Wildfire spreads around Jerusalem as Israel asks Italy, Greece for help

Israel asked Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Croatia to help extinguish major wildfires that broke out Wednesday morning in several locations near Jerusalem and along Highway 1 leading to the city as communities along the road were instructed to evacuate. 

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar asked his counterparts in the four countries to send firefighting airplanes and helicopters to Israel, including supertankers.

The villages of Neve Shalom, Beko’a, Ta’oz, Mevo Horon, Mishmar Ayalon and Nachshon…