloons

“The IDF will continue to respond firmly against terror attempts from the Gaza Strip."

The Hamas arms production site targeted by the IAF - July 3.

IDF strikes Hamas facility after Gaza sends explosive balloons into Israel

The components which were damaged in the strike were equipment for weapons research and development, the IDF said.

The IDF Artillery Corps is seen firing into Gaza, last month.