Attorney General:
Incendiary Kite Flyers ‘Legitimate Military Target’
So I will send a
fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds. Amos 1:7 (The
Israel Bible™)
Palestinian terrorists prepare incendiary kites for use
to destroy Israel’s agriculture.(Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
By Tazpit Press Service June 19, 2018 , 9:31 am
Gazan terrorist cells launching incendiary kites over the
border into Israel are legitimate military targets, Attorney General Avichai
Mandelblit said Monday.
“Kites can be innocent and nice, but if we know that they
may be used as a weapon of war, they become a legitimate military target,”
Mandelblit said.
The Attorney General’s comments came after a report by
the Kan public broadcaster claiming that a senior IDF officer had told
lawmakers that army’s hands are tied by legal constraints in the battle against
arson attacks launched from Gaza against communities in Israel’s south.
According to the report, OC Southern Command, Maj.
Gen. Ofer Levi said the army should shoot Gazans launching incendiary kites and
balloons over the border, but cannot do so due to legal constraints. The report
quoted Knesset lawmakers as saying Levi had told members of the Foreign Affairs
and Defense Committee during a tour of the area last week that opening fire on
persons launching incendiary kites toward Israel would significantly cut the
number of attacks.
Over the past few weeks hundreds of kites and balloons
have been launched toward Israel, setting thousands of acres of farmland on
fire and causing millions of shekels worth of damage.
The lawmakers reportedly told Kan that Levi had hinted
that the Military Advocate General was tying the army’s hands by not allowing
it to open fire against the arson cells.
An IDF spokesperson said in response to the report that
it “did not faithfully represent the IDF’s position” and that the IDF “would
not discuss the content of internal operational discussions.”
Meanwhile, the IDF struck a Hamas position in the
southern Gaza Strip Monday evening after a cell launched incendiary balloons
into Israel from nearby the post. Earlier, Several Palestinians were wounded
and one was killed during two attempts to attack security infrastructure along
the border fence Monday.
Overnight, the IDF attacked nine Hamas terror targets in
the northern Gaza Strip, in response to cross border arson attacks. The targets
included two military compounds and a munitions manufacturing site belonging to
Hamas.
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