4 kites that officers imagine crossed over from the Gaza Strip had been discovered within the Kibbutz Nahal Oz space prior to now 24 hours, the IDF confirmed on Saturday.
The IDF emphasised in its assertion that it discovered no suspicious gadgets on the kites and that the general public was in no hazard.
Uri Epstein, head of the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council, demanded a stronger IDF response.
“We demand that the IDF act in opposition to each kite that crosses into Israeli territory, find it, and take care of it in a well timed method. Not after it has landed. Not looking back. In actual time,” Epstein stated
“After October 7, we are going to not obtain the phrases ‘it is going to be okay,’ the writing is already within the sky.”
The Atid LaOtef motion additionally warned that the kites shouldn’t be dismissed as innocent however ought to be investigated.
“4 kites in lower than 24 hours be a part of a sequence of comparable incidents in current weeks,” the motion stated.
“It will be a mistake to deal with this as an harmless or remoted incident. In opposition to the backdrop of developments within the Gaza Strip, the protection institution should look at the phenomenon as an entire and decide who’s behind it and for what function,” it added.
Head of Yisrael Beytenu, MK Avigdor Liberman, additionally referred to as for stronger motion, writing that “whoever permits explosive balloons and kites will obtain rockets and missiles,” in a submit on X/Twitter, including that this mirrored the scenario from earlier than the October 7 bloodbath.
“The federal government of the bloodbath has discovered nothing and is bringing us nearer to a different catastrophe,” he wrote.
