Photo Credit: Dr. Avishai Teicher / Wikimedia
Shokeda Forest in northwestern Negev in February 2014

The agricultural terror attacks from Gaza are continuing in southern Israel – and in fact, are increasing – with the range of the incendiary balloons appearing to broaden as the weeks pass.

On Monday, a fire was touched off by one of the balloons in the Shokeda Forest in the northwestern Negev. Teams of firefighters were deployed to the scene to fight the flames.

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This past weekend, an incendiary balloon touched off a massive blaze in Moshav Ein HaBesor in southern Israel, near the Gaza border. The flames burned for hours, requiring assistance from firefighters, security personnel and farmers from around the area.

Since March 30, at least 8,000 acres of forest land and agricultural farmland has been destroyed due to Gaza arson terror.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.