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Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age, from
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Beyond kites: âFire balloonsâ increasingly used to set southern Israel ablaze
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Military
Aircraft, Origins to 1918: An Illustrated History of Their Impact
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Gazans Fly
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Gazaâs Latest Weapon? Arson Bird Found Near Border With Israel
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Incendiary kite from Gaza causes massive fire in Be'eri Forest
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Kites were first used in warfare by the
Chinese. During the
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tied gunpowder barrels to kites used for airborne assault.
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Kite, balloon terrorism continues scorching Israel's land
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Gazans use kites to set fire to fields, forests in Israel
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Kite terror continues to strike Gaza border communities
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Flaming kite from Gaza sets
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Continuing kite threat puts
Israeli farmers on edge
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