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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 644

Israel Fire and Rescue Services

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, Jerusalem, on May 28, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2025, 5:59 pm
Survey finds public trust in Netanyahu stayed low, at 40%, even in light of Iran war
Israel Democracy Institute study shows heads of IDF, Mossad are only officials to have over 50% rating; Fire and Rescue Service, IDF Home Front Command are most trusted agencies
By Stuart Winer
Firefighters try to extinguish a large fire that broke out in the Jerusalem Forest, May 26, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 8:28 pm
Wildfire rages near Jerusalem, leading some residents of Yefe Nof to evacuate homes
Fire service says several crews and planes working to quell flames, as authorities fear blaze could spread towards Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
By ToI Staff
View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, outside of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 20, 2025, 6:26 pm
Probe rules out arson in massive Jerusalem-area blazes – report
Contrary to rumors blaming wildfires on Palestinian arsonists, investigation said to conclude blazes flared up from a fire that broke out a week earlier
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Firefighters battle blazes in Jerusalem, May 16, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 17, 2025, 4:58 pm
Fire breaks out near Jerusalem as extreme heat could reach 25-year high
Public urged to stay away from Haruvit Forest as firefighters battle flames; heat wave expected to subside Sunday
By ToI Staff
Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Grand Rabbi and his followers light a bonfire during Lag Baomer celebrations, in Meron, on May 15, 2025. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 16, 2025, 2:36 pm
Tens of thousands celebrate Lag B’Omer at Meron, year after site closed amid rocket fire
Revelers defy firefighters trying to extinguish unlawful bonfires as festivities bounce back after wartime closure; sex offender rabbi lights bonfire; some passageways overcrowded
By Charlie Summers
Haredi Jews celebrate Lag B'Omer at Mount Meron on May 8, 2023. (David Cohen/ Flash90)
May 15, 2025, 1:51 pm
Major transit shakeups, closures enforced ahead of Lag B’Omer pilgrimage to Mount Meron
Police said set to allow 63,000 celebrants at a time for Thursday’s event at the site, where 45 died in 2021 crowd crush
By Charlie Summers
A burnt-out fire engine that went up in flames during massive wildfires in central Israel on April 30, 2025, seen on May 4, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 8, 2025, 5:50 pm
Ahead of Lag B’Omer, comptroller warns PM that recent fires ‘must be a wake-up call’
Matanyahu Englman tells Netanyahu that major blazes outside Jerusalem ‘could have claimed dozens of lives,’ and underfunded Fire Service ‘cannot contend with the challenge alone’
By ToI Staff
Aerial view of damage caused in Canada Park forest, due to massive wildfires raging around the Jerusalem hills area a few days ago, photo taken May 3, 2025. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
May 7, 2025, 6:46 am
Left in ashes by wind-whipped inferno, Canada Park grapples with near-total devastation
70% of the reserve was torched in last week’s Jerusalem-area fires, laying waste to hiking and cycling trails, but forester Nitai Zakharia says park will be back, even if it takes decades
By Charlie Summers
A firefighting plane drops flame retardant while trying to extinguish a forest fire near Beit Shemesh, on May 2, 2025. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
May 2, 2025, 9:58 pm
Authorities say ‘no dramatic incidents’ after concern over renewed Jerusalem area fires
Fire service says ‘several smoke locations being monitored’ but that ‘everything is under full control’; blaze in Ramle subdued after several homes on edge of central city evacuated
By ToI Staff, Charlie Summers and Emanuel Fabian
The the damage caused from a massive wildfire in Latrun, May 1, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 11:47 pm
Jerusalem hills wildfires under control after nearly 30 hours; no major injuries
PM blames conflagration on Palestinian incitement, but fire officials said to attribute fire to hiker negligence; president warns of climate change’s effects
By ToI Staff
People celebrate Israel's 77th Independence Day at Sacher Park in Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 5:35 pm
Israelis mark muted Independence Day amid ongoing fires
Authorities announce 7-day ban on lighting flames in open areas, close some fire-stricken nature reserves as blazes persist, but over 100,000 still celebrate in nation’s parks
By ToI Staff
An Israeli firefighter battles a wildfire near Latrun, Israel, outside of Jerusalem, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 1, 2025, 11:55 am
Fires near Jerusalem burn for second day but roads, towns reopen with foreign aid on way
Planes from Europe expected in coming hours; firefighter numbers scaled back; all evacuees okayed to return home, though wildfires still active in six areas, clouding Independence Day celebrations
By ToI Staff
A firefighter tries to extinguish a massive wildfire at Canada Park, west of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 9:58 am
Government accused of failing to take fire threat seriously despite years of warnings
Leaders cut budget for already undermanned fire service, and National Security Council ignored calls for session on wildfire preparation until after blaze broke out Wednesday
By Sue Surkes
Firefighters work to extinguish a forest fire burning in the Jerusalem hills, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
April 30, 2025, 10:45 pm
Hundreds battle blazes ripping through Jerusalem area; fire may be Israel’s largest ever
IDF helps fire service, police fight wildfires in Jerusalem hills as towns evacuated, Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road closed; dozens suffer smoke inhalation, burns, but nobody seriously hurt
By Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
An Air Tractor AT-802AF firefighting aircraft drops flame retardant while trying to extinguish a forest fire near the central Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem on April 23, 2025. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
April 24, 2025, 12:51 pm
After 20-hour battle, massive brush fire near Jerusalem brought under control
Over 100 firefighting trucks, six planes involved in effort; residents allowed to return home; 10,000 dunams believed burned, with minor damage to property
By ToI Staff
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