Baku, Azerbaijan, April 30. Israel requested
assistance from 13 countries to extinguish forest fires, Trend reports.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he had spoken with his
counterparts from Azerbaijan, Argentina, the UK, Greece, Spain,
Italy, Cyprus, Portugal, North Macedonia, France, Croatia, the
Czech Republic and Sweden and asked them to provide air support to
fight the forest fires.
Forest fires broke out in western Jerusalem this morning,
prompting authorities to evacuate several residential areas and
close several roads.