⭕️ Gaza — Netanyahu Warns Hamas: Stop the Kites, Balloons and Drones or Israel Will Escalate
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz held an urgent security assessment this evening over the renewed threat of drones, balloons and kites being launched from Gaza toward Israel.
The meeting included IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, the National Security Council chief and senior IDF officials.
Israel has now issued a direct warning to Hamas:
Stop the launches immediately — or the IDF response will escalate.
Israel says it will increase targeted strikes against those responsible and evacuate civilians from areas in Gaza being used to launch kites, balloons and drones toward Israeli territory.
The warning follows several kites believed to have crossed from Gaza into Israeli border communities, reigniting fears among residents who remember both the incendiary-kite campaigns and the catastrophic failures preceding October 7.
Netanyahu made the new policy explicit:
“There will be no return to the state of affairs prior to October 7.”
📌 Israel will no longer allow seemingly limited threats along the Gaza border to become routine before acting.
Source:Prime Minister’s Office
