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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Defense minister asks IDF to help with Jerusalem hills fires: ‘A national emergency’
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out near Moshav Mesilat Zion, April 30, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Defense Minister Israel Katz calls on IDF chief Eyal Zamir to deploy the military to help fight the fires raging in the Jerusalem hills area.
“We are in a national emergency and we have to concentrate all available forces to save lives and take control of the flames,” a statement from Katz’s office says.
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