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Incendiary kite from Gaza causes massive fire in Be'eri Forest
Matan Tzuri
Published: 02.05.18, 19:53
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1. Enough
Mike North ,   Karmiel   (05.02.18)
These hooligan arsonists must be taken care of.
Bibi walking around like a proud peacock with his show on Iran.
Get moving and work out wirh the police and military and mow down these troublemakers.
2. Israel needs small fully automated flying firfighting ...
leo ,   usa   (05.02.18)
... drones capable of detecting and shutting down or extinguishing these kites while they are still in flight and preferably over Gaza territory.
3. Israeli response : admitting Gazans to Israeli hospitals-dhi
ab   (05.02.18)
-mmi tribute as demanded by Israeli High Court.
4. List of things to be done
Yakov ,   Afula   (05.02.18)
1. End all hospital treatment.
2. End electricity supply.
3. Close border crossings, no goods go in and no one comes out.
4. End all medical and food supplies.
5. Set Gaza alight if this continues one more time, just give ample warning.
5. Treat "Palestinians" as deadly mortal foes they are!
Chaim ,   Israel   (05.02.18)
"Palestinians" keep finding more and more ways to prove they are Israel's deadly mortal foes. Israel keeps treating them with velvet gloves and insane leniency. It is way past time to stop the insanity. Treat "Palestinians" as the deadly mortal foes they are! Arab nations, such as Egypt and even Jordan, would have no trouble clearing up such an invasion with machine guns. Nor should Israel.
6. Kites are made in Gaza, produced by Japan.
mayo   (05.02.18)
Japan taught to them how to make kites and its enough to hang heavy bottle.
7. Kite launchers should shot.
DOV ,   USA   (05.02.18)
10. Drones armed with machine guns must kill Arab kite operators
Steve Benassi ,   Minneapolis USA   (05.03.18)
11. Shoot ‘em
(05.02.18)
Sends nag kites is terrorism. Shoot the perpetrators without questions.
12. Burn kite operators' tentacles with lye.
Lent ,   Santo Domingo   (05.03.18)
The set on fire. Should do trick.
13. Let Kite Flyers Know They Will be Shot With Bullets Dipped P
Reuven   (05.03.18)
And do that. This new terror tactic of the Fakestinians must be stopped. And yes, turn off their electricity & halt food shipments into Gaza each time a terror kite is used. If necessary, set Gaza ablaze.
14. Gaza Kites work better than Quassams, now add chem, bio
Steve Benassi ,   Duluth, MN USA   (05.03.18)
... weapons.
15. Aerial Fire-fighting directed by broad infrared monitoring
Captain 172 ,   Sacramento CA USA   (05.07.18)
Israel is well equipped to identify and geo-locate infrared events in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel as they have dealt with rocket launches from the territory for years. Although not real cheap, stationing helicopters with fire-fighting retardant in the affected area (which is quite small) with crews on quick response would allow aerial water/retardant drops to occur only a few minutes after a kite lands (or if kites are infrared tracked the choppers can follow the kites and douse them as soon as it lands. It may even be possible to douse kites while still airborne). Rapid aerial response to flare-ups caused by airborne burning embers is routine in aerial fire-fighting. A quick review aerial firefighting tactics employed routinely by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) and the American and Canadian Forest Services would be very helpful. Considering the very small area affected, Israel could put a very much higher density of fire fighting aircraft on the scene than is possible in North American wild fires. There is no need for a dedicated fleet of fire-fighting helicopters as standard transport and utility helicopters can be used carrying roll-on or strap-on retardant tanks as is done by the National Guards of most western U.S. States.
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