fires Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/fires/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 27 Aug 2021 01:21:27 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.jwire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jwirelogocleangoog.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 fires Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/fires/ 32 32 6446428 Imbecilic insanity https://www.jwire.com.au/imbecilic-insanity/ https://www.jwire.com.au/imbecilic-insanity/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2021 01:21:27 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=128639 Michael Kuttner: Former United Kingdom Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is reported as having called the American Administration’s total pullout from Afghanistan as imbecilic.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/imbecilic-insanity/feed/ 5 128639 Israeli officials: Palestinian incendiary devices started fires in border communities https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-officials-palestinian-incendiary-devices-started-fires-in-border-communities/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-officials-palestinian-incendiary-devices-started-fires-in-border-communities/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:06:28 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=128505 It comes as Israel and the United Nations allowed the transfer of Qatari funds to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-officials-palestinian-incendiary-devices-started-fires-in-border-communities/feed/ 1 128505 IDF deploys Super Hercules plane to fight fires https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-deploys-super-hercules-plane-to-fight-fires/ https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-deploys-super-hercules-plane-to-fight-fires/#respond Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:24:42 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=128317 For the first time in Israel’s history, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) deployed a “Shimshon” C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to fight fires.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-deploys-super-hercules-plane-to-fight-fires/feed/ 0 128317 PM Bennett visits Israel police and fire and rescue service forward command centre, Defense Minister tries to lease more planes to fight Jerusalem forest fires https://www.jwire.com.au/pm-bennett-visits-israel-police-and-fire-and-rescue-service-forward-command-centre-defense-minister-tries-to-lease-more-planes-to-fight-jerusalem-forest-fires/ https://www.jwire.com.au/pm-bennett-visits-israel-police-and-fire-and-rescue-service-forward-command-centre-defense-minister-tries-to-lease-more-planes-to-fight-jerusalem-forest-fires/#respond Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:06:16 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=128259 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has visited the Israel Police and Fire and Rescue Service forward command centre, near the wildfire in the Jerusalem Hills.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/pm-bennett-visits-israel-police-and-fire-and-rescue-service-forward-command-centre-defense-minister-tries-to-lease-more-planes-to-fight-jerusalem-forest-fires/feed/ 0 128259 Fire Commissioner: worst blaze in Jerusalem area caused by Man https://www.jwire.com.au/fire-commissioner-worst-blaze-in-jerusalem-area-caused-by-man/ https://www.jwire.com.au/fire-commissioner-worst-blaze-in-jerusalem-area-caused-by-man/#respond Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:58:42 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=128239 The worst blaze to wreak havoc on the forests surrounding Jerusalem in decades was caused by man, firefighting investigators estimate.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/fire-commissioner-worst-blaze-in-jerusalem-area-caused-by-man/feed/ 0 128239 Israel to send two firefighting planes to battle raging wildfires in Greece https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-to-send-two-firefighting-planes-to-battle-raging-wildfires-in-greece/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-to-send-two-firefighting-planes-to-battle-raging-wildfires-in-greece/#respond Wed, 11 Aug 2021 05:30:17 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=128016 An Israeli Air Force plane carrying equipment for the delegation of Israeli firefighters already in the country will also be dispatched.

(JNS) Israel will dispatch two firefighting aircraft to Greece to help combat wildfires Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described on Monday as “a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions.” Israeli Prime Minister N

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-to-send-two-firefighting-planes-to-battle-raging-wildfires-in-greece/feed/ 0 128016 Grandmother duo assists in battling Gaza fire balloons https://www.jwire.com.au/grandmother-duo-assists-in-battling-gaza-fire-balloons/ https://www.jwire.com.au/grandmother-duo-assists-in-battling-gaza-fire-balloons/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2019 01:11:42 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=101610 Linda Bracha remembers her first day on the job as a volunteer at the Gaza border: “As we were leaving at the end of our shift, we saw an incendiary kite hit the ground and found ourselves driving right into the fire it caused.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/grandmother-duo-assists-in-battling-gaza-fire-balloons/feed/ 0 101610 Israel, Hamas reach truce after incendiary balloons spread fire in southern Israel https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-hamas-reach-truce-after-incendiary-balloons-spread-fire-in-southern-israel/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-hamas-reach-truce-after-incendiary-balloons-spread-fire-in-southern-israel/#respond Sun, 30 Jun 2019 05:47:52 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=100402 Politicians reacted with criticism and dismay in response to some 30 fires, including 17 substantial ones, ignited by devices flown from Gaza.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-hamas-reach-truce-after-incendiary-balloons-spread-fire-in-southern-israel/feed/ 0 100402 Incendiary balloons from Hamas in Gaza cause dozens of fires in southern Israel https://www.jwire.com.au/incendiary-balloons-from-hamas-in-gaza-cause-dozens-of-fires-in-southern-israel/ https://www.jwire.com.au/incendiary-balloons-from-hamas-in-gaza-cause-dozens-of-fires-in-southern-israel/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2019 06:19:22 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=100357 There have been roughly 100 fires started by arson balloons in the past week, according to a local fire department.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/incendiary-balloons-from-hamas-in-gaza-cause-dozens-of-fires-in-southern-israel/feed/ 0 100357 Fire kites sting Negev honey farms just before Rosh Hashanah https://www.jwire.com.au/fire-kites-sting-negev-honey-farms-just-before-rosh-hashanah/ https://www.jwire.com.au/fire-kites-sting-negev-honey-farms-just-before-rosh-hashanah/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2018 02:52:43 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=87987 Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman: In addition to the bees themselves being scorched by aerial attacks of flammable kites and balloons launched from Gaza, when the fields are burnt then any remaining bees cannot produce honey because there are no flowers on which to graze.

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