About 80,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes as wildfires swept into Israel’s third largest city of Haifa.
The fires follow a two-month drought and are being fanned by strong winds in the north of the city.
Wildfires are also threatening homes near Jerusalem and in the West Bank.
Israel’s police chief said arson was suspected in some cases and PM Benjamin Netanyahu said any such attacks would amount to “terror”.
“Every fire that was the result of arson or incitement to arson is terror in every way and we’ll treat it as such,” he was quoted by Haaretz newspaper as saying.
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At least 50,000 people evacuated as forest fires ravage northern Israel – media https://t.co/L0hKoZCCXR
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 24, 2016
US, Russia help Israel deal with wildfires https://t.co/z3Nibk3eon
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 24, 2016
"Each fire which was caused as a result of arson… is terror" – @Netanyahu #Israelisburning pic.twitter.com/5tSaXhuQPw
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) November 24, 2016
Prayers up for Israel!
Pray for righteousness to be restored and for the peace of Jerusalem
a big #ThankYou to all countries from around the world which sent crews, firefighting planes and equipment to help fight the #IsraelFires. pic.twitter.com/hUq6u4uKce
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) November 25, 2016
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