Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Shabbos ordered the dispatch of firefighting aircraft from Israel to assist in efforts to extinguish the major fire near Paphos, Cyprus.

The Foreign Ministry situation room received a request from Cyprus pursuant to the close relations between Cyprus and Israel and the regional alliance between them; there is also an agreement on emergency assistance.

During the fire on Mt. Carmel, Cyprus was one of the first countries to send a firefighting aircraft.

Firefighting planes and military equipment was sent on Sunday morning 13 Sivan.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)