The Israeli army has a new target in the Gaza Strip: kites. The games made from makeshift materials by Palestinian children are considered by Israel a potential threat and will no longer be tolerated. In recent days, the Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, threatened “a strong response against any release of hot air balloons and kites from the Gaza Strip.”
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This decision comes after the discovery of some kites in a kibbutz near the Gaza border, none of which, according to the Israeli army itself, carried weapons or dangerous materials. However, in 2018, Gaza residents launched incendiary balloons and kites across the border, causing fires on hundreds of hectares of fields and farmland, as a protest against the Israeli blockade of the Strip. For this reason, today from the IDF’s point of view, any such activity is considered an act of terrorism. “From now on, every launch will be met with a strong response against those responsible, the organizers, and the executors, as well as against the launch sites and the infrastructure they use,” Katz reiterated, adding that “the IDF will act with all necessary means, including evacuating the population from the areas or neighborhoods from which the launches are carried out, in order to neutralize terrorist centers.”
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This announcement has disheartened many children in Gaza, with several protest videos circulating these days against the Israeli ban. Some images show children and parents destroying kites for fear of becoming targets of IDF attacks. Hamas reacted strongly, stating that “Israel is creating false pretexts to continue the war against Gaza.”
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