Two huge Russian aircraft with a capacity of 42 tons of water, are already working on site, together with the 6 planes sent from France, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus.Thanks NYer.
Al Qaeda did not set this fire. I read several Israeli news sites which indicated it was due to the practice of Druze civilians carelessly burning trash on the edge of the Carmel forest. These non-Jewish Israeli citizens who serve in the Israeli army are well known in the Haifa area for their careless behavior.This time it caused a forest fire. The fire rapidly burned out of control because Israel has a primitive fire fighting system. Several Israeli Jews and Israeli Druze commented on this. Israeli authorities arrest 2 Druze brothers whose recklessly started the fire. There was no mention of any suspicion of deliberate arson. Obviously Israeli needs a version of Smokey the Bear.