Chanukah News: Greece Among the First To Aid Israel in Carmel Fire!

As the Jewish people prepared to light the 2nd Chanukah candle, Greek firefighting planes were landing in Israel to help fight the deadly blaze. How ironic that modern Greece was virtually the first to respond just as the menorah was about to be lit, recalling the miraculous victory in ancient times over the Greek oppressors. Source: Israel National News, submitted by Chavie.

Greek Firefighting Helicopters En Route to Assist Israel

by Gil Ronen

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Greece will send firefighting helicopters to Israel Thursday night, to help fight the fire in the Carmel Mountains, Channel 2 reported. Cyprus will send its only firefighting helicopter as well. There were unconfirmed reports that Egypt and Turkey also offered help.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, it was earlier reported, has asked Russia, Italy, Greece and Cyprus to help Israel fight the fire. The request appears to reflect concern that the fire could spread further than it already has and may go on for days.
Israel's firefighting forces have no firefighting planes. According to reports in the press Thursday, there are only about a dozen privately owned firefighting planes in all of Israel, and they are all relatively small ones. Such planes are ineffective in combating a large-scale fire.

Greek Firefighters Start Working Here

Reported: 09:07 AM - Dec/03/10

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Greek firefighting aircraft arrived at the Ramat David airbase, where they were received and briefed on the Carmel Ridge fire in the Haifa area.by air force commander Ido Nechushtan.
They will join other aircraft in drawing water from the Mediterranean Sea and spraying it on the blaze