Palestinians at the Gaza border flew a kite marked with a swastika and carrying a petrol bomb into Israel on Friday.

The Israeli army posted photographs of the kite in the air and on the ground inside Israel.

An IDF spokesman, Jonathan Conricus, wrote: “Moments ago, terrorist Hamas sent a Molotov cocktail over the Gaza border into Israel. They flew it with their true colors.”

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April 20 was Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s birthday.

Friday marked the fourth weekend in succession that thousands of Palestinians have demonstrated at the border, in mass protests encouraged by the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers. Originally declared as non-violent “March of Return” protests, the demonstrations are being encouraged by Hamas, which seeks to destroy Israel, and whose leaders say the goal of the protests is to erase the border and liberate Palestine.

Moments ago, terrorist #Hamas sent a Molotov cocktail over the Gaza border into Israel.

They flew it with their true colors. pic.twitter.com/LOexWD76lf — Jonathan Conricus (@LTCJonathan) April 20, 2018

The Israeli army says it has faced “terror” at the fence during the weekly protests, including a shooting incident, numerous efforts to breach the fence, stone- and bomb-throwing. In recent days, Gazans have flown kites carrying petrol bombs across the border, and these have caused fires several times in Israeli fields close to the border.

On Tuesday, one such kite started a fire in a grassy grove outside Kibbutz Be’eri, an Israeli community located some seven kilometers (4.3 miles) east of Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp. It took four teams of firefighters to bring the blaze under control, a spokesman for the local fire department said. The Kan news broadcaster reported that the fire had spread over almost 100 dunams (25 acres).

Gazans filmed the kite crossing the border and starting the blaze, in a video shared on social media.

תיעוד השלכת העפיפון היום מאל בוריג' שברצועת עזה לעבר בארי והשריפה שנוצרה במקום בעקבות הבקבוק תבערה Posted by ‎החדשות החמות‎ on Tuesday, 17 April 2018

The kites seem to be the latest phase in the ongoing clashes on the Gaza border, as Palestinians have rioted and protested along the security fence almost daily since March 30.

Fridays have been by far the most active days, with over 40,000 people taking part in the first protest, nearly 30,000 taking part in the second and approximately 10,000 participating in the third and most recent, according to the IDF’s figures. As of late afternoon, Friday’s fourth protests involved some 3,000 people.

These violent demonstrations have often included the burning of tires and Israeli flags.

Palestinian flags combined with swastika flags have also been sight.

As this month also marks the beginning of Israel’s dry season, an IDF spokesperson on Friday said the military was prepared for the possibility that fires might break out and had therefore coordinated with local fire departments and put firefighting planes on standby.

However, when asked earlier this week specifically about the low-tech threat posed by kites carrying incendiary devices, the army offered scant details about its ability to combat the threat. “The IDF is prepared and ready for various scenarios during the riots organized along the Gaza fence,” the army said in a statement.

On Monday, the local Eshkol regional council issued a stark warning to residents, telling them to be on alert for these airborne arson attacks.

“In the last 24 hours, there have been several cases of kites flying with Molotov cocktails from the Strip to our territory,” the council said in a statement. “The public is asked to be alert and to report on any unusual incident of fires in the area.”

Last month, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) organized a “Kites of Hope” festival for over 1,000 Gazan schoolchildren from Khan Younis.

The National Forum for the March of Return, one of several Palestinian groups behind the weekly demonstrations, moved its protest tents closer to the border ahead of Friday’s protests, in order, it said, to “affirm our right to return” — a reference to the Palestinian demand that Israel allow tens of thousands of refugees and their millions of descendants to return to their former homes inside Israel. Such a demand would mean the end of Israel as a majority Jewish state.

The protests in Gaza are expected to continue until mid-May, around the time the US is set to inaugurate its new embassy in Jerusalem.

Mid-May will also mark the anniversary of what Palestinians call the Nakba, or catastrophe, which saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee their homes during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence.

According to the United Nations, some 1.3 million of Gaza’s 1.9 million residents are refugees or their descendants.

At previous peace talks, the Palestinians have always demanded, along with sovereignty in the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem and the Old City, a “right of return” to Israel for Palestinian refugees who left or were forced out of Israel when it was established. The Palestinians demand this right not only for those of the hundreds of thousands of refugees who are still alive — a figure estimated in the low tens of thousands — but also for their descendants, who number in the millions.

No Israeli government would ever be likely to accept this demand, since it would spell the end of Israel as a Jewish-majority state. Israel’s position is that Palestinian refugees and their descendants would become citizens of a Palestinian state at the culmination of the peace process, just as Jews who fled or were forced out of Middle Eastern countries by hostile governments became citizens of Israel.</s>Petrol, diesel prices at 4 year high.Petrol Rs 81.93 per lt in Mumbai</s>Is this the most expensive spot to top up your fuel in the country?

The BP garage at Rivington Services, just off the M61, was selling regular unleaded petrol for £1.44 a litre on Saturday.

Denise Hurst, from Openshaw , in Manchester, stopped off at the petrol station while on a motorway journey.

She claims it’s the most expensive petrol she’s ever paid for.

