Israel thanks Turkey for firefighting assistance

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday spoke to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and thanked him for his country's assistance for Israel in during the recent wave of fires.

Turkey is one of several countries which sent firefighting planes to help Israel put out the fires that raged in the past week.

Russia, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy also took part in the firefighting efforts, as did the Supertanker which came from the United States.

Rivlin told Erdogan that he had met the Turkish firefighter pilots who assisted in Israel and said, "They do wonderful work and we very much appreciate all they do."

"I want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your decision to send us help when we needed it in fighting the fires. With their brave hearts and abilities, your pilots assisted us greatly," he added.