A delegation of Israeli firefighting experts went to California on Thursday to aid American firefighters combat the Los Angeles fires, the Foreign Ministry, Israel Fire Rescue Service, and National Security Ministry announced in a joint statement.

More than 10,000 structures across Los Angeles County have been reduced to ashes as wildfires continue to blaze across parts of Southern California.

"You could fill the sanctuary with your congregants who lost their homes," a reporter told Kehillat Israel's clergy.

Israel has gone even beyond Canada and Mexico and our closest friends in terms of not only wanting to help, but not wanting to be reimbursed for it,’ Rep. Brad Sherman said

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"The special relationship between America and Israel on display!" The House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans said on X Saturday.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, scorching more than 60 square miles and displacing tens of thousands of people.

When it was first reported, officials from the Cal Fire said that the smaller wildfire - covering just 15 acres - had broken out at 03:00 local time (11:00 GMT). The remaining four wildfires burning across southern California are still 0% contained.

The devastation in California is not that different from the carnage unfolding thousands of miles away – and neither is what caused it.

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The Fire and Rescue Authority in Israel sent a team of five fire protection experts to Los Angeles.

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