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Authorities in the south demand a solution to balloon terrorism: "We have become a tool in the hands of Hamas"

The renewal of incendiary balloons into the Gaza Strip has led the heads of the regional councils to understand that they are in the midst of escalation. They believe that the sounds of explosions and scorched earth will not soon disappear due to the lack of deterrence. "Terrorist organizations are doing what they want, Israel is helpless." On IDF attacks: "Scare the children of the envelope more"

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Balloon terrorism from the Gaza Strip resumed last week, following which the level of tension in the south increased significantly when the IDF attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip once again. Dozens of launches daily, and flares in the envelope of regional councils causing thousands of dunams in the nature reserve This morning, two fires broke out in the Ashkelon Beach Regional Council, after about 60 fires broke out throughout the Gaza Strip yesterday, originating from incendiary balloons sent from the Gaza Strip. During an IDF response, a missile fell from an Air Force helicopter and landed in the Eshkol Regional Council area .

Some demand the return of the IDF's deterrence capability against terrorist organizations in Gaza, while others believe that a political solution must be reached, but all understand that in the meantime - residents of the Gaza Strip are paying the price.

"We have become a tool in the hands of Hamas. The IDF's reactions frighten the children of the envelope more than the terrorist organizations in Gaza," he said. . "We need to return to targeted assassinations, even if it involves the escalation we are already in."

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Idan adds that "such a balloon can explode in a kindergarten or in a backyard and cause harm to human life. Why are we waiting for something like this?". He said, "The IDF's responses are currently ineffective. After the bombings on the night of the fighter jets, we return in the morning to the explosive and

incendiary balloons. " "The State of Israel needs to do the only thing that will harm the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza in the long run - and that is just a military operation like a defensive wall that was in Judea and Samaria," he says. "It is impossible for a country that knows how to inflict blows on terrorists in the north to stand helpless in the face of terrorism from Gaza."

"Right now there is no deterrence, so Hamas and jihad are doing what they want," Davidi continues. "The prime minister and the defense minister must give orders to the IDF to beat the terrorists and charge them personally for the terrorism. What needs to be done is to bring back the targeted assassinations. "

On the other hand, the head of the Eshkol Council, Gadi Yarkoni, believes that a political solution must be reached immediately. “We are deep inside the escalation of incendiary balloons that are burning our fields,” he describes. "Only thanks to our wonderful and dedicated people in the Council's Security Department, who work with the IDF, the fire brigade, the Nature and Parks Authority and the JNF, are we able to quickly overcome the fires and prevent them from spreading and damaging agriculture. But that is clearly not the solution."

"The solution is political," Yarkoni explains. "The repeated escalations are the result of an ongoing political stalemate against the Gaza Strip - and the residents of the Envelope are the first to pay the price. As I get up every morning and remind myself that I serve my residents first and foremost, I expect government ministers to remember ".

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The head of the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, Ofir Libstein, also believes that the government must work harder to find a solution.
"The IDF is doing everything to maintain our security," he says, but "now the Israeli government is required to take active action to maintain a sense of security, which is critical for us in order to continue to grow and strengthen in the Gaza Strip."

Balloon terrorism from the Gaza Strip, which has resumed in the past week in a way that has led to warming of the sector, only yesterday led to about 60 fires that broke out in various centers in the southern region. The main fires broke out in the Ashkelon Beach, Eshkol, Sha'ar Hanegev and Merhavim regional councils. The fire services said that in most of the hotspots the infections were small, but in some of them damage was done.

Some of the fires occurred in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council area, near Kibbutz Erez, and another fire broke out in the area of ​​Kibbutz Kissufim. Sappers were also called to an area near the settlement of Maon between Arad and Hebron, after an explosive balloon was found at the scene.