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…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS. Read more

Netanyahu, Liberman: IDF Strikes Dealt ‘Severe Blow’ to Hamas

Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman said yesterday that IDF air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza over the weekend had delivered a “severe” blow to Hamas while Liberman added that Israel has “no intention of learning to live” with ongoing kite-born arson attacks from Gaza.  Read more

Cabinet instructs IDF to act against arson attacks

Israel will respond with military action to any incendiary kite or fire balloon sent into its territory from Gaza, the Cabinet decreed on Sunday at the conclusion of a special meeting held to discuss the escalation in the South. Read more

Kids in embattled Israeli city of Sderot take time to show kites can elicit fun, not fear

In a show of hope and defiance in the face of the hundreds of “terror kites” and flaming helium balloons launched into southern Israel by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, the children of the southern town of Sderot gathered to make colorful kites and fly them for an afternoon of enjoyment. Read more

Gaza scams continue aided and abetted by UN

One of the longest running fraudulent schemes in recent times must surely be the continuing international funding of the terrorist entity known as Gaza…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Hamas threatens Israel with thousands of burning kites

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