Incendiary kites

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.
A Palestinian incendiary balloon that landed in a field in Israel

U.S. human rights group sued for funding Palestinian balloon terror

A fire burns in scrubland on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near kibbutz Gevaram

IDF reports dramatic decrease in fires in southern Israel over past year

A balloon found at Gaza crossing to be used as an incendiary device.

Flaming Gaza balloons threaten to ignite violence


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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

A security inspector checks materials at Kerem Shalom Crossing