IAF fires warning shots at incendiary kites cell after 4 fires break out
Undeterred by early morning attack at car of cell leader, Palestinians in Gaza continue launching incendiary kites and balloons at Israel, causing four fires on Sunday; IAF continues with warning shots.
Four fires broke out Sunday as a result of incendiary kites, with the main entrance to a kibbutz in the Eshkol Regional Council closing because of one of the blazes.
Early Sunday morning, the IAF attacked the vehicle of one of the leaders of the incendiary kites and balloons cells in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian media reported the vehicle attacked by the IAF was empty.
The IDF Spokesman's Office said the strike was in response to the incendiary and explosive balloons and kites being launched at Israel from the Gaza Strip.
"In recent days, the IDF warned and carried out several attacks near the cells responsible for the arsons and destruction of lands in Israel. These are terror attacks that endanger the residents of southern Israel," the IDF said in a statement.
"The IDF is determined to continue acting with increasing force against these terror activities for as long as it takes and with a variety of tools. The Hamas terror organization is responsible for everything that happens in and from the Gaza Strip, and it will suffer the consequences."
The IAF also fired warning shots Saturday at a cell launching incendiary balloons, wounding two of them.
On Friday, IAF also fired warning shots at a group of Palestinians flying incendiary balloons and kites near the Bureij refugee camp, near the same spot where Israeli jets hit infrastructure a day earlier.
The IDF is expected to continue firing warning shots at cells flying incendiary and explosive balloons and kites. If these warnings don't suffice, the IDF might escalate further and carry out direct and accurate strikes against them.
