403
Sorry!!
Error! We're sorry, but the page you were looking for doesn't exist.
Gaza Boy Destroys Beloved Kites in Tears After Israeli Threats
(MENAFN) A Palestinian child in the Gaza Strip was filmed tearing his kites apart one by one, sobbing outside his displacement tent, after Israeli officials threatened to intensify strikes and forcibly evacuate residents from parts of the territory over kites drifting toward Israeli land.
The footage, which spread rapidly across social media, captured the boy angrily shredding the kites before collapsing in tears beside his tent.
"To please Netanyahu, to please Katz, to please Trump, they want to deprive us of the thing we love," he said as he destroyed them. "By God, my heart is breaking."
The child lives in a displacement camp in Gaza, where amid mass displacement and destruction, children have been left with little more than makeshift games to occupy them.
'The thing we love'
Kite-flying has emerged as one of the only accessible pastimes for children surrounded by tents and rubble. But it has now drawn Israeli security threats, after officials reported that several kites had drifted into areas near Gaza in recent days.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Sunday that attacks would intensify — and Palestinians would be forced from parts of Gaza — if kites, balloons or drones kept crossing into Israeli territory.
Katz said Israel would treat any kite as it would a drone, "whether it carries explosives or not," and directed the military to respond to future launches.
Yet the Israeli army itself, after inspecting four kites recovered near Gaza, said it found no suspicious materials and that the objects had never posed a public danger. No evidence has been made public linking Hamas to the kites reaching Israeli territory.
Threats reach Gaza's children
Hamas dismissed the kites as children's toys and accused Israel of manufacturing a pretext to escalate its campaign against Palestinians.
The UN Human Rights Office condemned the evacuation threats Tuesday, arguing they conflict with Israel's obligations under international law to safeguard civilians.
The warnings have already had a chilling effect: community groups in Gaza are now urging parents to stop their children from flying kites at all, worried that any kite blown off course by the wind could be used to justify fresh strikes.
For the boy in the video, the threats transformed an innocent pastime into something he felt he had no choice but to abandon. After destroying his last kite, he sat down beside his tent and wept.
Since a US-brokered ceasefire took hold on October 10, 2025, Israeli strikes have killed 1,296 Palestinians and wounded 4,296 more, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The ministry reports that since fighting began in October 2023, more than 73,000 people have been killed and over 174,000 injured in the broader war — casualties that rights groups and some governments have characterized as amounting to genocide, a designation Israel rejects.
The footage, which spread rapidly across social media, captured the boy angrily shredding the kites before collapsing in tears beside his tent.
"To please Netanyahu, to please Katz, to please Trump, they want to deprive us of the thing we love," he said as he destroyed them. "By God, my heart is breaking."
The child lives in a displacement camp in Gaza, where amid mass displacement and destruction, children have been left with little more than makeshift games to occupy them.
'The thing we love'
Kite-flying has emerged as one of the only accessible pastimes for children surrounded by tents and rubble. But it has now drawn Israeli security threats, after officials reported that several kites had drifted into areas near Gaza in recent days.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Sunday that attacks would intensify — and Palestinians would be forced from parts of Gaza — if kites, balloons or drones kept crossing into Israeli territory.
Katz said Israel would treat any kite as it would a drone, "whether it carries explosives or not," and directed the military to respond to future launches.
Yet the Israeli army itself, after inspecting four kites recovered near Gaza, said it found no suspicious materials and that the objects had never posed a public danger. No evidence has been made public linking Hamas to the kites reaching Israeli territory.
Threats reach Gaza's children
Hamas dismissed the kites as children's toys and accused Israel of manufacturing a pretext to escalate its campaign against Palestinians.
The UN Human Rights Office condemned the evacuation threats Tuesday, arguing they conflict with Israel's obligations under international law to safeguard civilians.
The warnings have already had a chilling effect: community groups in Gaza are now urging parents to stop their children from flying kites at all, worried that any kite blown off course by the wind could be used to justify fresh strikes.
For the boy in the video, the threats transformed an innocent pastime into something he felt he had no choice but to abandon. After destroying his last kite, he sat down beside his tent and wept.
Since a US-brokered ceasefire took hold on October 10, 2025, Israeli strikes have killed 1,296 Palestinians and wounded 4,296 more, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The ministry reports that since fighting began in October 2023, more than 73,000 people have been killed and over 174,000 injured in the broader war — casualties that rights groups and some governments have characterized as amounting to genocide, a designation Israel rejects.
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the
information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any
responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos,
licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information
contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues
related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.
Comments
No comment