Israel climbs to extinct the fires on the outskirts of Jerusalem
The firefighters fought the fires on the outskirts of Jerusalem for a second consecutive day, hoping to extinct some of the country's worst flames in recent years before an expected increase in the winds later on Thursday.The authorities reopened the main highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and allowed the displaced people to return to their homes in Israel and the Israeli occupied West Bank after the fires interrupted the celebrations to mark the day of independence.But the firefighters were running to take full control of the flames before the winds were foreseen, said Tal Volvovitch, spokesperson for the rescue and rescue service of Israel."We are doing everything possible to finish in the next few hours because the gusts of wind can take us where we started," he said by phone.Th...