Three fires broke out in southern Israel on Sunday, suspected to have been caused by incendiary balloons launched by activists from the Gaza Strip, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
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And “incendiary balloons” are balloons attached to flammable materials, and the Palestinians began using them in May 2018 as a method of protest against the Israeli army’s attacks against them.
And Yedioth Ahronoth said on its website that 3 fires broke out in an area inside the Eshkol Regional Council in the Gaza envelope on Sunday afternoon, and it is suspected that they were caused by incendiary balloons launched from Gaza.
The newspaper pointed out that if it is confirmed that the fires were caused by incendiary balloons, these accidents would be the first of their kind in 3 weeks.
The newspaper did not say where the fires broke out, and whether or not they resulted in material damage or human losses.
On July 3, two fires broke out in southern Israel, caused by incendiary balloons launched by activists from the Gaza Strip, according to the official Hebrew channel Kan.
Following Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinians in the occupied city of Jerusalem, a military confrontation erupted between the Israeli occupation army and the resistance factions in Gaza.
It lasted for 11 days and ended with a ceasefire at dawn on May 21.
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Israel continues its aggressions in Jerusalem, especially through settlers storming Al-Aqsa Mosque and demolishing Palestinian homes, and displacing them in favor of settlers.
Israel also prevents the reconstruction of Gaza and continues its siege of the Strip, where more than two million Palestinians have lived since the Hamas movement won the legislative elections in 2006.
