A Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson says 24 firefighting teams and four volunteer units in northern Israel are working to put out blazes in the area, as wildfires rage throughout the country.
Most of the fires broke out in open areas. However, a fire near Afula is threatening to spread toward Route 65 and several buildings, the spokesperson adds.
Four squads are also working to extinguish a fire near Ramat Zvi that poses no threat to buildings at the moment.
Earlier, five firefighting teams succeeded in containing a fire that spread near Rumat al-Heib, a village in the Lower Galilee.
Another 12 firefighting squads from northern Israel are headed south to help combat blazes around Jerusalem.
In the Central District, police have closed roads leading to the central city of Elad, further west of Jerusalem, as another fire spreads in the area.
East Jerusalem resident arrested on suspicion of arson
Police say they arrested a 50-year-old resident of East Jerusalem’s Umm Tuba neighborhood on suspicion of helping ignite fires raging near Jerusalem.
They carried out the arrest after receiving a tip that someone had seen a person attempting to set fire to vegetation in southern Jerusalem, a spokesman says. The suspect was detained for questioning at the Oz police station in East Jerusalem.
Police say the suspect attempted to flee from police officers but was nabbed after a brief pursuit. Cops say they found a lighter, cotton wool and other flammable materials on his person.
Fire rages near decommissioned tanks at IDF’s Latrun memorial site outside Jerusalem
A fire is seen raging near decommissioned tanks at Yad Lashiryon, the Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum, next to Latrun outside Jerusalem.
The site has been evacuated amid major brush fires in the area. In the foreground in the first seconds of the footage are rows of chairs set up for a Memorial Day ceremony.
Fire service says 12 planes in the air, 105 teams on the ground battling blazes
The fire service says teams are battling conflagrations at five hotspots: Neve Shalom, Latrun Interchange, Latrun, Mesilat Zion and Canada Park.
It says “12 firefighting planes are in the air and 105 teams are on the ground.”
But police are also evacuating areas further west as the conflagrations spread.
Ynet reported earlier that officers evacuated residents on the edges of Elad. The Central District commander is instructing forces to prepare for the possibility of evacuating other communities in the area.
Meanwhile, a spokesman says that police chief Danny Levy is holding a joint situational assessment with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Jerusalem District police commander Amir Arzani, Fire and Rescue Service representatives, and Magen David Adom and Home Front Command officials.
IDF’s Unit 669 on standby for rescue operations amid fires, if needed
Netanyahu’s office says he’s holding assessments on fires
Police assists firefighters as blazes also spread in southern Israel
Police say their forces are assisting fire and rescue teams as blazes spread in southern Israel near Lachish, in tandem with the wildfires still raging near Jerusalem.
Fires further south threaten the moshavim of Kfar Warburg, Shafir and Massuot Yitzhak, near Kiryat Gat, police say.
Law enforcement has blocked the entrance to a forest in the area and is evacuating hikers.
No injuries have yet been reported in those conflagrations.
Police note that the fires are still developing and authorities have established an operations room in Massuot Yitzhak.
Lachish Region Commander Roy Waldman is on his way to conduct a situation assessment at the scene, says a spokesman.
Israel appeals for help from nearby countries to battle wildfires
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar turns to his counterparts in Cyprus, Croatia, Italy, and Greece to ask for assistance in fighting fires in the hills west of Jerusalem, says his office.
A Greek diplomat tells The Times of Israel that Athens had received the request, and “is looking into possibilities that we can send immediately.”
No decision has been made, but an option is to send planes with firefighting crews on them.
Travelers evacuated along Route 1 toward Jerusalem on the back of a tow truck
Italy and Greece said sending Israel firefighting assistance
Police assists firefighters as blazes also spread in southern Israel
Police say their forces are assisting fire and rescue teams as blazes spread in southern Israel near Lachish, in tandem with the wildfires still raging near Jerusalem.
Fires further south threaten the moshavim of Kfar Warburg, Shafir and Massuot Yitzhak, near Kiryat Gat, police say.
Law enforcement has blocked the entrance to a forest in the area and is evacuating hikers.
No injuries have yet been reported in those conflagrations.
Police note that the fires are still developing and authorities have established an operations room in Massuot Yitzhak.
Lachish Region Commander Roy Waldman is on his way to conduct a situation assessment at the scene, says a spokesman.
Ashkelon, Beersheba, Modiin and others cancel Independence Day events due to weather
Zamir orders IDF to help combat Jerusalem hills fires
Defense minister asks IDF to help with Jerusalem hills fires: ‘A national emergency’
Defense Minister Israel Katz calls on IDF chief Eyal Zamir to deploy the military to help fight the fires raging in the Jerusalem hills area.
“We are in a national emergency and we have to concentrate all available forces to save lives and take control of the flames,” a statement from Katz’s office says.
Fire service evacuating motorists trapped on Route 1; 4 cars on fire; no serious injuries
Motorists forced to abandon vehicles and flee as fire engulfs major highway
Motorists are forced to abondon their vehicles and flee on foot as fires close in on the Route 1 highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Video posted to social media shows dozens of people leaving the scene with flames on both sides of the road.
Firefighters battling new blaze that’s threatening city of Beit Shemesh
More communities evacuated as at least 5 fires rage in Jerusalem hills
The Fire and Rescue Service says that more communities are being evacuated as fires rage in at least five places in the Jerusalem hills.
The communities of Neveh Shalom, Beko’a, Ta’oz, Nachshon and Mesilat Tzion have been evacuated along with the military memorial in Latrun and the nearby monastery.
The rescue service says 63 teams and 11 aircraft and two helicopters are battling the flames, which are being spread by heavy winds.
The rescue service has implemented a general call-up of all members in the Jerusalem area.
Police evacuating Latrun as fire burns in area, Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway closed
Neveh Shalom evacuated as forest fire erupts in hills near Jerusalem
4 comments:
The end time clock that began to tick on May 14, 1948 has but a few ticks left.
I don't think that started the clock -the fig tree in matt 24 just lets us know that we are in the last generation, but doesn't say that the regathering of Israel in '48 started that process.....Jesus gave us the beginning of this last generation in his opening paragraph (wars, rumors of war, nation against nation/.....) - an idiom for world war (in the context of matthew 24 - the world). Plus, famine, earthquakes, pestilence all spiked considerably in the 1914-1918 era, which i believe is the beginning of the generation (which is ~120 years based on lifespan and the Genesis 6 reference ('Days of Noah'). Fruchtenbaum does a good job of explaining this in "Footsteps..."
Yes, Scott ~ Fruchtenbaum does an excellent narration of the events beginning to unfold late 1890's and early 1900's, and demonstrates very well the end-time clock began ticking at this time with the world wars. I keep his wonderful book, Footsteps of the Messiah, at my bedside table and refer to it frequently as it reads like a biblical "roadmap" for our days. Thank you for your website. I look at your updates every day.
Many thanks brother - so many people miss this important aspect of when the generation began - even many familiar prophecy people...there isn't any scripture(s) that state the generation started with Israel's regathering (although its a HUGE sign )
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