“I’ve never seen petrol so expensive,” she said. “I just filled up enough to get off the motorway and then went elsewhere.

“To be honest it’s probably even more expensive now because the prices at the petrol stations near us have gone up since the weekend.”

She added: “This has got to be the most expensive fuel in the UK, let alone the Manchester area.”

Petrol prices soared last weekend as tensions over the Middle East escalated.

According to the RAC Foundation the average price for petrol at the pumps is £1.21, while diesel is priced at an average of £1.24 per litre.

The M.E.N has approached BP for a comment.</s>[India], Apr 21 (ANI): Unidentified miscreants hurled two petrol bombs at the residence of Hindu Munnani leader Dhanapal in Mettupalayam here on Friday.

According to the police, the bomb partially damaged a car and a two-wheeler parked on the porch.

Dhanpal, who is working as a manager in a petrol bunk, noticed the charred vehicles when he returned home from duty earlier in the morning.

The police recovered a metal can containing petrol and wicks.

A case has been registered over the incident and a special police team has been formed to nab the culprits.

On a related note, a petrol bomb was allegedly hurled on the car of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district president C.R. Nandakumar in Coimbatore on March 21. Furthermore, on March 7, two petrol bombs were hurled in front of the BJP office in Coimbatore, a day after party's leader H. Raja commented that statues of late Dravidian leader Periyar must be removed from the public places in Tamil Nadu. (ANI)</s>Baku. 5 August. REPORT.AZ/ SOCAR Petroleum, a subsidiary of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), today is building in Baku four new petrol stations.Report was told in the company, these petrol stations will be handed over by the end of the year.

"By the end of the year it is expected to put into operation four petrol stations. One of them is located on Ziya Bunyadov avenue, the second - not far from the "car market"(village Badamdar), the third - on Novkhani-Binagadi road, the last on Nobel Avenue", said in the company.

Characteristics of the new petrol stations are that they will also be installed machines for filling vehicles with compressed natural gas (installing CNG), that's to say, along with the traditional fuel vehicles will be fueled by compressed gas.

Report was told in SOCAR Petroleum CNG, until the end of the year second CNG station will be handed over: "At the station, on the territory of Zabrat district there will be 1 compressor with the ability to refuel 4 vehicles simultaneously.We set a goal to pass the station into operation before the end of the year."

The first Petrol station of SOCAR Petroleum CNG in Hovsan settlement has 4 compressor with ability to fill up 15 cars with gas simultaneously".</s>A teenager sustained burn injuries on Thursday in a blast at a roadside eatery that was illegally selling petrol in Bharatpur district, police said.

According to the police petrol illegally stored in a drum at a shed in the eatery near Tuhiya village caught fire, triggering the blast.

Tara Singh, 15, a worker at the eatery was injured in the incident and was admitted to a private hospital. Doctors said he sustained burns on his hands and legs. But his condition is stated to be stable.

The fire was immediately brought under control after fire brigades rushed to the spot.

Station house officer of Udhyog Nagar police station Virendra Sharma said one Natwar Singh had given the dhaba to Dharmendra Singh on rent.

Sharma said the outlet was illegally selling petrol and that an investigation was launched over the incident. No one has been arrested over the incident so far.

There are allegations about existence of several such outlets that are illegally selling petroleum products along the highways in the Mewat region.

District supply officer Beena Mahawar said district collector Narendra Kumar Gupta recently formed a team to crackdown on such illegal stores.

“We have recently visited some spots after receiving information about these illegal petrol stores. Investigation is on,” Mahawar said.

He said action would be taken against stores illegally selling petrol for violating the Petroleum Act 1934 and Petroleum Rules 1937 that deal with import, transport, storage, production, refining and blending of petroleum.

Sources said diesel and petrol supply tankers, which transport the fuel from Dhaurmui oil depot, sell the petroleum products to locals at low prices during transportation. Locals buy diesel and petrol in these illegal stores, lined up along the highway from Bharatpur to Mathura, at cheaper rates for their tractors or agriculture works.

The practice is rampant in Kaman, Jurahara, Sikri, Pahari and Gopalgarh blocks of Bharatpur.</s>Motorists filling up at a northern suburbs petrol station were drug and alcohol tested as part of the operation.</s>The first news was posted at 09:41

Baku. 7 September. REPORT.AZ/ "There are no serious complaints regarding petrol quality in Azerbaijan".

Report informs, Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent, Ramiz Hasanov said.

"You know that petrol imported into the country meets the euro standards, so there are not so many complaints", he said. It is true that petrol which meets Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards creates problems when filling old cars up with. But there are no serious complaints in this area", he noted. However, R. Hasanov said that the petrol-related committee, led by him, investigate complaints received rarely.

The committee chairman also spoke about fake school uniforms and said that fight against it continues.</s>Like all other Tata cars, the Nexon too is priced aggressively, undercutting both its chief rivals - the Maruti Vitara Brezza and the Ford EcoSport. Despite keeping prices in check, the Tata Nexon gets all necessary features that one would expect from a car in this segment, and then some! Be it the funky exterior styling or the 6.5-inch floating touchscreen infotainment system, the Nexon ticks all the right boxes for a modern-day compact SUV.

