Twenty-one Palestinian firefighters assisted Israel in its battle against the huge.
“I’ve dreamed of visiting Haifa for a long time,” Ibrahim Ayash, the head of the Palestinian rescue team told Ynetnews. “But unfortunately I came at a very sad time.”
The Palestinian firefighters entered Israel through the Salem crossing and were accompanied by Civil Administration personnel.
According to Ayash, the Palestinian people viewed the disaster with a great deal of sorrow. “I consider our assistance a humanitarian gesture,” he added.
He said the cooperation had nothing to do with the relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority: “We came here to help without addressing the issue of Jews and Arabs.” — ynetnews.com