Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Turkey for sending specialized aircraft to help put out the wildfires.

Turkey resumed full diplomatic ties with Israel just last week.

It should be noted that Turkey had sent aircraft in 2010 to help Israel fight the Carmel forest fire at the height of the diplomatic crisis between the two counties following the Mavi Marmara / Gaza Flotilla incident.

Israel has also requested aerial firefighting support from Croatia, Greek Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Russia, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

“Thank you Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Romania & Bulgaria for sending help to fight the fires in Israel. True friends!,” Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a tweet.

(Charles Gross – YWN)