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From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
PM visits command center set up to coordinate firefighting response
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a situation assessment with rescue and fire services battling the blazes in Eshtaol Forest in the ad hoc command center.
Some 110 squads of firefighters, eight firefighting planes and a helicopter are working to extinguish the conflagrations north of Beit Shemesh.
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