Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Sunday that he has directed the Israel Defense Forces to take forceful action against the launching of balloons, kites, and drones from Gaza toward communities near the border. The directive follows a series of recent incidents in the Gaza envelope area, the cluster of Israeli towns and villages within several kilometers of the Gaza Strip.
According to Katz, the IDF has been instructed to employ all necessary measures to stop the launches, including targeting Hamas leaders responsible for the operations and those carrying them out, evacuating neighborhoods and areas from which the devices are launched, and acting against terrorist infrastructure at those locations.
