Terrorist rockets fired from Lebanon last night set fire to over 80,000 trees planted by the Jewish National Fund 10 years ago near Kiryat Shemona. The JNF estimates the damage at IL 1 million. Isolation lanes between the groves proved their worth, according to JNF, and saved many more trees from destruction. The JNF plans to plant 100,000 trees between Misgav Am and Kiryat Shemona above where the trees were destroyed. The planting will be done with the help of volunteers from abroad. Soldiers in the Golan took time off from the war to water JNF sapling groves near Kuneitra, reported Tuvia Ashbel who heads afforestation in the region. Ashbel said that when he returned to the nursery he found a letter from the soldiers saying they had done the best they could and hoping the trees would survive under scathed.
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