Israel Accuses Hamas of Planning Attacks With Kites and Balloons

Israeli officials accused Hamas of planning renewed attacks on its territory using kites and balloons, and gave the Iran-backed militant group until Wednesday to rein in their use or face reprisals.

Four-year-old boy among 2 killed in Gaza airstrikesAt least two people, including a four-year-old boy, were killed and seven others wounded in two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.This comes as Israel threatened to intensify attacks following what it said were launches of balloons, drones and kites from G

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have threatened a military response to kites landing in southern Israel.

Israel is using children’s kites as pretext to strike Gaza: Hamas Hamas said Israel is fabricating a pretext to intensify attacks on Gaza, after Israel threatened broad evacuations and air assaults if paper kites from the Strip continued to be launched. Earlier on Sunday, a statement by Netanyahu's office said Is

The Israeli military believes Hamas was behind the launches, and may have been testing how Israel would respond.