Burning kites, explosive balloons, drones, rockets, airstrikes and thousands of torched acres of farms and forests. As tensions between the IDF and Hamas continue to escalate, Israeli officials warn it could turn into war. CGTN's Stephanie Freid reports from the Gaza-Israel border.

Drones. Israel's latest tactic for taking down blazing kites sailed from Gaza into Israel.

RAFI AKAV TECH CORPS, ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES "This solution, as we perceive it, is good but not airtight. We are continuing to look for solutions so that local farmers can rest easy."

Flaming kites, balloons have burned seven thousand acres of forest and agricultural land and killed hundreds of animals - the damage is estimated at around the two million dollar mark.

RAMI GOLD RESIDENT IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL "It's a lose-lose situation. There isn't anything we can do about it."

Drones are intercepting airborne fireballs in tandem with Israel airforce strikes on Hamas targets inside Gaza. The retaliation is drawing retaliation: Gaza militants fired dozens of rockets on Israel this week. 

STEPHANIE FREID GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER "People living in this area and olunteering in this area. They're predicting that this could go on all summer long."

Unless the situation escalates to a level Israel's security establishment determines to be untenable Israel defense figures say quote un-quote "Gaza kite terror" could spark military escalation The last major Israel Gaza conflict was in the summer of 2014 - an Israel incursion into the Strip Coined "Operation Protective Edge", the war lasted fifty days and left more than twenty-two hundred people dead. STEPHANIE FREID, CGTN, ON THE GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER.