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Israeli firefighters at a blaze in the West Bank settlement of Mevo Horon in November 2025 (Israel Fire and Rescue)
December 17, 2025, 9:25 am
As Israeli families kindle Hanukkah lights, fire safety awareness is a burning issue
Strict building codes and construction practices put fire-related deaths in Israel among the lowest in the world, but negligence is a leading cause of home blazes, especially during the holidays
By Zev Stub
A firefighter looks on as a wildfire rages near Mevo Horon, near Modi'in, April 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 30, 2025, 8:57 pm
Israel scrambles for international aid as wildfires rage near Jerusalem
FM Sa’ar contacts over a dozen countries as flames threaten towns in one of the country’s worst blazes; Italy, Croatia, France, Spain and Romania to send planes
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
This handout image courtesy of the US Army shows combined Joint Task Force 50 (CJTF-50) search, rescue and recovery elements conducting search operations of areas damaged by wildfires in Lahaina Town destroyed in the Maui wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, August 15, 2023. (Photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew A. Foster / DVIDS / AFP)
August 17, 2023, 3:47 am
Biden to visit Hawaii as wildfire death toll hits 110 and is expected to keep rising
First victims of tragedy publicly identified; forensic experts, some of whom worked in 9/11, fly to Maui to help identify remains, but some are charred beyond recognition
By Patrick Fallon
Destroyed homes and cars are shown, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 15, 2023, 8:46 am
Death toll in Hawaii fires rises to 99, and likely to increase, say officials
Historic town of Lahaine almost entirely destroyed by fires that originated in Maui; only about 25% of area covered so far by cadaver dogs and searchers
By CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and Christopher Weber
An aircraft drops water over a wildfire in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
July 25, 2023, 10:22 pm
Two firefighting pilots killed in plane crash in Greece during wildfires
Prime Minister Mitsotakis cancels trip to Cyprus; Greek army declares three days of mourning
By Michael Varaklas and Derek Gatopoulos
Illustrative: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at moshav Givat Ye'arim outside Jerusalem on August 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 6, 2022, 5:38 pm
Cabinet approves NIS 155 million plan to prepare for massive wildfires
Announcement comes six months after blaze in Jerusalem hills; Bennett says: ‘We’re not waiting for the next disaster’
By Sue Surkes
Barak Houry, 12, sits next to a small-scale model of a fire-fighting robot concept he built on his own. Houry was killed while riding his bike on Yom Kippur on September 15, 2021. (Courtesy of the Houry family)
September 23, 2021, 2:12 pm
Family of boy killed on Yom Kippur fundraise for his ‘robot firefighter’ project
The life of Barak Houry, 12, was tragically cut short when he was run over on his bike; his family is intent on fulfilling his dream: creating an automated fire-fighting device
By Ricky Ben-David
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire near Givat Ye'arim, near Jerusalem, August 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 12, 2021, 10:04 am
As Israel gets hotter and drier, it must prevent fires, not just fight them
After the 2010 Carmel tragedy, Israel rebuilt its fire service bottom-up. But as last month’s Jerusalem Hills fire showed, firefighting can’t make up for a failed prevention policy
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Firefighters try to extinguish the burning blaze of a forest fire near in the village of Avgaria on the Greek island of Evia, August 10, 2021. (ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP)
August 11, 2021, 12:15 pm
Greek officials say massive wildfires ‘slowly coming under control’
Hundreds of firefighters still battling flames as blazes rage for ninth straight day, amid growing calls for resignation of top public safety officials
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a minefield in northern Israel (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 10, 2020, 5:20 pm
Lebanon fires cause mine detonations along the Israeli border
No casualties reported; regional heatwave leads to blazes throughout Middle East, including in Syria, where two people are killed
By AP and ToI Staff
Men escape fire in Bat Hefer on October 9, 2020 (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
October 10, 2020, 10:40 am
Dozens of homes burn in some 250 fires throughout Israel over weekend
Blazes that forced thousands to flee their homes largely brought under control Saturday; officials say residents not in danger ‘at this stage’ as majority allowed to return
By ToI Staff
Firemen fight flames near the Kfar HaOranim settlemet in the West Bank, October 9, 2020 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 9, 2020, 7:41 pm
Netanyahu mulls international aid plea as fires force thousands from their homes
More than 5,000 evacuated from homes in Nof Hagalil near Nazareth, thousands more forced to flee as 250 wildfires sparked by heatwave hit communities across Israel, West Bank
By ToI Staff
A fire near Nof Hagalil in northern Israel, October 9, 2020 (Nof Hagalil Council)
October 9, 2020, 12:36 pm
Thousands evacuate as multiple blazes threaten Israeli communities amid heatwave
Dozens of firefighting teams fight conflagrations across country; several homes hit in Kfar HaOranim, Nof Hagalil; disruptions on highways 6 and 443
By ToI Staff
Israeli Air Force Blackhawk helicopters land on top of Mount Olympus during a 16-day exercise in Greece in September 2016. (Israeli Air Force)
August 17, 2020, 1:43 pm
Air force grounds fleet of Black Hawk helicopters after multiple malfunctions
Move comes a month after a motor in one chopper stopped working in mid-air while IDF chief Aviv Kohavi was being transported
By Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli Yasur heavy transport helicopter flies over Hatzerim air base in southern Israel on June 24, 2015. (Oren Rozen/Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0)
April 5, 2020, 8:01 pm
Another Yasur helicopter makes emergency landing; none injured
For third time in 6 months, an aging heavy transport chopper faces a ‘technical malfunction’ during a flight
By Judah Ari Gross
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