<p>Agricultural fields in Nahal Oz, a town located close to the border with Gaza in Israel, was set ablaze on May 17</a>, after kites launched from Gaza carrying burning fuel.</p><p>People in Gaza have frequently launched balloons or kites with burning material attached to them to float over the Israeli border to ignite fires.</p><p>Israel, in turn, shut down a critical commercial border and limited fishing, and has fired on kite and balloon launchers. On July 14, Israel carried out multiple airstrikes</a>, with Hamas then launching rockets</a> into Israeli territory in response.</p><p>Protests in Gaza</a> have been ongoing since March, in part prompted by US President Trump’s decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Credit: Tom Oren-Denenberg via Storyful</p><br />
