Israel Can’t Fight Forest Fire Alone, Netanyahu Says
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Aircraft from Europe arrived in Israel yesterday to help combat a forest fire near the port city of Haifa that has killed at least 41 people and forced 15,000 to flee their homes.
Israel “can’t cope with a forest blaze of this type, accompanied by such strong winds,” without international help, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a meeting of the Security Cabinet yesterday in Tel Aviv, in comments broadcast on Israel’s Army Radio. Battling the blaze requires types of aircraft Israel doesn’t have, said Netanyahu, who went to Haifa after the meeting to survey the firefighting operations.