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.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT
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

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.

|ByLIAT COLLINS
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

"I didn't think it would take so much time to recover," he said. "We're not giving up. Kibbutz Nir Oz will prosper so that new families will come."

|ByTZVI JASPER
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

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.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN

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.

MARCH 7, 2019ByJOSHUA S. BLOCK
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.

JANUARY 30, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
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.

DECEMBER 28, 2018ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Incendiary balloons found near northern Gaza border, December 28th, 2018.

Palestinian flag balloon lands in northern Israeli yard

The police are currently investigating the incident.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018ByYVETTE J. DEANE
Police investigate balloon with Palestinian flag attached.

Incendiary devices burned half of forests near Gaza, data shows

Despite a late-summer lull in the number of incendiary devices launched, the amount sent into Israeli territory has steadily increased again in October.

OCTOBER 17, 2018ByAVRAHAM GOLD, TOVAH LAZAROFF
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

Seven Palestinians killed, hundreds injured in riots along Gaza border

Netanyahu appealed to Sisi at UN meeting to help restore calm

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip September 21, 2018

Incendiary balloons cause more than a dozen fires over Sukkot

In recent days the IDF has carried out air strikes on cells in the northern Gaza Strip that had been launching incendiary balloons toward Israel.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
The results of a fire started by an incendiary balloon in the Beeri forest, September 24, 2018

Israeli farmers travel to Hague, file war crimes complaint against Hamas

"World stood by in silence" while farmers endured arson attacks, law center said.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Presiding Judge Robert Fremr in the courtroom at the ICC (International Criminal Court) in the Hague, the Netherlands, 2018

'Quiet for quiet'

Many Israelis may hope for Gazans to protest on the street due to their poor economic situation – as we’ve seen done recently by disgruntled Iranians. But Gaza has been in dire straits for longer.

AUGUST 15, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A security inspector checks materials at Kerem Shalom Crossing

Will incendiary kites spread to the West Bank?

“We are not afraid. The settlements are stronger than ever, and will continue to develop and grow,” said Yossi Dagan.

AUGUST 7, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Palestinian protester burns a replica Israeli flag as another holds a Palestinian flag during clashes with the Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah October 18, 2015.