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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Israel appeals for help from nearby countries to battle wildfires
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out near Moshav Mesilat Zion, April 30, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar turns to his counterparts in Cyprus, Croatia, Italy, and Greece to ask for assistance in fighting fires in the hills west of Jerusalem, says his office.
A Greek diplomat tells The Times of Israel that Athens had received the request, and “is looking into possibilities that we can send immediately.”
No decision has been made, but an option is to send planes with firefighting crews on them.
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