The Israeli army has claimed that Palestinian protesters along the Gaza border have attached firebombs to kites and flown them over the border fence sparking several fires in the region.
According to the Israeli Yediot Aharonot newspaper kites with firebombs tied to them have been discovered recently on Gaza’s eastern borders. The blazes have allegedly caused damage to a ranch in the area.
The Israeli army has been on high alert in anticipation of such future incidents. Israeli communities residing in settlements near Gaza border have been asked to remain alert and report any unusual fires in the area.
For the past several weeks thousands of Palestinians have staged peaceful protests along the border fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from territories occupied in 1948 demanding hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who were displaced from their homes be allowed to return.
The so-called “ Great March of Return” is set to climax on May 15 when the Palestinians will mark 70 years since the “nakba” (“catastrophe” in Arabic) which culminated in the displacement of thousands of Palestinians from their motherland—Palestine.
