Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have threatened a military response to kites landing in southern Israel.

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

Defense minister says kites will be treated like drones even if they don't carry explosives; military says it targeted terrorist in strike in central Gaza