Tag: Incendiary Balloons
Tense weekend sees stabbing attacks, explosive balloons from Gaza Strip
An Israeli man was moderately wounded in a stabbing attack on Saturday in Kiryat Arba near Hebron in Judea and Samaria, the Israel Police reported.
Moshe Greenblatt, 22, was rushed to a local hospital for...
Arson balloon attacks on southern Israel resume
A fire that broke out on Wednesday in the Gaza-adjacent Simhoni forest was the result of an arson balloon flown over the Gaza border fence, an arson investigator from the Ashkelon Fire and Rescue...
Israel’s fire authority declares all blazes, both wildfires and arson, have been extinguished
Israel’s National Fire and Rescue Authority announced on Saturday night that it had succeeded in containing the massive rash of fires which ripped through the country in recent days, causing the evacuation of 3,500...
IDF aircraft strikes groups of Gazans launching incendiary balloons towards border
Israeli military aircraft shot two groups of Palestinians who launched incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, announced the Israel Defense Forces.
This comes days after the IDF retaliated, hitting dozens of “terror sites” in...
Israel strikes Hamas naval commando base after rocket fired at Israel
Tensions along the Gaza border escalated on Thursday when Israeli warplanes responded to a mortar shell fired at southern Israel with a strike on a Hamas naval commando base.
“Fighter jets and aircraft struck several...
‘Terror balloons’ from Hamas in Gaza land in children’s play area before school day
A children’s playground was cordoned off in Kiryat Gat on Friday morning, when police were alerted to a bunch of “terror balloons” launched from Gaza that landed in a residential play area before the...
Israel closes Erez Crossing in wake of violent Hamas riots
Israel’s Defense Ministry has closed the Erez Crossing, the northern entry from Israel into Gaza, following violent riots by Gazans on the border on Friday.
The decision to close the pedestrian crossing comes just days...
Terror balloons land in Beersheva, deeper into Israel
For the first time, an incendiary “terror balloon” from Gaza landed in the ancient city of Beersheva on Monday, raising concerns that terrorists are attempting to cause arson fires deeper inside Israel and in...
UN exhibit in New York shows fire damage in Israel from incendiary kites and...
An exhibition featured at the U.N. headquarters in New York this week will show viewers the damage that Gazan terror kites and flammable balloons have caused inside Israel.
An initiative of Yesh Atid Party Knesset...
Strategic Affairs Ministry leads tour of beleaguered Gaza-area region
Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs led a group of more than 30 pro-Israel social-media professionals on Tuesday on a guided tour in English of the Israel-Gaza border region.
The goal was to showcase the vast...