OMG, i'd laugh if this whole thing wasn't so horrible:
ARSON KITES ROPE TIED TO FENCE DISABLED CIVILIANS
That's a genuine IDF account btw, wouldn't have posted it if it was a joke account coz that's gross af.
Silly weapons or not, they were storming the border and assaulting guards. They made their intentions clear what they wanted to do if they were able to overwhelm the border.
(As if anyone realistically has any doubts what Islamic Terrorists want to do with people in Israel, Americans, westerners, Christians, Jews, others religions, homosexuals, etc.)
What do people think would have happened? They'd cross the border, overwhelm the guards, take their guns and then... just turn around and go back without hurting anyone or destroying anything?
In the recent past Palestinians have murdered Israelis at random using nothing but a knife - it became a very popular homicide weapon among the Palestinian criminals due to its easy concealment. Not to mention the many vehicular homicides Palestinians conducted on the streets of Israel. So all you'd need is just one of these invaders (no less tens of thousands) to hijack a vehicle in order to have a major amount of carnage carried out on individuals - lest we forget that one Islamic terrorist behind the wheel of a small truck murdered 87 men, women and children (
87!!!) and seriously injured
434 in Nice, France less than two years ago - just one terrorist with one vehicle. (Think what tens of thousands running loose could do.)
In 2014, 93 innocent Israelis were murdered by terrorist attacks and 882 wounded. Since the turn of the century thousands of Israelis have been murdered in the streets by simple (non-firearm / non-explosive) weapons.
Hopefully, the point I'm making here is clear - even the most common of items can kill lots of people when in the hands of those bent on destruction.
It's a disaster that authorities opened fire, but what exactly was the alternative against tens of thousands bent on violence storming the border?
So, I'll pose my earlier question. If tear gas and other non-lethal methods were not dispersing or driving back violent hordes in numbers upwards of 30,000 screaming "death to Israel" and the usual Islamic mass-murder cry, what were authorities to do who are charged with the responsibility to protect the public? Just let the hordes in and hope for the best?