From the Liveblog of
Monday, April 16, 2018
Gazans fly kite into Israel carrying burning can, which again starts field fire
An Israeli wheat field near the Gaza border caught fire after a burning can full of fuel was flown into it on a kite from the coastal enclave, in the third such incident in as many days, the local fire department says.
The fire was quickly extinguished.
This method of airborne arson was attempted on Friday, but failed. However, on Saturday and Sunday, Gazans succeeded in flying kites, to which they’d affixed Molotov cocktails and other incendiary devices, into Israeli territory.
יום שלישי ברציפות: טרור העפיפונים הבוערים מעזה. שדה חיטה באזור מ.א שער הנגב הוצת היום על ידי עפיפון שחובר אליו פח-תבערה ונשלח מעזה. נזק כבד נגרם לשדה. אגב, זהו שדה שבקצהו נחשפה אתמול המנהרה. pic.twitter.com/qlNpHhFRNg
— matan tzuri מתן צורי (@MatanTzuri) April 16, 2018
— Judah Ari Gross
