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Beyond Kites: Palestinians Using "Fire Balloons" to Set Israel Ablaze
(Times of Israel) Judah Ari Gross - After weeks of setting fires in Israel using "incendiary kites," Palestinians are now using a new arson tactic: helium balloons. In total, 4,300 acres, or nearly seven square miles of land, have been burned in more than 250 fires over the past two months, more than half of it in nature reserves. The blazes have wreaked havoc on local wildlife, ecologists say. And there are more fires every day. A pilot program using drones to take down incoming kites and balloons did not succeed in blocking the attacks, Israel's Kan TV reported Saturday.