Firefighting planes from Israel and around the world are the critical component That ' s why we built the fire air squadron and it ' s doing an excellent job . Countries are joining hands Russia , Greece , Italy , Cyprus , Croatia and Turkey have already answered the call . By Thursday morning , Israel ' s Foreign Ministry had announced via Twitter and other social media venues The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has sent two Beriev Be 200 amphibious aircraft to fight the fires in Israel . The ministry didn ' t forget to offer the nation ' s thanks to everyone who sent help in Israel ' s hour of need . Thank you # Cyprus , # Croatia , # Greece , # Italy , # Russia , # Turkey , # Romania Bulgaria for sending help to fight the fires in Israel . True friends ! tweeted the ministry on the Twitter social networking site . n e w s f r i e n d l y n a t i o n s s e n d f i r e f i g h t e r a i r c r a f t t o helpisraelbattletheflames 20161124