Israel warns of 'forceful' response to kites flown from Gaza

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Several more were found elsewhere in southern Israel last week, according to local media.
49% : The Israeli reports cited military sources as saying they believed Hamas was behind the kites and that they might have been intended to test Israel's response.
46% : Israel has warned Hamas that it will increase strikes on Gaza following concern over launches of kites, drones and balloons from the territory.
42% : The Israeli military said Abu Asad was a member of the elite Nukhba forces of Hamas's military wing who had taken part in the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel.
39% : Before the war broke out, kites and balloons carrying incendiary devices were launched into Israel, causing fires that burned forest and farmland.
36% : "Forceful actions will be taken to put an end to this phenomenon," Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Monday.
34% : The group also accused Israel of using the kites as a "pretext" for continued air strikes in Gaza despite the ceasefire agreed last October.
33% : " Hamas warned of "the danger of the allegations and threats" from Israel and said the kites were "basically children's toys from displacement camps".

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