Hamas said Israel is fabricating a pretext to intensify attacks on Gaza, after Israel threatened broad evacuations and air assaults if paper kites from the Strip continued to be launched.

Military said to believe kites were sent by Hamas to see if and how Israel would respond; community recalls incendiary kites of 2018 even as IDF says there was no danger to public

Four kites found near Gaza border communities in two days carried Arabic messages but no explosives; IDF says the launches are psychological harassment rather than a military…