Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Over the past few weeks, jihadis in Gaza launched kites that crossed the border and landed in or near Israeli communities. For years, similar kites were used as arson weapons, burning Israeli fields and nature reserves.
This time, Defense Minister Israel Katz issued the policy Israel should have had years ago: “We view every launch as an act of war in every sense.” He instructed the IDF to respond immediately and forcefully to any kite, balloon, or drone from Gaza, with or without explosives. “A balloon is treated like a kite, and a kite is treated like a drone.” Most important: “We will not allow a return to the reality of before October 7.”
That is the shift. A primitive weapon is still a weapon. A cheap kite is still an attack if it is launched from enemy territory toward Israeli civilians. For years Israel absorbed “small” terrorism: incendiary kites in 2018, Hamas-organized border riots labeled as protests, and legal distinctions that left soldiers hesitant while Hamas tested the fence. On August 21, 2021, Border Police officer Barel Hadaria Shmueli, HY”D, was shot through a firing slit at point-blank range during one of those riots.
October 7 showed where that doctrine ends. Hamas studied Israel’s restraint. It learned that rockets were treated as war, while kites, balloons, and fence riots were treated as disturbances. Then came the massacre.
These latest kites may not have carried explosives. That does not make them innocent. Jihadi groups probe first, normalize the abnormal, then escalate. Katz’s standard is how deterrence is restored: immediate consequences, not delayed investigations and international mediation.
Israel’s duty is to protect Jewish life, not preserve Hamas’s ability to test the border. No more containment. No more “it’s only a kite.” Stop the threat before it grows.
Strengthen your faith. Share these truths. Am Yisrael Chai.
#GazaKites #IsraelKatz #October7 #Hamas #Gaza #IDF #Deterrence #Israel #AmYisraelChai #PulseOfIsrael #BarelShmueli #ActsOfWar #NeverAgainOctober7
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Over the past few weeks, jihadis in Gaza launched kites that crossed the border and landed in or near Israeli communities. For years, similar kites were used as arson weapons, burning Israeli fields and nature reserves.
This time, Defense Minister Israel Katz issued the policy Israel should have had years ago: “We view every launch as an act of war in every sense.” He instructed the IDF to respond immediately and forcefully to any kite, balloon, or drone from Gaza, with or without explosives. “A balloon is treated like a kite, and a kite is treated like a drone.” Most important: “We will not allow a return to the reality of before October 7.”
That is the shift. A primitive weapon is still a weapon. A cheap kite is still an attack if it is launched from enemy territory toward Israeli civilians. For years Israel absorbed “small” terrorism: incendiary kites in 2018, Hamas-organized border riots labeled as protests, and legal distinctions that left soldiers hesitant while Hamas tested the fence. On August 21, 2021, Border Police officer Barel Hadaria Shmueli, HY”D, was shot through a firing slit at point-blank range during one of those riots.
October 7 showed where that doctrine ends. Hamas studied Israel’s restraint. It learned that rockets were treated as war, while kites, balloons, and fence riots were treated as disturbances. Then came the massacre.
These latest kites may not have carried explosives. That does not make them innocent. Jihadi groups probe first, normalize the abnormal, then escalate. Katz’s standard is how deterrence is restored: immediate consequences, not delayed investigations and international mediation.
Israel’s duty is to protect Jewish life, not preserve Hamas’s ability to test the border. No more containment. No more “it’s only a kite.” Stop the threat before it grows.
Strengthen your faith. Share these truths. Am Yisrael Chai.
#GazaKites #IsraelKatz #October7 #Hamas #Gaza #IDF #Deterrence #Israel #AmYisraelChai #PulseOfIsrael #BarelShmueli #ActsOfWar #NeverAgainOctober7
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