Gaza incendiary balloons spark fires on Israeli soil

The blaze flared up across several fields and woodlands in Eshkol Regional Council following weeks of relative calm along the Gaza border, Ynet news reported.

"Our teams have been operating along with local officials to extinguish fires caused by incendiary devices attached to balloons," the Zionist regime’s fire department said.

After the 11 days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian factions in Gaza in May and since the establishment of the new government the following month, Israeli leaders said that any incendiary balloon attack would be answered with a harsh military response due to the risk they pose to the security of local civilians.