Israeli threats leave Gaza children afraid to fly kites

DEIR-AL BALAH

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Parents in Gaza are stopping their children from flying homemade kites, fearing they could be targeted after Israel warned it would intensify military action if more kites crossed the border.

For 10-year-old Ahmed Hamdouna, displaced to Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, kite-flying had been one of the few forms of play still available.