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Katz warns Gaza kites, balloons will face forceful response
2026-08-28

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🇮🇱 KATZ WARNS GAZA KITES, BALLOONS WILL FACE FORCEFUL RESPONSE

Defense Minister Israel Katz warns Hamas that any kite or balloon launched from Gaza toward Israeli border communities will trigger an immediate response.

“From our perspective, every launch is an act of terrorism in every respect — and we will treat it as such.”

“From now on, every launch will be met with a forceful response against those responsible, the organizers and perpetrators, as well as against the launch sites and infrastructure used by them.”

Children's kites in Gaza dismantled over Israeli threats
Buncha drama queens blaming the Joooos instead of Hamas, whose abuse of kites and balloons led to the Israeli reaction.
[AnNahar] Some parents said children in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
are dismantling their kites after Israel threatened to ramp up strikes as the toys keep flying into southern Israel.

In the past, kites and balloons have been set aflame and launched across the Gaza border, igniting fields and property in Israeli communities. The Paleostinian holy warrior group Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
has downplayed the danger the kites pose.

In tents near the Mediterranean Sea in southern Gaza, kids dismantled the plastic, cloth and wood contraptions as adults looked on.

"They’ve lost their simple dreams, their education, their childhood, the simple things they used to enjoy," lamented resident Atiya Abu Samhan.
Related:
Kite 08/27/2026 IDF dismantles Hamas ambush positions near hospital and school, bombed Hamas site in north while Board of Peace carps
Kite 08/25/2026 A busy day in Gaza: another 10/7 invader airstruck, 12th kite, 4th balloon sent into southern Israel in August, Hamas smuggling drugs in via WCK aid packages
Kite 08/25/2026 Netanyahu claims Iran attempted to assassinate his son

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