25 Cheshvan
November 26, 2016
TODAY’S ongoing BLOG:
Terror Updates (11:30 am)
From our vantage point here in Ashdod, it is difficult to find out what is going on with the fires around the country. Today is Shabbat–and no significant news will be reported before Shabbat ends tonight. The scant news that we do have indicates that more fires have been set this morning–and those fires as well as pre-existing ones are being pushed along by the high winds and extremely dry situation (rain and even snow are predicted for Israel on Wednesday).
According to people on the ground, a number of small Jewish communities have been heavily destroyed–in some places as many 50 homes have been completely burned. We also know that more than 200 Israelis have been hospitalized with fire-related problems (ranging from burns to smoke inhalation).
However, one thing we can see are the numerous huge “water planes” flying over our house from some point or points in central Israel (probably in the Jerusalem area) and then out over the Mediterranean where we can see them “scooping up” water before they return back to the site of the fires.
In the last 4 hours, we have counted 30 such planes. Firefighting teams from France, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Greece are engaged in the firefighting and equipment has come from Egypt, Jordan, and the U.S. as well.
Terror Updates (6 am)
At this hour (6 am), there are still more than 100 fires raging across Israel. Today, we will devote the blog to giving terror updates–primarily focusing on the fires. According to the police and firefighting teams, virtually every fire has been started by Palestinian terrorists throwing Molotov firebombs.
At 5:45 am, large fires were reported at Rosin, Dolev, Nataf, Binyamina, and Kibbutz Ma’ale Hachamisha.
At 5:23 am, 1 person was critically burned and another 5 suffered lighter wounds from a fire at Ma’aleh Adumim.
At 2:15 am, teams were working to control fires in Wadi Ara close to Umm al Fahm.
At 1:34 am, nine fires were reported: at Alfei Menashe, Hallamish, Nazareth, Afula, Ilut, Emek Hefer, Karnei Shomron, Tamara, and Isfiya.
At 12:07 am, it was reported that a fire near Nazareth was under control.
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At 9:36 pm, a new fire was reported just outside of Modi’in.
At 7:08 pm, there was an attempted stabbing at the Shuafat checkpoint; the terrorist was shot and killed.
At 7:08 pm, police readied the Raziel St. neighborhood in Haifa for evacuation because of a fire.
At 7:07 pm, five separate fires were reported in the Jerusalem hills.
At 7:07 pm, a fire was reported at Mevo Horon.
At 7:06 pm, six fires were reported in Haifa.
At 7:05 pm, a new fire was reported at Beit Meir.
At 7:00 pm, a fire was extinguished at the Devira Junction near Beersheva.
At 7:00 pm, fires were still burning at Beit Hagai, Beit El, Yitzhar, and Mt. Hebron.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.