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| Kibbutz wheat field along Gaza border set ablaze from apparent flaming kite |
| 2018-05-20 |
| [IsraelTimes] Kibbutz Mefalsim residents say this is fifth time farmland has been targeted in recent months; firefighters working to extinguish flames A fire broke out in a wheat field outside of Kibbutz Mefalsim along the Gazoo border Saturday due to what appeared to have been another incendiary kite flown from the Paleostinian coastal enclave. Firefighters were on site to extinguish the blaze adjacent to the border with Gazoo. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Locals said this was the fifth time that the wheat field had been set ablaze by kites over the past two months. In recent weeks, Gazooks have been flying kites into Israel outfitted with Molotov cocktails and containers of burning fuel, setting fire to large swaths of fields. The tactic was introduced as part of the weekly "March of Return" demonstrations at the border fence, which began on March 30 and came to a head on Monday when the US moved its embassy to Jerusalem and at least 60 Paleostinians were killed in festivities, a majority of them Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", members, the terror group has acknowledged. The violent demonstrations were meant to end on May 15, but Hamas leaders have said they want them to continue. |
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