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IDF strikes 2 Hamas posts in Gaza as firefighters tackle balloon blazes
[IsraelTimes] Military says  s a response to 'fire terror', with at least 7 fires reported in Israel since morning; rocket launched from Strip falls inside Paleostinian territoryIsraeli aircraft struck a pair of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, observation posts in the Gazoo Strip on Monday, with the military saying incendiary balloons were launched from nearby earlier in the day, sparking fires in Israel. "The strike was carried out in response to the fire terror being led by the Hamas terror organization against Israel’s citizens and illusory sovereignty," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. It was not immediately clear if any Paleostinians were maimed in the airstrike. Some time after the Israeli attack, the army said a rocket was launched towards Israel from the north of the Strip, but apparently fell inside the Paleostinian enclave. Meanwhile Israeli firefighting crews battled a number of blazes in the border region sparked by flaming airborne devices flown in from Gazoo. In the Eshkol Regional Council, firefighters were working to extinguish three fires believed to have been caused by incendiary balloons, which local residents found at the scene, the regional council said. It said seven fires had broken out in the Eshkol region on Monday, with all but one brought under control by firefighters. "The assessment is that most [of the fires] were likely the result of incendiary balloons, except for one [caused by] burning waste," the regional council said. Elsewhere, firefighting planes and other industrial equipment were brought in to battle a massive fire near Kibbutz Carmia, north of the Strip. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire. ‘Incendiary falcon' flown from Gaza ignites fire in southern Israel [IsraelTimes] A falcon with an ignited cloth attached to its tail has been found dead next to field that was torched near Habesor Stream in southern Israel. An employee of the National Parks Authority found the bird stuck in a tree near the fire in what appeared to be the newest phenomenon of incendiary objects flown from Gaza with the intent of igniting fires in bordering Israeli Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-17 |
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