Greece, Cyprus among countries ready to help if blaze on capital’s outskirts surges once more, officials say; Hadassah Hospital now safe after hours-long battle to hold back flames.
Israel’s top firefighting official was cautiously optimistic on Monday evening that the country’s worst wildfire in years had been contained, hours after it began to encroach on Jerusalem’s southern neighborhoods and to threaten the capital’s largest hospital.
“Tomorrow, 88 firefighting teams will continue to fight this fire,” Fire and Rescue Commissioner Dedi Simchi told reporters at a briefing outside Jerusalem on Monday night. “I hope and believe we’ll finish this tomorrow.”
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