A grasshopper crossed the border into the neighboring Egypt on Monday, cause worry that Israel may advance and biblical plague hit the Passover.
Mr Dafna Yurista, a spokeswoman for the department of agriculture says Israel out aircraft spray pesticides on agriculture, including the small group of about 2000 locusts, in order to prevent damage. The ministry also set up an emergency hotline, and demand that Israel alert, the witness report.
The alarm, in a week ahead of the Passover, tells the story of the children of Israel out of Egypt. According to the "bible", a huge swarms is the eighth 10 plague god imposed on the Egyptian pharaoh to release the ancient Hebrews from slavery. Pharaoh don't agree to let them go, until the tenth time plague, death every family in Egypt, the first born.
This year's Passover on March 25 began.
The locusts in agriculture rapid stripping crop devastating impact. Farmers told Israel media, they worry about a potential impact.
"(the) may not destroy the pharaoh, but they may destroy us," a farmer, Tzachi RIMON to Israel and a television channel.
Yurista said, the relatively small number of locusts, but "doesn't mean just because they don't have many we ignore them."
The move is called the wind, and the group from Egypt swept east said amir, who is responsible for Ayali tel aviv university department of animal, 10 television channel. The last time the experienced a big locust outbreak in 2004.
Egypt national news agency the Middle East and north Africa spanning more than 84000 acres of the area of more than 17000 locusts is eliminated. No significant economic losses has carried on the report, such as locusts are not mature enough to cause damage, and no longer in the area of feed. Other affected area is mainly desert.
 



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