Massive fires erupted on Friday in farmlands located in Israeli settlements neighboring the Gaza Strip.
According to Hebrew media sources fires broke out in farmlands in the settlements of Nir Am Be’eri Kissufim and Kerem Shalom by flaming kites sent from the Gaza Strip.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that an Israeli settler suffered a breathing difficulty after inhaling smoke from a fire in Kerem Shalom settlement in the morning.
Since the start of the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip dozens of kites made by Palestinian youths with flaming rags attached to their tails have been launched toward settler farmlands near the border fence causing heavy losses.
The burning kites are one of the tools used by Palestinian youths to confuse the Israeli snipers stationed at the border fence and respond to the Israeli crimes committed against the peaceful protesters.
