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


Hundreds of firefighters protest in light of southern terror fires

Firefighters call for resignation of commissioner Dedi Simchi.

Firefighter during protest against poor working conditions in light of terror fires in the south Monday, August 8 2018.

JNF speaking tour raising awareness on agriculture devastation kicks off

“Unfortunately, as the danger increased over the last 3.5 months, the Gaza border residents watched their region become largely reduced to an ecological disaster area,” said Betsy Fischer, Chair of the Gaza Envelope Task Force.

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

Child abuse, not child’s play

This latest form of Palestinian terrorism has destroyed hundreds of hectares of Israeli land. One of the saddest aspects of this horrible campaign is the cynical use of children by Hamas.

A KITE flies over the Gaza border into an area where incendiary kites and balloons have caused major fires in southern Israel.

Israel again bans gas and fuel into Gaza

“The decision was taken in light of the continued terror balloons and continued friction along the [border] fence,”

Defense Minister Avidgor Liberman at Kerem Shalom last month.

Liberman: Hamas is forcing Israel into a larger Gaza war than 2014

“We have acted responsibly and with discretion.”

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman convenes with IDF officers in the Gaza region

Top security heads meet to assess situation in the South

Hamas mortar lands near cowshed in Eshkol Regional Council after IAF strikes balloon launchers.

Palestinian Hamas militants attend a military drill in preparation to any upcoming confrontation with Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip March 25, 2018.

Is Israel heading to another war with Gaza... over kites and balloons?

The flames have wreaked havoc on a once-beautiful landscape.

Brushfires rage in southern Israel from incendiary kites launched from Gaza

Gaza group vows to continue launching flaming kites at Israel

Hamas says it has accepted an Egyptian proposal to end the dispute with Fatah.

Palestinians prepare kites loaded with flammable material to be thrown at the Israeli side, near the Israel-Gaza border in the central Gaza Strip in June..

PETA condemns use of 'terror falcon' by Hamas

"Animals claim allegiance to no nation, don't choose sides, and can only rely on human beings to show them mercy."

INPA and Gilad Gabai, July 17, 2018.

Security cabinet decides IDF will respond to all kites and balloons

Katz: "Israel made it clear that it would not agree to any type of terrorism, “not rockets, mortars, kites, balloons or anything else against the communities near Gaza.”

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