Israeli firefighters help battle Cyprus blaze
Wildfire scorches vegetation, hay and pine forest in island country’s biggest fire in years.
Wildfire scorches vegetation, hay and pine forest in island country’s biggest fire in years.
Future of mood lighting is here, thanks to Israeli Candle Touch app that lets you light a wax candle with your smartphone.
The volunteer program gives teens responsibility for handling essential firefighting tasks, propelling many to future careers.
Matash crunches a variety of data to predict how a forest fire will spread and help authorities decide how best to fight it.
A million trees will be planted in public recreational areas of the scorched Carmel bio-reserve, while natural regeneration will be the recipe for recovery for the rest of the forest.
As of yesterday evening, 82 hours after it broke out, and after claiming the lives of 42 people, the worst fire in Israel’s history, that burned dozens of homes and ravaged thousands of acres of land in the north of the country, was finally extinguished.
Having suffered punishing forest fires through a record-breaking hot summer, Israel is sharing its firefighting expertise with the international community.