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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Nataf

Artist Yoram Raanan putting the final touches on one of his recent artworks (Courtesy Yoram Raanan)
July 30, 2018, 1:30 pm
From the ashes of a forest fire, a new vision rises for a Jerusalem-area artist
His studio and life’s work burned down in the devastating 2016 fires, but Beit Meir’s Yoram Raanan knew ‘something really good’ was going to come out of it
By Jessica Steinberg
Fire fighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out yesterday in Zichron Yaakov, November 23, 2016. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
January 23, 2017, 11:44 pm
November’s wildfires are long extinguished, but where are the arsonists?
Claims of a terrorist motivation behind at least some of the blazes two months ago seem to have been based on presumption, not evidence
By Judah Ari Gross
New growth peaks out of charred ground outside Jerusalem on December 12, 2016, just two weeks after devastating fires swept through Israel. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
December 19, 2016, 12:25 pm
After devastating fires, JNF skips trees for the forest
More than 130,000 dunams (32,000 acres) of forests burned in the November fires; the Jewish National Fund says best to not replant… somewhat at odds with its fundraising plea
By Melanie Lidman
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in Nataf, outside of Jerusalem, on November 23, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 30, 2016, 2:09 pm
Palestinian arrested in connection with Nataf fire
Fire services reportedly suspect Molotov cocktail thrown from Qatane, outside Jerusalem, sparked last week’s blaze
By Judah Ari Gross
Border policemen stand guard outside at Damascus Gate, a main entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, late on May 2, 2016, following a stabbing attack that moderately wounded an Israeli man. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
November 30, 2016, 2:06 pm
Abbas: 2017 will be the year of Palestinian statehood
PA leader tells Fatah congress that party will step up ‘popular peaceful resistance,’ but is opposed to terrorism
By Sara Miller
Rama Ben Zvi in front of the charred hull of her renowned country restaurant, Rama's Kitchen, in the village of Nataf, September 27, 2016 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 28, 2016, 10:03 am
A ‘rolling ball of fire’ burned up Rama’s Kitchen, in the pastoral hills of Nataf
‘The winds are just so strong, and they don’t stop,’ says Rama Ben Zvi of the dry gusts and fire that engulfed her beloved restaurant
By Jessica Steinberg
A firefighter on November 26, 2016, surveys the remains of Rama's Kitchen restaurant, burned down a day earlier during a wildfire in Nataf, outside of Jerusalem (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 26, 2016, 10:13 pm
With fires largely under control, Israel sets up emergency fund for those affected
Finance minister allocates 2,500-shekel per-person stipend for those who can’t return to their homes due to blazes; arson probes continue as 30 suspects questioned
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The 747 Supertanker helps to extinguish a forest fire which broke out near Nataf, outside Jerusalem on November 26, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 26, 2016, 5:06 pm
US supertanker among 29 aircraft battling blazes across Israel
Troops discover smoldering tires near fresh blaze in West Bank as arson probes continue; some 25 suspects arrested thus far; firefighters still putting out fires in Halamish
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Fire burning in the West Bank settlement of Halamish on November 26, 2016 (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)
November 26, 2016, 1:33 pm
Fresh fires at Halamish; supertanker goes into action in Jerusalem hills
No rain expected for several days; some Israelis return to fire-hit homes to assess damage, including at Nataf; air pollution reported across country; arson probes continue
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The scene of a fire that broke out in an apartment block in the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the early hours of November 26, 2016 (Magen David Adom)
November 26, 2016, 3:53 am
3 badly hurt in electrical fire at Ma’ale Adumim apartment block
12 people, including baby, suffer smoke inhalation before firefighters bring flames under control; blaze unrelated to ongoing wildfires
By ToI Staff
Rama Ben Zvi walking amid the smoldering embers of her burned down restaurant, on Saturday, November 26 2016. (Screen capture Channel 2)
November 25, 2016, 11:07 pm
Owners mourn as Nataf restaurant burns, ‘but at least we’re alive’
Maya Ben Zvi says she told a wedding party celebrating at Rama’s Kitchen to flee moments before the eatery went up in flames
By ToI Staff
Fire fighters try to extinguish a wildfire which broke out at the entrance to Nataf, in the Jerusalem hills, on November 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 25, 2016, 10:23 pm
Fire under control at Nataf; 10 homes consumed by flames at West Bank settlement
Village in Jerusalem hills remains off limits, as fire teams turn focus to Halamish settlement, evacuate all residents
By ToI Staff
An Israeli firefighter inspects the damage at Beit Meir in the Jerusalem hills, on November 25, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
November 25, 2016, 7:07 pm
Massive fire threatens homes at Jerusalem-area settlement
Firefighters race to douse flames spreading from Jerusalem hills to Mevo Horon in West Bank; blazes in southern, central Israel contained
By ToI Staff
Fire fighters try to extinguish a blaze at Nataf, outside Jerusalem, on November 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 25, 2016, 4:07 pm
Blaze at Nataf contained after residents evacuated, restaurant destroyed
20 planes fight fires for hours; residents told not to come home Friday night; Rama’s Kitchen burns down after wedding guests urgently disperse
By ToI Staff
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