As a result the Tata Nexon has found a place in the options list of every buyer looking for a compact SUV in the Rs. 6-9 lakh bracket. But which Nexon should you go for - petrol or diesel? Which one drives better and doesn't hurt in the mileage stakes either? Let's compare both options to help you decide.

As a general rule of thumb, if your yearly running is less than 20000km, and you intend to switch to a new model in 4-5 years time, a petrol model would make more financial sense. The difference in petrol and diesel prices is roughly Rs 8-10. Assuming the price difference stays the same even after five years i.e. Rs 8-10, then it would take around 3.5-4 years before you recover the extra cost spent on buying the diesel Nexon.

Powering the Tata Nexon petrol model is a 1.2-litre, 3-cylinder Revotron turbocharged engine that is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox. An automatic transmission option is also slated for launch soon. The petrol engine is based on the same unit as in the Tiago and Tigor but in the Nexon, it puts out 110PS @ 5,000rpm and 170Nm of peak torque @ 1,750-4,000 rpm. It comes with multi-drive modes - City, Eco and Sport, which tweak the engine throttle response to suit the driving requirements. For ex: the Eco mode is focused towards fuel efficiency and thus features noticeable lag in the bottom-end, while the Sport mode makes the throttle inputs more responsive.

The said engine has the characteristic rattle that is found in 3-cylinder blocks. The imbalance due to the missing cylinder is apparent when you start the car as the vibrations shake the engine bay area and even enter the cabin. However, once the engine rpm settles down, the noise gets subtle. Inside the cabin, the Nexon petrol is sufficiently quiet and offers appreciable NVH levels.

The Nexon petrol gets a rev-happy engine. It delivers power in a linear fashion. From standstill, the heavy weight of the Nexon makes it slightly hesitant to sprint off the line. Hence, it can be a bit tricky to drive in bumper-to-bumper city traffic and the ride tends to become jerky. However, once the engine crosses the 2,000rpm mark, the engine comes alive. There is no turbo 'kick' but the available power on every single tap on the throttle is enough to make you feel content and satiate the enthusiast in you. While city drivability isn't up to the mark due to heavier weight and the need to shift gears often, it is on the highways that the Nexon petrol shows its true potential.

The petrol Nexon is also quicker of the two, doing the 0-100kmph run in 11.64 seconds during our performance test. As per ARAI, the Tata Nexon petrol delivers a mileage of 17kmpl. In our fuel efficiency test, it returned figures of 17.88kmpl on the highway and 14.02kmpl in the city.
• Not an easy car to drive in city
• 3-cylinder engine is no match to the refinement of its 4-cylinder rivals 



The diesel model is powered by a 1.5-litre, four-cylinder Revotorq turbocharged engine that is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox. The engine develops 110PS @ 3,750rpm and a peak torque of 260Nm @ 1,500-2,750rpm. While these figures are the best in segment, at 1,305kg, the Nexon is also the heaviest car amongst its rivals. Hence, it doesn't have any major power-to-weight ratio advantage over other compact SUVs in the market. The ARAI fuel economy figure for the Tata Nexon diesel is 21.5kmpl. Like the petrol, the Nexon diesel also gets multi-drive modes - City, Eco and Sport.

The Nexon diesel has a loud engine, especially when you listen to it from outside the car. There are noticeable vibrations present inside the cabin at idle. However, these reduce once the car gets going. Also, the vibrations in the diesel Nexon are lesser than that in the petrol variants, especially once the car is on the move. The noise levels can get quite high and filter into the cabin when you slam the accelerator hard.

Drivability isn't an issue with the Nexon as the 1.5-litre diesel block delivers power in a linear fashion. Gear ratios are adequately spaced, which negates the need for excessive shifts in city traffic. All this makes the Nexon diesel a great city car. There is a significant amount of turbo lag on lower rpms, which might result in excessive noise and vibrations when you floor the throttle in the less than 2,000rpm band. However, once the engine is past this range, the Nexon pulls away effortlessly. The 6th gear helps in making sure that the car can cruise on highways at lower rpms, which not only helps fuel economy, but also reduces fatigue on the engine. During our mileage test, the Nexon diesel reported figures of 23.97kmpl on the highway, however in the city, it drops massively to 16.8kmpl due to lower gearing.

Both the petrol and the diesel engines of the Tata Nexon come with appropriate grunt. However, it is the 1.5-litre diesel engine that shines, thanks to its ease of driving in the city as well as stable road manners on the highway. The fuel economy figures are also impressive.

The 1.2-litre petrol is no slouch either, as it is slightly more fun to drive on the highways and offers better NVH levels on idle as well. However, it can be a bit tricky to drive in city, thanks to the engine's inability to sprint off the line easily and the need to shift gears excessively at low speeds.
• More fun to drive on highways
• Around 1 lakh cheaper than the diesel counterpart (variant-on-variant)
• Easy to drive in the city
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Read More on : Nexon on road price</s>The Government has confirmed plans to ban the sale of new diesel and petrol cars in the UK from 2040. Sky's Tom Cheshire reports.
One petrol bomb-carrying kite is flown over the border adorned with a swastika.