Air offensive contains Carmel wildfire. Galilee guards catch arsonists

Saturday night, volunteer defense teams caught six individuals in the act of starting fires in different parts of Galilee.
As the Carmel fire abated, the rash of arson attacks spread, concentrated in Lower and Western Galilee but also touching on the Jerusalem vicinity for the first time Saturday. Northern District commander Shimon Koren reported progress in the investigation into attacks and said he expects to make arrests.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered firefighting air unit established and announced a comprehensive program would be set in place to indemnify people for the damage suffered in the fire and promised to cut through Israel's notorious red tape. He also pledged a national program to restore the Carmel woodlands to their former beauty.
The fire is calculated to have laid waste to 50,000 dunams of nature preserve and woodland on the Carmel range and destroyed five million trees. Many houses with their contents are black ruins, especially in Ain Hod where many artists lost their life's work. Through the night, bulldozers will smash through the burnt acres to create wide fire breaks to contain the spread of more outbreaks.
The beauty of Israel being destroyed by enemies of Israel.