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  "id": 3498381,
  "title": "Gaza's children lose simple joy as Israel warns against kite-flying",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/gazas-children-lose-simple-joy-as-israel-warns-against-kite-flying",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T11:30:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/gazas-children-lose-simple-joy-israel-warns-against-kite-flying"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "There are few joys left for 10-year-old Ahmed Hamdouna, whose childhood has already been scarred by years of war and displacement in Gaza. Now, what little reprieve he found playing with scraps of plastic and sticks has also been torn away, as Israel warns it will step up military operations in the territory if kites continue to land on the Israeli side of the border. \"My father stopped me from…",
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        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Gaza's children lose simple joy as Israel warns against kite-flying",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/gazas-children-lose-simple-joy-as-israel-warns-against-kite-flying-3501560",
        "published": "2026-08-26T11:55:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Children in Gaza fear flying their kites after Israeli threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/children-in-gaza-fear-flying-their-kites-after-israeli-threat",
        "published": "2026-08-26T13:53:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}