Gaza parents urged to stop kids flying kites after Israel warning to Hamas
Netanyahu and Israel Katz said Israel will intensify strikes and evacuations if launches continue, after officials found 10 kites with no explosives.
- Palestinian popular committees operating in Gaza displacement camps issued an urgent warning advising parents to stop their children from flying kites.
- The warning follows joint threats by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz to increase targeted assassinations and forcibly evacuate residential areas if kite and balloon launches across the border do not cease immediately.
- While Israeli forces confirmed that several kites recovered near border settlements carried no explosives or suspicious materials, defense officials warned they would treat any kite, balloon, or drone crossing the border as an act of war.
- Residents near the Gaza border reported the incidents revived painful memories of October 7, warning that ignoring these tactics could lead to repeating pre-October 7 security failures and complacency.
- Hamas officials dismissed the Israeli warnings as "fabricated pretexts" to justify further military operations and target Palestinian children, maintaining that the kites are simply toys used by children living in displacement camps.
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On Tuesday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights found Israel's threats to evacuate the population of the Gaza Strip from which kites, drones and balloons are thrown.
On Tuesday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) found Israel's threats to evacuate the population of the Gaza Strip from where kites, kites and other armed groups are launched.
Palestinian Boy Tears Up His Kites After Israel Warns Gaza Launches Will Be Treated Like Drones
A Palestinian child in Gaza was filmed tearfully tearing apart his handmade kites after Israeli officials warned that kites launched towards Israeli communities would be treated as threats even if they were not carrying explosives. Video circulating from Gaza shows Muhammad Ahmad al-Mufti destroying paper kites he had made himself after hearing Israel's warnings over kites crossing from Gaza into nearby Israeli communities. Eyad Amawi of the Gaz…
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