Prime Minister Netanyahu said some of the fires were started by small teams of individuals hostile to the state, who may be acting independently from one another.
(JTA) — Despite some high-profile cases of arson in the past year, Israel is the world’s safest country when it comes to fire-related deaths, its fire commissioner said. In remarks to a Knesset committee Tuesday, Israeli Fire and Rescue Services Commissioner Shahar Ayalon reported that the number of fire fatalities has been steadily declining since […]
Two years after a fire destroyed 6,000 acres of forest in northern Israel, authorities are hoping a rehabilitation effort and an upgrade to the country’s firefighting capacity will help put the devastation firmly behind them.