Tag: Jerusalem Hills

The fires led to the evacuation of the communities of Beit Meir, Shoresh, Shoeva, Kisalon, Givat Yearim, Ramat Raziel, Tzuba and the medical facility at Eitanim, and caused extensive damage in the area.

Under the proposal, some 210 acres of agricultural, open space and forest reserve would be re-zoned.

"We pray for the victims and their families," Friedman said.

Nearly three thousand people died in the attack, which involved 19 Al Qaeda hijackers on four commercial passenger airlines.

Foreign firefighting heroes who came to help Israeli firefighters battle nearly 2,000 fires are heading home.

'We have come to Haifa and we have invited council heads from across the north whose communities were affected by the fires in order to give them clear message: All government ministries are committed to extending a hand to you quickly.'

The US Supertanker aerial firefighter arrives in Israel as the list of captured pyroterrorists grows, with fires starting to slow down.

The difficulty in establishing whether a fire was set deliberately has to do with the fact that in arson cases the fire destroys most of the evidence. In Haifa, on Thursday, for instance, investigators were certain that at least some of the fires were the result of arson, but they failed to come up with conclusive evidence.

Firefighters were busy in the forested hills around Jerusalem as high temperatures and dry air made it easy for flames to ignite in the trees.

At least two missiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome over the Jerusalem Hills on Sunday night.

Archaeological artifacts are some of Israel’s most cherished treasures. They also are cherished by thieves, but the Antiquities Authority has caught one of them, a PA Arab, red-handed.