[50618] NASA documents: The heat spots of Lag BaOmer bonfires are spread across Israel

NASA documents: The heat spots of Lag BaOmer bonfires are spread across Israel

During the Lag BaOmer celebrations marked today, May 5, 2026, news channels reported on the active operation of satellite monitoring systems over Israeli skies. According to Ben-Zion Macles - Geo-Analyst, NASA's fire monitoring system captured "Lag BaOmer bonfires all over the country."

The system, which is generally intended for detecting forest fires and climatic events, displayed a map indicating with red dots the heat spots scattered across the country. The report was also distributed to the public by the Zirat HaHadashot (News Arena) channel, which confirmed the findings and emphasized that every red dot appearing on the map represents an active "heat spot" resulting from the lighting of traditional bonfires.

The sources of the information, which are considered to have a distinct right-wing political orientation (especially Ben-Zion Macles), present the data as an unusual technological documentation of the extensive scope of the celebrations throughout Israel.