wildfires

What caused the Jerusalem wildfires, and can additional blazes be prevented?

Sarah Ben-Nun, legal correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, and Tamar Uriel-Beeri, editor in chief of The Jerusalem Report, sat down with David Soucy, Founder of Israel Tree Service.

Israel's Fire and Rescue Authority bans igniting fires in open areas for ten days

The Fire and Rescue Authority statement comes just over a week after the major fires that broke out at the Judean Hills.

 Firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out near Moshav Mesilat Zion, April 30, 2025.

WATCH: Drone footage reveals extent of Jerusalem wildfire damage

The fires are believed to have burned through 26,000 dunams of woodlands.

Massive wildfires a wake-up call for Israel, expose systemic vulnerabilities

Israel has developed certain guidelines and local policies regarding construction near forests and brushlands, but there is still no comprehensive, binding national framework.

By GALIT PALZUR
07/05/2025

IDF arrests two in West Bank for incitement to continue arson attacks on social media

The two had also shared content expressing joy and wishes to amplify the recent wildfires on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

Israel is burning in more ways than one

Every year, Israelis experience the effects of climate change more and more, as the weather gets more extreme, and not all disasters can be fought off.

US-Iran nuclear talks delayed, IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorist in Lebanon

Authorities investigating terrorism as motive for arson • Syrian Islamist attacks on Druze could be a collision course with Israel

MDA evacuates nursing home residents as wildfires rage near Jerusalem

Magen David Adom (MDA) teams evacuated dozens of elderly residents from a nursing home in the Shoresh area on Wednesday, as massive wildfires swept through the Jerusalem Hills.

Jerusalem air quality among worst in world amid fires

IQAir recorded the degradation of air quality as the wildfires spread throughout Israel.

Israel airs country's 77th Independence Day ceremony

The rehearsal was aired due to the cancellation of the planned live event amid the raging fires across Israel.

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