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Incendiary Balloons

Palestinian protesters burn tires during clashes with Israeli security forces on the Gaza-Israeli border east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 6, 2018. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

The concrete tunnel dunes, and fire balloons and kites of Gaza

Where were the activists, NGOs and international institutions then?

Roza I.M. El-Eini

Nov. 4, 2024

Masked terrorists prepare helium balloons with incendiary material to be flown into Israel, aiming to cause casualties and damage, on Sep. 22, 2023. Photo by Majdi Fathi/TPS.

Israelis assess fire damage from Gaza incendiary balloons

Israeli forestry officials are reinforcing firefighting crews near the border with the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave.

Sveta Listratov

Sept. 27, 2023

Palestinians attack Israeli soldiers at the Gaza border fence, east of Khan Younis, Sept. 22, 2023. Photo by Yousef Mohammed/Flash90.

IDF strikes Hamas post after another day of riots on border

Three Gazans suffered gunshot injuries, according to Palestinian sources.

Sept. 24, 2023

An Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 21, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

IDF launches retaliatory strike on Hamas targets in Gaza Strip after arson attacks, border riots

Fighter jets attacked a Hamas military compound used for training and the production of weapons, as well as a tunnel, the IDF reported.

Aug. 29, 2021

An Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 23, 2021. Israel struck Hamas multiple Hamas targets in Gaza on Monday in response to cross-border arson attacks earlier in the day. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to arson attacks

Incendiary devices launched from Gaza spark multiple fires in the Western Negev area • Terrorist groups in the Strip announce the date of the next border riot.

Aug. 24, 2021

An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas target in the northern Gaza Strip, on June 18, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

IDF hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to arson balloons

Israel also reduced the Gaza fishing zone from 12 to six nautical miles in response to the attacks.

Shahar Klaiman

July 26, 2021

The buildings highlighted in red are part of what the Israeli military says was a Hamas weapons-manufacturing facility in the Gaza Strip targeted by an Israeli airstrike on July 3, 2021. Source: IDF.

Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to ongoing arson attacks

The strikes followed the third straight day of fires sparked in southern Israel by incendiary devices launched from the Gaza Strip.

July 4, 2021

Hamas members participate in a rally in Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip, on May 30, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

Israeli observers see instability in Gaza truce, fear return to new round of violence

“This is unlike Lebanon, where there have been years of quiet,” said Col. (res.) Moshe Elad. “The reason is that Lebanon has much to lose. They have a prime minister, a state, resources, tourism.”

Yaakov Lappin

June 22, 2021

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip burn tires and send incendiary devices across the border with southern Israel, on June 15, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Four fires in southern Israel caused by arson balloons sent from Gaza

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces reported that one of its soldiers fired on and hit a suspect who hurled an explosive device at Israeli forces south of Nablus.

June 16, 2021