Firefighters making progress on Israel blaze

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My condolences to the Families of the ones who died.

What I find fascinating are all the Countries involved: Especially Palestinian assistance, Turkey is assisting with Water bombing, and I cannot remember the others.

My prayer would be that the co-operation would continue after the Fire..

Palestinians announced Sunday the deployment of more crews into Israel, including three additional fire engines, to assist with the efforts.

On Saturday, Netanyahu said he "had a very good and warm talk" with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

"I expressed appreciation both for this step and for his solidarity in conveying his condolences, as others have also done, and I told him that we are in the same neighborhood," Netanyahu told reporters. The fire is sometimes here and sometimes there."

On Saturday, Netanyahu described the help Israel has received from other nations, including Egypt, Turkey and Jordan, as "heartwarming," the Jerusalem Post reported.

"One thing is clear, the Israeli people are standing together and many, many countries are together with Israel. This is no small thing," Netanyahu said during a press conference.

"This is surely a point of light in this our festival of lights Hanukkah," he said.

At least 10 different countries have offered their assistance and firefighting equipment, according to Netanyahu's office, including an American Boeing 747 "Super Tanker" firefighting plane, which began operating Sunday.

Additionally, five U.S. Defense Department aircraft were designated to help with the efforts.

They include three C-130 firefighting aircraft from the U.S. Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard and two C-130s from the U.S. European Command, which will depart Ramstein Air Base in Germany carrying 20 tons of fire retardant, the U.S. Agency for International Development said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/12/05/israel.forest.fires/index.html