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As Israel braces for more wildfires while temperatures spike, the Israeli prime minister thanked its neighbors Greece, Croatia, Italy, Egypt and Cyprus for sending help battling the blazes.
By Associated Press
Israel braced for renewed wildfires Friday amid a major heat wave that shows no signs of abating.
At an emergency briefing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had appealed for international help to combat the fires, and that aid has arrived from Greece, Croatia, Italy, Egypt and Cyprus.
Israel “really appreciates” the help, Netanyahu said, singling out Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi for pitching in with two helicopters. He added that several others, including Russia and the Palestinian Authority, offered aid.
“I am deeply thankful for the readiness of neighbors to help us in a time of crisis, just as we help them,” Netanyahu said.
Thousands of people were evacuated from towns and dozens of homes were torched Thursday as fires raged, fueled by high temperatures and dry conditions. Over 500 acres of woodland have burned, said Nitai Zecharya, an Israeli official from the Jewish National Fund, known for planting forests in the country.
Zecharya said that while firefighters had brought most of the blaze under control, officials remained “very stressed” about strong winds fanning flames and “spreading fires to other fronts.”
The exact cause of wildfire remains unclear.
On Wednesday, Palestinians terrorists launched 10 arson balloons carrying incendiary devices into Israeli territory, igniting fires in the south. Hamas-orchestrated arson terror during the past 15 months has destroyed thousands of acres of Israeli farmland, causing millions of dollars in damage.
On Wednesday evening, Jewish Israelis observed the Jewish festival of Lag Ba’Omer, which is marked with bonfires.
A sweltering heat wave is pushing temperatures in parts of the country up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, or 43 Celsius.
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“…for the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land… a land of wheat and barley, vines, figs and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey”
(Deuteronomy 8:7-8)
当以色列准备应对更多的野火，而气温骤升时，以色列总理感谢其邻国希腊、克罗地亚、意大利、埃及和塞浦路斯派遣援助来扑灭大火。
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星期五，在一股没有减弱迹象的热浪中，以色列准备重新燃起野火。
在紧急情况通报会上，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡说，以色列呼吁国际社会帮助灭火，援助来自希腊、克罗地亚、意大利、埃及和塞浦路斯。
内塔尼亚胡说，以色列“非常感谢”埃及总统阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·艾尔·西西的帮助，他用两架直升机向以色列投球。他补充说，包括俄罗斯和巴勒斯坦权力机构在内的其他几个国家提供了援助。
内塔尼亚胡说：“我非常感谢邻国愿意在危机时刻帮助我们，就像我们帮助他们一样。”
星期四，数千人从城镇撤离，数十户人家被大火烧毁，大火是由高温和干燥条件引发的。犹太人国家基金会的一位以色列官员NitaiZecharya说，超过500英亩的林地已经被烧毁，他以在该国种植森林而闻名。
泽查里亚说，虽然消防队员已经控制了大部分火势，但官员们仍然“非常强调”强风助燃火势和“将火势蔓延到其他战线”。
野火的确切原因尚不清楚。
周三，巴勒斯坦恐怖分子向以色列境内发射了10个装有燃烧装置的纵火气球，在南部地区点燃了大火。哈马斯在过去15个月策划了纵火恐怖活动，摧毁了以色列数千英亩的农田，造成数百万美元的损失。
星期三晚上，犹太人以色列人观看了以篝火为标志的犹太节日“拉格巴奥马尔”。
一股酷热的热浪正在将该国部分地区的温度推高到华氏110度或摄氏43度。
春天的种植时间到了。今天种植果树，使以色列的土地更加美丽！
加入以色列大规模的春季种植！
今年春天，以色列农民比以往任何时候都更需要你的帮助，从哈马斯的破坏性纵火中恢复过来。
因为耶和华你的神领你进入美地。这地有小麦、大麦、葡萄树、无花果、石榴、橄榄油和蜜之地。
（申命记8:7-8）