Israel has withdrawn its request for international help to fight against one of the country's largest ever wildfires after firefighters battled flames overnight.
Israel’s Yair Lapid had appealed to Cyprus, Italy and France for help on Monday but said today that there was no longer a “need for international assistance”.
Mr Lapid praised firefighters who had been working “very hard for long days in difficult conditions”.
Blazes are reported to have consumed around 20 square kilometers of wooded land outside Jerusalem since Sunday, causing sky-darkening clouds to reach the city.
