Gaza kites not used to carry weapons or incendiary materials: Board of Peace source
Issue is difficult to address because kites can be made by ‘any child,’ Israel's Channel 15 quotes unnamed source as saying
JERUSALEM (MNTV) – Kites reaching Israel from the Gaza Strip have not been used to carry weapons or incendiary materials, an unnamed source in the US-led Board of Peace said Monday amid Israeli threats to sharply escalate attacks on the enclave.
Israel’s Channel 15 quoted the source as describing the issue as a “complex challenge.”
“It is extremely difficult to deal with something that any child can make on their own,” the source said.
The remarks came after the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported that Israel had given the Board of Peace three days to stop kites from reaching its territory from Gaza, threatening to intensify strikes on the enclave if they continued.
KAN cited an Israeli security source as saying that the army would “significantly increase” the pace of attacks in Gaza if the kite launches persisted.
The broadcaster also cited Israeli security officials as claiming that Hamas was behind the launches in an attempt to test Israel’s response, without providing evidence.
Israeli media has reported several kites reaching communities near Gaza in recent days, with no explosives found on them.
Field information obtained by Anadolu indicates that the kites are recreational and flown by children in Gaza. If their strings break, wind currents can carry them toward nearby Israeli areas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened Sunday to escalate assassinations in Gaza and evacuate residential neighborhoods in response to the kites.
The Israeli army said Saturday that four kites found near Nahal Oz contained no suspicious materials and “posed no danger to the public.”
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the Israeli threats were based on “fabricated pretexts” aimed at justifying further attacks, describing the kites as “children’s toys in displacement camps.”
He called on the US administration, mediators, guarantor states and the Board of Peace to pressure Israel to halt attacks and preserve the ceasefire.
Israeli forces have carried out daily violations of a ceasefire in place since Oct. 10, 2025 which have killed 1,288 people and wounded 4,290, according to Palestine Health Ministry data.
Israel launched a war on Gaza in October 2023, killing more than 73,000 Palestinians, wounding over 174,000 and devastating about 90% of the enclave’s civilian infrastructure.
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