WATCH: Israel thanks foreign firefighters for fighting the blazes and saving lives

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, at a ceremony at Hatzor Air Force base, expressed heartfelt appreciation on behalf of Israel to the firefighters who came from around the world to help extinguish more than 1,700 fires, many set by Arab terrorists. Their efforts contributed to the fact that there were no deaths, he said.

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