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| Huge incendiary kite from Gaza landed on kibbutz power lines Saturday |
| 2018-08-13 |
| [IsraelTimes] IDF struck cell in northern Strip launching devices as arson attacks continued; flaming balloon landed next to a community dining room in Eshkol Region A large incendiary kite launched from Gazoo landed on power lines near Kibbutz Sufa, sparking a quick operation by employees from the Israeli Electric Corporation to remove the device before a fire was started. The 4-meter (about 13-foot) kite, which landed on Friday, caused a power outage at the kibbutz and in the surrounding area. It was removed from the high-voltage wires by electric company workers using a crane. The IEC released pictures of the kite on Saturday. In another community near the Gazoo Strip, police sappers neutralized an incendiary balloon flown over from the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,-run Paleostinian enclave that landed next to a dining room in an Israeli community in the Eshkol Region. In response, the Israeli military on Saturday afternoon said it targeted a cell responsible for launching incendiary balloons in the northern Gazoo Strip. Reports in Paleostinian media said two people were maimed in the Israeli strikes in El-Bureij. There were also Paleostinian reports of a second IDF strike elsewhere in the Gazoo Strip. A large incendiary kite launched from Gazoo lands on power lines near Kibbutz Sufa, August 11, 2018. Photo: Israel Electric Corporation Earlier, another incendiary device sparked a fire in the Nir Am nature reserve. The blaze was largely under control by Saturday afternoon, according to the Parks Authority. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 So there are radars operating that can see a mortar shell but this just gets to happily float along? Something does not pass the smell test... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-08-13 09:32 |
| #1 Perhaps a week-long shutoff of power in Gazoo is in order |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-08-13 07:49 |