The kite wars, begun they have.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/19 ... srael.htmlHamas' 'terror kites' and 'arson balloons' latest destructive weapons in war against Israel
A children’s plaything found in the aisles of toy stores around the world is emerging as the Palestinians' latest weapon of “terror” in their bitter and bloody standoff with Israel.
Kites – and also balloons – outfitted with incendiary devices ranging from flaming rags to explosives, are being blamed for scorching more than 6,000 acres of land and causing $2 million in damage after sailing into the Jewish State’s territory from the Gaza Strip.
“Israel and Hamas are on the verge of the First Kite War,” a headline from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz declared Monday, as the IDF, the country’s defense forces, announced numerous strikes in Gaza against sites responsible for churning out the creations dubbed “arson balloons” and “terror kites.”
"The IDF views the use of incendiary balloons and kites with great severity and will operate to prevent their use,” the Israeli Defense Forces has posted on Twitter, calling them “acts of terror that endanger Israeli residents living in southern Israel.”
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For one Palestinian, the idea to turn the toys into weapons reportedly came after spotting a kite with a Palestinian flag lying on the ground following deadly clashes along the Israel-Gaza border on March 30.
"We thought that maybe it could carry something else, like a Molotov cocktail, but realized it wasn’t practical,” Rami, a 30-year-old who described himself as an organizer of the kite building operation, told the Los Angeles Times. “Then we got the idea of setting it aflame."
The newspaper reported that Rami’s group creates the flaming kites by using flexible wood taken from a palm tree near his home – and have since moved on to helium balloons outfitted with destructive Molotov cocktails.