A large fire, believed to be caused by incendiary balloons, is burning near Kibbutz Kissufim in the Gaza border envelope.

Heavy winds and lack of rain has made it hard for firefighters to get it under control.

Meanwhile, several incendiary balloons landed in the Gaza envelope communities on Thursday morning.

One balloon landed and exploded at Kibbutz Nir Am near Sderot. Police sappers were on the scene to deal with the incident.

Incendiary balloons also landed close to Moshav Hodaya and in Be’er Tuvia in the Ashkelon Beach Regional Council.

Code red sirens sounded late on Wednesday night across parts of the Negev and the Eshkol Regional Council.

Residents report hearing explosions.

The IDF said it was looking into the matter.

The IDF confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that its drones struck two Hamas observation points in southern the Gaza Strip in response to continued balloon and kite terrorism.

The posts were located east of Rafah. One of the strikes is believed to have hit a group of terrorists launching incendiary balloons toward Israeli territory.

Israeli Police arrested a Jerusalem resident in his 20s on Wednesday morning, suspected of planning to carry out a terrorist attack inside Israel. The suspect was apprehended and arrested near Shoresh interchange, on Highway 1 between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

“Following a suspected threat of an intention to carry out a terrorist attack inside Israel, the Israeli police carried out large-scale searches in Tel Aviv and found the suspect on Highway 1 near Jerusalem and arrested him a short while ago,” a Police spokesperson said in a statement.

Following an investigation by the IDF into what was initially believed to be an attempted shooting at soldiers on Tuesday night near Halhoul, just north of Hebron, it was found that Palestinians didn’t open fire at the soldiers.

According to security sources, two Palestinian cars coming from the direction of Halhoul had approached a checkpoint, and one drove through it.  At this point, the soldiers mistakenly believed to have come under fire and returned it.

No casualties were reported in the incident.