UN offers Israel help with deadly bushfires

UN offers Israel help with deadly bushfires

04 Dezember 2010

published by www.radioaustralianews.net.au

Israel —  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has offered to mobilize international help for Israel, to battle a major forest fire which has killed at least 41 people.

Aircraft and helicopters from Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Britain are supporting Israeli firefighters with more than 17 thousand people now moved to safety, including from parts of Haifa, Israel’s third biggest city.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. has thanked the international community for their help so far.