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Doncaster paragliders brand woman 'silly' for thinking Hamas was invading

The woman posted on social media that it was insensitive for paragliders to fly over the Yorkshire town

October 18, 2023 13:48
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A Doncaster resident has been reassured by her community after paragliders above her village made her think of Hamas invading.

Last Saturday, in the opening stages of Hamas's unprecedented terror attack, motorised paragliders operated by terrorists were spotted in the skies of southern Israel before Hamas fighters landed and began their assault.

And now, a week later, a woman's sighting of paragliders made her think Doncaster could have been at risk.

According to the Doncaster Free Press, the woman wrote on a local Facebook group that seeing the gliders above the village of Armthorpe near Doncaster gave her "a fright".