IDF: The IDF Continues to Operate in the Locations in Which the Fires Broke-out
Since yesterday (Wednesday), forces of the IDF Search and Rescue Brigade and the Jerusalem and Central Districts, along with approximately 50 firetrucks of the Homefront Command and the Technological and Logistics Directorate were dispatched to the locations of the fires alongside Fire and Rescue service teams that were sent to the area of the fire in the Jerusalem Hills.
Overnight, dozens of engineering vehicles started operating throughout the country to form fire lines to prevent the fire from spreading into other areas.
Additionally, the Technological and Logistics Directorate supplied water tanks containing approximately 300 thousand liters of water to the operating teams.
The IAF continues assisting in the effort to extinguish the fires, IAF firefighting teams and firetrucks are operating alongside the “Shimshon” aircraft which operated during the night, and dropped over 95 fire retardant materials as part of the effort.
The IAF’s Intelligence Group established a special gathering team that investigated the locations of the fires and worked in collaboration to assist in locating locations of fires and direct efforts to extinguish them.
Attached are the following:
Photos of the Technological and Logistics Directorate’s activity: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC0105202589790890789079087098907
Photos of the Commander of the Homefront Commands’ situational assessment: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC01052025789607867806807680780
IDF: The Chief of the General Staff’s Speech at the President’s Award of Excellence Ceremony Has Started
Attached is the full speech of the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir at the President’s Award of Excellence Ceremony:
https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/010520254584654
IDF: In accordance with the IDF Chief of General Staff, the IDF is continuing to operate with the Israeli Police and firefighting service at the locations in which the fire had spread over the last day.
The IDF Search and Rescue Brigade and Jerusalem and Central districts, as well as additional IDF forces, are operating in the communities around the area to conduct joint situational assessments. A Home Front Command reserve firefighting brigade is assisting the Israel firefighting service and aiding the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.
The IAF continues to provide ongoing assistance through its firefighting units operating alongside specialized aerial firefighting equipment from elite units. Additionally, the IAF has established a joint aerial coordination command center in the affected fire zone.
IDF Intelligence is assisting with additional resources in the area of the fire to guide firefighting and rescue forces.
The 9900 Unit of Intelligence conducted several aerial surveillance flights, in order to identify, decipher, and map the central fire zones. Additional intelligence resources were used to make the information accessible to forces on the ground in real-time.
Fire trucks and teams from the Technology and Logistics Directorate continue to operate at the sites of fire, and dozens of heavy engineering tools are being used to prevent the fire from spreading to additional areas.
Attached are the following:
Photo of the Commander of the Home Front Command, Major General Rafi Milo, and the Fire and Rescue Commissioner, Fire Commissioner Eyal Caspi, during an aerial tour of the fire hotspots:
https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/IDFANC0105202583832
Photo of a joint situational assessment with the Commander of the Home Front Command, Major General Rafi Milo, and Fire and Rescue Commissioner, Fire Commissioner Eyal Caspi:
https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/IDFANC010520257838329
