Incendiary kites

IDF raises alert level over concerns of a possible Hamas response to Gaza strikes

Southern Command officials are also not ruling out rocket fire toward Israel as an attempt by Hamas to demonstrate its strength.

IDF Northern Brigade troops dismantle terror tunnels near the Yellow Line in the northern Gaza Strip. Images released on September 2, 2026.
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.

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

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


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

The announcement, made by the "popular committees," was coordinated with Hamas authorities, a source in the terror group said.

Palestinian child Omar Halawa, 14, flies a kite above a displacement camp in Gaza City, Gaza on August 23, 2026.

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

Israel has paid far too high a price to relearn this lesson. The kites crossing the border today may contain nothing, but the next ones may not. We should not wait and see.

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

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

"Hamas is testing the limits of a containment that should have ended after October 7," said the Gaza border communities about the incident.

Kite launched from Gaza found in Nahal Oz.

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