After international assistance from countries such as Greece, Cyprus, Italy and other European nations, Israeli authorities reported making progress in wildfires that erupted around Jerusalem. Authorities said they detained more than a dozen individuals who had suspected involvement in the fires.

In 2010, a massive forest fire burned for four days on northern Israel's Mount Carmel, claiming 44 lives and destroying around 12,000 acres, much of it woodland. The scale of destruction in this fire was similar to that 2010 blaze, but the Jerusalem hills fire did not cause serious injuries.

Authorities reopened the main highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and allowed evacuees to return to their homes in Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.