- Israel has warned that kites and balloons crossing from Gaza will be treated as drone-level security threats, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatening targeted strikes against launchers.
- Despite Israeli military inspections finding no explosives on recovered kites, officials insisted all airborne concerns must be addressed to safeguard border communities.
- An Israeli air strike in central Gaza killed three Palestinians on Sunday, including a four-year-old child, alongside escalating warnings from Israeli leadership.
- Hamas accused Israel of using fabricated pretexts to justify continued aggression against Palestinians, appealing to the Trump administration to exert pressure on Israel.
- Human rights groups and local parents voiced alarm that traditional kite-flying by children in overcrowded displacement camps is being used to manufacture a military pretext.
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