Tag: Incendiary Kites
Terror-balloon attacks resume against communities, fields in southern Israel
Incendiary devices launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli communities along the border resumed on Thursday with firefighters currently battling blazes in fields surrounding Kibbutz Kissufim in southern Israel.
Eshkol Council Security Officer Ilan Isaacson...
Israel’s Light Blade can down Gazan kites and explosive balloons
In early 2018, professor Udi Ben-Ami at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was working on a laser system for cutting thick plastic for greenhouses.
But when terrorists from the Gaza Strip started sending explosive devices...
‘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...
Massive ‘terror kite’ from Gaza successfully removed from Israeli power lines
A massive incendiary kite launched from Gaza, measured to be about 13 feet wide, landed on electric power lines near Kibbutz Sufa on Saturday, sparking an emergency operation by the Israel Electric Company to...
Fire kites sting Negev honey farms just before Rosh Hashanah
When you drive into Israel’s Sha’ar HaNegev Region in the northwestern Negev, the fields are burnt and black. The trees are broken, and the smell of acrid smoke stings the eyes and nose.
“It is...
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...
Israeli rabbis press government to act against burning kites from Gaza
The Rabbinical Congress for Peace, which is comprised of more than 400 rabbis, has issued a statement slamming the government for its complacency in dealing with the burning kites attacks from Gaza.
“It’s appalling to...
Palestinian terrorists breach Gaza border, torch IDF post
Several Palestinian terrorists breached the Israel-Gaza Strip border on Sunday and torched a nearby abandoned Israel Defense Forces post. Israeli troops scrambled to the area, but the Palestinian cell managed to cross the border...